2009 Acropolis Rally

2009 Acropolis Rally 56th Acropolis Rally of Greece 7 2009 World Rally Championship 2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2009 Rally Poland GRE Greece Loutraki June 12 14, 2009 17 Gravel with some Tarmac Finland Mikko Hirvonen GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT 44 The 2009 Acropolis Rally of Greece was the 56th running of the Acropolis Rally and the seventh round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 17 special stages. Ford's Mikko Hirvonen took his first win of the season and Citroën Junior Team's Sébastien Ogier his first-ever podium position. Hirvonen's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala climbed back to third place after going off the road and dropping from first to 11th place on the first day.Matt Beer http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76183 Hirvonen clinches Acropolis victory 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 Autosport Citroën's championship leader Sébastien Loeb crashed out from third place, and Dani Sordo broke his suspension while running second, right behind Hirvonen. Stobart M-Sport Ford's fifth-placed driver Henning Solberg crashed into the same rock as Sordo and also retired. Petter Solberg found himself Hirvonen's main challenger for the win, but also had to retire with a broken suspension. With mechanical problems for Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov, who took his first-ever stage win in the event,Maiden stage win for Novikov! Rally-Live.com http://rally.racing-live.com/en/headlines/news/detail/090612143227.shtml 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 Federico Villagra finished fourth, Conrad Rautenbach fifth and Khalid al-Qassimi sixth, which marked his career-best result. Østberg climbed back into the points on the last stage. Home country's Lambros Athanassoulas edged out Nasser Al-Attiyah to win the Production World Rally Championship category, and also collected a WRC point for eighth place overall. Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints WRC 1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:09:42.5 0.0 10 2 FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 4:10:55.4 1:12.9 8 3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:11:27.5 1:45.0 6 4 ARG Federico Villagra ARG José Díaz Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:13:30.8 3:48.3 5 5 ZIM Conrad Rautenbach UK Daniel Barritt Citroën C4 WRC 4:13:42.3 3:59.8 4 6 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi UK Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:16:46.8 7:04.3 3 7 NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 4:22:07.4 12:24.9 2 8 GRE Lambros Athanassoulas GRE Nikolaos Zakheos Škoda Fabia S2000 4:22:30.1 12:47.6 1 PWRC 1 GRE Lambros Athanassoulas GRE Nikolaos Zakheos Škoda Fabia S2000 4:22:30.1 0.0 10 2 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STi N14 4:22:52.4 22.3 8 3 POR Armindo Araújo POR Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:24:47.0 2:16.9 6 4 JPN Toshi Arai AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:25:45.0 3:14.9 5 5 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:28:28.9 5:58.8 4 6 POR Bernardo Sousa POR Jorge Carvalho Fiat Grande Punto S2000 4:31:49.6 9:19.5 3 7 LAT Andis Neiksans LAT Peteris Dzirkals Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:32:02.6 9:32.5 2 8 SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:37:28.8 14:58.7 1 Special stages DayStageTime (EEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader1(12 June) SS1 8:48Harvati 25 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 18:18.9 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS2 10:21Thiva 1 23.76 km ESP Dani Sordo 17:00.6 SS3 11:44Evangelistria 21.03 km Stage cancelled -:-.- SS4 14:02Bauxites 23.17 km RUS Evgeny Novikov 14:39.8 SS5 14:56Drossohori 23.68 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 19:41.9 SS6 17:13Thiva 2 23.76 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 16:59.5 FIN Mikko Hirvonen2(13 June) SS7 9:32Klenia Mycenae 1 17.25 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 11:36.0 SS8 10:35Ghymno 1 26.28 km RUS Evgeny Novikov 19:03.6 SS9 11:50Kefelari 1 24.15 km FIN Mikko HirvonenNOR Petter Solberg 19:32.8 SS10 14:50Klenia Mycenae 2 17.25 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 11:21.8 SS11 15:53Ghymno 2 26.28 km RUS Evgeny Novikov 18:51.2 SS12 17:08Kefelari 2 24.15 km RUS Evgeny Novikov 19:10.13(14 June) SS13 9:33Loutraki 1 8.98 km NOR Mads Østberg 7:38.2 SS14 10:07Aghii Theodori 1 33 km NOR Henning Solberg 22:43.2 SS15 10:55New Pissia 11.3 km UK Matthew Wilson 8:16.2 SS16 12:51Loutraki 2 8.98 km Stage cancelled -:-.- SS17 13:25Aghii Theodori 2 33 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 22:14.2 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret55 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 148 3 Spain Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 23 1231 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 325 5 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 15 21 6 NOR Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 20 7 GBR Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 14 15 8 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 414 9 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 213 10 NOR Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 7 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 57 12 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 6 6 13 RUS Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 5 164 Australia Chris Atkinson 54 15 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10 9 1 EST Urmo Aava 10 8 1 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 8 1 Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Pos Team Event Totalpoints IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom 1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 14 16 16 18 8 4 94 2 USA BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 18 18 79 3 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 5 10 7 5 49 4 France Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 6 6 25 5 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 4 5 0 6 18 References External links Official site Acropolis Acropolis Rally Category:Acropolis Rally