2022 Acropolis Rally
The 2022 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 8 and 11 September 2022. It marked the sixty-sixth running of the Acropolis Rally. The event was the tenth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in the town of Lamia in Central Greece and was contested over sixteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 303.30 km (188.46 mi).
| 2022 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2022 | |||
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Round 10 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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The rally returned to the Olympic Stadium of Greece (Citroën Xsara WRC pictured in the stadium) for the first time since 2006. | |||
| Host country | Greece | ||
| Rally base | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
| Dates run | 8 – 11 September 2022 | ||
| Start location | Athens, Attica | ||
| Finish location | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
| Stages | 16 (303.30 km; 188.46 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 888.07 km (551.82 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,189.42 km (739.07 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 70 | ||
| Crews | 67 at start, 53 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 3:34:52.0 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 9:54.5 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Toksport WRT 2 3:42:38.6 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate 4:02:20.1 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Robert Virves Julia Thulin 3:55:38.4 | ||
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Elliott Edmondson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won their first rally of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturer's winners. Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen won the World Rally Championship-2 category. Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate won the World Rally Championship-3 category. Robert Virves and Julia Thulin won the junior class and with the victory, Virves became the Junior Rally Champion.