Jari-Matti Latvala backs in WRC with a victory in the first stage of Rally Acropolis 2012. Latvala missed the last rally in Argentina due too incident.
Latvala: “I was very equal with Loeb but at the end I seemed to pull out some time at the hairpins. I felt really fast in places.”
Loeb: “In some places there is a lot of grip, some places no grip so it is difficult to understand where you can push and where you have to be careful.”
Petter Solberg tyres choice do not allow him to take a better stage position. He said: “It was my decision and I believed in it. I thought it could have been colder, it was just a mistake and I should have listened to the team. Okay that’s how it is and we learn from that. We are not out of it.”

Results after SS 1:
1. J. Latvala 17:38.0
2. S. Loeb +2.8
3. M. Hirvonen +7.1
4. M. Ostberg +13.7
5. P. Solberg +14.6
6. E. Novikov +20.4

There are 8 stages for tomorrow as the first one is schedule for 6:53 AM local time.