The first half of the season wraps up in Greece. Round 8 of the WRC is the BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally and Marcus Grönholm, the defending rally winner, will try to repeat in his BP sponsored Ford.
Greece has been included in the WRC Drivers Championship 27 times, dating back to 1979. The rally was rotated to 2-Litre Championship in 1995. The Greek WRC round has had three names:
Acropolis Rally (1979-1993, 2000-2004)
Acropolis Rally of Greece (1994, 1996-1999, 2005)
BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally (2006)
Debut WRC wins in Greece:
Walter Röhrl (GER) - 1975 in Opel Ascona pre drivers championship
Harry Källström (SWE) - 1976 in Datsun 160J pre drivers championship
Ari Vatanen (FIN) - 1980 in Ford Escort RS1800
Carlos Sainz (ESP) - 1990 in Toyota Celica GT-Four
Markko Märtin (EST) - 2003 in Ford Focus RS WRC 03
Notable WRC debuts in Greece
Alexandros Maniatopoulos (GRE) - 1975 finished 5th in Audi 80 GT
Ioánnis Papadimitríou (GRE) - 1996 (retired) in Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Bruno Thiry (BEL) - 1989 finished 13th in Audi 90 Quattro
Aris Vovos (GRE) - 1993 (retired) in Lancia Delta HF Integrale
For complete list of Winners and Historical Stats click here.
Did You Know?
Ford leads all manufacturers with 10 wins in the 27 events since 1979 and Finland's 7 wins is also tops in that span. This bodes well for defending rally winner Marcus Grönholm, from Finland and driving for Ford.
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