Rally Argentina 2009
Racing data | |
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5th of 12 races of the 2009 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally Argentina |
Date: | 23-26 April 2009 |
Begin: | Cordoba - Villa Carlos Paz |
Exams: | 23 tests over 331.80 km |
Distance: | 1533.65 km |
Covering: | gravel |
Podium | |
First: |
Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team |
Second: |
Dani Sordo Citroën World Rally Team |
Third: |
Henning Solberg Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team |
The 2009 Argentina Rally was the 29th and fifth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship . The rally consisted of 23 special stages and was held from April 23 to 26.
Race report
Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena (Citroën) had won the Rally Argentina for the fifth time in a row and had their fifth victory in the fifth rally of the season. At the end of the rally, Loeb had a lead of over 1:13 minutes over team-mate Daniel Sordo . Henning Solberg (Ford) finished third on the podium. He was more than four minutes behind the winner Loeb. At first it looked as if Loeb could face resistance from his opponents in Argentina. He finished the first day in third, maybe a bit tactically, in order to have a better starting position on Saturday. On Saturday he took the lead, but Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen was able to keep the gap to Loeb small. The tide turned in the 15th special stage when Hirvonen had to give up the rally with a radiator damaged. Jari-Matti Latvala was out on Sunday after taking third place from Hirvonen. In the first test on Sunday he had problems with the fuel pressure and lost almost eight minutes. Latvala finished sixth in the end. Because of Latvala's bad luck, Petter Solberg (Citroën) took third place, but his dream of a podium did not come true. One test later, he also had fuel pressure problems and had to give up. Brother Henning Solberg (Ford) thus slipped to third place on the podium. From this point on, all drivers had to survive the last kilometers of the rally to the finish. Loeb had doubled his lead over Hirvonen in the world championship to 20 points and was thus a step closer to the sixth world championship title in a row.
Classifications
Bottom line
Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points |
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WRC | ||||||
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 57: 40.3 | 10 | |
2 | Dani Sordo | Marc Marti | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 58: 53.4 | 1: 13.1 | 8th |
3 | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 01: 44.4 | 4: 04.1 | 6th |
4th | Federico Villagra | Jorge Perez Companc | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 03: 40.0 | 5: 59.7 | 5 |
5 | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 03: 51.2 | 6: 10.9 | 4th |
6th | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Antilla | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 07: 30.3 | 9: 50.0 | 3 |
7th | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën C4 WRC | 4: 18: 35.4 | 20: 55.1 | 2 |
8th | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Subaru Impreza N14 | 4: 20: 51.9 | 23: 11.6 | 1 |
PWRC | ||||||
1 | (8)Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Subaru Impreza N14 | 4: 20: 51.9 | 10 | |
2 (10) | Marcos Ligato | Ruben Garcia | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 4: 23: 04.8 | 2: 12.9 | 8th |
3 (12) | Toshi Arai | Glenn MacNeall | Subaru Impreza | 4: 27: 27.9 | 6: 36.0 | 6th |
4 (16) | Spyros Pavlides | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza N14 | 4: 45: 10.4 | 24: 18.5 | 5 |
5 (18) | Eyvind Brynildsen | Denis Giraudet | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4: 52: 49.9 | 31: 58.0 | 4th |
6 (21) | Gabor Mayer | Robert Tagai | Subaru Impreza | 5: 00: 56.3 | 40: 04.4 | 3 |
JWRC | ||||||
1 (14) | Michal Cosciuszko | Maciek Szczepaniak | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 42: 28.0 | 10 | |
2 (15) | Aaron Burkart | Michael Koelbach | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 44: 08.7 | 1: 39.9 | 8th |
3 (17) | Alessandro Bettega | Simone Scattolin | Renault Clio S1600 | 4: 50: 02.0 | 7: 33.2 | 6th |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | WP winner |
time | leader |
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Day 1 (April 23) |
WP1 | Estadio Córdoba I | 2.4 km | Sébastien Loeb | 2: 23.6 | Sébastien Loeb |
Day 2 (April 24th) |
WP2 | La Cumbre - Agua De Oro I. | 14.94 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12: 48.7 | Jari-Matti Latvala |
WP3 | Ascochinga - La Cumbre I. | 22.38 km | Dani Sordo | 14: 44.1 | Dani Sordo | |
WP4 | Capilla Del Monte - San Marcos I | 22.95 km | Petter Solberg | 17: 33.5 | Mikko Hirvonen | |
WP5 | San Marcos - Charbonier I | 9.61 km | Sébastien Loeb | 6: 32.5 | ||
WP6 | Ascochinga - La Cumbre II | 22.38 km | Dani Sordo | 14: 26.8 | Dani Sordo | |
WP7 | Capilla Del Monte - San Marcos II | 22.95 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 17: 16.8 | Mikko Hirvonen | |
WP8 | San Marcos - Charbonier II | 9.61 km | Sébastien Loeb | 6: 28.9 | Dani Sordo | |
WP9 | La Cumbre - Agua De Oro II | 14.94 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12: 32.4 | ||
Day 3 (April 25th) |
WP10 | El Mirador - San Lorenzo I | 20.81 km | Sébastien Loeb | 11: 28.0 | |
WP11 | Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare I | 22.79 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 18.2 | ||
WP12 | El Condor - Copina I. | 16.29 km | Sébastien Loeb | 13: 04.6 | Sébastien Loeb | |
WP13 | Icho Cruz - Carlos Paz I | 9.73 km | Sébastien Loeb | 6: 19.4 | ||
WP14 | El Mirador - San Lorenzo II | 20.81 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 11: 22.0 | ||
WP15 | Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare II | 22.79 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 04.5 | ||
WP16 | El Condor - Copina II | 16.29 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 13: 06.5 | ||
WP17 | Icho Cruz - Carlos Paz II | 9.73 km | Sébastien Loeb | 6: 26.6 | ||
WP18 | Estadio Córdoba II | 2.4 km | Dani Sordo | 2: 23.6 | ||
Day 4 (April 26th) |
WP19 | Villa Giardino - La Falda | 15.78 km | Sébastien Loeb | 11: 18.2 | |
WP20 | Valle Hermoso - Casa Grande | 10.95 km | Sébastien Loeb | 7: 14.8 | ||
WP21 | Cosquin - Tanti | 11.27 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 6: 19.8 | ||
WP22 | Tanta Nuevo - Villa Garcia | 7.6 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 4: 15.9 | ||
WP23 | Estadio Córdoba III | 2.4 km | Sébastien Loeb | 2: 26.6 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Loeb wins and ensures preliminary World Championship decision , accessed on December 28, 2014