2023 Acropolis Rally

2023 Acropolis Rally
EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023
Round 10 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Twisty gravel mountain roads, high temperatures and choking dust are the challenges of the event.
Host country Greece
Rally baseLamia, Central Greece
Dates run7 – 10 September 2023
Start locationAthens, Attica
Finish locationKalamaki, Central Greece
Stages15 (270.89 km; 168.32 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance989.26 km (614.70 miles)
Overall distance1,260.15 km (783.02 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered72
Crews69 at start, 52 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:00:16.7
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
6:28.1
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerNorway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Torstein Eriksen
Germany Toksport WRT 3
3:09:57.7
WRC-3 winnerParaguay Diego Dominguez Jr
Spain Rogelio Peñate
3:24:38.9
J-WRC winnerParaguay Diego Dominguez Jr
Spain 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]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary EKO Acropolis Rally 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship calendar for 2023 gets green light". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Neuville triumphs as Hyundai makes history in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Lindholm wins WRC2 in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Victory at last for WRC3 star Dominguez". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Virves crowned FIA Junior WRC champion". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Victory in Greece cements Rovanperä's title ambitions". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Title-hunting Mikkelsen strengthens WRC2 bid in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Perfect Dominguez keeps WRC3 title fight alive". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Irishman Creighton crowned FIA Junior WRC champion*". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.