68th edition of Acropolis Rally
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]
Background
Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 as well as the Junior World Rally Championship, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-nine Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and nineteen Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of fourteen crews participated in the Junior World Rally Championship.[11]
Itinerary
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Report
WRC Rally1
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
WRC-2 Rally2
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
WRC-3 Rally3
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
J-WRC Rally3
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
Notes
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "Itinerary EKO Acropolis Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Finland return confirmed for FIA Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Victory in Greece cements Rovanperä's title ambitions". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Title-hunting Mikkelsen strengthens WRC2 bid in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Perfect Dominguez keeps WRC3 title fight alive". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Neuville triumphs in Greece to extend WRC lead". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Pajari prevails on countback for Acropolis WRC2 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Magical Maior takes breakthrough WRC3 victory in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Jürgenson seals FIA Junior WRC title in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Entry list EKO Acropolis Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Greek and English)
- 2024 Acropolis Rally at eWRC-results.com
- 2024 Acropolis Rally at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)