Rally Acropolis: Thierry Neville dominates and embraces the title of champion

One step closer to the WRC champion title came Thierry Neville! The Belgian driver was the absolute ruler in the Akropolis Rally, winning for the second time in his career on… Greek soil and now embraces the championship after being +34 behind second-placed Sébastien Ozier.

Hyundai’s Neville finished first in today’s stage, while Ozier saw his Toyota roll over and it was Sordo who finished second by over a minute and a half. Estonian Tanak completed the top three, while Panagiotis Rustemis (Skoda Fabia RS) was the fastest Greek driver, finishing 12th, 20min 24sec behind Neville.

?? Ascending to the pinnacle at the Rally of the Gods! ????@ThierryNeuville has led home a spectacular Hyundai Motorsport 1-2-3 on one of the toughest rallies of the year. ??????#AcropolisRally #WRC pic.twitter.com/RfJoisB0gL

— Hyundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial) September 8, 2024

At the same time, Iordanis Serderidis with the factory Ford Puma Rally 1 Hybrid took 14th place overall, 23 minutes and 6.2 seconds behind the Belgian.

The top ten of the general ranking of Rally Acropolis:

1. Thierry Neville (Belgium/Hyundai) 3 hours 38:04.2

2. Dani Sordo (Spain/Hyundai) + 1:36.8

3. Ot Tanak (Estonia/Hyundai) + 2:57.3

4. Sami Payari (Finland/Toyota) + 7:01.1 – Category WRC2 –

5. Robert Virves (Estonia/Skoda) + 7:01.1 – Category WRC2 –

6. John Rochelle (France/Citroen) + 7:31.9 – Category WRC2 –

7. Kagetan Kagetanowicz (Poland/Skoda) + 9:54.0 – Category WRC2 –

8. Fabricio Saldivar (Paraguay/Skoda) + 11:27.9 – Category WRC2 –

9. Joshua McErlin (Ireland/Skoda) + 12:27.2 – Category WRC2 –

10. Roberto Dapra (Italy/Skoda) + 13:44.9 – Category WRC2 –

DRIVER RATING

1. Thierry Neville (Belgium/Hyundai) 192 points

2. Sebastien Ozier (France/Toyota) 158

3. Ot Tanak (Estonia/Hyundai) 154

4. Elphin Evans (UK/Toyota) 140

5. Adrian Fourmo (France/Ford) 130

6. Kale Rovanpera (Finland/Toyota) 86

7. Takamoto Katsuta (Japan/Toyota) 80

8. Dani Sordo (Spain/Hyundai) 44

9. Sami Payari (Finland/Toyota) 34

10. Esapeka Lapi (Finland/Hyundai) 33