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Loeb gets the victory in Greece and is now leader of the WRC
The final day of the Rally Acropolis just served underline the French driver's superiority during the whole race. Petter Solberg was second and Hirvonen third on the podium either side of the Frenchman. The young Aava was fourth and the Spaniard Dani Sordo benefitted from the problems that dogged Wilson and Henning Solberg on the final day's racing.
Sébastien Loeb got his fifth victoy of the year in Greece, and his second consecutive win, and the points he harvested have made him into the WRC leader after seven races have been completed. The Frenchman's situation this year is curious as he has won all the races when he has managed to finish. This latest triumph means that Loeb is now at the top of the driver's classification with 50 points, but only one ahead of Hirvonen.
In the end the other two podium places went to Solberg and Hirvonen. The Norwegian driving with the Subaru team put in a great performance over the whole weekend thus showing that the new Subaru Impreza, that made its debut here in Greece, may take the Japanese team back to the top. Meanwhile, Hirvonen was third after benefitting from the engine problems on the engine in the older Solberg's car, the latter fell down to eighth position.
The young Estonian Urmo Aava got a reward for his consistency and finished fourth in the tough Greek rally. The Citröen driver was in points-winning positions the whole weekend and got a prize that he had not even probably dared to dream of before the start. Dani Sordo was fifth helped by the problems that Wilson and Henning Solberg had on the first few specials on the final day.
