2023 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023 | |||
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Round 10 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Greece | ||
Rally base | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
Dates run | 7 – 10 September 2023 | ||
Start location | Athens, Attica | ||
Finish location | Kalamaki, Central Greece | ||
Stages | 15 (270.89 km; 168.32 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 989.26 km (614.70 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,260.15 km (783.02 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 72 | ||
Crews | 69 at start, 52 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:00:16.7 | ||
Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 6:28.1 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Toksport WRT 3 3:09:57.7 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Diego Dominguez Jr Rogelio Peñate 3:24:38.9 | ||
J-WRC winner | Diego Dominguez Jr Rogelio Peñate 3:24:38.9 |
The 2023 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 7 September to 10 September 2023.[2] It marked the sixty-seventh running of the Acropolis Rally, and was the tenth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the final round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The event was based in Lamia in Central Greece, and was contested over fifteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 307.69 km (191.19 mi).[1]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners. Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6] Robert Virves and Julia Thulin were the defending rally winners in the junior championship.[7]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won their third rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[8] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Dominguez Jr and Peñate successfully defended their titles in the World Rally Championship-3 category, as well as winning the junior class.[10] At the conclusion of the junior championship, the Irish crew of William Creighton and Liam Regan became the 2023 Junior Rally Champions.[11]