Acropolis Rally 2022

15h

Pierre-Louis Loubet is once again the fastest in the special! Second consecutive scratch for the young Frenchman who confirms! He increases his lead at the head of the Acropolis Rally, now with a 7″8 margin over Lappi! 

 

The classification of SS6: 

 

 

The general classification after SS6: 

 

15h

Gus Greensmith achieves one of his best stages of the day, only 6″1 behind Lappi. The Briton is closing in on Sordo and Evans in the fight for 5th place!

15h

Pierre-Louis Loubet is already 3″3 ahead of Lappi in the 2nd intermediate! 

15h

Dani Sordo arrives 7″3 behind Esapekka Lappi on this 6th special. He overtakes Elfyn Evans overall.

14h

Sébastien Loeb concedes 2″8 on Lappi’s time and loses his 2nd place overall, to the benefit of the Finn…

 

Loeb: “I think Lappi is very fast now. I had a pretty good stage, so there's no real reason [for the loss of time]. »

14h

Esapekka Lappi signs the provisional best time in 13'04″9 and increases his lead against Neuville!

 

Lappi: “I wasn't really pushing but I was clean all the time. I braked early to make sure we would be on the right line on the exits. I was efficient. »

14h

Craig Breen, 1″5 behind the second intermediate, finally finished 3″9 ahead of Neuville and took the best provisional time!

 

Breen: “The car is great, it must be said, and the other guys are doing a good job. It's a pleasure but also incredibly frustrating for us. »

14h

There is something better for Takamoto Katsuta compared to the first stages this morning. The Toyota driver finished 6″3 behind Neuville.

14h

Thierry Neuville takes the provisional best time in 13'12″6!

 

Neuville: “I don’t compare my times with those of Rovanperä. I look at the guys behind who are in a close position. It wasn't great to be honest – I struggled with balance and had quite a bit of understeer.« 

14h

New best time, now owned by Elfyn Evans in 13'18″8. He is ahead of Tänak by 2″2.

14h

Ott Tänak is faster: the Estonian achieves the best time in 13'21″0, 2″9 better than the championship leader.

14h

First reference time for Kalle Rovanperä: 13'23″9. The Finn is still suffering with his position as a road sweeper…

14h

Pierre-Louis Loubet's reaction on Twitter after his first scratch of his WRC career:

 

14h

As a reminder, here is the starting order for the last two stages of the day. Rovanperä starts first, Loeb 8th, Loubet 11th.

 

  1. Rovanperä
  2. Thank you
  3. Evans
  4. Neuville
  5. Feel it
  6. Breen
  7. Lapland
  8. Loeb
  9. Deaf
  10. Greensmith
  11. loubet
  12. Serderidis
14h

The start of SS6 is given with Kalle Rovanperä setting off first on the 21-kilometer special.

14h

And no, you're not dreaming, it's Pierre-Louis Loubet who is leading the Acropolis Rally! The 25-year-old Corsican is leading a WRC event for the first time in his career!

 

Loubet surprising leader ahead of Loeb at the Acropolis Rally!

14h

The general classification before the start of SS6: 

 

13h

The start of SS6 (Livadia – 21,03 km) is scheduled for 14:15 p.m.

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