2012 Rally Argentina

2012 Rally Argentina 32º Philips Rally Argentina 5 2012 World Rally Championship season 2012 Rally de Portugal 2012 Acropolis Rally ARG Argentina Córdoba, Argentina 26 29 April 2012 19 502.73 1770.92 Gravel FRA Sébastien Loeb FRA Citroën Total WRT 42 27 The 32nd Philips Rally Argentina was the fifth round of 2012 FIA World Rally Championship. It is the longest rally of the year, covering total of 502.73 stage kilometres, with Ambul also being the longest stage of the year.http://www.rallyargentina.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01-anexos-A-Itinerario2.pdf Archived copy 2012-04-26 2012-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120617020205/http://www.rallyargentina.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01-anexos-A-Itinerario2.pdf dead The event took place between 26 and 29 April 2012. Report Ford World Rally Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala was forced out of the rally after his accident while training two weeks before the rally.http://www.wrc.com/news/injury-forces-latvala-out-of-argentina/?fid=16502 injury forces Latvala out of Argentina WRC.com WRC 13 April 2012 26 April 2012 15 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120415180515/http://www.wrc.com/news/injury-forces-latvala-out-of-argentina/?fid=16502 dead He was replaced by Dani Sordo. Results Event standings Pos. Position Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 5:34:38.8 0.0 25 2. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC 5:34:54.0 15.2 20 18 points from 2nd place, 2 points from power stage 3. NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5:37:49.2 3:10.4 15 4. CZE Martin Prokop CZE Zdeněk Hrůza Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5:44:24.1 9:45.3 12 5. BEL Thierry Neuville BEL Nicolas Gilsoul Citroën DS3 WRC 5:45:56.4 11:17.6 10 6. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5:46:41.0 12:02.2 11 8 points from 6th place, 3 points from power stage 7. FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 5:47:04.1 12:25.3 6 8. RUS Evgeny Novikov FRA Denis Giraudet Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5:55:49.0 21:10.2 4 9. QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Citroën DS3 WRC 6:03:01.4 28:22.6 3 2 points from 9th place, 1 point from power stage 10. EST Ott Tänak EST Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RS WRC 6:11:58.3 37:19.5 1 PWRC 1.(11.) MEX Benito Guerra ESP Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6:12:00.6 0.0 25 2.(13.) PER Nicolás Fuchs ARG Fernando Mussano Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6:16:19.7 4:19.1 18 3.(14.) UKR Valeriy Gorban UKR Andriy Nikolaiev Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 6:18:45.2 6:44.6 15 4.(15.) ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6:25:00.0 12:59.4 12 5.(16.) ITA Gianluca Linari ITA Nicola Arena Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6:40:24.8 28:24.2 10 6.(17.) ARG Ezequiel Campos ARG Cristian Winkler Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6:47:27.4 35:26.8 8 7.(18.) IDN Subhan Aksa IDN Hade Mboi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6:47:44.9 35:44.3 6 8.(23.) ITA Lorenzo Bertelli ITA Lorenzo Granai Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 7:35:06.4 1:23:05.8 4 Special stages All dates and times are ART (UTC–3). DayStageTime UTC-3NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader Leg 1(26–27 Apr) SS1 20:08 SSS Amarok 1 6.04 km NOR Petter Solberg 4:54.9 73.73 km/h NOR Petter Solberg SS2 7:28 La Pampa / La Pampa 1 37.51 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 23:12.5 96.97 km/h SS3 8:21 Ascochinga / Agua de Oro 1 51.88 km NOR Petter Solberg 37:50.7 82.25 km/h SS4 12:46 La Pampa / La Pampa 2 37.51 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 22:56.3 98.11 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS5 13:39 Ascochinga / Agua de Oro 2 51.88 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 37:21.8 83.31 km/h FRA Sébastien Loeb SS6 17:23 Cosquin / Villa Allende 19.18 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 13:36.7 84.54 km/h Leg 2(28 Apr) SS7 8:30 San Agustin / Santa Rosa 1 20.18 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 12:41.3 95.42 km/h SS8 9:18 Amboy / Santa Monica 1 20.33 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 10:40.5 114.26 km/h SS9 10:31 Intiyaco / Golpe de Agua 1 39.74 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 22:48.1 104.57 km/h SS10 14:44 San Agustin / Santa Rosa 2 20.18 km NOR Petter Solberg 12:32.3 96.57 km/h SS11 15:32 Amboy / Santa Monica 2 20.33 km NOR Petter Solberg 10:30.4 116.10 km/h SS12 16:45 Intiyaco / Golpe de Agua 2 39.74 km NOR Petter Solberg 22:36.2 105.49 km/h SS13 20:08 SSS Amarok 2 6.04 km BEL Thierry Neuville 4:49.4 75.13 km/h Leg 3(29 Apr) SS14 8:00 Matadero / Ambul 65.74 km NOR Petter Solberg 38:16.0 103.08 km/h SS15 9:51 Mina Clavero / Giulio Cesare 1 17.41 km NOR Petter Solberg 15:38.1 66.81 km/h SS16 10:32 El Condor / Copina 16.32 km NOR Petter Solberg 13:17.5 73.67 km/h SS17 14:07 Mina Clavero / Giulio Cesare 2 17.41 km NOR Petter Solberg 15:29.3 67.44 km/h SS18 14:48 El Condor / Casilla Negra 11.16 km NOR Petter Solberg 9:37.6 69.56 km/h SS19 15:21 Copina (Power stage) 4.15 km NOR Petter Solberg 2:32.9 97.71 km/h Power Stage The "Power stage" was a 4.15 km mi on stage at the end of the rally.http://www.ewrc-results.com/results.php?e=3491&s=24172&t=Rally-Argentina-2012 RZ19 Copina ewrc-results.com 30 April 2012 PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 1 NOR Petter Solberg 2:32.915 0.000 97.7 km/h 3 2 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 2:34.063 +1.148 97.0 km/h 2 3 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 2:34.470 +1.555 96.8 km/h 1 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Pos Driver MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP  Pts  1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 1 1 6 1 1 2 Ret 1 91 2 NOR Petter Solberg 3 4 2 3 1 3 6 173 3 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 4 2 2 2 DSQ 2 270 4 NOR Mads Østberg 3 4 3 1 3 68 5 RUS Evgeny Novikov 5 3 5 Ret 2 843 6 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala Ret 1 3 Ret 13 2 Inj28 7 CZE Martin Prokop 9 9 5 426 8 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 21 6 4 9 323 9 ESP Dani Sordo 2 Ret 11 1 Ret21 10 EST Ott Tänak 8 Ret 5 14 3 1016 11 FRA Sébastien Ogier Ret 11 8 7 716 12 BEL Thierry Neuville Ret 12 13 8 514 13 FRA François Delecour 68 14 NED Dennis Kuipers 68 15 POR Armindo Araújo 10 15 7 15 Ret7 16 NOR Henning Solberg 13 7 DNS DNS6 17 FRA Pierre Campana 76 18 SWE Patrik Sandell 8 Ret4 19 FIN Jari Ketomaa Ret 92 20 USA Ken Block 92 21 NED Peter van Merksteijn Jr. 19 101 22 MEX Ricardo Triviño 10 26 Ret1 23 NOR Eyvind Brynildsen 101 Pos Driver MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP Pts Notes: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers on the 'Power Stage', where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers on the stage. Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufacturer MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP  Pts  1 FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 37 28 43 0 43 151 2 GBR Ford World Rally Team 15 40 15 26 10 106 3 GBR M-Sport Ford World Rally Team 16 12 10 31 12 81 4 QAT Qatar World Rally Team 8 8 15 6 37 5 FRA Citroën Junior World Rally Team 6 12 12 30 6 NOR Adapta World Rally Team 12 15 27 7 GBR Mini WRC Team† 26 26 8 BRA Brazil World Rally Team 10 0 10 – POR Armindo Araújo World Rally Team‡ 4 0 – BRA Palmeirinha Rally‡ 2 0 Pos Manufacturer MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP Pts Notes: † — The Mini WRC Team lost its manufacturer status in February when parent company BMW withdrew works support from the team, demoting them to customer team status.http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wrc/2012/Pages/2012-wrc-entrants.aspx 2012 FIA World Rally Championship – Entrants fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 8 February 2012 9 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212043305/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wrc/2012/Pages/2012-wrc-entrants.aspx 2012-02-12 deadProdrive loses status as MINI's factory World Rally Team http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97361 David Evans Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 6 February 2012 6 February 2012 The team kept the points it scored on Rallye Monte Carlo although it was no longer classified as a manufacturer entrant. They were replaced by the WRC Team Mini Portugal as the official Mini works team. ‡ — Armindo Araújo World Rally Team and Palmeirinha Rally merged to form WRC Team Mini Portugal. The points they scored at the Rallye Monte Carlo were removed from the manufacturers' championship.http://www.wrc.com/news/fia-confirms-updated-manufacturers-list/?fid=16034 FIA confirms updated manufacturers'list World Rally Championship Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 8 February 2012 9 February 2012 12 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212033425/http://www.wrc.com/news/fia-confirms-updated-manufacturers-list/?fid=16034 dead PWRC Drivers' championship Pos Driver MONMON MEXMEX ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL GERGER ITAITA ESPESP  Pts  1 MEX Benito Guerra 1 1 50 2 POL Michał Kościuszko 1 3 Ret 40 3 PER Nicolás Fuchs DNS 2 2 36 4 ITA Gianluca Linari 4 5 22 5 UK Louise Cook 2 18 6 UKR Valeriy Gorban 3 15 7 ARG Marcos Ligato 4 12 8 MEX Rodrigo Salgado 5 10 9 SWE Ramona Karlsson 6 Ret 8 10 ARG Ezequiel Campos 6 8 11 IDN Subhan Aksa 7 6 12 ITA Lorenzo Bertelli Ret 8 4 Pos Driver MONMON MEXMEX ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL GERGER ITAITA ESPESP Pts References Argentina Category:Rally Argentina Rally