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| 2021 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021 | |||
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Round 9 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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 The Acropolis Rally of Greece returned to the championship after eight years. | |||
| Host country |  Greece | ||
| Rally base | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
| Dates run | 9 – 12 September 2021 | ||
| Start location | Athens, Attica | ||
| Finish location | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
| Stages | 15 (292.19 km; 181.56 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 993.66 km (617.43 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,253.15 km (778.67 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 55 | ||
| Crews | 48 at start, 43 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT3:28:24.6 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 8:34.8 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Andreas Mikkelsen Elliott Edmondson Toksport WRT3:37:27.1 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak3:39:48.2 | ||
The 2021 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 9 and 12 September 2021.[2] It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Acropolis Rally. The event was the ninth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in the town of Lamia in Central Greece and contested over fifteen special stages totalling 292.19 km (181.56 mi) in competitive distance.[1]
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the reigning rally winners.[3] However, they did not defend their titles as Latvala retired from the competition.[4] Volkswagen Motorsport, the team they drove for in 2013, when Acropolis Rally held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners, but they did not defend their title neither when Volkswagen retired from the championship at the end of 2016.[5] Robert Kubica and Maciek Baran were the reigning rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles since Kubica was competing the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.[6]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the overall rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Andreas Mikkelsen won the class with his new co-driver Elliott Edmondson.[8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria finished first in the class.[9] However, they were disqualified from the results after the rally as the front subframe on their Citroën C3 Rally2 was found to be overweight during the post-event scrutineering. The polish crew of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak subsequently became the WRC-3 winners.[10]
- ^ a b "Itinerary Acropolis Rally Greece 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "WRC adds Acropolis Rally Greece to 2021 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Jari-Matti Latvala wins 2013 Acropolis Rally". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Latvala named team principal". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Evans, David (2 November 2016). "Volkswagen confirms it will leave the WRC at the end of 2016". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Final results Acropolis Rally 2013". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Masterful Rovanperä bags Greece win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Mikkelsen pips team-mate on final day". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "WRC3: Rossel takes Acropolis win despite late drama". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "WRC3 winner Rossel disqualified from Acropolis". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.