The leader of the World Cup, the Belgian Thierry Neuville (The Hyundai i20), led the Acropolis Rally, the tenth scoring event, and reached the third and final day with an advantage of 54.9 over the second-placed teammate, his Spanish team-mate. Dani Sordowho came to lead the race.
With Saturday’s marginal result, Neuville extended his championship lead by a further three points Sebastian Ogier (Totoya Yaris), eight-time world champion and now, on the last day in Greece left, he is 32 points away, five more than where he started (-27). The Frenchman was third at the Acropolis, 1:19.9 minutes behind the Belgian.
The Estonian was fourth in 3:30.5 minutes behind Neuville Ott Tänak (Hyundai i20), champion in 2019 and is now 49 points behind in the overall standings of the World Championship, where it is third and chased by holes.
Neuville has competed at the Acropolis five times and has one win, in 2022. Now he is close to a second. The Belgian leads the 2024 championship from the first race, the Monte Carlo Rally, and remains focused on securing what would be his first title after finishing runner-up on five occasions.
Dani Sordo He faces his third participation of the season after his fifth place in Portugal and third in Italy-Sardinia. In Greece, he aims for another good result in a test he led this Saturday. He took the lead after the first special of the day and remained in the lead after the second, but then handed control to Neuville after finishing the stage with a badly damaged tire.
This Saturday the British will have to retire Elfyn Evans (Toyota GR Yaris), fourth in the drivers’ World Championship. He left the race in the penultimate special of the day.
Source: La Verdad
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