Overall Tänak and Ogier are clear of the rest - and it's the same story on Super Sunday
Photography by Hyundai
Words by Luke Barry
Ott Tänak is extending his lead of Acropolis Rally Greece as he heads the Super Sunday standings from Sébastien Ogier halfway through the final leg.
At 61.5 miles, Super Sunday is particularly long in Greece – even though it comprises just four stages.
With a lead of 43.6 seconds starting the final day, but the allure of extra points that could help his title campaign, Tänak had a decision to make.
But when things are in a natural rhythm, why shake it up?
Winning the opening stage of the morning by 1.8s, Tänak was even faster on the second to open up a 6.3s Super Sunday advantage over Ogier. That means his rally lead is also now just 0.1s shy of 50s.
Ogier smiled: “I always say Ott has only one mode: it’s flat out!”
“Then I can say he hasn’t seen the flat out mode yet!” Tänak responded.
“For sure we are managing. Knowing Séb, we had to control this morning. This was the stage to attack and luckily he didn’t.”
Championship challengers Elfyn Evans and Thierry Neuville are secure in fourth and fifth position overall, so instead have been fighting over third in the Super Sunday standings so far.
Neuville beat Evans by 0.7s on the new Smokovo test, but Evans stole 10.6s from Neuville on Tarzan – which was explained by a damper breaking on Neuville’s Hyundai.
Crews do now have a trip back to service before the repeat loop of stages.
Third placed Adrien Fourmaux is fifth in Super Sunday, opting not to be a hero and instead bank what’s already in his grasp.
“I took it really easy – that’s it.”
Sami Pajari returned to action after sitting out Saturday, running as first on the road for the first time in his career.
His Toyota team-mates Kalle Rovanperä and Takamoto Katsuta also restarted after their misdemeanors yesterday, but neither was pushing hard for Super Sunday – instead focusing on as many powerstage points as possible.
That was just as well for Rovanperä, who picked up a rear-left puncture on SS15.
“Just this one section which is quite rough, but no particular hit,” he explained. “Impossible to know where we got the puncture because it’s from nowhere, no hits.”
Oliver Solberg continues to lead WRC2 by a healthy 1m31.5s, but Yohan Rossel is the man on the move.
Ending Saturday fourth, he vied to fight back to second – despite a 25.1s deficit. Halfway through Sunday, two stage wins have vaulted him past Kajetan Kajetanowicz to third and now just 4.3s off Gus Greensmith’s second.
Words:Luke Barry
Tags: Acropolis Rally Greece, Acropolis Rally Greece 2025, WRC, WRC 2025
Publish Date June 29, 2025 DirtFish 
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