Rally Greece 2012

 Rally Greece 2012

Racing data
6th of 13 races in the 2012 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Acropolis Rally
Date:	May 24-27, 2012
Begin:	Loutraki
Exams:	22 tests over 409.47 km
Distance:	1217.82 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Mikko Hirvonen Citroën Total World Rally Team
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

The 58th Acropolis Rally (Greece) was held from May 24th to 27th, 2012. A total of 22 special stages were driven on gravel.

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, May 24th)

After a skiing accident with a broken collarbone and a break at the Rally Argentina , Jari-Matti Latvala returned to the World Rally Championship . After the first and only special stage, over 25 kilometers on Thursday, Latvala stayed as the overall leader with a 2.8 second lead over Sébastien Loeb .

Day 2 (Friday, May 25th)

In the fourth special stage, Loeb (Citroën) took the lead in front of the two Ford factory drivers Latvala and Petter Solberg . After the second day Loeb was leading with a minimal lead of 6.5 seconds on Latvala. Despite a puncture, Solberg was in third place (+17.7 seconds).

3rd day (Saturday, May 26th)

Loeb and Latvala continued to race for the overall lead within seconds. After 13 special stages, Loeb was only just 2.2 seconds ahead. In SS14 Latvala had to change a wheel because of a puncture, which resulted in a loss of more than 3 minutes. In the 15th special stage it started to rain and the conditions on the gravel roads were not only difficult but also dangerous. Solberg won this test with a lot of risk and came within 10 seconds of Loeb. Loeb stayed at the top of the overall standings ahead of Solberg and Mikko Hirvonen (Citroën).

4th day (Sunday, May 27th)

Solberg started the 20th special stage (19.4 kilometers) ten seconds behind Loeb. Before the eight mile mark, he left the road and hit a tree. He tore off a rear wheel and had to give up the rally. Despite a tire damage and a wheel change, Loeb won the rally ahead of team-mate Hirvonen by 40 seconds.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 42: 03.3		25 + 3 power stage
02	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 42: 43.3	00: 40.0	18 + 1 power stage
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 45: 08.1	03: 04.8	17 + 2 power stage
04th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 48: 19.7	06: 16.4	12
05	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 49: 49.8	07: 46.5	10
06th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 51: 44.7	09: 41.4	08th
07th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 55: 03.2	12: 59.9	06th
08th	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta S2000	5: 02: 15.5	20: 12.2	04th
09	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	5:05:22	23: 18.9	02
10	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Nicola Arena	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	5: 10: 43.8	28: 40.5	01
PWRC
1 (14)	Valeriy Gorban	Andriy Nikolaev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	5: 22: 57.6		25th
2 (15)	Subhan Aksa	Jeff Judd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5: 26: 15.1	03: 17.5	18th
3 (16)	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:30: 01.9	07: 04.3	15th
4 (19)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5: 51: 14.3	28: 16.7	12
5 (24)	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	6: 07: 27.0	44: 29.4	10
6 (29)	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Ford Fiesta ST	6: 39: 02.2	1: 16: 04.6	08th

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (May 24-25)	WP1	18:28	Kineta	25.24 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17: 38.0	085.88 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP2	06:53	Aghia Marina	13.80 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	09: 38.7	085.84 km / h
	WP3	08:31	Thiva 1	23.60 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	16: 06.3	087.92 km / h
	WP4	10:20	Elikonas 1	19.89 km	Petter Solberg	14: 05.9	084.64 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP5	12:25	Bauxites 1	23.17 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14: 08.9	098.25 km / h
	WP6	13:19	Drossohori	22.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 13.4	072.43 km / h
	WP7	15:22	Bauxites 2	23.17 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13: 48.9	100.62 km / h
	WP8	17:05	Elikonas 2	19.89 km	Petter Solberg	13: 42.1	087.09 km / h
	WP9	18:50	Thiva 2	23.60 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	16: 20.3	086.67 km / h
Day 2 (May 26th)	WP10	08:38	Klenia Mycenae 1	17.41 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 24.2	091.60 km / h
	WP11	09:45	Ghymno 1	17.61 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 38.0	083.64 km / h
	WP12	10:40	Kefalari 1	18.40 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13: 18.8	082.92 km / h
	WP13	12:06	Ziria 1	21.36 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 02.9	098.22 km / h
	WP14	15:17	Klenia Mycenae 2	17.41 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 15.8	092.74 km / h
	WP15	16:24	Ghymno 2	17.61 km	Petter Solberg	12: 36.7	083.77 km / h
	WP16	17:19	Kefalari 2	18.40 km	Petter Solberg	14: 07.7	078.14 km / h
	WP17	18:45	Ziria 2	21.36 km	Petter Solberg	13: 29.3	095.01 km / h
Day 3 (May 27th)	WP18	09:14	Aghii Theodori 1	19.42 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 42.0	091.75 km / h
	WP19	09:45	New Pissia 1	11.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	08: 13.7	082.91 km / h
	WP20	11:57	Aghii Theodori 2	19.42 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 39.6	092.04 km / h
	WP21	12:28	New Pissia 2	11.37 km	Jari-Matti Lat	08: 09.7	083.59 km / h
	WP22	14:11	New Loutraki (power stage)	03.97 km	Sébastien Loeb	02: 21.8	100.8 km / h

Web links

• Official site of the WRC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com website: News: motorsport-total.com. Retrieved February 22, 2014 .