Ott Tänak set the pace in shakedown ahead of Acropolis Rally Greece, round 10 of the 2022 WRC season.
Tänak, winner of the last two rallies in Finland and Belgium, led a Hyundai 1-2 in the 3.62 km long Lygaria shakedown ahead of Thierry Neuville.
M-Sport’s Craig Breen was third fastest, 0.9s adrift of Tänak and just a tenth ahead of Spain’s Dani Sordo who made it three Hyundai’s in the top 4.
Esapekka Lappi ended shakedown in P5 as the highest placed Toyota, three tenths ahead of championship leader Kalle Rovanperä.
Pierre-Louis Loubet returns to M-Sport’s line-up after being absent in Ypres last time out. The Frenchman was P7, four tenths behind Rovanperä. Elfyn Evans followed in P8, ahead of Gus Greensmith and nine-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb who also returns in M-Sport’s line-up.
Loeb completed just two runs through shakedown, whereas all other Rally1-crews did three runs. Takamoto Katsuta was the slowest driver in a Rally1-car in P11.
Yohan Rossel was the fastest WRC2 driver, closely followed by Emil Lindholm and Teemu Suninen.
Acropolis Rally Greece start this evening with Super Special Stage in the Athens Olympic stadium. First car will be in the stage at 20:08 local time (19:08 CEST, 18:08 BST).
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WRC Acropolis Rally Greece 2022 – Shakedown results
| # | Drivers | Car | Time / Diff. to 1st |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 2:37.9 |
| 2. | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | +0.3 |
| 3. | Breen / Nagle | Ford Puma Rally1 | +0.9 |
| 4. | Sordo / Carrera | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | +1.1 |
| 5. | Lappi / Ferm | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | +1.4 |
| 6. | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | +1.7 |
| 7. | Loubet / Landais | Ford Puma Rally1 | +2.1 |
| 8. | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | +2.2 |
| 9. | Greensmith / Andersson | Ford Puma Rally1 | +2.4 |
| 10. | Loeb / Galmiche | Ford Puma Rally1 | +4.0 |
| 11. | Katsuta / Johnston | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | +4.5 |
Photo: Hyundai Motorsport