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september 02, 2022 - Toyota
Toyota Gazoo racing going for gold in Greece
The TOYOTA GAZOO #racing World #rally Team aims to return to the top step of the podium on the legendary #acropolis #rally in #greece on September 8-11, round 10 of the #2022fiaworldrallychampionship.
The #acropolis returned to the WRC calendar in 2021, having been an almost permanent fixture up
until 2013 with a reputation for rocky mountain roads and high temperatures which combine to create a tough challenge for the cars, tyres and drivers.
Kalle Rovanperä, who won the event at the first attempt last year, has a lead of 72 points with four rounds remaining and the possibility to write his name in history in #greece if he can finish the #rally on the podium, depending on others’ results.
The #acropolis returned to the WRC calendar in 2021, having been an almost permanent fixture up until 2013 with a reputation for rocky mountain roads and high temperatures which combine to create a tough challenge for the cars, tyres and drivers.
Kalle Rovanperä, who won the event at the first attempt last year, has a lead of 72 points with four rounds remaining and the possibility to write his name in history in #greece if he can finish the #rally on the podium, depending on others’ results.
Quotes:
Jari-Matti Latvala (Team Principal)
“After being very close to the victory in the last two rallies, we go to #greece really wanting to win, but we know that it won’t be easy on such a tough event. The #acropolis is a legendary #rally and it’s great to have it back on the calendar since last year. We saw that the gravel roads there are generally not quite as rough as they were in the past. This means that, although reliability is still really important, we also need to have a strong level of performance. Kalle took a great victory last year in difficult conditions and rain which is of course not typical in #greece. Repeating that will be difficult now he is running first on the road, especially as most of Friday’s stages are run only once, but Kalle has been handling this challenge very well so far this season. Elfyn and Esapekka have also been very strong recently and hopefully they can continue in a similar way in #greece.”
Elfyn Evans (Driver car 33)
“I’m looking forward to the #acropolis #rally. After the high-speed nature of #estonia and #finland, #greece will offer a very different challenge for a gravel #rally. #sardinia was the last rough gravel event we had in Europe and we had quite a good feeling with the car there and good speed, even though we didn’t get the result at the end of the weekend. There are still things we can improve, and hopefully we can pick up where we left off and keep making steps forward in #greece. Most likely it will be a hot and tough #rally like the #acropolis is known for, but we saw last year with the rain that we can’t be completely certain about the weather.”
Kalle Rovanperä (Driver car 69)
“Belgium was a difficult weekend for us, so in #greece we just need to get back at the level where we should be and try to have a good #rally. The championship is never over until it’s over so we can’t think about it too much: We’re just trying to get good points from each event and control what we can. #greece was a really nice #rally for us last year but our chances this time will probably depend a lot on the weather. If it’s going to be dry then I think it’s going to be really tricky for us to open the road on Friday. If so, it probably won’t be much easier for our rivals just behind us, and hopefully we can still make the best of the situation.”
Esapekka Lappi (Driver car 4)
“In #greece we will be going to something that’s quite unknown for me. I did the #rally once before in 2014 when it was a round of the European championship, but half of it was on asphalt then, so there will be a lot that’s new to discover. But I had also not been to Ypres for eight years and we finished on the podium there. So we will try and aim for something similar again this time. We had good speed and a good feeling on similarly rough gravel roads in #sardinia, and hopefully we can find that again in #greece.”
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