Aussie Chris Atkinson leads a Subaru 1-2 after the team won three out of four stages during the first morning of the Acropolis Rally in Greece.

Taking advantage of their road positions, Atkinson and Petter Solberg moved ahead of the Ford pair of Mikko Hirvonen and Marcus Gronholm, with the two Citroens of Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb fifth and sixth. The reigning world champion is already 18 seconds off the lead.

After SS5

Pos  Driver          Make       Time 
1.  Atkinson        Subaru     43:12.9
2.  Solberg         Subaru     + 03.9
3.  Hirvonen        Ford       + 08.3
4.  Gronholm        Ford       + 13.0
5.  Sordo           Citroen    + 15.3
6.  Loeb            Citroen    + 18.7
7.  Solberg         Ford       + 27.8
8.  Latvala         Ford       + 39.3
9.  Stohl           Citroen    + 1:01.2
10.  Perez Companc   Ford       + 1:16.3

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