The 2002 Acropolis Rally (formally the 49th Acropolis Rally) was the seventh round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 14 June and 16 June 2002, and was won by Ford's Colin McRae, his 24th win in the World Rally Championship.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 12 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 16 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 World Rally Championship entries 20 Thomas Rådström Denis Giraudet Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 21 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 23 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 24 Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot Peugeot Bastos Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 25 Armin Kremer Dieter Schneppenheim Armin Kremer Ford Focus RS WRC '01 25 Ioannis Papadimitriou Allan Harryman Ioannis Papadimitriou Ford Focus RS WRC '01 32 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Gabriel Pozzo Škoda Octavia WRC 33 Armodios Vovos Loris Meletopoulos Armodios Vovos Ford Focus RS WRC '01 34 Tomasz Kuchar Maciej Szczepaniak Tomasz Kuchar Toyota Corolla WRC 35 Abdullah Bakhashab Bobby Willis Marlboro Rally Team Saudi Arabia Toyota Corolla WRC 105 Giovanni Recordati Freddy Delorme Giovanni Recordati Toyota Corolla WRC 106 Natalie Barratt Roger Freeman Natalie Barratt Rallysport Hyundai Accent WRC 107 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Riccardo Errani Subaru Impreza 555 108 Nigel Heath Steve Lancaster Nigel Heath Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 115 Sotiris Hatzitsopanis Nikos Kosmas Sotiris Hatzitsopanis Subaru Impreza WRX JWRC entries 51 Andrea Dallavilla Giovanni Bernacchini Vieffe Corse SRL Citroën Saxo S1600 52 Niall McShea Michael Orr Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 53 Giandomenico Basso Luigi Pirollo Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 54 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 55 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 56 Jussi Välimäki Tero Gardemeister Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 57 Alejandro Galanti Xavier Amigó Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 58 Christian Chemin Simone Scattolin Hawk Racing Club Fiat Punto S1600 59 Juha Kangas Jani Laaksonen Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 60 Nicola Caldani Dario D'Esposito Procar Rally Team Fiat Punto S1600 61 Gwyndaf Evans Chris Patterson MG Sport & Racing MG ZR S1600 62 Janne Tuohino Petri Vihavainen Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 63 Martin Rowe Chris Wood Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 64 Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 65 Daniel Solà Álex Romaní Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 66 Mirco Baldacci Maurizio Barone Vieffe Corse SRL Citroën Saxo S1600 67 Daniel Carlsson Mattias Andersson Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 68 Nikolaus Schelle Gerhard Weiss Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 69 Kosti Katajamäki Jakke Honkanen Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 73 Albert Lloverá Marc Corral Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 75 Kazuhiko Niwa Tatsuya Ideue Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 76 Alexander Foss Cato Menkerud Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 78 Roger Feghali Nicola Arena Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Source:
Itinerary All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 136.35 km 14 June 09:07 SS1 Pavliani 1 24.45 km 10:40 SS2 Karoutes 1 18.89 km 12:36 SS3 Paleohori 20.52 km 13:29 SS4 Rengini 25.04 km 15:52 SS5 Inohori 1 23.00 km 16:40 SS6 Pavliani 2 24.45 km Leg 2 — 158.76 km 15 June 08:35 SS7 Bauxites 1 23.45 km 09:58 SS8 Drosohori 1 28.68 km 11:56 SS9 Elatia 1 37.16 km 13:09 SS10 Mendenitsa 1 17.34 km 15:34 SS11 Bauxites 2 23.45 km 16:57 SS12 Drosohori 2 28.68 km Leg 3 — 96.39 km 16 June 08:58 SS13 Inohori 2 23.00 km 10:16 SS14 Karoutes 2 18.89 km 12:49 SS15 Elatia 2 37.16 km 14:02 SS16 Mendenitsa 2 17.34 km Source:
Results Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:27:43.8 10 2 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:28:08.3 +24.56 3 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:29:29.4 +1:45.64 4 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:29:41.4 +1:57.63 5 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:29:42.4 +1:58.62 6 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:23.9 +2:40.11 Source:
World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:27:43.8 10 2 2 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:28:08.3 +24.56 3 3 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:29:29.4 +1:45.64 4 4 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:29:41.4 +1:57.63 5 5 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:29:42.4 +1:58.62 6 6 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:23.9 +2:40.11 9 7 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:33:24.8 +5:41.00 10 8 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:35:01.2 +7:17.40 11 9 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 4:35:05.4 +7:21.60 13 10 12 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:38:30.2 +10:46.40 14 11 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:39:22.6 +11:38.80 17 12 16 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:47:25.2 +19:41.40 Retired SS14 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Engine 0 Retired SS13 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Engine 0 Retired SS13 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Engine 0 Retired SS8 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Engine 0 Retired SS6 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 Engine 0 Source:
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (14 Jun) SS1 Pavliani 1 24.45 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 19:32.1 Markko Märtin SS2 Karoutes 1 18.89 km Thomas Rådström Citroën Xsara WRC 11:56.5 SS3 Paleohori 20.52 km Freddy Loix Hyundai Accent WRC3 13:54.9 SS4 Rengini 25.04 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 19:38.1 SS5 Inohori 1 23.00 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 18:04.8 SS6 Pavliani 2 24.45 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 19:37.4 Leg 2 (15 Jun) SS7 Bauxites 1 23.45 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 14:00.4 SS8 Drosohori 1 28.68 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 23:27.2 SS9 Elatia 1 37.16 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 24:12.6 Colin McRae SS10 Mendenitsa 1 17.34 km Stage cancelled SS11 Bauxites 2 23.45 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 13:44.8 SS12 Drosohori 2 28.68 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 23:07.8 Leg 3 (16 Jun) SS13 Inohori 2 23.00 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 17:35.2 SS14 Karoutes 2 18.89 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:39.9 SS15 Elatia 2 37.16 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 23:59.9 SS16 Mendenitsa 2 17.34 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 11:04.0
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Marcus Grönholm 37 Timo Rautiainen 37 Peugeot Total 77 2 1 Carlos Sainz 23 1 Luis Moya 23 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 55 3 1 Gilles Panizzi 20 1 Hervé Panizzi 20 555 Subaru World Rally Team 35 4 3 Colin McRae 20 3 Nicky Grist 20 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 6 5 1 Richard Burns 19 1 Robert Reid 19 Škoda Motorsport 5
Junior World Rally Championship Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 19 1 62 Janne Tuohino Petri Vihavainen Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 5:04:27.8 10 20 2 51 Andrea Dallavilla Giovanni Bernacchini Vieffe Corse SRL Citroën Saxo S1600 5:05:51.1 +1:23.36 21 3 60 Nicola Caldani Dario D'Esposito Procar Rally Team Fiat Punto S1600 5:07:13.7 +2:45.94 23 4 65 Daniel Solà Álex Romaní Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 5:08:08.5 +3:40.73 24 5 63 Martin Rowe Chris Wood Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 5:09:50.8 +5:23.02 30 6 76 Alexander Foss Cato Menkerud Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 5:38:40.2 +34:12.41 Retired SS14 56 Jussi Välimäki Tero Gardemeister Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 Engine 0 Retired SS14 57 Alejandro Galanti Xavier Amigó Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS8 55 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS8 58 Christian Chemin Simone Scattolin Hawk Racing Club Fiat Punto S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS7 61 Gwyndaf Evans Chris Patterson MG Sport & Racing MG ZR S1600 Engine 0 Retired SS7 69 Kosti Katajamäki Jakke Honkanen Volkswagen Racing Volkswagen Polo S1600 Clutch 0 Retired SS6 54 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Retired 0 Retired SS6 68 Nikolaus Schelle Gerhard Weiss Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Transmission 0 Retired SS6 75 Kazuhiko Niwa Tatsuya Ideue Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS5 52 Niall McShea Michael Orr Opel Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Oil sump 0 Retired SS5 66 Mirco Baldacci Maurizio Barone Vieffe Corse SRL Citroën Saxo S1600 Suspension 0 Retired SS5 73 Albert Lloverá Marc Corral Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 Overheated engine 0 Retired SS4 67 Daniel Carlsson Mattias Andersson Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Engine 0 Retired SS3 53 Giandomenico Basso Luigi Pirollo Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Radiator 0 Retired SS2 59 Juha Kangas Jani Laaksonen Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident 0 Retired SS1 64 Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Battery 0 Retired SS1 78 Roger Feghali Nicola Arena Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 Radiator 0 Source:
Special stages