Acropolis Rally of Greece (11-14 June, 2009) – Day 3 Mission accomplished for Sordo and Marti After restarting under the SupeRally ruling for the third and final day of the 2009 Acropolis Rally of Greece, Dani Sordo and Marc Marti achieved their aims by scoring four points for Citroën in the Manufacturers’ world championship. Day 3 of the Acropolis Rally was held near the service park in Loutraki. The day began with a loop comprising three stages, including a run through Aghii Theodori, a daunting 33 km stage. After restarting in 17th position in the overall standings, the only goal for Dani Sordo and Marc Marti was to finish in order to score a handful of points for Citroën in the Manufacturers’ championship. Arriving in Loutraki for the midday service, Dani Sordo was fully focused on the job in hand: “It’s never easy to run at a controlled pace but I’m taking no risks. I’m staying in the middle of the road – at times, it feels like we’re doing a recce!” Following the cancellation of a stage, the rally concluded with a second run through Aghii Theodori. Running at the same pace, Dani finished in 12 th position, which is worth four points in the Manufacturers’ standings. “Dani and Marc did a perfect job,” concluded Citroën Total World Rally Team team manager Sven Smeets. “These points are even more important because our rivals once again took a maximum score. We’re already looking ahead to the next rally. We’ll be going to Rally Poland even hungrier for a win!” RALLY FACTS Dani Sordo / Marc Marti Stage Overall SS13 : Loutraki 1 (8,98 km) 3rd +1’’5 16 th +19’33’’0 SS14 : Aghii Theodori (33,00 km) 5th +10’’0 14 th +19’21’’1 SS15 : New Pissia (11,30 km) 2nd +0’’2 14 th +19’10’’7 SS16 : Loutraki 2 (8,98 km) SS CANCELLED SS17 : Aghii Theodori (33,00 km) 2nd +5’’3 12 th +18’41’’0 Stage wins Day 1 – SS1 : Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus) – SS2 : Dani Sordo (Citroën C4) – SS3 : annulée – SS4 : Evgeny Novikov (Citroën C4) – SS5 : Sébastien Ogier (Citroën C4) – SS6 : Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus). Day 2 – SS7 : Latvala – SS8 : Novikov – SS9 : Hirvonen – SS10 : Latvala – SS11 and 12 : Novikov. Day 3 – SS13 : Mads Ostberg (Subaru Impreza) – SS14 : Henning Solberg (Ford Focus) – SS15 : Matthew Wilson (Ford Focus) – SS16 : cancelled – SS17 : Latvala. Best performers : Novikov and Latvala, 4 fastest times – Hirvonen, 2 – Sordo, Ogier, Ostberg, H. Solberg and Wilson : 1. Leaders : SS1 to 5 : Latvala – SS6 to 17 : Hirvonen. Provisional final leaderboard 1. Hirvonen/Lehtinen Ford Focus 4h09’42’’5 2. Ogier/Ingrassia Citroën C4 +1’12’’9 3. Latvala/Antilla Ford Focus +1’45’’0 4. Villagra/Diaz Ford Focus + 3’48’’3 5. Rautenbach/Barritt Citroën C4 +3’59’’8 6. Al Qassimi/Orr Ford Focus +7’04’’3 7. Ostberg/Andersson Subaru Impreza +12’24’’9 8. Athanassoulas/Zakheos Skoda Fabia +12’47’’6 9. Al Attiyah/Bernacchini Subaru Impreza +13’09’’9 10. Araujo/Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer +15’04’’5 11. Arai/Mac Neall Subaru Impreza +16’02’’5 12. Sordo / Marti Citroën C4 +18’41’’0 UNOFFICIAL OVERALL FIA CHAMPIONSHIPS RANKINGS IRL NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRK POL FIN AUS ESP GBR TOT 1 Sébastien Loeb 10 10 10 10 10 5 0 55 2 Mikko Hirvonen 6 8 8 8 0 8 10 48 3 Dani Sordo 8 4 5 6 8 0 0 31 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 0 6 0 0 3 10 6 25 5 Henning Solberg 5 5 0 4 6 1 0 21 6 Petter Solberg - 3 6 5 0 6 0 20 7 Matthew Wilson 2 2 4 0 4 3 0 15 8 Federico Villagra - - 2 2 5 0 5 14 9 Sébastien Ogier 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 13 10 Mads Ostberg - 0 - 3 - 2 2 7 11 Conrad Rautenbach 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 12 Khalid Al Qassimi 1 - 1 1 - 0 3 6 13 Chris Atkinson 4 - - - - - - 4 14 Evgeny Novikov - 0 0 0 - 4 0 4 15 Nasser Al Attiyah - - 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 Urmo Aava 0 1 - - - - - 1 17 L. Athanassoulas - - - - - - 1 1 1 Citroën Total WRT 18 14 16 16 18 8 4 94 2 BP Ford Abu Dhabi 8 14 10 8 3 18 18 79 3 Stobart VK M-Sport 8 8 6 5 10 7 5 49 4 Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 5 6 24 5 Munchi's Ford - - 3 4 5 0 6 18 Visit our WRC website: www.citroen-wrc.com Exclusive features, live results and video interviews with members of the team Copyright-free photos for media use available at: www.citroenracingphotos.com user: citroenracing password: wrc09 Citroën Racing Communication contacts: Marie-Pierre Rossi (e-mail: [email protected] – Tel: +33 676 870 212) Marek Nawarecki (e-mail: [email protected] – Tel: +33 685 264 518) Loutraki, 14 juin 2009 .