WRC Acropolis - first win for Volkswagen

The Finn driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the Acropolis Rally, a WRC (World Rally Championship) stage. This is an important achievement both for the Finn driver and the car he was driving. The win at the Acropolis Rally was the first with the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC model.

This result comes one decade after the debut of the experience Finn driver at the Acropolis Rally. At that time Jari-Matti Latvala was driving a Ford Focus RS model. At that time aged 18, the Finn was the youngest driver to compete at a WRC race with a factory WRC car.

At the 2013 Acropolis WRC Rally the second place was occupied by Dani Sordo (Citroen) while the podium was completed by Thierry Neuville (Ford).

A remarkable performance was the one of Andreas Mikkelsen, who managed to finish in the fourth position after a duel with Al-Attiyah. Sebastian Ogier only just managed to get an overall position which rewarded him with points but he added three extra points thanks to his win in the Power Stage.

The next WRC stage will take place in Sardinia, Italy between the 20th and the 23rd of June.

Here are all the results of the 2013 Acropolis Rally:

Final standings – Acropolis Rally 2013:

  1. Jari-Matti Latvala - Miikka Anttila (Volkswagen) 4h31’01”2

  2. Daniel Sordo - Carlos Del Barrio (Citroen) +1’50”0

  3. Thierry Neuville - Nicolas Gilsoul (Ford) +2’14”1

  4. Andreas Mikkelsen - Mikko Markkula (Volkswagen) +3’55”1

  5. Nasser Al-Attiyah - Giovanni Bernacchini (Ford) +4’12”6

  6. Mads Ostberg - Jonas Andersson (Ford) +5’48”7

  7. Mikko Hirvonen - Jarmo Lehtinen (Citroen) +8’00”7

  8. Martin Prokop - Michal Ernst (Ford) +8’01”2

  9. Evgeny Novikov - Ilka Minor (Ford) +8’11”1

 10. Sebastien Ogier - Julien Ingrassia (Volkswagen) +10’10”3

Power Stage – Acropolis Rally 2013:

 1. Sebastien Ogier - Julien Ingrassia 20’38”5

 2. Evgeny Novikov - lka Minor +9”9

 3. Andreas Mikkelsen - Mikko Markkula +11”6

Overall team standing in the 2013 WRC Championship until now:

1. Volkswagen Motorsport 180 points.

 2. Citroen Total Abu Dhabi 162 points.

 3. Qatar M-Sport 83 points.

Overall driver standings in the 2013 WRC Championship until now:

 1. Sebastien Ogier 126 p.

 2. Jari-Matti Latvala 74 p.

 3. Sebastien Loeb 68 p.