2013 Acropolis Rally

2013 Acropolis Rally 59th Acropolis Rally
Round 6 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Sébastien Ogier during Rally
Host country	Greece
Rally base	Loutraki, Corinthia
Dates run	May 31 – June 2, 2013
Stages	14 (306.53 km; 190.47 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	46 at start, 29 (+ 6 J-WRC) at finish

The 2013 Acropolis Rally was the sixth round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Loutraki, Corinthia, and started on 31 May and was concluded on 2 June after fourteen special stages, totaling 306 competitive kilometres.

Report[]

Jari-Matti Latvala took his first win of the 2013 season, and his first win for Volkswagen on the Acropolis Rally. The opening forty-seven kilometre stage proved to be difficult, claiming three high-profile victims in Sébastien Ogier, Mads Østberg and Mikko Hirvonen in short order, and Evgeny Novikov emerged as the surprise early leader, building up a thirty-second advantage at the end of the first leg. The Russian's lead was short-lived, as he developed a puncture early in the second leg and was forced to limp back to the service park. Latvala took control of the rally while Andreas Mikkelsen in the third factory-supported Polo R began to work his way up through the points-paying positions. He ultimately missed out on a podium finish of his own, as Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville each took their second podium finish of the season with second and third place respectively. Latvala's result was briefly challenged by Citroën, who believed his car was in violation of the technical regulations, but the protest was dismissed and Latvala's result was confirmed, allowing him to secure second place in the drivers' championship standings behind team-mate Ogier.^[1]

Entry list[]

Eleven World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were sixteen WRC-2 entries and tend for the JWRC.

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 5 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 8 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC Khalid Al Qassimi Scott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC M 11 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Ford Fiesta RS WRC D 36 WRC-2 Škoda Fabia S2000 D 37 Lorenzo Bertelli WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Ford Fiesta RRC M 38 WRC-2 Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX M 40 Arman Smailov WRC-2 Arman Smailov Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 41 Nicolàs Fuchs WRC-2 Nicolàs Fuchs Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X D 45 WRC-2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X M 46 WRC-2 Antonio Pascale Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 48 WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Ford Fiesta RRC M 49 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Oleksiy Kikireshko Mini John Cooper Works S2000 P 50 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Valeriy Gorban Mini John Cooper Works S2000 P 71 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta RRC M 72 WRC-2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 74 Robert Kubica WRC-2 Robert Kubica Citroën DS3 RRC M 76 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta RRC M 82 MM Motorsport WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RRC M 83 Oleksiy Tamrazov WRC-2 Oleksiy Tamrazov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC M 100 Sander Pärn J-WRC Sander Pärn Ford Fiesta R2 H 102 Pontus Tidemand J-WRC Pontus Tidemand Ola Fløene Ford Fiesta R2 H 103 J-WRC Martin Koči Ford Fiesta R2 H 104 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 105 J-WRC Cándido Carrera Ford Fiesta R2 H 106 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 107 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 108 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 109 Marius Aasen J-WRC Marius Aasen Ford Fiesta R2 H 110 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship J-WRC Registered to take part in Junior WRC championship

Results[]

Event standings[]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall Classification
1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:31:01.2	0.0	25
2.	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:32:51.2	+1:50.0	18
3.	Thierry Neuville		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:33:15.3	+2:14.1	15
4.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:34:56.3	+3:55.1	13
5.	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:35:13.8	+4:12.6	10
6.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:36:49.9	+5:48.7	8
7.	Martin Prokop		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:38:23.6	+7:22.4	6
8.	Mikko Hirvonen		Citroën DS3 WRC	3:38:57.8	+7:56.6	4
9.	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:39:13.0	+8:11.8	4
10.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:41:11.5	+10:10.3	4
WRC-2
1. (11.)	Robert Kubica		Citroën DS3 RRC	3:46:20.3	0:00.0	25
2. (12.)	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:47:50.1	+1:29.8	18
3. (13.)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari		Ford Fiesta RRC	3:48:33.6	+2:13.3	15
4. (14.)	Oleksiy Tamrazov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:54:03.9	+7:43.6	12
5. (15.)			Škoda Fabia S2000	4:05:11.8	+18:51.5	10
6. (16.)	Nicolàs Fuchs		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:07:26.7	+21:06.4	8
7. (17.)	Arman Smailov		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:08:46.1	+22:25.8	6
8. (18.)	Valeriy Gorban		Mini John Cooper Works S2000	4:12:23.1	+26:02.8	4
9. (19.)	Oleksiy Kikireshko		Mini John Cooper Works S2000	4:16:28.2	+30:07.9	2
10. (20.)			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:18:51.2	+32:30.9	1
Junior WRC
1.		Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	4:33:17.8	0.0	26
2.	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2	4:34:22.0	+1:04.2	26
3.	Sander Pärn		Ford Fiesta R2	4:41:55.2	+8:37.4	15
4.			Ford Fiesta R2	4:49:21.4	+16:03.6	12
5.			Ford Fiesta R2	4:51:51.2	+18:33.4	10
6.	Martin Koči		Ford Fiesta R2	4:53:21.7	+20:03.9	9
Ret.			Ford Fiesta R2	-	-	1

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