2008 Acropolis Rally
{{unreferenced|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox rally
|name = 2008 Acropolis Rally of Greece
|native_name = 55th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece
|round = 7
|championship = 2008 World Rally Championship season
|previous_round = 2008 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
|next_round = 2008 Rally of Turkey
|country = {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece
|image = Dani Sordo - 1 SSS - 2008 Acropolis Rally (2).JPG
|caption = Dani Sordo driving on the first super special stage.
|rallybase = Schimatari
|startdate = May 30
|enddate = June 1, 2008
|stages = 19
|stagekm = 365.09
|overallkm = 1481.25
|surface = Gravel
|driver1 = {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb
|team1 = {{flagicon|FRA}} Citroën Total World Rally Team
|teamsstart = 60
|teamsfinish = 43
}}
The 2008 Acropolis Rally of Greece was the seventh round of the 2008 World Rally Championship. It took place between May 29-June 1.
Results
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| Pos.
! Driver ! Co-driver ! Car ! Time ! Difference ! Points |
|---|
| colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 2px solid LightSteelBlue;"| WRC |
| 1.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | align="left"| {{flagicon|MON}} Daniel Elena | align="left"| Citroën C4 WRC | 3:54:54..7 | ! 10 |
| 2.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg | align="left"| {{flagicon|WAL}} Phil Mills | align="left"| Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 | 3:56:04.2 | +1:09.5 ! 8 |
| 3.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Hirvonen | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jarmo Lehtinen | align="left"| Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 3:56:50.8 | +1:56.1 ! 6 |
| 4.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|EST}} Urmo Aava | align="left"| {{flagicon|EST}} Kuldar Sikk | align="left"| Citroën C4 WRC | 3:59:14.4 | +4:19.7 ! 5 |
| 5.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo | align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Martí | align="left"| Citroën C4 WRC | 3:59:44.1 | +4:49:4 ! 4 |
| 6.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Matthew Wilson | align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Scott Martin | align="left"| Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:01:06.0 | +6:11.3 ! 3 |
| 7.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Miikka Anttila | align="left"| Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:01:42.2 | +6:47.5 ! 2 |
| 8.
| align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Henning Solberg | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Cato Menkerud | align="left"| Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 4:04:08.7 | +9:14.0 ! 1 |
| colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 2px solid LightSteelBlue;"| PWRC |
| Pos.
! Driver ! Co-driver ! Car ! Time ! Difference ! Points |
| 1. (14.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Andreas Aigner | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Klaus Wicha | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:16:06.7 | ! 10 |
| 2. (15.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|EST}} Martin Rauam | align="left"| {{flagicon|EST}} Silver Kutt | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:16:41.7 | +35.0 ! 8 |
| 3. (16.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Bernardo Sousa | align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Jorge Carvalho | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:17:04.8 | +58.1 ! 6 |
| 4. (17.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Armindo Araújo | align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Miguel Ramalho | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:17:34.4 | +1:27.7 ! 5 |
| 5. (18.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Fumio Nutahara | align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Daniel Barritt | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:18:19.6 | +2:12.9 ! 4 |
| 6. (19.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeny Aksakov | align="left"| {{flagicon|EST}} Aleksandr Kornilov | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:23:11.6 | +7:04.9 ! 3 |
| 7. (20.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeniy Vertunov | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Georgy Troshkin | align="left"| Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:24:08.1 | +8:01.4 ! 2 |
| 8. (21.)
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Juho Hänninen | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Markkula | align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:25:07.0 | +9:00.3 ! 1 |
Special Stages
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
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| Day
!Stage !Time !Name !Length !Winner !Time !Rally leader |
|---|
| rowspan="7"|1 (30 MAY) ! SS1 ! 09:16 |align=left| Schimatari 1 | 11.57 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala | 10:34.3 |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala |
| SS2
! 10:04 |align=left| Thiva 1 | 23.76 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | 17:15.2 |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala |
| SS3
! 11:27 |align=left| Psatha 1 | 17.41 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala | 11:28.7 |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala |
| SS4
! 14:40 |align=left| Schimatari 2 | 11.57 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | 10:26.7 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS5
| 15:28 |align=left| Thiva 2 | 23.76 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | 16:53.8 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS6
! 16:51 |align=left| Psatha 2 | 17.41 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | 11:12.5 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS7
! 18:30 |align=left| Tatoi 1 | 4.6 km |align=left| {{flagicon|EST}} Urmo Aava | 3:31.3 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| rowspan="6"|2 (31 MAY) ! SS8 ! 09:58 |align=left| Aghii Theodori 1 | 32.16 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Hirvonen | 22:42.1 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS9
! 10:41 |align=left| Pissia 1 | 16.6 km |align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gigi Galli | 12:17.2 |align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo |
| SS10
! 12.09 |align=left| Aghia Triada 1 | 10.8 km |align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gigi Galli | 7:46.1 |align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo |
| SS11
! 15:10 |align=left| Aghii Theodori 2 | 32.16 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Hirvonen | 22:36.1 |align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo |
| SS12
! 15:53 |align=left| Pissia 2 | 16.6 km |align=left| {{flagicon|EST}} Urmo Aava | 12:13.9 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS13
! 17:21 |align=left| Aghia Triada 2 | 10.8 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Hirvonen | 7:45.4 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| rowspan="7"|3 (1 JUN) ! SS14 ! 06:53 |align=left| Avlonas 1 | 15.14 km |align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Atkinson | 9:09.6 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS15
! 07:32 |align=left| Assopia 1 | 18.52 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala | 11:39.9 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS16
! 08:35 |align=left| Aghia Sotira 1 | 15.2 km |align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gigi Galli | 9:47.2 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS17
! 11:17 |align=left| Avlonas 2 | 15.14 km |align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gigi Galli | 9:00.9 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS18
! 11:56 |align=left| Assopia 2 | 18.52 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala | 11:26.6 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS19
! 12:59 |align=left| Aghia Sotira 2 | 15.2 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala | 9:52.2 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
| SS20
! 14:30 |align=left| Tatoi 2 | 4.6 km |align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo | 3:33.0 |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |
External links
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{{2008 World Rally Championship season}}
{{Acropolis Rally}}