2024 Acropolis Rally

2024 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally 2024
Round 10 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Twisty gravel mountain roads, high temperatures and choking dust are the challenges of the event.
Host country	Greece
Rally base	Lamia, Central Greece
Dates run	5 – 8 September 2024
Start location	Athens, Attica
Finish location	Eleftherochori, Phthiotis
Stages	15 (305.30 km; 189.70 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	1,086.94 km (675.39 miles)
Overall distance	1,392.24 km (865.10 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	72
Crews	70 at start, 52 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 3:38:04.2
Saturday Overall leader	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 3:01:05.3
Sunday Accumulated leader	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 36:37.0
Power Stage winner	Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT 10:43.8
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Printsport 3:45:05.3
WRC-3 winner	Norbert Maior Francesca Maria Maior 4:02:05.7
J-WRC winner	Norbert Maior Francesca Maria Maior 4:02:05.7

The 2024 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 5 to 8 September 2024.^[2] It marked the sixty-eighth running of the Acropolis Rally, and was the tenth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the final round of the 2024 Junior World Rally Championship.^[3] The 2024 event was based in Lamia in Central Greece, and was contested over fifteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 305.30 km (189.70 mi).^[1]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.^[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen 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, as well as the junior category.^[6]

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won the rally, and their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, are the manufacturer's winners.^[7] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen recorded identical total time with Robert Virves and Aleks Lesk, but Pajari and Mälkönen were the category winners as they were faster in SS1.^[8] Norbert Maior and Francesca Maria Maior were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category, as well as the junior championship.^[9] The Estonian crew of Romet Jürgenson and Siim Oja became the 2024 Junior Rally Champions.^[10]