Rally Argentina

Shake down the Rally Argentina 2006: Petter Solberg with his Subaru Impreza WRC

The Rally Argentina is a rally event that has been held annually since 1979 (except 1982) near Villa Carlos Paz , Province of Córdoba . With the exception of 1995 and 2010, the rally has been on the FIA World Rally Championship calendar since 1980 . It is currently the only World Rally Championship round in South America .

history

Stadium Superspecial of the Rally Argentina 2006: Sébastien Loeb (Citroën, left) and Marcus Grönholm (Ford, right)

In 1980 the first rally was held as part of the World Cup in the province of Tucumán . It was organized by the Automóvil Club Argentino . The winners were the Germans Walter Röhrl and Christian Geistdorfer in a Fiat 131 Abarth. In 1981 the competition was also held in Tucumán. After a break in 1982, the location of the event moved to San Carlos de Bariloche in 1983 and the following year to the province of Córdoba, where the rally has taken place ever since. In 2007 one of the special stages took place in the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires , another in the Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras in Córdoba .

Overall winner

With eight wins, the Frenchman Sébastien Loeb is the record holder at the Rally Argentina. Both the Finn Tommi Mäkinen (1996 to 1998) and the Italian Miki Biasion have had three wins so far, although he did not manage to achieve a hat trick .

year	rally	driver	Co-driver	vehicle
1979 1	Rally Argentina 1979	Jean Guichet	Jean Todt	Peugeot 504
1980	Rally Argentina 1980	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Fiat 131 Abarth
1981	Rally Argentina 1981	Guy Fréquelin	Jean Todt	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
1983	Rally Argentina 1983	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi quattro A2
1984	Rally Argentina 1984	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
1985	Rally Argentina 1985	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
1986	Rally Argentina 1986	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta S4
1987	Rally Argentina 1987	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988	Rally Argentina 1988	Jorge Recalde	Jorge del Buono	Lancia Delta Integrale
1989	Rally Argentina 1989	Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Lancia Delta Integrale
1990	Rally Argentina 1990	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1991	Rally Argentina 1991	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1992	Rally Argentina 1992	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993	Rally Argentina 1993	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1994	Rally Argentina 1994	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1995 1	Rally Argentina 1995	Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1996	Rally Argentina 1996	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
1997	Rally Argentina 1997	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
1998	Rally Argentina 1998	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5
1999	Rally Argentina 1999	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	Subaru Impreza WRC
2000	Rally Argentina 2000	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru Impreza WRC
2001	Rally Argentina 2001	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Focus WRC
2002	Rally Argentina 2002	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Ford Focus WRC
2003	Rally Argentina 2003	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2004	Rally Argentina 2004	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Xsara WRC
2005	Rally Argentina 2005	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2006	Rally Argentina 2006	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2007	Rally Argentina 2007	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2008	Rally Argentina 2008	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2009	Rally Argentina 2009	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2010 1	Rally Argentina 2010	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000
2011	Rally Argentina 2011	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
2012	Rally Argentina 2012	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
2013	Rally Argentina 2013	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
2014	Rally Argentina 2014	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport
2015	Rally Argentina 2015	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC
2016	Rally Argentina 2016	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC
2017	Rally Argentina 2017	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
2018	Rally Argentina 2018	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC
2019	Rally Argentina 2019	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

¹ no World Cup status

Web links

Commons : Rally Argentina  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Results on eWRC-results.com