2006 Acropolis Rally

2006 Acropolis Rally
*53rd Acropolis Rally*
2006 Acropolis Rally; 53rd Acropolis Rally
Round 8 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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	Xavier Pons during one of the super special stages
Dates run	June 1 – 4 2006
Stages	18
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	84 at start, 70 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm; BP Ford World Rally Team

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 Anttila	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

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

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