BP ULTIMATE Acropolis Rally of Greece, 1. – 3. juni 2007

Round 8 of the 2007 championship is coming up this weekend and we are going to Greece. In 2006 the rally was moved from Lamia, 200 km’s north of Athens, to the Olympic Stadium in Athens. This year the rally is moved further south, to the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Markopoulo.

The drivers will go through 23 twisty and boulder-filled stages on gravel north and west of Athens during the weekend. With average speed higher than Sardinia, and temperature above +30 degrees, this is one of the toughest events in the WRC.

During the weekend the drivers will run 334km of spescialstages and 1237km roadsection. It all starts on Thursday afternoon with SS1, 7 stages on Friday, 8 stages Saturday and 5 stages on Sunday. In 2006 Marcus Grønholm was the winner, and Petter finished 7th. In 2004 Petter and Phil was the winner of the rally.

Itinerary

Thursday 31. May

1900 SSS1 Hippodrome 1 3,20km

Friday 1. June

0913 SS2 Schimatari 1 11,57km
1001 SS3 Thiva 1 23,76km
1117 SS4 Agia Sotira 1 15,20km
1240 SS5 Olympic P (Markopoulo)1 5,16km
1455 SS6 Schimatari 2 11,57km
1543 SS7 Thiva 2 23,76km
1659 SS8 Agia Sotira 2 15,20km
SS9 er kansellert og blir ikke kjørt

Saturday 2. June

0903 SS10 Agii Theodori 1 48,88km
1036 SS11 Loutraki 1 9,18km
1141 SS12 Agia Triada 1 10,80km
1254 SS13 Olympic P (Markopoulo)2 5,16km
1519 SS14 Agii Theodori 2 48,88km
1652 SS15 Loutraki 2 9,18km
1757 SS16 Agia Triada 2 10,80km
1917 SSS17 Hippodrome 2 3,20km

Sunday 3. June

0733 SS18 Avlonas 1 20,00km
0813 SS19 Assopia 1 17,87km
SS20 kjøres ikke
1205 SS21 Avlonas 2 20,00km
1245 SS22 Assopia 2 17,87km
1430 SSS23 Hippodrome 3 3,20km