66. EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2022
WRC #10 • WRC2 Open #10 • WRC2 Junior #10 • WRC2 Masters #10 • WRC3 Junior #5 [coef 2] • WRC3 Open #10
8. 9. – 11. 9. 2022, Lamia • Motorsport Greece + OMAE • gravel 303.30 km • total distance including road sections - 1189.42 km • Other years
#44
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
29. overall
9. class RC1
29. WRC
Stage results
1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
SS1 EKO SSS Olympic Stadium (1.95 km) | 2:01.3 | 16.
10. class RC1 16. WRC |
57.9 km/h 1.49 s/km |
2:01.3 | 16.
10. class RC1 16. WRC |
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"Not nervous - excited for sure! We all saw what Andreas did. It's quite a long rally and hopefully we can get through it." | ||||||
SS2 Loutraki 1 (17.95 km) | 12:35.2 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
85.6 km/h 0.47 s/km |
14:36.5 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
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"In the first six kilometres everything felt good, but then we hit the dust and it's so hard to see. Reference points are tricky enough as it is in Greece, but with the dust it's even trickier." | ||||||
SS3 Harvati (14.42 km) | 10:42.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
80.8 km/h 0.54 s/km |
25:19.1 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
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"It was okay. It felt like a clean drive. Séb's a nine-time world champion for a reason! He's always the benchmark." | ||||||
SS4 Loutraki 2 (17.95 km) | 12:09.8 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
88.5 km/h 0.16 s/km |
37:28.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"It felt okay - but I had no brakes all the way down the hill. There was no bite when I first touched the brakes, so it was hard to have any confidence coming down there." | ||||||
SS5 Dafni (13.99 km) | 8:08.6 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
103.1 km/h 0.93 s/km |
45:37.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"In one of the hairpins I had a warning light. It distracted me and I missed the junction. It's not good." | ||||||
SS6 Livadia (21.03 km) | 13:11.0 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
95.7 km/h 0.46 s/km |
58:48.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"It's very slippery. I lost some time being out of the line but I have just been focusing on trying to keep things tidy today." | ||||||
SS7 Bauxites (22.97 km) | 13:57.3 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
98.8 km/h 0.30 s/km |
1:12:45.8 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
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"Happy with that. Every time I wanted to brake I had to press the entire pedal to the floor. I saw that a road position was possible to gain and I think we've possibly got one." | ||||||
2. leg | ||||||
SS8 Pyrgos 1 (33.20 km) | 25:35.0 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
77.9 km/h 0.87 s/km |
1:38:20.8 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"I seem to be struggling with the car when it turns right. It's making it very difficult to find a rhythm." | ||||||
SS9 Perivoli 1 (17.42 km) | 15:06.8 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
69.2 km/h 0.69 s/km |
1:53:27.6 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
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SS10 Tarzan 1 (23.37 km) | 17:21.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
80.8 km/h 0.35 s/km |
2:10:49.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
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Little engine issues | ||||||
"I'm kind of surprised because the car was cutting out throughout the stage. For sure, we lost quite a lot of time because of that." | ||||||
SS11 Pyrgos 2 (33.20 km) |
34:54.1 [N] |
48.
10. class RC1 48. WRC |
57.1 km/h 18.07 s/km |
2:45:43.4 [SR] |
18.
9. class RC1 18. WRC |
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Mechanical | ||||||
SS12 Perivoli 2 (17.42 km) |
24:50.1 [N] |
49.
9. class RC1 49. WRC |
42.1 km/h 34.44 s/km |
3:10:33.5 [SR] |
29.
10. class RC1 29. WRC |
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SS13 Tarzan 2 (23.37 km) |
26:50.8 [N] |
42.
9. class RC1 42. WRC |
52.2 km/h 25.67 s/km |
3:37:24.3 [SR] |
33.
10. class RC1 33. WRC |
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3. leg | ||||||
SS14 Eleftherochori 1 (16.90 km) | 10:28.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
96.7 km/h 1.40 s/km |
3:47:53.2 [SR] |
32.
9. class RC1 32. WRC |
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"The issue we had meant we couldn't run the engine and the guys changed a lot of parts to get us back today. It's a learning day, so we can enjoy that." | ||||||
SS15 Elatia - Rengini (11.26 km) | 8:27.3 | 11.
7. class RC1 11. WRC |
79.9 km/h 2.37 s/km |
3:56:20.5 [SR] |
31.
9. class RC1 31. WRC |
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"Horrendously loose in there. I wasn't going anywhere for the majority of the stage and I was short-shifting up to fourth to try and gain some traction." | ||||||
SS16 Eleftherochori 2[Power Stage] (16.90 km) | 10:05.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
100.4 km/h 0.67 s/km |
4:06:26.4 [SR] |
29.
9. class RC1 29. WRC |
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"The lines were quite narrow, even with a few cars ahead of us. The road is going to keep getting faster and faster but I gave it a good shot, so let's see." |