WRC Acropolis Recce

Steve · Jun 15, 2011

MINI stars tackle Acropolis recce (wrc.com)

MINI WRC Team stars Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo have completed the opening day of reconnaissance for the Acropolis Rally even though neither driver will be competing on the event proper.

Instead, Meeke and Sordo were using the opportunity to update their pace notes of world championship rallies that they plan to tackle in the future. The Acropolis Rally was not included in MINIâ€™s original six-event schedule for 2011 but will form part of the Prodrive-run squadâ€™s all-out attack on the series next season.

Following the first day of recce today, Tuesday, Spaniard Sordo, said: â€œThe special stages are good. Some of them are in the opposite direction [from before] but they are nice. They are good to drive, not only for recce.â€

Team-mate Kris Meeke added: â€œThe stages are really, really nice. It is sad that we are not driving in this rally and after the recce we will have to go home.â€

Drivers completed two passes of the five different stages that will be used on Friday during todayâ€™s recce to prepare their pace notes for the event. They also covered the 17.71-kilometre Nea Politia stage, which will under the cover of darkness on Saturday night. They will pass through the eventâ€™s remaining stages from 07:00hrs local time tomorrow (Wednesday).

A number of drivers singled out stage three, the 18.10-kilometre Eleftherohori test, as being particularly rough.

â€œStage three was really rough, like in a proper Acropolis [Rally],â€ said factory Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen, who won in Greece in 2009.

M-Sport Stobartâ€™s Mads Ostberg said: â€œThe special stages are quite rough and difficult, especially stage three. It seems there was a lot of rain during the previous days. The surface isnâ€™t so good.â€

Citroen pilot Sebastien Ogier, second in Greece two years ago, said: â€œStage six has a lot of loose gravel and is going to be very slippery. Without that it is nice. There will be a lot of cleaning in that special stage.

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala reckoned the 39.10-kilometre Elatia stage on Friday morning would provide a tough test. â€œIt is very difficult and emanding,â€ he said.
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