After a highly attritional Saturday on the WRC's Acropolis Rally, thierryneuville heads into the final day leading a Hyundai 1-2-3 with Ott Tanak second and Dani Sordo third. Full report here ⬇️
After starting the day in fourth, Neuville survived Saturday’s six stages to hold a 27.9s margin over team-mate Tanak, who inherited second following Esapekka Lappi’s retirement on the penultimate stage.
Toyota’s Elfyn Evans completed the loop in fourth, a minute in arrears, but ahead of Loubet and Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta following a spin for the Japanese in Stage 13. Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera is outside the the points paying positions, some 16m04.1s adrift, after losing time due to damaged caused from a brush with a tree during the morning.
The British driver, who started the stage in sixth overall, exited the vehicle to inspect the engine bay of his Puma before confirming the issue was terminal.Motorsport Images After a morning puncture, Loubet lost more time in Stage 11 when he was distracted by an engine issue and ran wide at a hairpin, but Greensmith’s demise ensured he moved up to sixth overall despite the error. Loubet also had to battle an intermittent power steering problem.
Sordo, making only his third appearance of the season, went on to further cement his position by winning Stage 12 by 1.7s from Tanak, who took 4.4s out of leader Neuville.
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