The 2001 Acropolis Rally (formally the 48th Acropolis Rally) was the seventh round of the 2001 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 15 June and 17 June 2001, and was won by Ford's Colin McRae, his 3rd win in a row and 23rd win in the World Rally Championship.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 2 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 5 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 6 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 7 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 8 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 9 Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 10 Alister McRae David Senior Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 12 Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 World Rally Championship entries 14 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 15 Thomas Rådström Tina Thörner Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 16 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 17 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 18 Markko Märtin Michael Park Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 20 Toshihiro Arai Glenn Macneall Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 21 Armodios Vovos Loris Meletopoulos Armodios Vovos Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 22 Ioannis Papadimitriou Chris Patterson Ioannis Papadimitriou Peugeot 206 WRC 23 Pasi Hagström Tero Gardemeister Toyota Castrol Finland Toyota Corolla WRC 24 Henrik Lundgaard Jens-Christian Anker Toyota Castrol Team Denmark Toyota Corolla WRC 25 Jean-Pierre Richelmi Thierry Barjou H.F. Grifone SRL Peugeot 206 WRC 26 Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe Oman Arab World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 27 Matthias Kahle Peter Göbel Matthias Kahle Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 28 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi H.F. Grifone SRL Peugeot 206 WRC 30 Jean-Joseph Simon Jack Boyère Jean-Joseph Simon Peugeot 206 WRC 31 Abdullah Bakhashab Bobby Willis Toyota Team Saudi Arabia Toyota Corolla WRC 37 Nigel Heath Steve Lancaster World Rally HIRE Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 76 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Jolly Club Ford Focus WRC '99 77 Giovanni Recordati Freddy Delorme Giovanni Recordati Toyota Corolla WRC 78 John Lloyd Paul Amandini John Lloyd Subaru Impreza 555 79 Alastair Cavenagh Neil Ewing Alastair Cavenagh Subaru Impreza WRX 80 Antony Warmbold Gemma Price Antony Warmbold Toyota Celica GT-Four Group N Cup entries 32 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 33 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 34 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 35 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 36 Mirco Baldacci Maurizio Barone Mirco Baldacci Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 38 Natalie Barratt Claire Parker Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 81 Konstantinos Apostolou Nikiforos Marangos Konstantinos Apostolou Subaru Impreza WRX 82 Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis Konstantinos Stefanis Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis Subaru Impreza WRX 84 Bob Colsoul Tom Colsoul Bob Colsoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 85 Pavlos Moschoutis Anastasios Goussetis Pavlos Moschoutis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 87 Dimitris Vazakas Elias Kordas Dimitris Vazakas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 88 Dimitris Drivakos Elias Kordas Dimitris Drivakos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 89 Dimitris Nassoulas Leonidas Mahaeras Dimitris Nassoulas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 90 Lazaros Panagiotounis Elias Panagiotounis Lazaros Panagiotounis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 91 Grigoris Nioras Kostas Lytras Hellenic Police Subaru Impreza WRX 92 Ioannis Konstantakatos Apostolos Pallas Ioannis Konstantakatos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 100 Ries Huisman Bart van Riemsdijk Ries Huisman Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 101 Ben Briant Tim Line Ben Briant Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 102 Alistair Ginley John Bennie Alistair Ginley Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 103 Fabio Frisiero Simone Scattolin Fabio Frisiero Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 104 Luca Betti Andrea Gorni Luca Betti Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 105 David Sterckx Pascal Lopes David Sterckx Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 112 Ioannis Panourgias Anastasios Athanassiou Ioannis Panourgias Renault Clio Williams Super 1600 Cup entries 50 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 51 Patrick Magaud Guylène Brun Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 52 Andrea Dallavilla Massimo Chiapponi R&D Motorsport Fiat Punto S1600 53 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 54 Larry Cols Yasmine Gerard Peugeot Bastos Racing Peugeot 206 S1600 55 Niall McShea Michael Orr Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 56 Giandomenico Basso Flavio Guglielmini Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 57 Cédric Robert Marie-Pierre Billoux Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 58 Sergio Vallejo Diego Vallejo Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 59 Benoît Rousselot Gilles Mondésir Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 60 Cyril Henny Aurore Maëder-Brand Rally Team Henny Citroën Saxo S1600 61 Corrado Fontana Renzo Casazza H.F. Grifone SRL Peugeot 206 S1600 62 Jussi Välimäki Jakke Honkanen ST Motors Peugeot 206 S1600 63 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Zeta Racing Ford Puma S1600 64 Massimo Macaluso Antonio Celot R&D Motorsport Fiat Punto S1600 65 Alejandro Galanti Fernando Zuleta Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 67 Albert Llovera Marc Corral Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 68 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta Hawk Racing Club Fiat Punto S1600 69 Nicolas Bernardi Delphine Bernardi Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 71 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 72 Saladin Mazlan Timothy Sturla Saladin Rallying Ford Puma S1600 73 Christian Chemin Matteo Alberto Bacchin Hawk Racing Club Fiat Punto S1600 Source:
Itinerary All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 143.54 km 15 June 10:13 SS1 Mendenitsa 1 26.92 km 10:58 SS2 Paleohori 10.85 km 12:33 SS3 Inohori 1 23.00 km 13:16 SS4 Pavliani 1 24.45 km 16:00 SS5 Elatia 31.40 km 17:28 SS6 Mendenitsa 2 26.92 km Leg 2 — 117.61 km 16 June 17:28 SS7 Pavliani 2 24.45 km 10:23 SS8 Karoutes 1 18.89 km 12:56 SS9 Livadia 1 11.66 km 13:34 SS10 Stiri 1 3.59 km 14:31 SS11 Gravia 1 17.13 km 16:16 SS12 Inohori 2 23.00 km 17:24 SS13 Karoutes 2 18.89 km Leg 3 — 126.26 km 17 June 08:33 SS14 Amfiklia 1 8.25 km 09:06 SS15 Elatia — Rengini 1 38.69 km 12:04 SS16 Livadia 2 11.66 km 12:42 SS17 Stiri 2 3.59 km 13:39 SS18 Gravia 2 17.13 km 15:07 SS19 Amfiklia 2 8.25 km 15:40 SS20 Elatia — Rengini 2 38.69 km Source:
Results Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 4 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:19:01.9 10 2 6 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:19:50.9 +49.06 3 16 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:20:37.6 +1:35.74 4 7 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 4:21:17.2 +2:15.33 5 17 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:21:37.3 +2:35.42 6 14 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 4:23:02.1 +4:00.21 Source:
World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 4 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:19:01.9 10 2 2 6 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:19:50.9 +49.06 4 3 7 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 4:21:17.2 +2:15.33 7 4 11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:24:58.6 +5:56.70 9 5 8 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 4:27:02.8 +8:00.90 10 6 12 Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:27:37.6 +8:35.70 15 7 10 Alister McRae David Senior Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 4:44:20.7 +25:18.80 Retired SS20 3 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 Engine 0 Retired SS19 5 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 Transmission 0 Retired SS7 9 Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 Turbo 0 Retired SS3 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Oil pressure 0 Retired SS1 2 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Clutch 0 Source:
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (15 Jun) SS1 Mendenitsa 1 26.92 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 19:14.0 Richard Burns SS2 Paleohori 10.85 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 8:07.8 Petter Solberg SS3 Inohori 1 23.00 km Markko Märtin Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 18:27.1 SS4 Pavliani 1 24.45 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 20:17.2 SS5 Elatia 31.40 km Stage cancelled SS6 Mendenitsa 2 26.92 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 19:14.2 Colin McRae Leg 2 (16 Jun) SS7 Pavliani 2 24.45 km François Delecour Ford Focus RS WRC '01 19:46.0 SS8 Karoutes 1 18.89 km François Delecour Ford Focus RS WRC '01 12:12.8 SS9 Livadia 1 11.66 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '01 9:26.2 SS10 Stiri 1 3.59 km François Delecour Ford Focus RS WRC '01 1:57.3 SS11 Gravia 1 17.13 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '01 13:17.3 SS12 Inohori 2 23.00 km François Delecour Ford Focus RS WRC '01 18:13.2 SS13 Karoutes 2 18.89 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 12:03.4 Leg 3 (17 Jun) SS14 Amfiklia 1 8.25 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:49.6 SS15 Elatia — Rengini 1 38.69 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 25:37.5 SS16 Livadia 2 11.66 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 9:19.2 SS17 Stiri 2 3.59 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '01 1:55.6 SS18 Gravia 2 17.13 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '01 13:03.2 SS19 Amfiklia 2 8.25 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:49.2 SS20 Elatia — Rengini 2 38.69 km Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 25:32.6
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 2 Colin McRae 30 2 Nicky Grist 30 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 60 2 1 Tommi Mäkinen 30 1 Risto Mannisenmäki 30 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 53 3 1 Carlos Sainz 26 1 Luis Moya 26 Subaru World Rally Team 28 4 Richard Burns 15 Robert Reid 15 Peugeot Total 20 5 1 Harri Rovanperä 14 1 Risto Pietiläinen 14 1 Škoda Motorsport 11
FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers Classification