42 crews started in the Acropolis Rally 2011, which will be held between June 16 and 19. World's best pilots of the World Rally Championship gathered for the first time in Greece with new cars of new specifications, ready to compete in 18 special routes with a total length of 348.80 km. Among the participants are the seven times world champions for the last years Sebastien Loeb with his navigator Daniel Elena and their Citroen DS3 WRC. There are 18 WRC cars and the participants in the SWRC category are 10! The rivals fighting for the manufacturer’s cup in recent years are Ford and Citroen. They shared the first place in the number of participating cars too.
The crews Mikko Hirvonen -Yano Lehtinen and Jari – Mata Latvala - Mika Antilles with factory models of Ford Fiesta RS WRC of the Abu Dhabi’s crew rank immediately after the undisputed champion and they are expected to give everything to continue the good tradition Ford established on Greek territory, having 13 wins during a single rally.
On Friday (June 17), the viewers can follow the rally in Thebes, Elatia, Elevterohori, Rengini, Mavrolimni. On Saturday (June 18), the rally will be held from Kleania-Mycenae through Gimno, Kefalari and Nea Politia, and on Sunday (June 19) the viewers will be able to watch the rally in Agii Theodore, Nea Pisia and in the end at the power stage, which is a special 4 km route in Agii Theodore.
The first day of the rally - June 16, marked the symbolic start of the rally and the pilots walked from the Acropolis and gave autographs before that. Because of the heavy rain the multitude of people waiting to get autographs scattered, and the pilots went to the nearby restaurant Dionysus. After about an hour, at 19:30, the first crew of the Dutch van Markensteyn-Momberts with Citroen DS3 WRC started. Shortly after it appeared the car of one of the eight Greek crews participating on which the greatest hopes are set - that of Lambros Atanasoulas - Nikos Zakheos with Ford Fiesta RS WRC. Despite the rain, the audience stayed to cheer on the crews and see their favourites.
More photos are available here.
Below you will find the cars of the 42 participating crews and the number of the crews, competing with them:
Ford Fiesta RS WRC - 15 crews
Citroen DS3 WRC - 7 crews
MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO - 5 crews
Skoda Fabia S2000 - 4 crews
SUBARU Impreza WRX STI - 4 crews
Mini John Cooper Works - 2 crews
Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S 2000 - 1 crew
Peugeot 207 S2000 - 1 crew
Citroen C2 S 1600 - 1 crew
Opel Corsa S1600 - 1 crew
RENAULT Clio RS8 - 1 crew
TOYOTA Yaris - 1 crew
Participating crews:
1 1 CITROEN TOTAL WRT LOEB Sébastien - ELENA Daniel FRA / MCO CITROEN DS3 WRC WRC 1
2 2 CITROEN TOTAL WRT OGIER Sébastien - INGRASSIA Julien FRA / FRA CITROEN DS3 WRC WRC 1
3 3 FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLY TEAM HIRVONEN Mikko - LEHTINEN Jarmo FIN / FIN FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1
4 4 FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLY TEAM LATVALA Jari-Matti - ANTTILA Miikka FIN / FIN FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1
5 5 M - SPORT STOBART FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM WILSON Matthew - MARTIN Scott GBR / GBR FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1
6 6 M - SPORT STOBART FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM OSTBERG Mads - ANDERSSON Jonas NOR / SWE FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1
7 7 MUNCHIS FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM VILLAGRA Federico - PEREZ COMPANC Jorge ARG / ARG FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1
8 8 ICE 1 RACING RAIKKONEN Kimi - LINDSTROM Kaj FIN / FIN CITROEN DS3 WRC WRC 1
9 9 FERM POWERTOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM KUIPERS Dennis - MICLOTTE Frederic NLD / BEL FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 1
10 11 PETTER SOLBERG WRT SOLBERG Petter - PATTERSON Chris NOR / GBR CITROEN DS3 WRC WRC 1
11 12 BRAZIL WORLD RALLY TEAM OLIVEIRA Daniel - MAGALHAES Carlos BRA / PRT MINI John Cooper Works WRC 1
12 14 VAN MERKSTEIJN MOTORSPORT VAN MERKSTEIJN Peter Jr - CHEVAILLIER Eddy NLD / BEL CITROEN DS3 WRC WRC 1
13 15 M-SPORT STOBART FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM SOLBERG Henning - MINOR Ilka NOR / AUT FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 2
14 16 FERM POWERTOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM KUIPERS Rene - HULZEBOS Annemieke NLD / NLD FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 2
15 17 MOTORSPORT ITALIA ARAUJO Armindo - REMALHO Miguel PRT / PRT MINI John Cooper Works WRC 2
16 18 M-SPORT STOBART FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM NOVIKOV Evgeny - GIRAUDET Denis RUS / FRA FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 2
17 19 TEAM GREECE ATHANASSOULAS Lambros - ZAKHEOS Nikolaos GRE / GRE FORD Fiesta RS WRC WRC 2
18 20 VAN MERKSTEIJN MOTORSPORT VAN MERKSTEIJN Peter (Senior) - MOMBAERTS Erwin NLD / BEL CITROEN DS3 WRC WRC 2
19 21 CZECH FORD NATIONAL TEAM PROKOP Martin - TOMANEK Jan CZE / CZE FORD Fiesta S2000 2 3
20 22 TANAK OTT TANAK Ott - SIKK Kuldar EST / EST FORD Fiesta S2000 2 3
21 23 BARWA WRT AL-ATTIYAH Nasser - BERNACCHINI Giovanni QAT / ITA FORD Fiesta S2000 2 3
22 24 TEAM QUINTA DO LORDE SOUSA Bernardo - COSTA Antonio PRT / PRT FORD Fiesta S2000 2 3
23 25 RED BULL SKODA HANNINEN Juho Ville Matias - MARKKULA Mikko Antero FIN / FIN SKODA Fabia S2000 2 3
24 26 ME3 RALLY TEAM KRUUDA Karl - JARVEOJA Martin EST / EST SKODA Fabia S2000 2 3
25 27 RED BULL SKODA GASSNER Jr Hermann - WUSTENHAGEN Katharina DEU / DEU SKODA Fabia S2000 2 3
26 28 PS ENGINEERING BRYNILDSEN Eyvind - MENKERUD Cato NOR / NOR SKODA Fabia S2000 2 3
27 29 TURAN MOTORSPORT TURAN Frigyes - Zsiros Gabor HUN / HUN FORD Fiesta S2000 2 3
28 30 LLOVERA ALBERT LLOVERA Albert - VALLEJO Diego AND / ESP FIAT Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2 3
29 51 EKO RACING TEAM PSILLOS Dimitris - KONTOS Konstantinos GRE / GRE MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO X 3
30 52 YAZEED AL RAJHI TEAM FOR MOTOR SPORT AL RAHJI Yazeed - BAUMEL Matthieu SAU / FRA PEUGEOT 207 S2000 2
31 53 KONDRAKHIN NIKITA KONDRAKHIN Nikita - ARENA Nicola RUS / ITA MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO IX 3
32 54 PALMEIRINHA RALLY NOBRE Paulo - PAULA Eduardo BRA / BRA MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO X 2
33 55 HALIVELAKIS NIKOLAOS HALIVELAKIS Nikolaos - HALIVELAKIS Konstantinos GRE / GRE MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO IX 3
34 56 COVI CARLO COVI Carlo - CAMPESAN Giorgio ITA / ITA SUBARU Impreza WRX STI 3
35 57 GREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT ZOUNIS Ioannis - PATRIKOUSSIS Mihalis GRE / GRE SUBARU Impreza WRX STI 3
36 58 "TERASSINO" "TERASSINO" - POTOURIDIS Ioannis GRE / GRE SUBARU Impreza WRX STI 3
37 59 KONSTANTAKOS PANOS KONSTANTAKOS Panos - SIDERAKIS Theodoros GRE / GRE MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO VIII 3
38 60 WEISS EDITH WEISS Edith - MORRISSEY Michael DEU / IRL MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO VIII 3
39 61 HONDA MICHAEL HONDA Michael - VICIKOVA Lydie CZE / CZE CITROEN C2 S1600 5
40 62 KALTSOUNIS HARIS KALTSOUNIS Haris - PERIDIS Andreas GRE / GRE OPEL Corsa S1600 5
41 63 SEMERARO PAOLO SEMERARO Paolo - COLOMBO Dario ITA / ITA RENAULT Clio RS 8
42 64 AOLAP TEAM MOSHOPOULOS Nikos - PANOUTSOS Theodoros GRE / GRE TOYOTA Yaris 7
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