ATHENS, Greece — Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen of Finland won the Acropolis Rally today by avoiding the mishaps that hit his rivals.

Hirvonen finished in 4 hours, 9 minutes, 42.5 seconds to record his first win of the season, beating Citroen's Sebastien Ogier of France by 1 minute, 12.9 seconds. Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland took third in 4:11:27.5.

That allowed Hirvonen to close the gap to seven points behind World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Loeb of France. Loeb, who crashed Saturday but was unhurt, has 55 points after seven rounds. Hirvonen has 48. There are five more races.