2024 Acropolis Rally


The 2024 Acropolis Rally was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 5 to 8 September 2024. It marked the sixty-eighth running of the Acropolis Rally, and was the tenth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the final round of the 2024 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2024 event was based in Lamia in Central Greece, and was contested over fifteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of.
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Diego Domínguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category, as well as the junior category.
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won the rally, and their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, are the manufacturer's winners. Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen recorded identical total time with Robert Virves and Aleks Lesk, but Pajari and Mälkönen were the category winners as they were faster in SS1. Norbert Maior and Francesca Maria Maior were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category, as well as the junior championship. The Estonian crew of Romet Jürgenson and Siim Oja became the 2024 Junior Rally Champions.

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 as well as the Junior World Rally Championship, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-nine Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and nineteen Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of fourteen crews participated in the Junior World Rally Championship.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST.

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDGreensmith / AnderssonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:45.0
SS1Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally216:54.4Rossel / Barral
SS2Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally217:08.9Rossel / Barral
SS3Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally217:34.9Rossel / Barral
SS4Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally216:45.4Rossel / Barral
SS5Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally216:49.6Rossel / Barral
SS6Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:18.5Virves / Lesk
SS7Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally218:42.3Pajari / Mälkönen
SS8Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally215:21.3Pajari / Mälkönen
SS9Pajari / MälkönenToyota GR Yaris Rally218:47.0Pajari / Mälkönen
SS10Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally29:19.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS11Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally218:24.5Pajari / Mälkönen
SS12Kajetanowicz / SzczepaniakŠkoda Fabia RS Rally21:48.5Pajari / Mälkönen
SS13Gryazin / AleksandrovCitroën C3 Rally214:30.3Pajari / Mälkönen
SS14Rossel / BarralCitroën C3 Rally212:12.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS15Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally211:26.8Pajari / Mälkönen

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDVirves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:46.7
SS1Pajari / MälkönenToyota GR Yaris Rally217:02.0Pajari / Mälkönen
SS2Joona / MannisenmäkiŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:15.7Pajari / Mälkönen
SS3Pajari / MälkönenToyota GR Yaris Rally217:43.3Pajari / Mälkönen
SS4Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally216:45.5Pajari / Mälkönen
SS5Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally216:53.8Pajari / Mälkönen
SS6Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:18.5Virves / Lesk
SS7Linnamäe / MorganToyota GR Yaris Rally218:45.4Pajari / Mälkönen
SS8Linnamäe / MorganToyota GR Yaris Rally215:29.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS9Pajari / MälkönenToyota GR Yaris Rally218:47.0Pajari / Mälkönen
SS10Joona / MannisenmäkiŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:20.7Pajari / Mälkönen
SS11Pajari / MälkönenToyota GR Yaris Rally218:29.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS12Kajetanowicz / SzczepaniakŠkoda Fabia RS Rally21:48.5Pajari / Mälkönen
SS13Gryazin / AleksandrovCitroën C3 Rally214:30.3Pajari / Mälkönen
SS14Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:14.4Pajari / Mälkönen
SS15Virves / LeskŠkoda Fabia RS Rally211:26.8Pajari / Mälkönen

Championship standings

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

J-WRC Rally3

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings