Lambros Athanassoulas

Lambros Athanassoulas (born November 10, 1976 in Athens) is a Greek rally driver.

Lambros Athanassoulas
Athanassoulas at the 2011 Acropolis Rally
Personal information
Nationality Greek
Born (1976-11-10) November 10, 1976
World Rally Championship record
Active years2005–2009, 2011, 2013, 2016
Rallies14
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points1
First rally2005 Acropolis Rally
Last rally2016 Monte Carlo Rally

Career

Athanassoulas graduated from the American College of Greece and got a BEng in Mechanical Engineering and an M.A. in Finance from the University of Westminster.[1] He started racing in 2001, after winning a competition by Greek magazine 4 Wheels and Toyota Hellas.[1] This earnt him the chance to drive a Toyota Yaris rally car. In 2005 he won the A5 class of the Greek Rally Championship driving a Ford Puma Kit Car. This led to him becoming an official driver for Ford Motor Hellas. This included making his World Rally Championship debut in a Ford Fiesta S1600 at the 2005 Acropolis Rally. In 2006 Athanassoulas competed in the Fiesta Sporting Trophy, as part of the WRC. In 2007 and 2008 he competed at his home event of the WRC in a Group N Subaru Impreza. For the 2009 Acropolis Rally, Athanassoulas competed in a Škoda Fabia S2000, winning the PWRC class and finishing eighth overall.[2] He followed this by winning his class on the 2009 Rally Catalunya on the debut of the new Ford Fiesta R2.[3] He was named Greek Athlete of the Year at the end of 2009 by Status magazine.[4]

WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2005 Lambros Athanassoulas Ford Fiesta S1600 MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE
Ret		 ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2006 Lambros Athanassoulas Ford Fiesta ST MON SWE MEX ESP
52		 FRA
45		 ARG ITA
52		 GRE GER
31		 FIN
Ret		 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR
77		 NC 0
2007 Lambros Athanassoulas Subaru Impreza STi N12 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE
33		 FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR NC 0
2008 Lambros Athanassoulas Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE
26		 TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0
2009 Team Greece Škoda Fabia S2000 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE
8		 20th 1
Ford Fiesta R2 POL FIN AUS ESP
25		 GBR
2011 Team Greece Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE
19		 FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0

PWRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2008 Lambros Athanassoulas Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE ARG GRE
12		 TUR FIN NZL JPN GBR NC 0
2009 Team Greece Škoda Fabia S2000 NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE
1		 AUS GBR 9th 10
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References
  1. http://www.athanassoulas.gr/3/79/
  3. http://www.automobilsport.com/fiesta-sportingtrophy-r2-lambros-athanassoulas-class-victory-spain-ahmed-al-mansoori-breen-martin---70898.html
  4. http://www.athanassoulas.gr/3/26/&news_id=15


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