2006 Acropolis Rally

2006 Acropolis Rally 53rd Acropolis Rally
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Xavier Pons during one of the super special stages
Dates run	June 1 – 4 2006
Stages	18
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm BP Ford World Rally Team
Crews	84 at start, 70 at finish

The 2006 Acropolis Rally was the eighth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between June 1–4, 2006.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:56:26.8	0.0	10
2	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:58:53.6	+2:26.8	8
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:10.6	+3:43.8	6
4	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:00:47.6	+4:20.8	5
5	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:01:22.4	+4:55.6	4
6	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:23.2	+4:56.4	3
7	Petter Solberg	Philip Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 2006	4:02:01.2	+5:34.4	2
8	Xavier Pons	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:04:45.8	+8:19.0	1
PWRC
1	Nasser al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	4:28:43.3	0.0	10
2	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:28:55.3	+12.0	8
3	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:29:13.7	+30.4	6
4	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:32:37.4	+3:54.1	5
5	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:33:37.7	+4:54.4	4
6	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Antilla	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:36:11.2	+7:27.9	3
7	Marcos Ligato	Ruben Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:41:48.2	+13:04.9	2
8	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:44:58.3	+16:15.0	1

Special Stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (1/2 June)	SS1	18:00	Athens Olympic Stadium 1	2.79	Sébastien Loeb	2:21.4	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	8:38	Imittos 1	11.43	Marcus Grönholm	7:03.3	Marcus Grönholm
	SS3	9:56	Skourta 1	23.79	Marcus Grönholm	14:40.1
	SS4	11:14	Thiva 1	23.76	Marcus Grönholm	17:16.9
	SS5	14:20	Imittos 2	11.43	Marcus Grönholm	6:58.3
	SS6	15:38	Skourta 2	23.79	Marcus Grönholm	14:29.6
	SS7	16:56	Thiva 2	23.76	Marcus Grönholm	16:54.1
2 (3 June)	SS8	8:57	Mandra 1	12.6	Marcus Grönholm	8:50.7
	SS9	9:50	Kineta 1	37.33	Sébastien Loeb	25:39.1
	SS10	11:13	Psatha 1	17.4	Marcus Grönholm	11:21.3
	SS11	14:08	Mandra 2	12.6	Marcus Grönholm	8:43.1
	SS12	15:01	Kineta 2	37.33	Sébastien Loeb	25:20.2
	SS13	16:24	Psatha 2	17.4	Marcus Grönholm	11:23.6
3 (4 June)	SS14	7:47	Avlonas 1	23.89	Petter Solberg	14:07.2
	SS15	8:55	Agia Sotira 1	24.77	Petter Solberg	17:02.0
	SS16	11:35	Avlonas 2	23.89	Petter Solberg	14:00.6
	SS17	12:43	Agia Sotira 2	24.77	Petter Solberg	16:49.6
	SS18	14:15	Athens Olympic Stadium 2	2.79	Marcus Grönholm	2:21.7

External links

• Results at eWRC-results.com