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Latvala wins Acropolis Rally

Finn claims his first victory of the World Rally Championship season

By Franck Drui

2 June 2013 - 13:43

Jari-Matti Latvala has claimed his first win of the World Rally Championship season on the Acropolis Rally, which ended in Greece this afternoon.

The Finn, who took drives a Volkswagen Polo R, complete the rally 1min 50sec ahead of Dani Sordo in a Citroen DS3.

Ford Fiesta RS driver Thierry Neuville finished third, 24.1 seconds behind Sordo.

Championship leader Sebastien Ogier collected an extra three drivers’ points by winning the SS14 Power Stage, which brought the action on round six of the World Rally Championship to a close.

Evgeny Novikov scored two bonus points in his Ford Fiesta RS with Andreas Mikkelsen claiming the final point with the third best run in his Polo R.

Pos.	#	Driver	Cat.	Time	Diff / Prev	Diff / 1st
1.	7	J. LATVALA		3:31:01.2
2.	3	D. SORDO		3:32:51.2	+1:50.0	+1:50.0
3.	11	T. NEUVILLE		3:33:15.3	+24.1	+2:14.1
4.	9	A. MIKKELSEN		3:34:56.3	+1:41.0	+3:55.1
5.	6	N. AL ATTIYAH		3:35:13.8	+17.5	+4:12.6
6.	4	M. OSTBERG		3:36:49.9	+1:36.1	+5:48.7
7.	2	M. HIRVONEN		3:39:01.9	+2:12.0	+8:00.7
8.	21	M. PROKOP		3:39:02.4	+0.5	+8:01.2
9.	5	E. NOVIKOV		3:39:13.0	+10.6	+8:11.8
10.	8	S. OGIER		3:41:11.5	+1:58.5	+10:10.3
11.	74	R. KUBICA	WRC2	3:46:20.3	+5:08.8	+15:19.1
12.	82	Y. PROTASOV	WRC2	3:47:50.1	+1:29.8	+16:48.9
13.	48	A. AL-KUWARI	WRC2	3:48:33.6	+43.5	+17:32.4
14.	83	O. TAMRAZOV	WRC2	3:54:03.9	+5:30.3	+23:02.7
15.	36	R. AL KETBI	WRC2	4:05:11.8	+11:07.9	+34:10.6
16.	41	N. FUCHS	WRC2	4:07:26.7	+2:14.9	+36:25.5
17.	40	A. SMAILOV	WRC2	4:08:46.1	+1:19.4	+37:44.9
18.	50	V. GORBAN	WRC2	4:12:23.1	+3:37.0	+41:21.9
19.	49	O. KIKIRESHKO	WRC2	4:16:28.2	+4:05.1	+45:27.0
20.	72	J. ALONSO	WRC2	4:18:51.2	+2:23.0	+47:50.0