2013 Acropolis Rally

2013 Acropolis Rally 59th Acropolis Rally
Round 6 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Sébastien Ogier during Rally
Host country	Greece
Rally base	Loutraki, Corinthia
Dates run	May 31 – June 2, 2013
Stages	14 (306.53 km; 190.47 mi)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	46 at start, 29 (+ 6 J-WRC) at finish

The 2013 Acropolis Rally was the sixth round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Loutraki, Corinthia, and started on 31 May and was concluded on 2 June after fourteen special stages, totaling 306 competitive kilometres.

Jari-Matti Latvala took his first win of the 2013 season, and his first win for Volkswagen on the Acropolis Rally. The opening forty-seven kilometre stage proved to be difficult, claiming three high-profile victims in Sébastien Ogier, Mads Østberg and Mikko Hirvonen in short order, and Evgeny Novikov emerged as the surprise early leader, building up a thirty-second advantage at the end of the first leg. The Russian's lead was short-lived, as he developed a puncture early in the second leg and was forced to limp back to the service park. Latvala took control of the rally while Andreas Mikkelsen in the third factory-supported Polo R began to work his way up through the points-paying positions. He ultimately missed out on a podium finish of his own, as Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville each took their second podium finish of the season with second and third place respectively. Latvala's result was briefly challenged by Citroën, who believed his car was in violation of the technical regulations, but the protest was dismissed and Latvala's result was confirmed, allowing him to secure second place in the drivers' championship standings behind team-mate Ogier.

Eleven World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were sixteen WRC-2 entries and tend for the JWRC.

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