Acropolis Rally Thread

[Mirek]

Novikov just finished.

[N.O.T]

Lampros 2 splits away from victory !!!!!!!!

[N.O.T]

ok 1 split to go now !!!!

[Mirek]

He is flying in the end of stage! Hope he stays on the road!

[Psycho!]

]Novikov just finished.
Behind Sordo...Where are now the anti-Ford-tactic guys???

Lambros smashes Nasser...One more split...Fingers crossed...

[Mirek]

Lambrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo s!!!!

Biiiiig congratulations!

[N.O.T]

Al attiyah finioshed the stage !!! 20 seconds faster than his morning time...

[N.O.T]

YES YESY YES Lampros destroys al attyiha !!!!!!!! he is PWRC winner !!!!!

[Psycho!]

Gongratulations!!!He won fair and square!!!One class above!!Bravo!!!

[Mirek]

Abu Dhabi spirit of the rally for Lambros :)

[A.F.F.]

Great day to be a Finn but I must admit that half of this year's Acropolis wasn't nothing but cruising.

Congrats to Mikko and Jarmo.

Congrats to Ogier for great podium.

And congrats Latvala for listening Malcolm this time and bringing the car home... ON PODIUM like I said already on friday :D

[RS]

]Lambrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo s!!!!

Biiiiig congratulations!

Yeah! Amazing. I presumed he wouldn't be able to keep up with Sandell here but in the end he was clearly the fastest in pWRC and won :)

[Mauri A]

Behind Sordo...Where are now the anti-Ford-tactic guys???

You should know that the most clever people on this site have a long time ago convinced to us that Citroën never will use tactics because it is unsportsmanlike.
So, things just happen.

[Mirek]

Big problems for Prokop. He has broken clutch and must do all the traffic in the town...

[TMorel]

Don't suppose there's any chance of both sides giving it a bleedin rest about the tactics and whose fans are the biggest crybabies... it's getting to the point where it's more annoying than the actual problems with the rules.

[N.O.T]

by the way a big part of the success of Lampros is due to his co-driver Nikos Zakcheos...who is a very talented young co-driver...the best in greece.

Overall the event was a big farce to be honest.....and as long as the organisers think about their pockets and not the event itself...it will remain like that. The cancellation of the penultimate ss shows that the rally near Athens gather uneducated sick dogs as spectators who have no idea whee to stand....when the rally was at Lamia the numbers of the spectators were 10 time bigger yet there were no problems at all...


Next year the rally will not be included in the WRC ...lets hoope we manage to get an IRC round instead.

[urabus-denoS2000]

N.O.T. ,as

[urabus-denoS2000]

N.O.T. ,as seen in your signature,could you explain your personall boycott of Acropolis?

[N.O.T]

i didn;t attend the event due to its location...i only went to the shakedown.

[AndyRAC]

Overall the event was a big farce to be honest.....and as long as the organisers think about their pockets and not the event itself...it will remain like that. The cancellation of the penultimate ss shows that the rally near Athens gather uneducated sick dogs as spectators who have no idea whee to stand....when the rally was at Lamia the numbers of the spectators were 10 time bigger yet there were no problems at all...


Next year the rally will not be included in the WRC ...lets hoope we manage to get an IRC round instead.

To be honest, I think a lot of events are like that - cram as many fans in, make as much money - forget the sporting side!!

[N.O.T]

To be honest, I think a lot of events are like that - cram as many fans in, make as much money - forget the sporting side!!

no they are not....acropolis has no ticket so ours think differently....

[Xsara Fan]

Official information about Novikov`s stop at the last stage: "Engine overheating".

As a present for Novikov`s performance 'Citroen Racing' gave Evgeny FREE(!!!) 'Neste Oil Rally 2009'! :)

[N.O.T]

nice move by the team :)

[PLuto]

Gallery from Greece by Miroslav Knedla: here (http://fotogalerie.autosport.cz/index.php?cat=81)

http://fotogalerie.autosport.cz/albums/wpw-20090611/thumb_Hirvonen_SD_2.jpghttp://fotogalerie.autosport.cz/albums/wpw-20090611/thumb_Sordo_SD_1.jpghttp://fotogalerie.autosport.cz/albums/wpw-20090614/thumb_Novikov_SS4.jpghttp://fotogalerie.autosport.cz/albums/wpw-20090614/thumb_Sordo_SS2.jpghttp://fotogalerie.autosport.cz/albums/wpw-20090614/thumb_Loeb_start.jpg

[josefmd]

Lambros smashes Nasser...One more split...Fingers crossed...[/quote]

You do know that Nasser was not going to fight for first! He is more concerned about the champsionship points and keeping the EVO 9 dude behind him. :rolleyes:

[N.O.T]

yes we know that, but we are allowed to dream aren;t we ?? :D :D

[blissard]

About the Henning crash:

Some of you said he was angry because he wasn't told about the rock, but that was not the situation.

Henning was angry because he wasn't told that Sordo had stopped in the middle of the road. He came at him with full speed, and the marshall led him straight into the rock that Sordo hit.

[COD]

]
There are quite many in Finland and we have a lot of Finnish guys here. How about them?

There are I think 4-5 in the Finnish Championship, but even though names like Juha Salo and Kosti Katajamäki driving them they have not yet won a single event. Seems the 9 is still better car than the 10. I think that makes Nikara look even better...

[Mirek]

Thank You

[bluuford]

Official information about Novikov`s stop at the last stage: "Engine overheating".

As a present for Novikov`s performance 'Citroen Racing' gave Evgeny FREE(!!!) 'Neste Oil Rally 2009'! :)

Good decision. Evgeny has paid a lot of money and he has had a lot of technical problems for that money and finally that show with "engine overheating" today. Good to hear that Citroen guys are humans after all :-)

But what about forcing other team drivers to give their places. motorsport has always been team sport and team effort and I accept those tactics (Ford has done it, Citroen has done it, Subaru has done it, Lancia etc.) . If you take more general view then those satellite team drivers reach to those positions thanks to the effort their main team has put into the car. Motorsport has always been team sport and driver is just the middle and also very important part in a long chain. But the chain is not chain even if one small part is broken or weak :-)

[bluuford]

There are I think 4-5 in the Finnish Championship, but even though names like Juha Salo and Kosti Katajamäki driving them they have not yet won a single event. Seems the 9 is still better car than the 10. I think that makes Nikara look even better...

In last Finnish championship round Ketomaa won with Subaru again, which seems to be upper hand compared to Evo 9 now. And second place went o Salo, who drove Evo 10 by the way :-)

[Camelopard]

You should know that the most clever people on this site have a long time ago convinced to us that Citroën never will use tactics because it is unsportsmanlike.
So, things just happen.


:rotflmao:

[Psycho!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVwdy4SWsYY&feature=related

Here is what happenned to Latvala...

[bluuford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVwdy4SWsYY&feature=related

Here is what happenned to Latvala...

Well, very small mistake but huge time-loss. So many spectators but not working together. In ideal conditions the timeloss would have been less than 1 minute :-)

[janvanvurpa]

About the Henning crash:

Some of you said he was angry because he wasn't told about the rock, but that was not the situation.

Henning was angry because he wasn't told that Sordo had stopped in the middle of the road. He came at him with full speed, and the marshall led him straight into the rock that Sordo hit.

There is the little problem with complaining the car is in the middle of the road, when the sordo car was parked half off the road which is clear in both the in-car and the helicopter shots.

Sure the marshall was indicating to stay to the right, but Henning still has eyes, there was no dust, and the car didn't drive itself to hit the rock.
I always have followed Hennings adventyr on his block and like his good humor, but here he was complaining too much.
I have gotten by dead cars with less room and no marshal in similar circumstances, so I don't understand why he's yelling at others about "fair play".

[mm1]

I think after watching the videos, Hening also doesn`t understand why he was yelling at Sordo, if he had a cool head he clearly wouldn`t have done it. But such things sometimes happen.

[J4MIE]

Well guys I am back home after a vbery hot and beautiful event :D Even though I very very nearly missed my flight from Athens and my connecting flight was delayed I eventually got home at 3am, and am now back in work :s

About the Latvala off, I was watching at the next corner and you could see through the trees to the previous one too, and he was very very wild around there and looked like close to going off also. DonJippo says that I am in the video but I haven't checked it yet. However, there were plenty of people helping (except for the marshal who was telling everyone to leave the car alone and to get off the road :rolleyes: ), but the thing that the video doesn't show is how hot the car was, I am amazed that anyone was able to move the car without buring their hands, I only touched it for a few seconds and my hands are still sore :s

Also saw a report on the news last night and was surprised at Loeb's mistake.

A few drivers really impressed me this event, first of all Al-Qassimi on Saturday, very commited and really going for it. Then Sunday was Matthew Wilson's turn, if he drove like that all the time he would have better results for sure :up:

Pics up later.

[Finni]

In last Finnish championship round Ketomaa won with Subaru again, which seems to be upper hand compared to Evo 9 now. And second place went o Salo, who drove Evo 10 by the way :-)

Or Ketomaa is just so much better than the rest. I guess Salo is no more at the top of his game. Already with Mitsu Ketomaa beated Salo.

I would actually say that Ketomaa is one of the most underrated driver in the world. This guy would have potential to drive at the wrc level. Last in pwrc he drove crappy Subaru and was also learning. Altough already in Japan his pace was really, really good.

[Helstar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVwdy4SWsYY&feature=related
Here is what happenned to Latvala...
omg those people ... that genious who was jumping on the bonnet ... if the car starts he would have flew to Athens !

[J4MIE]

Is Latvala's off available on wrc.com? I can't watch youtube at work :(

[mant1953]

Here's some action from the shakedown of the Acropolis rally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cwNnUF9iJc

[COD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVwdy4SWsYY&feature=related

Here is what happenned to Latvala...

LOL. How many Greeks does it take to push a rallycar 1 meter

[N.O.T]

LOL. How many Greeks does it take to push a rallycar 1 meter

:D :D :D :D :D

[andre93]

photos of opel corsa s2000???

[jimakos]

file:///C:/Users/tom/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpgfile:///C:/Users/tom/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpghttp://www.speedheads.de/artikelbilder/2008/OpelCorsaLimitedEdition1.jpg






http://www.wrumwrum.pl/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/msd-opel-corsa-opc-super-2000-2.jpgnice car hey??

[RS]

photos of opel corsa s2000???

This is kind of the wrong thread, but since you asked, here is Bengue's Corsa for IRC Ypres this weekend, sweet :)

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8119/hankookcorsa007.jpg

[andre93]

photos of kaltsounis in acropolis??

[Xsara Fan]

LOL. How many Greeks does it take to push a rallycar 1 meter

There was at least 4 russians ;) My friends took part in this show...

They also made photos: http://www.almrally.ru/multimedia/?g2_itemId=7812&g2_page=7

[J4MIE]

A few of my pics:

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325435611_529115611_7410313_2703433_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325485611_529115611_7410320_5810743_n.jpg

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325500611_529115611_7410323_6426527_n.jpg

[J4MIE]

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325495611_529115611_7410322_6493855_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325530611_529115611_7410328_2489404_n.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325555611_529115611_7410332_5004908_n.jpg

[J4MIE]

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325580611_529115611_7410337_3790397_n.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325595611_529115611_7410340_7342774_n.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325635611_529115611_7410345_1774068_n.jpg

[J4MIE]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325645611_529115611_7410347_1264092_n.jpg

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325505611_529115611_7410324_7558006_n.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs101.snc1/4753_204325390611_529115611_7410306_1279861_n.jpg

[N.O.T]

extensive photogallery of the whole event here:

http://www.r40.gr/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=52388&g2_navId=xfe72c88d

the last 3 pages of the shakedown are my pics.

Enjoy.

[hari]

My fotos from this great rally:
http://www.ir7.at/fotosgriechenland2009.html

Already looking forward to get there again for the next edition.

http://www.ir7.at/newsimg/akropolisfotoakt2.jpg

[N.O.T]

next wrc edition will be in 2011 most likely....but we maybe lucky and get an IRC edition next year.

[dimviii]

Congrats for Lambros and Nicos for the unbelieveble win in pwrc!!
Congrats to Pavlos also as the man beside the curtain.
i don t remember something like that to be again,except Cody Crocker in Australia.The difference is that Cody is official Subaru driver participating for years in 2 championships(Australian/Asia Pacific) and Lampros have drive two different rented cars in last 2 Acropolis.Of course was his first drive with an s2k car.

You all make as proud!!!!

Congrats again!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Λαμπρο-Παυλο-Νικο θελω κι αλλο!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

About the rally now,i saw 7 ss,and i can say that i impressed by Nikara,Petter who was pushing hard,and Novikov.
I was expecting more from Loeb before his retirement.
Very spectacular was also Ostberg,and in some ss Wilson.
Not so kindly comments for the preperation of ralliart italy,almost from all drivers from PSD.
Nice to meet Petr Elias again from ewrc.cz.
Next year hope to see IRC action....

[bluuford]

Official information about Novikov`s stop at the last stage: "Engine overheating".

As a present for Novikov`s performance 'Citroen Racing' gave Evgeny FREE(!!!) 'Neste Oil Rally 2009'! :)

That means Poland and Finland are confirmed for Novikov? Any more confirmed? I have always told to everybody that he is future World Champion and quoting David Lapwroth from Subaru: "The time will come when the distance between crashes and problems exceeds 400km-s and he is going to win a rally." (he was describing young Colin). Novikov is driving very fast and extremely spectacularly like Colin did, not like Loeb does. When he was driving in Estonian rallies then it was extremely nice to watch how he made all roads at least one meter wider than they actually were :-)

Was it first rally for Ogier when he was driving 2008 C4? So far he was driving older version. Even Loeb has told that the old version was not so comfortable to drive while he was explaining his mistakes in Norway and Sweden.

[tolis]

Congratulations to Lampros Athanassoulas-Nicos Zakheos!!!!!! You were fantastic!!! Many thanks guys...You made us cry in the finish of the rally. I hope you find the budget to do more rallies, because you really deserve it!!!

[tolis]

photos of opel corsa s2000???
Here you are:
http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56o_Acro/56_197.jpg (http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56o_Acro/56_197.jpg)
http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56o_Acro/56_200.jpg (http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56o_Acro/56_200.jpg)
And more photos of the great event:
http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56oAcro.htm (http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56oAcro.htm)

[tolis]

Here you are:
http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56o_Acro/56_197.jpg
http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56o_Acro/56_200.jpg
And more photos of the great event:
http://www.xwmatinos.gr/Gallery/09/56oAcro.htm

[Xsara Fan]

That means Poland and Finland are confirmed for Novikov? Any more confirmed?

For the moment - only Poland and Finland...

[sal]

http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2009/wrc/gr/gr_a_271_sandell_3.jpg

Photographer should have got a bigger lens..

[imaginas.gr]

Hello!
I went in Drosohori last Friday for Special Stage number 5 "Drosohori".My photos are in my web page http://www.imaginas.gr
http://www.imaginas.gr/gallery/folder40.html

[amilk]

Thanks for this great race!

My photo selection from Acropolis rally is here (1024x768)

http://klimafoto.hu/kepek.php?konyvt=kepek/2008/acroweb/

[Mirek]

Someone asked for Kalsounis...
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_IMNAbAxuZMc/Sja6g3QOJHI/AAAAAAAABPE/wmnG5gzGvW8/s640/P6122902.JPG

[dimviii]

http://athanassoulas.gr/files/X6_0087.JPG

[dimviii]

Thanks for this great race!

My photo selection from Acropolis rally is here (1024x768)

http://klimafoto.hu/kepek.php?konyvt=kepek/2008/acroweb/

Fantastic photos!!!! Bravo!!

[Sardalense]

I heard from a friend of mine that Nasser didn´t allow the scrutinners to open the bounet of his car after the rally is over. Anyone knows if the FIA sealed the car for future inspection?

[J4MIE]

If everyone drove with as much commitment as Athanassoulis, I think everyone would be very happy indeed, that is a great photo of him :up:

[bowler]

I heard from a friend of mine that Nasser didn´t allow the scrutinners to open the bounet of his car after the rally is over. Anyone knows if the FIA sealed the car for future inspection?

That would be very unusual, and I do not know if he can stop the scrutineers. The stewards would have to make that ruling, and it would be recorded publicly.

[Rallyper]

That would be very unusual, and I do not know if he can stop the scrutineers. The stewards would have to make that ruling, and it would be recorded publicly.

So, can anyone tell - what was the result then...? :confused:

[JAM]

The scutinners nominated Nasser's car to be open, but the driver didn't accepted that on Greece, only accepted in Prodrive UK. So the car has been sent there and will be open soon by FIA people.

That's the info that i have at the moment. But later will know something more.

[Mirek]

That seems to be very strange to me.

[alexlake]

some great pictures in this section!

[dimviii]

]That seems to be very strange to me.
Mirek this year in Acropolis it was obvious that n15 sti were veeeeery torquey.After tight corners,especially uphill they dissapeared instantly.Big improovement from last year Acropolis.
Lets wait...

[Mirek]

This year there are more free rulles for turbo in gr.N and also N15 may have water spray which it didn't have last year. It may be the reason...

[JAM]

Or something inside the engine that someone will try to find...

[jimakos]

Any photos of Mikko Hirvonen in rally Acropolis??

[tolis]

@jimakos:
Take a look in his official website...
www.mikkohirvonen.com (http://www.mikkohirvonen.com)

[jimakos]

Thanks tolis11!!Nice stuff ;)

[mant1953]

SS 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoT1oT7nEI

SS 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqUlzUSSFPM

SS 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r-jtuCDccU

[edacurf]

http://www.rallyefreunde.at.tf

[pavlos_a]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k1MlZrduUQ&feature=channel_page

[Mirek]

Thanks Pavlos :)

[pavlos_a]

Or something inside the engine that someone will try to find...

I think there are news coming about Nasser's car. In Finland we will know