Report on the 2000 Acropolis WRC rally June 11th / Day 3 Special Stage 13, Pavliani I, was another stage new to the event. The first car was due by 09:27am and we were off to the stage at 06:00am. Luckily the big Sunday crowds were to arrive quite a bit later than those early morning hours and we had time to not only find the perfect spot but also locate a second spot to which we moved after the first few cars had gone by and shoot some very interesting pictures. The cold was, however, quite intense in these early morning hours that high up in the Greek mountains. The morning light and contrast with the tree shadows enabled us to shoot some excellent pictures here.
Special Stage 13 Pavliani The following pictures were shot from the location marked by a green star on the map above:
All the pictures shot at this location are here. This series was shot 500m closer to the stage's start at the point marked by a red star on the map above:
Special stage 13 was won by Carlos Sainz with a time of 20:23.2 (avg. speed 72.72km/h). Carlos was 2.1 seconds faster than Petter Solberg. Colin McRae was third 9 seconds behind, François Delecour was fourth 12.1 seconds behind, Juha Kankkunen was fifth 22.9 seconds behind and Armin Schwarz was sixth 30.9 seconds behind Carlos. All the pictures shot at this location are here. The final classification of the 2000 Acropolis WRC rally was:
You'll find all the pictures starting at this page. Of the 117 drivers that started this, 47th, Acropolis rally only 48 made it to the finish...
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