Quick Facts
Biography
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 |