The Acropolis Rally this year will be held 24-27 May.
Rally Guide 1 is published HERE...
This year the rally has a night stage on Thursday, after the ceremonial start! ;)
411.38 gravel kilometres!
The rally also counts for PWRC and WRC Academy.
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The Acropolis Rally this year will be held 24-27 May.
Rally Guide 1 is published HERE...
This year the rally has a night stage on Thursday, after the ceremonial start! ;)
411.38 gravel kilometres!
The rally also counts for PWRC and WRC Academy.
And I will be there this year, can't wait! :D :D
The route was somewhat expected... let the planning begin.
Pity the power stage is the same as last year...
Why pitty Greg? Did you were at power stage last year?Very fast stage,plenty of 5th-6th speed flatout curves.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
the stage was nice of course but i think they should have gone for something different for the power stage.
Aha!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
some quick stuff to start getting into the mood
pic from thiva (2km mark)
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pics from power stage ( 1 km from finish..give or take)
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basically those were just the 2 places that offered some action for me in 2011 due to problems i could not go through the stages before the event as i usually do so the rest of the places i visited were the ones suggested by the guide and they SUCK !!! if you have some standards of course, if you visit events just for the sake of it then they are fine....
Just saw the coverage from 1999, it's great rally.
the rally was legendary back then...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
but in Greece the only thing that matters is the pigdogs of Athens to get fatter and fatter so they changed the location of the event since 2005...
The rally after 2005 became a shadow of its past self...
Roads were horrible but great. :D
How are the roads for drivers? Nice and rough? Good to photograph?
Also, access to stages - I was told you don't need a 4WD just a normal hatchback car would do.
Access is easy indeed. No need for a 4x4. We really liked it last year and will be back this year :)
Had a quick look at the Rally Guide, quite a lot of driving, but it has to be possible to do 12 stages easily; Shakedown, Nightstage, 4 on Friday, 4 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday :)
Friday is definitely easier to plan than last year.
How many stages in one day? I will look at guide tomorrow. If 6 I would/could do 5!!
How much driving is needed? Hah
you will drive a lot that is for sure...especially this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
access is ok you will not need a 4x4 car...although you will see a lot of 4x4 driven by dogs from the capital who have no clue.
about spectating depends what you are after really....if you want to follow the athenian sheep and go to the places the guide recomends then 3 is a good target without much stress (you will have to skip the bottom entries though)
If you want to go through the stages 1-2 days before or earlier to find your own place then 2 stages and maybe 3 but in one stage you will have to follow the guide (to have an easy go in-get out)
not all places of the guide are terrible...1-2 are ok or they are close to some ok palces (walking 1-2 kms max)...but the majority are boring.
It also depends what you want to watch...one thing that is great about acropolis rally is that it has a big variety of road conditions and road speeds...
#WRC Acropolis Rally of Greece 2012 program & itinerary is now out Programme du Rallye Wrc de Grèce-Acropole 2012
Me too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Allyc85
Thanks N.O.T.
Media guide will have some advantages as well for where I should go and roads/directions.
Appreciate your feedback :)
yes the spectator guide which is published online around 1 month before the event is very detailed and comes with a rally-style roadbook for the directions.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Hopefully I will bump into you again this time NOT as you disappeared last year :s ;) But looks like you got far better pics than me from the power stage, I didn't like it and have never seen marshalling as strict in Greece :s Hopefully your car fares better than last time on your recce!!
Schedule looks good, was hoping that the shakedown was the same as last 2 times as I really liked it, but should still be good. Shame also they have switched the refuel on day 2 to after Kefalari as it might mean missing it due to 20 mins less road section :(
indeed...i was trying to locate my mates and they have walked 3 kms into the stage...they almost got to the end...so i didn't had the heart t walk uphill another 4 ks to find you...this year will be different hopefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Thought you said Marshall's are much better then anywhere else? Problems on stages for you guys?Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Is it like where in Australia, marshall's make you stay all together in small places like cattle?
Didnt have any problems with marshalls :)
Looks like Jamie is just talking about the powerstage.
our marshals are not a big problem... they usually are not very strict and are talkative, of course there are some odd ones but they are the minority, never had any problems with them in 14 years of attendance.... very rarely we have those spectator pens, usually they are on spectator areas were the stage is flat along with the ground...but we do not have many areas like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
if you arrive early on the stage (3 hours before the start) you can enter with your car and find a good place.
In the power stage they were a bit nervous i must say but it was their first year so i can understand since it would be a huge embarassement if the stage was cancelled or delayed.
This year they start a volunteer marshal program... which might end in tears and bruises because when you give an Athinoid power they usually tend to overreact, i really hope they set some good standards to accept them... otherwise its FUN FUN FUN for everyone...
I would like to see if we have the same crowds as last year...i must say i did not expect to have such a big draw last year...lets see if those austerity measures finally took their toll in spectating as well.
Yeah it was just on the power stage which I can understand they don't want any problems live on tv. Anywhere else, you can generally stand wherever you want - if you can manage after walking up hills in the heat :D
Hills and Heat??? Oh man!
Hey that's rally. I do a lot for my only Favourite sport!! :D
SS Zireia today!!! :D
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...94638064_n.jpg
The date points at a muddy event rather than a usual acropolis...if the rally last year was held on this years date many stages i think would be shortened and access to them would be very limited....
all remains to be seen...
Nice picture.Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
It better bloody not be, especially after an unusually mild Rally GB :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
It remains to be seen, but around the end of May last year the area was hit by heavy rain storms...many villages and towns had flood problems.
Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
HERE you can find more photos from last year. Can't wait till the end of May!!! :D
Nice photos tolis - you have one of me and Jonathan in there too! :D :up:
Rally Guide 1 Vol.2 here: http://www.acropolisrally.gr/userfil...2_2012_RG1.pdf
So we can expect a new video from our national event?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
Can't wait!!! When you refresh the page, it gets updated automatically!
http://countdownimages.org/cdwn/0_45e_IMG1552.png
Yeah, booked flights and hotel yesterday ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by papar007
Way ahead of you MartijnS, I have been booked for ages! I have a few days in Madrid and then onto Athens from there :)
Athanassoulas Fiesta WRC - Greece Team????
No night stage this year...