Sébastien Ogier won the Acropolis Rally of Greece, the eighth round of the 2026 WRC season, and scored his 69th victory in the world championship. The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 erased the 4.1‑second deficit with which Thierry Neuville had started Sunday and finished with a margin of 58.3 seconds, a gap that ballooned due to the two punctures suffered by the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 on the penultimate stage. Ogier capped off the weekend with the fastest time on the Power Stage and the Super Sunday points, pocketing 35 units that move him up to third in the championship standings.

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Ogier took the lead from Neuville on the first stage of Sunday, Aghii Theodori 1, by just 1.3 seconds. The two set identical times on Loutraki 1 and arrived at the decisive stage with the rally hanging in the balance. There, Neuville first received a warning of low pressure in the left‑rear tyre, then another in the right, and with ten kilometres still to go in the stage, both tyres gave way. "We were very unlucky. I don't know what happened. First I got a low‑pressure alarm on the left, then it stabilised, and suddenly we lost the right. In the end, both rears went. It would have been nice to fight to the end," said Neuville upon reaching the control.

The outcome recalls what happened in Croatia, where Hyundai lost the rally lead on the Power Stage due to a suspension issue. This time, it left empty‑handed in the final phase because of a mechanical tyre problem. "I'm between disappointment and a little bit of joy, because the car is working well and we feel comfortable. I don't know what would have happened without the punctures. In Portugal we took advantage of Ogier's puncture, and now he takes advantage of ours," he summed up.

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Ogier completed an impeccable Sunday and claimed his second Acropolis, fifteen years after his first. "The Greek gods finally supported me. It has been a long weekend. We knew there was no time to relax, not even on the Power Stage. I couldn't push there, I just drove smoothly and felt every stone," said the nine‑time champion.

Toyota Gazoo Racing placed two cars in the top three, with Takamoto Katsuta finishing third, 3:04.8 behind his teammate. The Japanese driver survived a difficult road position on Friday, when he had to sweep the gravel in second place, and stayed clear of the problems that eliminated others. "It was very tough at the beginning, but we tried to manage the situation as best we could. Today is the most important day of my life because it's my daughter's birthday, so I'm very happy to bring her a trophy," said Katsuta. Josh McErlean scored the best result of his WRC career with a fourth place in the M‑Sport Ford Puma Rally1, 4:55.5 behind Ogier, and together with his co‑driver Eoin Treacy survived an off‑track excursion on the penultimate stage to hold the position by 6.7 seconds over Sami Pajari, who finished fifth in the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 and scored extra points on the Super Sunday and Power Stage. Adrien Fourmaux was sixth in the Hyundai, another performance with front‑running pace that was hampered by Friday's punctures.

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The championship leader, Elfyn Evans, finished seventh and leaves Greece with his lead intact after paying the price of opening the road on Friday, suffering a puncture on Saturday that cost him nearly two minutes, and having more tyre pressure issues on Sunday. His 158 points are enough to stay at the top of the standings, with Katsuta second, seven points behind, and Ogier third, 33 points behind. Toyota Gazoo Racing extended its lead in the manufacturers' championship to 140 points over Hyundai.

Mārtiņš Sesks finished eighth in the second M‑Sport Ford, Robert Virves won WRC2 and finished ninth overall in the Toksport Skoda Fabia RS Rally2, and Andreas Mikkelsen rounded out the top ten. Virves took the category lead on Sunday morning when Mikkelsen stopped to change a wheel on Loutraki 1, and from there managed the advantage. The WRC now heads to Estonia from July 16 to 19 for the ninth round of the season on the fast gravel of Tartu.

WRC Overall - EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2026

POS	#	driver/codriver	team	brand	car	time
1	1	Sébastien OGIER Vincent LANDAIS	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	3:36:40.7
2	11	Thierry NEUVILLE Martijn WYDAEGHE	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	Hyundai	I20 N Rally1	+ 58.3
3	18	Takamoto KATSUTA Aaron JOHNSTON	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 3:04.8
4	55	Joshua MCERLEAN Eoin TREACY	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Puma Rally1	+ 4:55.5
5	5	Sami PAJARI Marko SALMINEN	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt2	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 5:02.2
6	16	Adrien FOURMAUX Alexandre CORIA	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	Hyundai	I20 N Rally1	+ 5:08.7
7	33	Elfyn EVANS Scott MARTIN	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 5:54.9
8	22	Mārtinš SESKS Renārs FRANCIS	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Puma Rally1	+ 8:05.8
9	99	Oliver SOLBERG Elliott EDMONDSON	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 15:31.2
10	95	Jon ARMSTRONG Shane BYRNE	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Puma Rally1	+ 18:03.6
11	9	Jourdan SERDERIDIS Frédéric MICLOTTE	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Puma Rally1	+ 44:47.2
12	27	Robert VIRVES Jakko VIILO	Toksport Wrt	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 9:50.1
13	26	Andreas MIKKELSEN Jørn LISTERUD	Toksport Wrt	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 10:52.5
14	24	Alejandro CACHÓN Borja ROZADA	Toyota España	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 11:53.3
15	23	Roope KORHONEN Anssi VIINIKKA	Rautio Motorsport	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 12:43.4
16	31	Diego DOMÍNGUEZ Rogelio PEÑATE	Diego Domínguez	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 13:33.2
17	21	Léo ROSSEL Guillaume MERCOIRET	2c Junior Team	Lancia	Ypsilon Hf	+ 14:00.7
18	40	Pablo SARRAZIN Yannick ROCHE	Pablo Sarrazin	Lancia	Ypsilon Hf	+ 14:19.3
19	29	Jan SOLANS Rodrigo SANJUAN	Ph.ph	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 16:11.0
20	34	Mattéo CHATILLON Maxence CORNUAU	Mattéo Chatillon	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 16:52.9
21	30	Yuki YAMAMOTO James FULTON	Printsport	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 17:47.7
22	46	Alejandro MAURO Ariday BONILLA	Alejandro Mauro	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 28:16.9
23	47	Miguel GRANADOS Marc MARTÍ	Miguel Granados	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 29:42.7
24	49	Ugur SOYLU Mehmet YALÇIN	Gp Garage My Team	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 31:59.8
25	61	Ioannis PLAGOS Christos KOUZIONIS	Hellenic Police	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 34:14.3
26	44	Epameinondas KARANIKOLAS Georgios KAKAVAS	Epameinondas Karanikolas	Ford	Fiesta Mk Ii	+ 34:15.6
27	42	Alejandro GALANTI Marcelo TOYOTOSHI	Alejandro Galanti	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 34:17.8
28	63	Efthymios CHALKIAS Marios TSAOUSOGLOU	Efthymios Chalkias	Skoda	Fabia Evo	+ 40:38.5
29	51	Cristian DOLOFAN Traian PAVEL	Cristian Dolofan	Citroen	C3	+ 43:48.0
30	25	Roberto DAPRÀ Luca GUGLIELMETTI	Roberto Daprà	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 63:58.5
31	37	Andrea LAFARJA Germán MAUNE	Andrea Lafarja	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 68:15.4
32	28	Gus GREENSMITH Jonas ANDERSSON	Gus Greensmith	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 70:43.0
33	36	Romet JÜRGENSON Siim OJA	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Fiesta Mk Ii	+ 70:56.6
34	48	Adrien MOSCA Julie AMBLARD	Printsport	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 76:44.6
35	50	Johannes KEFERBÖCK Ilka MINOR	Johannes Keferböck	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 86:28.0
36	52	Matteo FONTANA Alessandro ARNABOLDI	Matteo Fontana	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 31:40.8
37	53	Tymek ABRAMOWSKI Jakub WRÓBEL	Tymek Abramowski	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 32:22.5
38	58	FLANDY Konstantinos STEFANIS	Flandy	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 42:31.0
39	56	Nataniel BRUUN Javier MARTÍNEZ	Nataniel Bruun	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 47:25.3
40	64	Georgios DELAPORTAS Ilias PANAGIOTOUNIS	Georgios Delaportas	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 60:35.1
41	65	Theodoros KALAMARAS Dimitrios LAMPRAKIS	Theodoros Kalamaras	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 72:28.8
42	59	Nikolaos NTAVARIS Konstantinos MAKRIS	Nikolaos Ntavaris	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 74:08.4
43	57	Grzegorz BONDER Kamil HELLER	Grzegorz Bonder	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 113:12.7
44	66	Dimitris PARELLIS Andreas PAPANDREOU	Dimitris Parellis	Opel	Corsa	+ 182:34.1
45	68	Georgios DODOS Nikolaos INTZOGLOU	Georgios Dodos	Renault	Clio Rs Line	+ 97:23.3