2008 Rally Argentina

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2008 Rally Argentina, officially 28º Rally Argentina, is the fourth round of 2008 World Rally Championship season; it is a second gravel round of the championship and also the second round of the Production World Rally Championship. The event began with a ceremonial start on Thursday, March 27 in Córdoba[1] and ended after a Super Special Stage and ten minutes service "E" in Villa Carlos Paz.[2]

Some stages of the rally, especially the ones from final day, similarly to those seen on the Mexican event, are held in the mountainous area of the country, thus drivers climb up to 2100 meters above sea levels.[3] The event, however, is more varied and some competitive kilometers lead through vast Argentinian plains.[4]

Summary

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Home country's Federico Villagra driving a Ford Focus WRC.

The rally began in rainy and muddy conditions. Mikko Hirvonen was the first on the road as the championship leader and managed to open up a 48-second gap to Jari-Matti Latvala and a 50-second gap to Sébastien Loeb. However, the BP Ford drivers soon dropped out of contention. On the second stage, Latvala spun off and lost about nine minutes,[5] and on the fifth stage, Hirvonen and Stobart VK M-Sport Ford's Henning Solberg damaged their cars while hitting rocks and retired from the rally.[6] Loeb managed to open up a comfortable gap to Subaru's Chris Atkinson and Petter Solberg. Other drivers in the points after day one were Gigi Galli, Dani Sordo, Federico Villagra, Matthew Wilson and Latvala.

Loeb continued to lead throughout day two, and Solberg passed his teammate Atkinson for second place. Galli retired from fourth place to preserve his vehicle when smoke started to pour from his Ford Focus after SS13.[7] Latvala also had problems with his Focus and retired. After day two, due to the high level of attrition, Sordo was now in fourth place, Conrad Rautenbach had climbed to fifth, Hirvonen, who re-joined the event under SupeRally rules, to sixth and Andreas Aigner to seventh. Villagra was in eighth place.

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Chris Atkinson driving a Subaru Impreza WRC.

French World Rally Champion held his lead until the very end of the event and won the event with over two and a half minute advantage over the Subaru driver, Atkinson. The young Australian's steady pace paid off and he was able to claim second place after electric in Petter Solberg's car malfunctioned[8] and he had to retire. Petter's brother, Henning, didn't manage to finish either - shock absorber in older Solberg's Focus was blown through the hood again, same way as on Friday, and he ended his rally at the very same spot as his younger sibling.[9]

The last man on the podium was second Citroën driver, Dani Sordo, followed by Conrad Rautenbach in another C4 WRC, who was therefore first Zimbabwean to ever score points in an WRC event.[10] Fifth was Ford's Mikko Hirvonen who managed to score four points in drivers' and five in manufacturers' championship despite massive penalties for using SupeRally.[11] Last three pointing drivers were Munchi's Federico Villagra, Stobart's Gigi Galli, who also restarted under SupeRally format and Andreas Aigner driving a group N Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. He was also first in PWRC classification, followed by Argentinian Sebastián Beltrán and Finn Jari Ketomaa.

Results

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 4:05:48.6 0.0 10
2. Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson Template:Flagicon Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 07 4:08:21.8 2:33.2 8
3. Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo Template:Flagicon Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 4:09:53.3 4:04.7 6
4. Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach Template:Flagicon David Senior Citroën C4 WRC 4:25:52.1 20:03.5 5
5. Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:31:03.9 25:15.3 4
6. Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra Template:Flagicon Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:33:30.6 27:42.0 3
7. Template:Flagicon Gigi Galli Template:Flagicon Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:33:40.4 27:51.8 2
8. Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner Template:Flagicon Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:34:47.9 28:59.3 1
PCWRC
1. (8.) Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner Template:Flagicon Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:34:47.9 0.0 10
2. (9.) Template:Flagicon Sebastián Beltrán Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rojas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:35:53.5 +1:05.6 8
3. (10.) Template:Flagicon Jari Ketomaa Template:Flagicon Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza N12 4:37:41.2 +2:53.3 6
4. (11.) Template:Flagicon Fumio Nutahara Template:Flagicon Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:38:47.0 +3:59.1 5
5. (12.) Template:Flagicon Martin Rauam Template:Flagicon Silver Kutt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:44:16.0 +9:28.1 4
6. (13.) Template:Flagicon Amjad Farrah Template:Flagicon Nicola Arena Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:53:04.4 +18:16.5 3
7. (14.) Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop Template:Flagicon Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:53:07.8 +18:19.9 2
8. (18.) Template:Flagicon Bernardo Sousa Template:Flagicon Jorge Carvalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5:13:02.4 +38:14.5 1

Special stages

All dates and times are ART (UTC-3).

Day Stage Time[A] Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(28 MAR) 		SS1 07:45 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 1 18.70 km Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen 16:29.3 68.0 km/h Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen
SS2 08:41 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 1 23.28 km Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen 14:59.6 93.2 km/h
SS3 09:44 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos 1 22.95 km Template:Flagicon J. Latvala 17:39.7 78.0 km/h
SS4 10:16 San Marcos - Charbonier 1 9.61 km Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen 6:38.3 86.9 km/h
SS5 14:26 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 2 23.28 km Template:Flagicon S. Loeb 14:51.3 94.0 km/h Template:Flagicon S. Loeb
SS6 15:29 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos 2 22.95 km Template:Flagicon J. Latvala 17:23.1 79.2 km/h
SS7 16:01 San Marcos - Charbonier 2 9.61 km Template:Flagicon G. Galli 6:33.5 87.9 km/h
SS8 17:04 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 2 18.70 km Template:Flagicon J. Latvala 17:02.3 65.9 km/h
SS9 18:45 Camping San Martin 1 3.50 km Template:Flagicon C. Atkinson 1:39.4 126.8 km/h
2
(29 MAR) 		SS10 08:05 Santa Monica - Amboy 1 22.17 km Template:Flagicon P. Solberg 12:02.7 110.4 km/h
SS11 08:57 Villa del Dique - Las Bajadas 1 16.41 km Template:Flagicon S. Loeb 9:10.0 107.4 km/h
SS12 09:35 San Augustin - Villa General Belgrano 1 16.31 km Template:Flagicon S. Loeb 11:26.5 85.5 km/h
SS13 10:20 Santa Rosa - San Augustin 1 21.41 km Template:Flagicon C. Atkinson 13:37.3 94.3 km/h
SS14 14:25 Santa Monica - Amboy 2 22.17 km Template:Flagicon P. Solberg 11:37.2 114.5 km/h
SS15 15:17 Villa del Dique - Las Bajadas 2 16.41 km Template:Flagicon S. Loeb 8:57.8 109.8 km/h
SS16 15:55 San Augustin - Villa General Belgrano 2 16.31 km Template:Flagicon P. Solberg 11:18.8 86.5 km/h
SS17 16:40 Santa Rosa - San Augustin 2 21.41 km Template:Flagicon P. Solberg 13:23.6 95.9 km/h
SS18 18:45 Camping San Martin 2 3.50 km Template:Flagicon P. Solberg 1:40.6 125.2 km/h
3
(30 MAR) 		SS19 09:13 Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 24.70 km Template:Flagicon J. Latvala 19:57.9 74.2 km/h
SS20 10:05 El Condor - Copina 16.06 km Template:Flagicon S. Loeb 15:08.6 63.6 km/h
SS21 11:50 Camping San Martin 3 2.63 km Template:Flagicon J. Latvala 2:13.3 71.0 km/h

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Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON
Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		MEX
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		GER
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		ESP
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		 Pts 
1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 1 1 30
2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 2 2 4 5 25
3 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 3 21 2 2 22
4 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala 12 1 3 15 16
5 Template:Flagicon Gigi Galli 6 3 Ret. 7 11
6 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 5 4 12 Ret. 9
Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo 11 6 17 3 9
8 Template:Flagicon François Duval 4 5
Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach Ret. 16 16 4 5
Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra 7 6 5
11 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 9 13 5 Ret. 4
Template:Flagicon Andreas Mikkelsen 5 4
13 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 10 Ret. 6 Ret. 3
14 Template:Flagicon Jean-Marie Cuoq 7 2
Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister Ret. 7 Ret. Ret. 2
16 Template:Flagicon Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret. Ret. 24 1
Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen 8 1
Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier 8 1
Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner 31 8 1
Pos Driver MON
Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		MEX
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		GER
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		ESP
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Rank Driver Event Total
points
MON
Template:Flagicon 		SWE
Template:Flagicon 		MEX
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		JOR
Template:Flagicon 		ITA
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		GER
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		ESP
Template:Flagicon 		FRA
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon
1 Template:Flagicon BP Ford World Rally Team 8 18 11 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 44
2 Template:Flagicon Citroën Total World Rally Team 11 4 10 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 41
3 Template:Flagicon Subaru World Rally Team 10 6 9 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 33
4 Template:Flagicon Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 22
5 Template:Flagicon Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
6 Template:Flagicon Suzuki World Rally Team 2 3 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 6

Production championship

Points table:[12]

Pos Driver SWE
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		 Pts 
1 Template:Flagicon Jari Ketomaa 2 3 14
2 Template:Flagicon Andreas Aigner 11 1 10
2 Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen 1 10
4 Template:Flagicon Sebastián Beltrán 2 8
5 Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop 4 7 7
6 Template:Flagicon Patrik Sandell 3 6
7 Template:Flagicon Fumio Nutahara 4 5
8 Template:Flagicon Martin Rauam 5 4
8 Template:Flagicon Uwe Nittel 5 Ret 4
10 Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Arai 6 Ret 3
10 Template:Flagicon Amjad Farrah 6 3
12 Template:Flagicon Armindo Araújo 7 2
12 Template:Flagicon Bernardo Sousa 8 8 2
Pos Driver SWE
Template:Flagicon 		ARG
Template:Flagicon 		GRC
Template:Flagicon 		TUR
Template:Flagicon 		FIN
Template:Flagicon 		NZL
Template:Flagicon 		JPN
Template:Flagicon 		GBR
Template:Flagicon 		Pts

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External links

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