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EKO Acropolis Rally 2022 counts for:
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers 2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers 2022 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers) 2022 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers) 2022 FIA WRC3 Junior Championship for Drivers
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625th WRC rally |
Round of season: | 10 of 13 |
Official name: | EKO Acropolis Rally |
Edition: | 66th |
Date: | from Thursday 8-Sep-2022 to Sunday 11-Sep-2022 |
Rally HQ: | Lamia, Central Greece; Greece |
Clerk of the Course: | Anita Passalis |
Surface: | Gravel |
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Entries: | 71 | |
Starters: | 67 | |
Finishers: | 53 | (79.1% of starters) |
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Stages: | 16 | |
Shortest: | 1.95 | km | (SS1 EKO SSS Olympic Stadium) |
Longest: | 33.20 | km | (SS11 Pyrgos 2) |
Slowest: | 59.29 | km/h | (SS1 EKO SSS Olympic Stadium) |
Fastest: | 105.90 | km/h | (SS5 Dafni) |
Planned stage distance: | 303.30 | km | (25.5% of total distance) |
Actual stage distance: | 303.30 | km | (25.5% of total distance) |
Road section distance: | 888.07 | km |
Total distance: | 1,191.37 | km |
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DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| Win was 16th win and 53rd podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Second place was 40th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 54th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| Win was 24th win and triple win were 94th to 96th podiums for Hyundai. |
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Hyundai managed to score their first ever 1-2-3 finish when their previously so fragile cars all reached the end and without any major problems. Neuville (pictured) took the win as team did not impose team orders which could have helped Tanak against Rovanpera in title race.
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M-Sport had one single spark of hope when Loeb grabbed the lead. Unfortunately, he retired with alternator belt problems on second day. Loubet (pictured) showed good speed, even winning two stages, but couldn't keep Neuville behind and ultimately puncturing and finishing fourth overall.
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Rovanpera (pictured) started first, losing a lot of time sweeping the road and went off, hit a tree and heavily damaged rear of the car. Despite all this, he was fastest Toyota at the end as Lappi retired on second day and Evans retired with turbo problems in last day.
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