65. EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021
9. 9. – 12. 9. 2021, Lamia • Motorsport Greece + OMAE • gravel 292.19 km • total distance including road sections - 1285.85 km • Other years
#1
Toyota Yaris WRC 
SP ***
SP ***
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
RC1
Final results
3. overall
3. class RC1
3. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Cosmote 5G Athens Stage (0.98 km) | 51.5 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
68.5 km/h |
51.5 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| "I love Greece, it's a beautiful country. I am really happy to come back on these roads. We have a job to open the road first tomorrow, but we will do our best with the situation because it's a rally I like." | ||||||
| SS2 Aghii Theodori 1 (17.54 km) | 13:16.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
79.3 km/h 0.01 s/km |
14:07.5 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
|
| "Extremely slippery. I did everything I can, but unfortunately I think it will be very costly in time." | ||||||
| SS3 Loutraki (19.40 km) | 13:11.8 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
88.2 km/h 0.38 s/km |
27:19.3 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "My performance so far I am pretty happy with." | ||||||
| SS4 Aghii Theodori 2 (17.54 km) | 13:13.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
79.6 km/h 0.18 s/km |
40:32.8 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "Extremely rough, like expected. I didn't really push on this one." | ||||||
| SS5 Thiva (23.27 km) | 15:25.2 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
90.5 km/h |
55:58.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "A few hours before, it would have been really good to be in front [on the road], but now unfortunately it has dried out too much. I struggled with the car - the grip was inconsistent." | ||||||
| SS6 Elatia (11.65 km) | 6:03.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
115.5 km/h 0.42 s/km |
1:02:01.0 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I think I can be really happy with this day, I did everything I could and we managed to stay out of trouble. It's been a really good day. This one was pretty loose and the profile is really fast, but hopefully it won't cost us too much time." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS7 Pavliani 1 (24.25 km) | 19:40.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
74.0 km/h 0.53 s/km |
1:21:41.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "It was pretty damp in this one. The ideal choice would be full softs [tyres] in there for sure, but we don't have many for the rally, so that's the bigger question." | ||||||
| SS8 Gravia (24.81 km) | 20:49.8 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
71.5 km/h 0.56 s/km |
1:42:31.3 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "A difficult stage for me again. I struggled quite a lot with the grip." | ||||||
| SS9 Bauxites (22.97 km) | 13:50.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
99.6 km/h 0.27 s/km |
1:56:21.8 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "The two guys behind have been always faster so far. It's okay at the moment, we keep doing our job. For the championship, it's perfect where we are right now." | ||||||
| SS10 Eleftherohori 1 (18.14 km) | 11:11.7 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
97.2 km/h 0.36 s/km |
2:07:33.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "Still tricky. It changed a lot compared to recce. I was hesitating a lot in the stage but so far so good. We are keeping to the plan and trying not to take too much risk." | ||||||
| SS11 Pavliani 2 (24.25 km) | 19:10.6 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
75.9 km/h |
2:26:44.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "It's been a good stage. I enjoyed it more than this morning - the grip was more consistent and the car was fun to drive." | ||||||
| SS12 Eleftherohori 2 (18.14 km) | 10:48.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
100.6 km/h 0.38 s/km |
2:37:33.0 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "All okay. I think the afternoon loop was good for us. It was a good rhythm, and we are still following our plan. So far, so good." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS13 Tarzan 1 (23.37 km) | 17:50.7 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
78.6 km/h 1.20 s/km |
2:55:23.7 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "Tricky conditions - at the beginning it was very low grip. Wrong tyre choice for sure, full softs would have been best, but we didn't know it was going to rain." | ||||||
| SS14 Pyrgos (33.20 km) | 25:33.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
77.9 km/h 0.27 s/km |
3:20:57.2 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "All okay. Now we are just trying to go through and waiting for the power stage - that will be the last push we need to have for this rally." | ||||||
| SS15 Tarzan 2[Power Stage] (12.68 km) | 8:38.7 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
88.0 km/h 0.31 s/km |
3:29:35.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I think we reached the target we wanted this weekend - to maintain the lead - and we actually increased it now. Not an easy one, the conditions were changing all the time, but I think we did a clean rally." | ||||||
