Acropolis Team Press Releases
----------------------------------------------------------- Round 8 of the World Rally Championship Acropolis Rally 1998 Official Site: http://www.acropolisrally.gr/ The World Rally Championship now moves across the world to New ...
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Round 8 of the World Rally Championship Acropolis Rally 1998 Official Site: http://www.acropolisrally.gr/
The World Rally Championship now moves across the world to New Zealand following the mid-season break. The Rally of New Zealand will be held from 24-27th July.
1998 FIA World Rally Championship Standings for Drivers 1998 FIA World Rally Championship Standings for Manufacturers
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1998 FIA World Rally Championship Standings for Drivers
Colin McRae 36 Carlos Sainz 31 Tommi Makinen 24 Juha Kankkunen 24 Didier Auriol 21 Richard Burns 21 Freddy Loix 12 Piero Liatti 10 Ari Vatanen 6 Francois Delecour 6 Bruno Thiry 5
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1998 FIA World Rally Championship Standings for Manufacturers
Subaru 49 Toyota 47 Mitsubishi 45 Ford 33
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555 Subaru World Rally Team http://www.speedmedia.com
An exciting showdown was guaranteed on the 1998 Acropolis Rally but few would have predicted the dramas that unfolded on the final five stages today. The 555 Subaru World Rally Team crew of Colin McRae and Nicky Grist took victory for the second time in Greece, and the third time this year, snatching the lead from Didier Auriol. In contrast, Italian team-mates Piero Liatti and Fabrizia Pons suffered a major set-back when they spun on the penultimate stage and lost fourth position.
The top six positions on the leaderboard changed from stage to stage as Carlos Sainz suffered with power steering problems (SS14), Richard Burns retired with broken suspension (SS15) and Piero Liatti lost time when he spun on the same stage Didier Auriol was forced to stop when the engine cut out (SS16), costing him forty seconds and the lead.
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