2023-09-09 18:51:58
The second stage of the 70th Acropolis Rally, Greece, has provided wholesale news and has put the championship leader, Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris), on track for a possible victory that will propel him to a new world crown.
The section, the longest of the race, with 141.52 kilometers and six sections, showed at the beginning the dominance that the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20) had been imposing, with an advantage of 10s9/10 over Sebastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris ), until stage 10 arrived, Pavliani, the first of the followingnoon, and Neuville found a well in the middle of the car’s trajectory that ended up breaking his right front suspension and caused him to abandon immediately and bid farewell to the fight. for the championship.
There Sebastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris) appeared on the scene to take the lead and put a lead of 12s6/10 over Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris), in what seemed like the possibility of seeking a new victory, despite not racing the entire season. However, the conditions of the Greek terrain following the last storms are not the best and in the final stretch of the stage, Eleftherohori, 18.02 kilometers, Ogier hit the right rear suspension in a deep hole that caused breaks and he lost stopped for more than four minutes.
Faced with this contingency, Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris) took the lead with three stages remaining in the Saturday stage with an advantage of 2m04s4/10 over the Spanish Daniel Sordo (Hyundai) and 2m09s4/10 over the Welshman Elfyn Evans (Toyota Yaris) , who does not want to say goodbye to the possibility of fighting for the championship.
The final stage
There are three stages and 72.93 kilometers left, following the organization reduced the second and third stages of the day, Grammeri, by 10 kilometers, which will also be the Power Stage with extra points. The final stage will begin with the iconic stretch, Tarzan, of 23.37 kilometers to travel.
General ranking
1°) Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris) 2h29m40s5/10
2°) Daniel Sordo (Hyundai i20) a 2m04s4/10
3°) Elfyn Evans (Toyota Yaris) and 2m09s4/10
4°) Sebastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris) sa 3m44s8/10
5°) Ott Tanak (Ford Puma) in 4m49s7/10
6°) Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai i20) a 6m16s2/10
7°) Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota Yaris) a 7m02s2/10
8°) Gus Greensmith (Skoda Fabia) a 8m51s5/10
9°) Yohan Rossel (Citroën C3) a 9n56s3/10
10°) Kajetan Kajetamowicz (Skoda >Fabia) a 11m06s2/10.
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