Day 2 of Rally Acropolis starts with a stage win for Novikov in SS 3 Klenia Mycenae 1 (17.41 km). Dani Sordo lost the second position by Jari-Matti Latvala. Mads Ostberg moved to eight position.
SS 4 Ghymno 1 (17.61 km) was dramatic for the current leader Evgeny Novikov who lost over 4 minutes and half due too puncture. Novikov stopped and change the wheel to continue with a damage suspension. Novikov explains: “I think we hit the same stone that Jari-Matti Latvala hit last year. I got a puncture and broke something in the suspension.”
Dani Sordo try to avoid the risk. Sodro comments his speed: “I looked at the speed of Evgeny and Jari-Matti and thought something would happen. It’s very easy to make a mistake here if you are pushing like hell. I didn’t take any risks, there is no reason to do so.”
After SS 4 Latvala moves to top position, followed by Sordo at +15.6 seconds, third is Thierry Neuville.
In SS 5 Kefalari 1 (18.40 km) the fastest driver is Latvala followed by Dani Sordo and Sebastien Ogier. In the overall standing Ogier is at 16th position at +10:11.8, Mikko Hirvonen is 10th at +6:18.8.
In the last stage the service park before SS 6 Ziria 1 (21.36 km) Dani Sordo finished first but Latvala is at +0.1 seconds in the stage. Andreas Mikkelsen lost 40 seconds in the stage as drop one position down to 5th, while Nasser Al-Attiyah is fourth.
Results after SS 6:
1. J. Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)
2. D. Sordo (Citroen DS3 WRC)
3. T. Neuville (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
4. N. Al-Attyah (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
5. A. Mikkelsen (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)
6. M. Prokop (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
There are 4 stages to run to the end of Day 2.