With Peter Solberg achieving the best time (2:21.3), being followed by Marcus Gronholm (2:22.0) and Harri Rovanpera (2:22.1), the shakedown, that took place on SS Magnisia (4,1 km in length), has finished for the FIA 1 and 2 drivers.

Sebastien Loeb (Citroën)
"Very nice stages. Not too rough, very smooth and fast."

Petter Solberg (Subaru)
"Everything is OK. No problem. We try to do a little better setup. Very nice stages, very interesting, every year getting better. Of course I am optimistic, I want to win."

Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot)
"The rally is very good as always. All new SS`s are very interesting, especially SS Koumaritsi at the second day. The idea of the SSS at the Olympic Stadium is very good. It will be exciting for the spectators although it will be exhausting for the drivers as it is far from Lamia."

Toni Gardemeister (Ford)
"It is quite OK, few runs no problem. Nice stages, better than before."

Harri Rovanpera (Mitsubishi)
"It`s OK. Very nice stages, I like this rally. It suites to my style."

Manfred Stohl (OMV / Kronos Racing)
"The stages are nice and clean. I miss a little bit the old Acropolis Rally."

Roman Kresta (Ford)
"We test some things. Now in the shakedown we changed the dumbers settings, trying something different. The stages are very nice, but rough some times."

Henning Solberg (Ford)
"The stages are nice, very good. It` s a fast rally."

Carlos Sainz (Citroën)
"Everything Ok. The stages are fine."

Daniel Carlsson (Subaru)
"The stages are very nice; they are getting better every year."

Gigi Galli (Mitsubishi)
"We try to keep the measure and understand the grip. The stages are very nice, very smooth, and not rough. The organization has done a very good job."

Chris Atkinson (Subaru)
"The stages are good. They are nice roads, fast. I like them."

Armin Schwarz (Skoda)
"The stages like every year are very nice. Maybe better then before."

Janne Tuohino (Skoda)
"The stages are good, as last year. It will be OK."

Mark Higgins (Ford)
"Very good stages. I like it too much and I hope we have a good rally here."

Armodios Vovos (Subaru)
"The stages are very nice, better then last year. I think that we are going to have a good rally. I want to make my best. Better than in Rally of Turkey. We feel a lot better with the car."

Kristian Sohlberg (Subaru)
Kristian Sohlberg went off the road during the shakedown. The crew is not injured although there is no confirmation that the team will be able to repair the Impreza on time for the start.


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