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EKO Acropolis Rally 2023 counts for:
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 638th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 13 |
| Official name: | EKO Acropolis Rally |
| Edition: | 67th |
| Date: | from Thursday 7-Sep-2023 to Sunday 10-Sep-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Lamia, Central Greece; Greece |
| Clerk of the Course: | Anita Passalis |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 72 | |
| Starters: | 69 | |
| Finishers: | 52 | (75.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 15 | |
| Shortest: | 1.48 | km | (SS1 EKO Super Special Stage) |
| Longest: | 28.49 | km | (SS11 Karoutes 2) |
| Slowest: | 57.35 | km/h | (SS1 EKO Super Special Stage) |
| Fastest: | 112.41 | km/h | (SS4 Loutraki 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 270.89 | km | (22.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 270.89 | km | (22.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 927.28 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,198.17 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 11th win and 19th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Second place was 28th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 56th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 84th win and 1-2 win were 237th to 238th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 113th podium for Hyundai. |
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Rovanpera started well despite having to open the road. He was outside top-3 only once and kept in touch with Neuville and Ogier. When first Neuville and later Ogier suffered broken suspensions, Rovanpera took the lead. He cemented this with PS win, claiming maximum score and reaching 200 championship points.
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Hyundai seemed to repeat their 2022 win with Neuville leading Ogier in second day. But on SS10, he hit water covered pothole, broke front suspension and retired for the day. The only driver with no problems besides winner was Sordo (pictured), who fought with Evans until the end but couldn't improve on his third overall position.
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M-Sport woes continued. Loubet retired on first day with water pump problem even before reaching start of the stage and while Tanak (pictured) managed to fix similar issue, he incurred heavy time penalties for lateness. This dented his attack although he eventually finished fourth overall, minutes from the lead.
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Related links
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