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Championship status
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Acropolis Rally of Greece 1997 counts for:

1997 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
1997 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
1997 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup for Manufacturers
1997 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars

Facts
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 286th WRC rally 
 Round of season: 8 of 14 
 Official name: Acropolis Rally of Greece 
 Edition: 44th 
 Date: from Saturday 7-Jun-1997 to Tuesday 10-Jun-1997 
 Surface: Gravel 
 
 Entries: 102  
 Starters: 101  
 Finishers: 57 (56.4% of starters) 
 
 Stages: 20 
 Shortest: 11.27km(SS3 Analipsis 1)
 Longest: 32.25km(SS14 Drimea)
 Slowest: 61.76km/h(SS12 Kloni)
 Fastest: 120.12km/h(SS16 Zemeno)
 Planned stage distance: 402.86km(32.0% of total distance)
 Actual stage distance: 402.86km(32.0% of total distance)
 Road section distance: 856.83km
 Total distance: 1,259.69km
Milestones
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 DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS 
    Win was 19th win and 48th podium for Carlos Sainz.
 Second place was 56th podium for Juha Kankkunen. 
 Third place was 14th podium for Tommi Makinen. 
 MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS 
    Win was 31st win and 1-2 win were 109th to 110th podiums for Ford.
    Third place was 44th podium for Mitsubishi.
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Carlos Sainz (pictured) and new team-mate Juha Kankkunen switched positions to Sainz's favour in final stages. Click picture to see larger version in a pop-up window
Related links
Rally Argentina 1997
New Zealand 1997
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