The Thrilling Conclusion to an Insanely BRUTAL Acropolis Rally
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2023
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Kalle Rovanperä scored his third victory of the season in Greece on Sunday afternoon to tighten his grip on this year’s FIA World Rally Championship.
The 22-year-old had looked set to bring up the rear of the podium at this 10th round but found himself topping the standings by more than two minutes after Saturday’s penultimate leg when former leaders Thierry Neuville and Sébastien Ogier retired.
Both were sidelined by central Greece’s unforgiving rocky mountain roads, with Neuville’s Hyundai i20 N sustaining front suspension damage before Ogier, driving a Toyota GR Yaris similar to that of Rovanperä’s, stopped after SS12 with rear suspension failure after hitting a rock.
Rovanperä could afford to relax through Sunday’s three-stage finale and sealed a near-perfect weekend with the maximum five bonus points for winning the Wolf Power Stage. He headed team-mate Elfyn Evans, his closest championship challenger, by 1min 31.7sec at the finish and extended his points over the Welshman to 33 with three rounds remaining.
Overall classification:
1. K Rovanperä / J Halttunen FIN Toyota GR Yaris 3h 0m 16.7s
2. E Evans / S Martin GBR Toyota GR Yaris +1m 31.7s
3. D Sordo / C Carrera ESP Hyundai i20 N +1m 35.9s
4. O Tänak / M Järveoja EST Ford Puma +4m 28.4s
5. E Lappi / J Ferm FIN Hyundai i20 N +6m 22.3s
6. T Katsuta / A Johnston JPN Toyota GR Yaris +7m 20.9s
Drivers' championship standings (after round 10 of 13):
1. K Rovanperä 200pts
2. E Evans 167pts
3. T Neuville 134pts
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King Kalle reign continues
Luck.
@@DropkickNationnot really. If he’s this young and performs this well. Then I don’t see him regressing. He has the blueprint to be a legend if you don’t consider him to be one already.
@@beelzebub425 Missed the point by about 200 miles
@@DropkickNation we’ll see
@@beelzebub425 No, we have seen it already.
Good pace for Evans. Really looking forward for this season to have a head to head battle between Evans and Kalle for the championship
The best European rally
There needs to be a Rally West Africa. Here in Ghana, the roads are the same as those I see in Greece, comparable to my daily commute, and there is no wildlife to get in the way.
Change the calendar to have all of the European rallies first, then two in Africa, two or three in South America, and then close with Australia and New Zealand.
teams don't want their cars stolen
Problem is there's need a place for cars to be put, here in Greece there is and that's why it's the same location as the last year
I’m happy with my Safari Rally
Great drivers and sportsmen unlike a lot of F1 drivers who are like a lot of 2yr olds.
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Go Kalle🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Kalle the best
Mad Rally this was.
Luck, skill, and brass balls. Also, Let's not forget how much goes into any of the 3 works spec cars off stage. Hats off to all the teams, and engineers for managing the cars for such a tough rally.. Excited for Chile, Bravo Kalle!
The Subaru/Mitsubishi cars were the last really cool WRC cars to me.
True but the i20 ain't that bad tbh
Those are awesome but Celica is just a beauty!
@@TsunaXZfor the yaris it's for sure, but for the i20? it's too bad to be a rally car
@@TsunaXZThere have been a few that were starting to get there but the current crop of hatchbacks look too similar. The street "versions" of the WRC cars are too refined with too many features too. I want a raw minimalist version for the street.
True. Back then the Japanese cars weren't having the rate of failures the Hyundai and Fords are having today.
Great rally 👍
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the Acropolis maintains its toughness, μολὼν λαβέ
Good work and awesome video Mike chen
Sordo = Legend
What an end😅
Chenny, we need you back in WRC plus commentary.
Craig Breen would have loved those stages Nice One RED BULL RALLY
Tanak was amazing... If not for that time penalty, he would've been on the top. Evans was cautious and careful. Great rally. Lets see what magic awaits us in Chile.
Thierry needs a coach/race strategist. He expended the car yesterday, fighting Ogier who is not even fighting for world championship . Someone please remind him that he must race against who is fighting for world championship. His poor strategy is destroying his chances. He must choose his battles wisely.
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Driver of the weekend has to be Tanak tbh. Still a proper managing drive from Kalle, really impressive! Congrats, well deserved win
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European safari rally
Yes the roads took their toll on the cars this weekend 💥
Kalle talking is like Nasser Al Atiyyah.. 😅 .. So funny they in the same team TGR
It is called rally english 👍
Rally finglish.
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Very unfortunate for Neville that he had to retire despite that superb drive in the last three days and leading. In rally apart from having a strong car one also needs luck. It was not on his side here. To Ogier and Tanak too. Hope he bounces back in Chile.
Congrats to Dani for the podium finish. To the i20 team It's still work in progress.
Thank you for not adding awful music
The WRC channel is a joke
Dudes go to Chile and dont come to Brazil... sadge
Chile?
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What was the thrilling conclusion? 🤨
Kalle did an insane drive through the power stage
Qatar Airways is fine for me 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Without Ogiers retirement it would've been another 1,2,3 for Toyota. Hyundai's reliability and Ford pace can't match Toyota's.