2009 Rally Argentina

2009 Rally Argentina 29º Rally Argentina 5 2009 World Rally Championship 2009 Rally de Portugal 2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna Argentina Argentina Córdoba–Villa Carlos Paz April 23 26, 2009 23 Gravel France Sébastien Loeb France Citroën Total WRT 51 33 The 2009 Rally Argentina was the 29th running of the Rally Argentina and the fifth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 23 special stages and was run on 23–26 April. It was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb for the fifth consecutive year. His teammate Dani Sordo finished second. Ford's Mikko Hirvonen, who was in second place only six seconds behind Loeb after stage 14, retired from the rally due to an engine problem. This gave Loeb a 20-point lead in the drivers' championship.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hmVr_m76NIpGjL_MY9NNc1BH9PSg Five-star effort by Loeb 2009-04-26 Press Association 2009-04-28June 2024 medicmedic Hirvonen's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala, under pressure to get a good result after his recent crashes, dropped out of contention for the win after a puncture on Friday. His Focus WRC later experienced an electrical problem, costing him over eight minutes, but he managed to continue and finish sixth. Following Ford's problems, Petter Solberg was on course for his second podium of the season, but he soon ran into fuel pressure problems and the third place was inherited by his brother Henning. This marked his career fourth podium finish. Home country's Federico Villagra beat Stobart's Matthew Wilson to take a career-best fourth place. Citroën Junior Team drivers Sébastien Ogier and Conrad Rautenbach both retired on Saturday. However, Ogier re-joined the rally under superally rules and finished seventh. Production World Rally Championship class winner Nasser Al-Attiyah took the last points-scoring position.Beer, Matt Loeb clinches fifth Argentina win Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74885 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090428192658/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74885 28 April 2009 live Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints WRC 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:57:40.3 0.0 10 2 ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:58:53.4 1:13.1 8 3 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:01:44.4 4:04.1 6 4 ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Perez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:03:40.0 5:59.7 5 5 UK Matthew Wilson UK Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:03:51.2 6:10.9 4 6 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:07:30.3 9:50.0 3 7 FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 4:18:35.4 20:55.1 2 8 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza N14 4:20:51.9 23:11.6 1 JWRC 1 POL Michal Kosciuszko POL Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 4:42:28.0 0.0 10 2 DEU Aaron Nikolai Burkart DEU Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 4:44:08.7 1:39.9 8 3 ITA Alessandro Bettega ITA Simone Scattolin Renault Clio S1600 4:50:02.0 7:33.2 6 PWRC 1 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza N14 4:20:51.9 0.0 10 2 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:23:04.8 2:12.9 8 3 JPN Toshi Arai AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza 4:27:27.9 6:36.0 6 4 CYP Spyros Pavlides UK Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza N14 4:45:10.4 24:18.5 5 5 NOR Eyvind Brynildsen FRA Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:52:49.9 31:58.0 4 6 HUN Gabor Mayer HUN Robert Tagai Subaru Impreza 5:00:56.3 40:04.4 3 Special stages DayStageTime (ART)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader 1(23-24 APR) SS1 19:05 Estadio Córdoba I 2.4 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:23.6 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS2 7:45 La Cumbre - Agua De Oro I 14.94 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:48.7 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS3 8:41 Ascochinga - La Cumbre I 22.38 km ESP Dani Sordo 14:44.1 ESP Dani Sordo SS4 9:44 Capilla Del Monte - San Marcos I 22.95 km NOR Petter Solberg 17:33.5 FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS5 10:16 San Marcos - Charbonier I 9.61 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 6:32.5 SS6 14:26 Ascochinga - La Cumbre II 22.38 km ESP Dani Sordo 14:26.8 ESP Dani Sordo SS7 15:29 Capilla Del Monte - San Marcos II 22.95 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 17:16.8 FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS8 16:01 San Marcos - Charbonier II 9.61 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 6:28.9 ESP Dani Sordo SS9 17:04 La Cumbre - Agua De Oro II 14.94 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:32.42(25 APR) SS10 9:38 El Mirador - San Lorenzo I 20.81 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 11:28.0 SS11 10:12 Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare I 22.79 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 18:18.2 SS12 11:00 El Condor - Copina I 16.29 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 13:04.6 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS13 11:46 Icho Cruz - Carlos Paz I 9.73 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 6:19.4 SS14 15:23 El Mirador - San Lorenzo II 20.81 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 11:22.0 SS15 15:57 Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare II 22.79 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 18:04.5 SS16 16:45 El Condor - Copina II 16.29 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 13:06.5 SS17 17:31 Icho Cruz - Carlos Paz II 9.73 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 6:26.6 SS18 19:05 Estadio Córdoba II 2.4 km ESP Dani Sordo 2:23.63(26 APR) SS19 8:48 Villa Giardino - La Falda 15.78 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 11:18.2 SS20 9:20 Valle Hermoso - Casa Grande 10.95 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 7:14.8 SS21 10:03 Cosquin - Tanti 11.27 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 6:19.8 SS22 10:26 Tanta Nuevo - Villa Garcia 7.6 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:15.9 SS23 12:05 Estadio Córdoba III 2.4 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:26.6 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 150 2 Spain Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 231 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret30 4 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 20 5 NOR Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 14 6 GBR Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 12 7 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 69 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 49 9 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 75 10 Australia Chris Atkinson 54 11 NOR Mads Østberg 9 6 3 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret3 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 3 14 EST Urmo Aava 10 8 1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 1 Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Rank Driver Event Totalpoints IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom 1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 14 16 16 18 - - - - - - - 82 2 USA BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 - - - - - - - 43 3 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford 8 8 6 5 10 - - - - - - - 37 4 France Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 - - - - - - - 13 5 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 4 5 - - - - - - - 12 References External links Official site Argentine Rally Argentina Category:Rally Argentina