[ERC] Acropolis Rally 2014

[tolis]

All set, 2014 Acropolis Rally itinerary and supplementary regulations will be published tomorrow at www.acropolisrally.gr

[Tom206wrc]

All in all this is a good quality entrylist

[tolis]

Day 1 entry list - national field - 46 more entries: http://ewrc-results.com/startlist.php?e=16608
Day 2 entry list - national field - 36 more entries: http://ewrc-results.com/startlist.php?e=16609

[nafpaktos]

Not even one top class car.really sad thing.i hope one day to reach the old good days when greeks had really good cars.

[PLuto]

I dont like this situation with ERC and national field. But this is big mistake of FIA and their "super cost-low" and "super-safety" regulations...

[Jarek Z]

I dont like this situation with ERC and national field. But this is big mistake of FIA and their "super cost-low" and "super-safety" regulations...

Whatever the reasons are (I have no idea), one thing is certain - this is idiotic and ruins this sport. Sometimes I wonder why people are still interested in rallying. FIA turned this sport into a joke.

[RAS007]

Just 29 crews?! In Acropolis, one of the most famous rallies in the world? Is this a joke?

Not even one top class car.really sad thing.i hope one day to reach the old good days when greeks had really good cars.

I am trying to remain upbeat, but looking at the entry list and itinerary, it is hard to disagree with the above comments; I could be wrong, but this appears to be the shortest Acropolis ever at 239km. It is basically 6 stages run twice with a 1km Super Special! There are local level events longer than that! The separation of the national entries from the ERC field, as some have already mentioned, does not help at all and appears to defeat the purpose of the "re-invented" ERC; as far as I can tell, participation in and/or winning this series is still as much a road to nowhere as it ever has been. I hope I am wrong and of course will be following along as always, but sometimes it is hard to see what is happening to the sport...

[RS]

participation in and/or winning this series is still as much a road to nowhere as it ever has been.

IMO it's better than recent pre-Eurosport ERC but still has some way to go to reach the level of IRC.

[tolis]

I am trying to remain upbeat, but looking at the entry list and itinerary, it is hard to disagree with the above comments; I could be wrong, but this appears to be the shortest Acropolis ever at 239km. It is basically 6 stages run twice with a 1km Super Special! There are local level events longer than that! The separation of the national entries from the ERC field, as some have already mentioned, does not help at all and appears to defeat the purpose of the "re-invented" ERC; as far as I can tell, participation in and/or winning this series is still as much a road to nowhere as it ever has been. I hope I am wrong and of course will be following along as always, but sometimes it is hard to see what is happening to the sport...

Shortest Acropolis? Sure, but it's ERC, not WRC, so the total kms are less. See for example the kms of the first 2 rounds.

@dimviii: Lappi was really flying in his Skoda, he will be very fast in gravel. Peugeot's did many passes on tarmac, not so many on gravel. Kajto was scaring fast and confident, Tarabus fast but more nervous than Kajto. Serderidis was trying to learn as much as possible. Delta Rally didn't do so many passes, Magalhaes's car caught fire, fortunately, not big damages.

Tarabus had a ride with Kajto and he said that this guy is crazy. GINE, Athanassoulas, had also this experience and couldn't speak for 10 minutes! He admitted that fortunately, I don't drive in the Acropolis Rally!

For greeks, a small article about the tests: http://www.r40.gr/index.php?option=c...658&Itemid=187

[dimviii]

thanks tolis!