2001 Acropolis Rally
The 2001 Acropolis Rally (formally the 48th Acropolis Rally) was the seventh round of the 2001 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 15 June and 17 June 2001, and was won by Ford's Colin McRae, his 3rd win in a row and 23rd win in the World Rally Championship. [1]
2001 Acropolis Rally 48th Acropolis Rally | |||
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Round 7 of the 2001 World Rally Championship season
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Host country | Greece | ||
Rally base | Athens | ||
Dates run | June 15, 2001 – June 17, 2001 | ||
Stages | 20 (387.41 km; 240.73 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Overall distance | 1,613.98 km (1,002.88 miles) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | ||
Crews | 110 at start, 47 at finish |
Background
Entry list
Itinerary
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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Leg 1 — 143.54 km | ||||
15 June | 10:13 | SS1 | Mendenitsa 1 | 26.92 km |
10:58 | SS2 | Paleohori | 10.85 km | |
12:33 | SS3 | Inohori 1 | 23.00 km | |
13:16 | SS4 | Pavliani 1 | 24.45 km | |
16:00 | SS5 | Elatia | 31.40 km | |
17:28 | SS6 | Mendenitsa 2 | 26.92 km | |
Leg 2 — 117.61 km | ||||
16 June | 17:28 | SS7 | Pavliani 2 | 24.45 km |
10:23 | SS8 | Karoutes 1 | 18.89 km | |
12:56 | SS9 | Livadia 1 | 11.66 km | |
13:34 | SS10 | Stiri 1 | 3.59 km | |
14:31 | SS11 | Gravia 1 | 17.13 km | |
16:16 | SS12 | Inohori 2 | 23.00 km | |
17:24 | SS13 | Karoutes 2 | 18.89 km | |
Leg 3 — 126.26 km | ||||
17 June | 08:33 | SS14 | Amfiklia 1 | 8.25 km |
09:06 | SS15 | Elatia — Rengini 1 | 38.69 km | |
12:04 | SS16 | Livadia 2 | 11.66 km | |
12:42 | SS17 | Stiri 2 | 3.59 km | |
13:39 | SS18 | Gravia 2 | 17.13 km | |
15:07 | SS19 | Amfiklia 2 | 8.25 km | |
15:40 | SS20 | Elatia — Rengini 2 | 38.69 km | |
Source:[3] | ||||
Results
Overall
Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
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1 | 4 | Colin McRae | Nicky Grist | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 4:19:01.9 | 10 | |
2 | 6 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 4:19:50.9 | +49.0 | 6 |
3 | 16 | Harri Rovanperä | Risto Pietiläinen | Peugeot Total | Peugeot 206 WRC | 4:20:37.6 | +1:35.7 | 4 |
4 | 7 | Tommi Mäkinen | Risto Mannisenmäki | Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 | 4:21:17.2 | +2:15.3 | 3 |
5 | 17 | François Delecour | Daniel Grataloup | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 4:21:37.3 | +2:35.4 | 2 |
6 | 14 | Philippe Bugalski | Jean-Paul Chiaroni | Automobiles Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:23:02.1 | +4:00.2 | 1 |
Source:[4] | ||||||||
Classification
Special stages
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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Leg 1 (15 Jun) | SS1 | Mendenitsa 1 | 26.92 km | Richard Burns | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 19:14.0 | Richard Burns |
SS2 | Paleohori | 10.85 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 8:07.8 | Petter Solberg | |
SS3 | Inohori 1 | 23.00 km | Markko Märtin | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 18:27.1 | ||
SS4 | Pavliani 1 | 24.45 km | Colin McRae | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 20:17.2 | ||
SS5 | Elatia | 31.40 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS6 | Mendenitsa 2 | 26.92 km | Colin McRae | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 19:14.2 | Colin McRae | |
Leg 2 (16 Jun) | SS7 | Pavliani 2 | 24.45 km | François Delecour | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 19:46.0 | |
SS8 | Karoutes 1 | 18.89 km | François Delecour | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 12:12.8 | ||
SS9 | Livadia 1 | 11.66 km | Carlos Sainz | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 9:26.2 | ||
SS10 | Stiri 1 | 3.59 km | François Delecour | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 1:57.3 | ||
SS11 | Gravia 1 | 17.13 km | Carlos Sainz | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 13:17.3 | ||
SS12 | Inohori 2 | 23.00 km | François Delecour | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 18:13.2 | ||
SS13 | Karoutes 2 | 18.89 km | Richard Burns | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 12:03.4 | ||
Leg 3 (17 Jun) | SS14 | Amfiklia 1 | 8.25 km | Richard Burns | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 4:49.6 | |
SS15 | Elatia — Rengini 1 | 38.69 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 25:37.5 | ||
SS16 | Livadia 2 | 11.66 km | Richard Burns | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | 9:19.2 | ||
SS17 | Stiri 2 | 3.59 km | Carlos Sainz | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 1:55.6 | ||
SS18 | Gravia 2 | 17.13 km | Carlos Sainz | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 13:03.2 | ||
SS19 | Amfiklia 2 | 8.25 km | Carlos Sainz | Ford Focus RS WRC '01 | 4:49.2 | ||
SS20 | Elatia — Rengini 2 | 38.69 km | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 | 25:32.6 | ||
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 2 | Colin McRae | 30 | 2 | Nicky Grist | 30 | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | 60 | ||||
2 | 1 | Tommi Mäkinen | 30 | 1 | Risto Mannisenmäki | 30 | Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart | 53 | ||||
3 | 1 | Carlos Sainz | 26 | 1 | Luis Moya | 26 | Subaru World Rally Team | 28 | ||||
4 | Richard Burns | 15 | Robert Reid | 15 | Peugeot Total | 20 | ||||||
5 | 1 | Harri Rovanperä | 14 | 1 | Risto Pietiläinen | 14 | 1 | Škoda Motorsport | 11 |
Classification
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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Event | Class | ||||||||
13 | 1 | 32 | Gabriel Pozzo | Daniel Stillo | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:40:17.9 | 10 | |
14 | 2 | 33 | Gustavo Trelles | Jorge Del Buono | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:41:14.6 | +56.7 | 6 |
16 | 3 | 35 | Marcos Ligato | Rubén Garcia | Marcos Ligato | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:48:49.8 | +8:31.9 | 4 |
17 | 4 | 36 | Mirco Baldacci | Maurizio Barone | Mirco Baldacci | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:54:52.2 | +14:34.3 | 3 |
18 | 5 | 82 | Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis | Konstantinos Stefanis | Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis | Subaru Impreza WRX | 4:55:10.9 | +14:53.0 | 2 |
21 | 6 | 88 | Dimitris Drivakos | Elias Kordas | Dimitris Drivakos | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | 5:05:33.0 | +25:15.1 | 1 |
25 | 7 | 90 | Lazaros Panagiotounis | Elias Panagiotounis | Lazaros Panagiotounis | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 5:13:08.3 | +32:50.4 | 0 |
29 | 8 | 85 | Pavlos Moschoutis | Anastasios Goussetis | Pavlos Moschoutis | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | 5:18:35.3 | +38:17.4 | 0 |
32 | 9 | 91 | Grigoris Nioras | Kostas Lytras | Hellenic Police | Subaru Impreza WRX | 5:21:00.4 | +40:42.5 | 0 |
35 | 10 | 38 | Natalie Barratt | Claire Parker | Natalie Barratt Rallysport | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 5:32:26.9 | +52:09.0 | 0 |
Retired SS20 | 112 | Ioannis Panourgias | Anastasios Athanassiou | Ioannis Panourgias | Renault Clio Williams | Mechanical | 0 | ||
Retired SS16 | 89 | Dimitris Nassoulas | Leonidas Mahaeras | Dimitris Nassoulas | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | Mechanical | 0 | ||
Retired SS14 | 84 | Bob Colsoul | Tom Colsoul | Bob Colsoul | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Over time limit | 0 | ||
Retired SS14 | 101 | Ben Briant | Tim Line | Ben Briant | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | Over time limit | 0 | ||
Retired SS13 | 104 | Luca Betti | Andrea Gorni | Luca Betti | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | Engine | 0 | ||
Retired SS9 | 100 | Ries Huisman | Bart van Riemsdijk | Ries Huisman | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Retired | 0 | ||
Retired SS7 | 102 | Alistair Ginley | John Bennie | Alistair Ginley | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Retired | 0 | ||
Retired SS7 | 103 | Fabio Frisiero | Simone Scattolin | Fabio Frisiero | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Mechanical | 0 | ||
Retired SS6 | 34 | Stig Blomqvist | Ana Goñi | David Sutton Cars Ltd | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Mechanical | 0 | ||
Retired SS6 | 105 | David Sterckx | Pascal Lopes | David Sterckx | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Over time limit | 0 | ||
Retired SS3 | 81 | Konstantinos Apostolou | Nikiforos Marangos | Konstantinos Apostolou | Subaru Impreza WRX | Accident | 0 | ||
Retired SS3 | 87 | Dimitris Vazakas | Elias Kordas | Dimitris Vazakas | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | Engine | 0 | ||
Retired SS2 | 92 | Ioannis Konstantakatos | Apostolos Pallas | Ioannis Konstantakatos | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Brakes | 0 | ||
Source:[6] | |||||||||
Special stages
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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Leg 1 (15 Jun) | SS1 | Mendenitsa 1 | 26.92 km | Stig Blomqvist | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 21:08.1 | Stig Blomqvist |
SS2 | Paleohori | 10.85 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 8:50.5 | ||
SS3 | Inohori 1 | 23.00 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 19:43.6 | Gabriel Pozzo | |
SS4 | Pavliani 1 | 24.45 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 21:22.6 | ||
SS5 | Elatia | 31.40 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS6 | Mendenitsa 2 | 26.92 km | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 21:58.0 | ||
Leg 2 (16 Jun) | SS7 | Pavliani 2 | 24.45 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 21:17.9 | |
SS8 | Karoutes 1 | 18.89 km | Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis | Subaru Impreza WRX | 13:28.4 | ||
SS9 | Livadia 1 | 11.66 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 10:05.8 | ||
SS10 | Stiri 1 | 3.59 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 2:06.5 | ||
SS11 | Gravia 1 | 17.13 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 14:08.8 | ||
SS12 | Inohori 2 | 23.00 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 19:35.2 | ||
SS13 | Karoutes 2 | 18.89 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 13:17.0 | ||
Leg 3 (17 Jun) | SS14 | Amfiklia 1 | 8.25 km | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 5:17.9 | |
SS15 | Elatia — Rengini 1 | 38.69 km | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 27:36.0 | ||
SS16 | Livadia 2 | 11.66 km | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 9:56.9 | ||
SS17 | Stiri 2 | 3.59 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 2:05.0 | ||
SS18 | Gravia 2 | 17.13 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 14:00.9 | ||
SS19 | Amfiklia 2 | 8.25 km | Gustavo Trelles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 5:17.0 | ||
SS20 | Elatia — Rengini 2 | 38.69 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 27:33.0 | ||
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | ||
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Move | Driver | Points | |
1 | Gabriel Pozzo | 37 | |
2 | Gustavo Trelles | 26 | |
3 | Manfred Stohl | 12 | |
4 | Olivier Gillet | 10 | |
5 | Stig-Olov Walfridsson | 10 |
Classification
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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Event | Class | ||||||||
19 | 1 | 53 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Sport | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 5:00:51.9 | 10 | |
20 | 2 | 52 | Andrea Dallavilla | Massimo Chiapponi | R&D Motorsport | Fiat Punto S1600 | 5:03:27.8 | +2:35.9 | 6 |
24 | 3 | 63 | Martin Stenshorne | Clive Jenkins | Zeta Racing | Ford Puma S1600 | 5:11:22.6 | +10:30.7 | 4 |
26 | 4 | 57 | Cédric Robert | Marie-Pierre Billoux | Team Gamma | Peugeot 206 S1600 | 5:15:22.0 | +14:30.1 | 3 |
28 | 5 | 51 | Patrick Magaud | Guylène Brun | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Puma S1600 | 5:15:41.7 | +14:49.8 | 2 |
31 | 6 | 68 | Massimo Ceccato | Mitia Dotta | Hawk Racing Club | Fiat Punto S1600 | 5:20:13.9 | +19:22.0 | 1 |
33 | 7 | 62 | Jussi Välimäki | Jakke Honkanen | ST Motors | Peugeot 206 S1600 | 5:21:03.6 | +20:11.7 | 0 |
36 | 8 | 72 | Saladin Mazlan | Timothy Sturla | Saladin Rallying | Ford Puma S1600 | 5:33:06.7 | +32:14.8 | 0 |
Retired SS17 | 69 | Nicolas Bernardi | Delphine Bernardi | Team Gamma | Peugeot 206 S1600 | Accident | 0 | ||
Retired SS15 | 54 | Larry Cols | Yasmine Gerard | Peugeot Bastos Racing | Peugeot 206 S1600 | Accident | 0 | ||
Retired SS15 | 55 | Niall McShea | Michael Orr | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Puma S1600 | Electrical | 0 | ||
Retired SS11 | 59 | Benoît Rousselot | Gilles Mondésir | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Puma S1600 | Suspension | 0 | ||
Retired SS9 | 65 | Alejandro Galanti | Fernando Zuleta | Astra Racing | Ford Puma S1600 | Gearbox | 0 | ||
Retired SS8 | 61 | Corrado Fontana | Renzo Casazza | H.F. Grifone SRL | Peugeot 206 S1600 | Transmission | 0 | ||
Retired SS8 | 71 | François Duval | Jean-Marc Fortin | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Puma S1600 | Suspension | 0 | ||
Retired SS4 | 60 | Cyril Henny | Aurore Maëder-Brand | Rally Team Henny | Citroën Saxo S1600 | Engine | 0 | ||
Retired SS3 | 64 | Massimo Macaluso | Antonio Celot | R&D Motorsport | Fiat Punto S1600 | Differential | 0 | ||
Retired SS2 | 56 | Giandomenico Basso | Flavio Guglielmini | Top Run SRL | Fiat Punto S1600 | Gearbox | 0 | ||
Retired SS2 | 73 | Christian Chemin | Matteo Alberto Bacchin | Hawk Racing Club | Fiat Punto S1600 | Suspension | 0 | ||
Retired SS1 | 50 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | Top Run SRL | Fiat Punto S1600 | Accident on road section | 0 | ||
Retired SS1 | 58 | Sergio Vallejo | Diego Vallejo | Pronto Racing | Fiat Punto S1600 | Suspension | 0 | ||
Retired SS1 | 67 | Albert Llovera | Marc Corral | Pronto Racing | Fiat Punto S1600 | Mechanical | 0 | ||
Source:[7] | |||||||||
Special stages
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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Leg 1 (15 Jun) | SS1 | Mendenitsa 1 | 26.92 km | Alejandro Galanti | Ford Puma S1600 | 22:49.2 | Alejandro Galanti |
SS2 | Paleohori | 10.85 km | Patrick Magaud | Ford Puma S1600 | 9:32.8 | ||
SS3 | Inohori 1 | 23.00 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 20:04.0 | Patrick Magaud | |
SS4 | Pavliani 1 | 24.45 km | Andrea Dallavilla | Fiat Punto S1600 | 22:22.6 | ||
SS5 | Elatia | 31.40 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS6 | Mendenitsa 2 | 26.92 km | François Duval | Ford Puma S1600 | 23:53.0 | François Duval | |
Leg 2 (16 Jun) | SS7 | Pavliani 2 | 24.45 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 22:10.3 | |
SS8 | Karoutes 1 | 18.89 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 13:37.6 | Sébastien Loeb | |
SS9 | Livadia 1 | 11.66 km | Andrea Dallavilla | Fiat Punto S1600 | 10:35.9 | ||
SS10 | Stiri 1 | 3.59 km | Andrea Dallavilla | Fiat Punto S1600 | 2:16.3 | ||
SS11 | Gravia 1 | 17.13 km | Andrea Dallavilla | Fiat Punto S1600 | 14:40.2 | ||
SS12 | Inohori 2 | 23.00 km | Andrea Dallavilla | Fiat Punto S1600 | 20:29.1 | ||
SS13 | Karoutes 2 | 18.89 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 13:38.4 | ||
Leg 3 (17 Jun) | SS14 | Amfiklia 1 | 8.25 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 5:44.2 | |
SS15 | Elatia — Rengini 1 | 38.69 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 29:20.0 | ||
SS16 | Livadia 2 | 11.66 km | Andrea Dallavilla | Fiat Punto S1600 | 10:50.4 | ||
SS17 | Stiri 2 | 3.59 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 2:19.2 | ||
SS18 | Gravia 2 | 17.13 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Saxo S1600 | 14:52.9 | ||
SS19 | Amfiklia 2 | 8.25 km | Patrick Magaud | Ford Puma S1600 | 5:47.7 | ||
SS20 | Elatia — Rengini 2 | 38.69 km | Massimo Ceccato | Fiat Punto S1600 | 30:06.8 | ||
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | ||
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Move | Driver | Points | |
1 | Sébastien Loeb | 20 | |
2 | 3 | Andrea Dallavilla | 8 |
3 | 1 | Martin Stenshorne | 7 |
4 | 2 | Giandomenico Basso | 6 |
5 | 2 | Corrado Fontana | 4 |
References
- "Acropolis Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
- "Acropolis Cyprus 2001 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Acropolis Rally 2001 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Acropolis Rally 2001 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Acropolis Rally 2001 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Acropolis Rally 2001 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Acropolis Rally 2001 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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