2013 Rally Argentina

2013 Rally Argentina
*33rd Philips Rally Argentina*
2013 Rally Argentina; 33rd Philips Rally Argentina
Round 5 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season
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	Sébastien Loeb during Rally
Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina
Dates run	May 1 – May 4, 2013
Stages	14 (407.64 km; 253.30 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	32 at start, 24 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

2013 Rally Argentina (officially: 33rd Philips Rally Argentina) was the fifth rally in the 2013 World Rally Championship hold between 1 and 4 May. It had 14 special stages totalling 407.64 competitive kilometres. 24 out of 32 racer finished the rally successfully.

Report

After missing the rallies of Mexico and Portugal to compete in the FIA Grand Touring Series, Sébastien Loeb marked his return to rallying with first place in the Rally Argentina. Sébastien Ogier took the lead early on, but made a mistake whilst driving in heavy fog. He lost forty seconds, allowing Loeb to seize the advantage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen fought over the final podium position until Hirvonen's Citroën DS3 WRC developed an electrical problem. Latvala could not afford to rest, as he found himself fighting with Evgeny Novikov. A late charge on the final day—including the fastest time on the power stage—was enough for Latvala to secure third place and his first podium in Argentina. Hirvonen recovered to finish sixth overall, finishing third on the power stage to score an additional World Championship point.^[1]

Entry list

Thirteen World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were eight entries in the WRC-2 championship for cars built to Group N and Super 2000 regulations.^[2]

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
5	Qatar M-Sport WRT	WRC	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
8	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	WRC	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
11	Qatar World Rally Team	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
12	Lotos Team WRC	WRC	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	D
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	D
22	Stohl Racing	WRC	Daniel Oliveira	Carlos Margalhaes	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
23	Qatar World Rally Team	WRC	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
33	Stohl Racing	WRC-2	Armin Kremer	Kaus Wicha	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	M
34	Symtech Racing	WRC-2	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Subaru Impreza STi R4	M
37	Lorenzo Bertelli	WRC-2	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi N15	M
38	Moto Club Igualda	WRC-2	Ricardo Triviño	Alex Haro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	M
41	Nicolàs Fuchs	WRC-2	Nicolàs Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	D
48	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	WRC-2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
72	Juan Carlos Alonso	WRC-2	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	D
77	Top Run SRL	WRC-2	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	M

Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship
WRC-3	Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship
J-WRC	Registered to take part in Junior WRC championship

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	No.	Team	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1. (1 May)	1.	Super Especial	6.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:42.1	77.1 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
2. (2 May)	2.	Sta. Catalina / La Pampa 1	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:20.1	88.7 km/h
	3.	Ascochinga / Agua de Oro 1	51.88 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	37:55.1	82.1 km/h
	4.	Sta. Catalina / La Pampa 2	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:01.5	90.2 km/h
	5.	Ascochinga / Agua de Oro 2	51.88 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	38:08.6	81.6 km/h
3. (3 May)	6.	Santa Rosa - Villa del Dique 1	40.69 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	22:28.5	108.6 km/h
	7.	Amboy - Yacanto 1	39.16 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	22:57.3	102.4 km/h	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
	8.	Santa Rosa - Villa del Dique 2	40.69 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	21:58.6	111.1 km/h
	9.	Amboy - Yacanto 2	39.16 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	22:28.3	104.6 km/h
	10.	Super Especial	6.04 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:49.4	75.1 km/h
4. (4 May)	11.	Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 1	22.64 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:36.4	73.0 km/h
	12.	El Condor - Copina	16.32 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:02.2	75.1 km/h
	13.	Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 2	22.64 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:14.3	74.5 km/h
	14.	El Condor (Power Stage)	16.32 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	12:57.2	75.6 km/h

Power Stage

Position	Racer	Time	Difference	Average speed	Point
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:57.2	0.0	75.6 km/h	3
2	Sébastien Ogier	12:58.6	+1.4	75.5 km/h	2
3	Mikko Hirvonen	12:59.7	+2.5	75.4 km/h	1

Result

Pos.	No.	Racer	Navigator	Team	Car	Championship	Time	Difference	Point
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:35:56.7	0.0	25
2	8	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:36:51.7	+55.0	20
3	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:37:57.5	+2:00.8	18
4	5	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:38:33.4	+2:36.7	12
5	11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:40:37.2	+4:40.5	10
6	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:42:20.6	+6:23.9	9
7	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:46:58.9	+11:02.2	6
8	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:49:18.8	+13:22.1	4
9	10	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:49:19.0	+13:22.3	2
10	21	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:50:04.3	+14:07.6	1
WRC-2
1 (13.)	48	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:08:27.1	0.0	25
2 (15.)	41	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Nicolás Fuchs	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	WRC-2	5:21:34.0	+13:06.9	18
3 (16.)	77	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	5:31:39.0	+23:11.9	15
4 (17.)	72	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Juan Carlos Alonso	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	5:37:49.8	+29:22.7	12
5 (18.)	34	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Symtech Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	WRC-2	5:40:26.6	+31:59.5	10
6 (19.)	38	Ricardo Triviño	Alex Haro	Moto Club Igualda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	WRC-2	5:40:44.7	+32:17.6	8

References

^ "Loeb claims eighth Argentine Win". WRC.com. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ "Rally Argentina Entry List" (PDF). Rallyargentina.com. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

External links

Official website

[Loeb_Wins_in_Argentina-1] "Loeb claims eighth Argentine Win". WRC.com. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[Rally_Argentina_Entry_List-2] "Rally Argentina Entry List" (PDF). Rallyargentina.com. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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