2022 Acropolis Rally

2022 Acropolis Rally
EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2022
Round 10 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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The rally returned to the Olympic Stadium of Greece (Citroën Xsara WRC pictured in the stadium) for the first time since 2006.[1]
Host country Greece
Rally baseLamia, Central Greece
Dates run8 – 11 September 2022
Start locationAthens, Attica
Finish locationLamia, Central Greece
Stages16 (303.30 km; 188.46 miles)[2]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance888.07 km (551.82 miles)
Overall distance1,189.42 km (739.07 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered70
Crews67 at start, 53 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerBelgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
3:34:52.0
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
9:54.5
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerFinland Emil Lindholm
Finland Reeta Hämäläinen
Germany Toksport WRT 2
3:42:38.6
WRC-3 winnerParaguay Diego Dominguez Jr.
Spain Rogelio Peñate
4:02:20.1
J-WRC winnerEstonia Robert Virves
Sweden Julia Thulin
3:55:38.4

The 2022 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 8 and 11 September 2022.[3] It marked the sixty-sixth running of the Acropolis Rally. The event was the tenth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in the town of Lamia in Central Greece and was contested over sixteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 303.30 km (188.46 mi).[2]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Elliott Edmondson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6]

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won their first rally of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[7] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[8] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9] Robert Virves and Julia Thulin won the junior class and with the victory, Virves became the Junior Rally Champion.[10]

  1. ^ Evans, David (30 May 2022). "Acropolis returns to olympic stadium after 15-year absence". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Itinerary Acropolis Rally 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Masterful Rovanperä bags Greece win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  5. ^ "WRC2: Mikkelsen pips team-mate on final day". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  6. ^ "WRC3 winner Rossel disqualified from Acropolis". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Neuville triumphs as Hyundai makes history in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Lindholm wins WRC2 in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Victory at last for WRC3 star Dominguez". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Virves crowned FIA Junior WRC champion". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.