Petter Solberg set the fastest time in stage 8 Elikonas 2 (19.89km). The second fastest time in stage 8 is for Sebastien Loeb at 0.3 seconds.
In the last day section SS 9 Thiva 2 (23.6km) Latvala is the fastest followed by Solberg at 2.1 seconds.
Hirvonen lost more than 22 seconds after a puncture in the last section caused by the dust.

Comments after SS 9:
Loeb: "A lot of dust in this stage and I made two mistakes in the end. Generally, it was a good day."
Latvala: "It's been a reasonably good day. I started gaining back my driving in the afternoon. I try to catch him tomorrow but it's like in Finland, where the differences are in seconds!"
Solberg: "I have one spare now, I had two. It's not bad. A lot happened today, but it's ok. I am happy. I will try catching Loeb. It's a big and rough day and a lot can happen."
Hirvonen: "We had another puncture. I went wide in one corner, we hit a bank. I couldn't see from the dust of Ostberg."
Neuville: "I had a problem with the driveshaft and the car is rear wheel drive. I just took away the broken driveshaft. I wasn't carrying a spare one."

Results after SS 9 - End of Day 2:
1. S. Loeb 2:14:01.3
2. J. Latvala +6.5
3. P. Solberg +17.7
4. M. Hirvonen +46.0
5. E. Novikov +3:54.9
6. M. Prokop +4:46.7

For the third day of the rally remain 8 stages as the first one start at 8:38 local time.

Latvala win stage 7 Bauxites 2 (23.17km). Second is Sebastien Loeb at +0.7 seconds; third is Petter Solberg at +3.5 seconds.
In stage 7 Ott Tanak went off the road and damage his Ford Fiesta.
Ott Tanak explains what happens: "We made a correction on the pacenotes durng the previous [running of the stage] and we made it to the wrong place, the corner before, and we were too fast. We went off and came back on, but we got a puncture, and then bent the suspension."
Mechanical problems for Novikov cause him delay of over a minute.
Novikov says: "We had a problem with the engine. It's not a misfire, maybe something with the turbo, I don't know.”
Latvala: "Okay, there is quite a distance to Loeb, but now we are going in the right way."
Loeb: "It was okay, I saw a little bit of dust. I heard Tanak had stopped, so I was thinking he had started just before me. I didn't lose any time with it."
Solberg: "The impact knocked the rear diff up into the subframe and the propshaft was touching the subframe. We'd lost some bolts but the boys fixed it and we got a spacer in to put some space between the subframe and the diff. None of this was a problem but if we hadn't put the spacer in, it might've been."

Comments by the remote service 2:
Latvala: "We have a couple ideas for the set up of the car and the bumpers. I need to improve my time in the start of the stages. It's still a long Rally. Sebastian is attacking and I'll try to be close to him."
Solberg: "There is nothing to replace. Something is touching underneath the car and makes noise. I hit heavily the diffguard. We are checking it."
Loeb: "Ok at the moment. We are leading but it's tricky and muddy. Strange for Greece. I was at maximum attack in the last stage. I will keep up the same way."
Hirvonen: "In the morning, it was a little bit more difficult. Now it was a little bit better -we are still in the fight. The stages had more mud and were more wet than we thought."

Results after SS 7:
1. S. Loeb 1:43:54.9
2. J. Latvala +9.4
3. M. Hirvonen +18.6
4. P. Solberg +19.6
5. M. Ostberg +1:36.9
6. T. Neuville +2:31.7

Mikko Hirvonen is with the first stage win in Acropolis 2012. Hirvonen win stage 5 Bauxites 1 (23.17km) 1.1 seconds faster than Loeb and 5.6 seconds faster than Latvala. Loeb extends his lead against Latvala who is second in the overall standing after SS 5.
Latvala explains his delay in SS 5: "I am not happy with the car on the hard surfaces. It takes too much time to warm the tires. We almost have a spin. We were eight seconds slower at the start and we managed to gain four in the end."
The stage winner Mikko Hirvonen says: "We were pushing hard. We were equal to Sebastien. We expected it to be dry but there was mud and it was slippery. We will see."
Rally leader Loeb: "Mikko was one second faster but it was a tricky stage with mud and some water splashes. But it's ok. Just the slippery part was difficult with the hard tires. We don't have a real information about the conditions and the tire choice and I think that everybody are using the hard tires."
Petter Solberg: "We took two spares. It is some extra weight, but we are going to use them both in the next stage."

In Stage 6 Drossohori (22km) Sebastien Loeb win followed by T. Neuville at 3.4 seconds and Latvala at +4.4 seconds.
Mikko Hirvonen moved to third position as Petter Solberg back at 4th position.
Petter Solberg is with a puncture and possible damaged prop shaft. Hit a rock after a crest. Now heading back to Itea for remote-service.

Results after SS 6:
1. S. Loeb 1:30:05.3
2. J. Latvala +10.1
3. M. Hirvonen +15.0
4. P. Solberg +16.8
5. E. Novikov +1:15.6
6. M. Ostberg +1:20.6

Three stages remain to the end of day 2 in Rally Acropolis 2012.
 

The different between the first three in stage 3 Thiva 1 (23.6km) is 0.2 seconds only. The advantage is for Latvala who win stage 3 with 0.1 seconds faster than Loeb and 0.2 than Petter Solberg. The rain at the end of the stage and the unpredictable weather and the tyre choise is decidable for the rally positions.

Comments after SS 3:
Latvala: "At the end, the last two kilometres, it's been maybe raining at some point so it's a bit slippery and muddy in some corners, so it was a little bit scary, but we're okay."
Solberg: "It's not very good today. It's very difficult and I am struggling, particularly in the right corners. We have to complete one more stage and see what we can change. I don't think we can make anything until we come to the service."
Loeb: "It was a good stage. It was tricky, with changing conditions. I didn't expect rain, so I didn't choose the soft compound. No big difference. It's ok until now. We have only one spare and I hope we made the right decision."
Hirvonen: "We had a front left puncture. There was a lot of understeer in the end of the stage because of the hard tires."

In stage 4 Latvala lost the leader position. He was 14.2 seconds slower than his teammate Petter Solberg who win stage 4 Elikonas 1 (19.89km). In the overall standing Sebastien Loeb move in front as Petter Solberg is third second is Latvala.
Mistake of Latvala cause his to loss 14.2 seconds by Petter and 4.5 seconds by Loeb.

Latvala: "The splits were looking really, really, really good, I think we were ahead of Loeb. But before one junction, the corner before was really, really muddy. I locked the front wheels and the engine stopped. I couldn't turn into the corner, so I did a little overshoot. I lost maybe five to 10 seconds."
Loeb: "I don't know what happened in that stage. I was pushing hard. I saw the splits, I was pushing hard, I had a good feeling, but I don't know."
Solberg: "It was very muddy. Not a bad time. I am happy with that. We are looking forward to make the car better. We will find what happened for sure. There were some muddy corners."
"In the morning, after 1-2 kilometers, something was wrong. We will try to see if we can fix it now. I was just a little bit angry in Thiva and pushed. Tomorrow I want to have the same road position, as today and I will push in the afternoon. "
Hirvonen: "Very slippery and tricky, almost overshoot a junction. It was really slippery."
"We are still in the game, maybe we could be 4-5 seconds closer. Not bad. We went straight in a junction and we made a mistake. We could avoid it. The next stage is going to be very hard for the tires. It's difficult to decide what tires to take."

Results after SS 4:
1. S. Loeb 57:41.9
2. J. Latvala +1.2
3. P. Solberg +4.5
4. M. Hirvonen +11.0
5. E. Novikov +43.2
6. M. Ostberg +51.6
 

Jari-Matti Latvala win the early morning stage SS2 Aghia Marina (13.8km) with 0.4 seconds advantage to Sebastien Loeb and 2.7 seconds by Petter Solberg.
Comments after SS 2:
Loeb: "It's ok. A little bit of difficult because of the loose gravel. We made some small mistakes."
Hirvonen: "Not too bad. The big tire wear is maybe because of the rocks."
Latvala: "I try to be fast. In the beginning were some difficult places. I try to keep going and be cautious."
Solberg: "Something is wrong. The car is very difficult to drive. I have to think what this is. The balance is not good. There is big difference between the corners."
Tanak: "No problems with the tire. Everything is ok. No dramas." The tire was a little bit off the rim.
Novikov: "Very difficult, the downhill was very fast and quite slippery. The pace was good for us."
Al-Attiyah: "It's very difficult. Very loose stage. The last part is with a lot of loose rocks and the balance of the car is very difficult. Long day, we are here and everything is OK."
Neuville: "The car was much better. But I spun in the first kilometers. But ok- it is a long day and a Rally. The car is ok after the spin and I am happy about that."

Results after SS 2:
1. J. Latvala 27:16.7
2. S Loeb +3.2
3. M. Hirvonen +10.4
4. P. Solberg +17.3
5. E. Novikov +26.0
6. M. Ostberg +30.0
 

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.

Petter Solberg set the fastest time in 6.2 km test near Loutraki who choose 13 starting position. Second in the test was his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala.
Petter says: It’s good to be first, very important in fact. The car works well and we should be strong for this rally. I feel confidant and think I will start further down. Even when it’s raining it dries very quick when it stops. The best choice is to start further back for sure.
I think that this is the best position. If it is raining, it will dry quickly. The team is in top form and I think that this is our Rally."
Latvala: “There was one corner when I thought I was in first but I was in second and I pulled third by mistake. The engine died just a tiny bit on the uphill but I quickly got it back. We only lost a couple of tenths but after a long time out of the car this was a good boost.
I am starting behind because we are counting on a dry Rally and the road will be clean."
Loeb: "We are expecting not a lot of rain so we are prepared to start behind."
Hirvonen: "Luckily we are not too far from Petter, Jari and Sebastien, although our QS was not so good."
Novikov: "I am happy. We want to start as back as possible."

Starting order:
1. Paulo Nobre (MINI John Cooper Works WRC)
2. Armindo Araujo (MINI John Cooper Works WRC)
3. Daniel Oliveira (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
4. Nasser Al-Attiyah (Citroen DS3 WRC)
5. Martin Prokop (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
6. Ott Tanak (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
7. Mads Ostberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
8. Thierry Neuville (Citroen DS3 WRC)
9. Mikko Hirvonen (Citroen DS3 WRC)
10. Evgeny Novikov (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
11. Sebastien Loeb (Citroen DS3 WRC)
12. Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
13. Petter Solberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)

The first stage is today at 18:28 local time the 25.24 km Kineta driving once.