Lambros Athanassoulas

Lambros Athanassoulas

File:Acr2011 227.jpg Athanassoulas at the 2011 Acropolis Rally
Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	(1976-11-10) November 10, 1976
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2005–2009, 2011
Rallies	11
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	1
First rally	2005 Acropolis Rally
Last rally	2011 Acropolis Rally

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

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. He started racing in 2001, after winning a competition by Greek magazine 4 Wheels and Toyota Hellas. 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. He followed this by winning his class on the 2009 Rally Catalunya on the debut of the new Ford Fiesta R2. He was named Greek Athlete of the Year at the end of 2009 by Status magazine.

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

External links

• Athanassoulas Rally Team
• Profile at eWRC-results.com