2014 Rally Argentina

2014 Rally Argentina
*34º Rally Argentina*
2014 Rally Argentina; 34º Rally Argentina
Round 5 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Dates run	May 8 – May 11, 2014
Stages	14 (405.10 km; 251.72 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala; Miikka Anttila; Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	29 at start, 23 at finish

The 2014 Rally Argentina was the fifth round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina, and started on 8 May and finished on 11 May after fourteen special stages, totaling 405.1 competitive kilometres.

Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the Rally Argentina for the first time, taking his second of three victories during the 2014 season.

Entry list

Entry List
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
8	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
32	Yuriy Protasov	WRC-2	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
33	www.Rallyproject.com srl	WRC-2	Massimiliano Rendina	Mario Pizzuti	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	P
34	ABR Paraguay by Astra	WRC-2	Augusto Bestard	Enrique Fratta	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	D
35	Drive DMACK	WRC-2	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Ford Fiesta R5	D
36	Quentin Gilbert	WRC-2	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Ford Fiesta R5	D
37	FWRT s.r.l.	WRC-2	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
38	Drive DMACK	WRC-2	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mőlder	Ford Fiesta R5	D
39	Gustavo Saba	WRC-2	Gustavo Saba	Diego Cagnotti	Škoda Fabia S2000	D
40	Nasser Al-Attiyah	WRC-2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
41	Nicolás Fuchs	WRC-2	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	D
42	Diego Domínguez	WRC-2	Diego Domínguez	Edgardo Galindo	Ford Fiesta R5	D
43	Gianluca Linari	WRC-2	Gianluca Linari	Danilo Fappani	Subaru Impreza STi N15	D
44	Puma Rally Team	WRC-2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
46	MZR Paraguay	WRC-2	Miguel Ángel Zaldivar	Fernando Mendonca	Ford Fiesta R5	D
47	Ramón Torres	WRC-2	Ramón Torres	José Díaz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	D
72	Juan Carlos Alonso	WRC-2	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	D

Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Mikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:41:24.8	0.00	26
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:42:51.7	+1:26.9	21
3	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:47:19.5	+5:54.7	15
4	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:47:43.1	+6:18.3	12
5	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	4:49:50.6	+8:25.8	10
6	10	Robert Kubica	Maciek Szczepaniak	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:51:32.8	+10:08.0	8
7	6	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:51:57.0	+10:32.2	6
8	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:53:28.7	+12:03.9	4
9	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	5:01:19.6	+19:54.8	4
10	40	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:04:35.0	+23:10.2	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (10.)	40	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:04:35.0	0.0	25
2 (11.)	41	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Nicolás Fuchs	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:10:10.7	+5:35.7	18
3 (12.)	42	Diego Domínguez	Edgardo Galindo	Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	5:10:25.5	+5:50.5	15
4 (13.)	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:17:48.4	+13:13.4	12
5 (14.)	44	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Puma Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:25:52.4	+21:17.4	10
6 (15.)	46	Miguel Ángel Zaldivar	Fernando Mendonca	MZR Paraguay	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	5:31:24.7	+26:49.7	8
7 (16.)	72	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	EZD World Rally Team RM	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	WRC-2	5:38:28.8	+33:53.8	6
8 (17.)	38	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mőlder	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	5:41:05.3	+36:30.3	4
9 (19.)	34	Augusto Bestard	Enrique Fratta	ABR Paraguay by Astra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	5:41:56.3	+37:21.3	2
10 (20.)	47	Ramón Torres	José Díaz	Ramón Torres	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	WRC-2	5:42:09.4	+37:34.4	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (8 May)	SS1	Super Especial Fernet Branca	6.04 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:51.7	Sébastien Ogier
Leg 1 (9 May)	SS2	Santa Catalina - La Pampa 1	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:25.8	Sébastien Ogier
	SS3	Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 1	51.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	38:00.7	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	Santa Catalina - La Pampa 2	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:10.0	Sébastien Ogier
	SS5	Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 2	51.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	37:57.3	Jari-Matti Latvala
Leg 2 (10 May)	SS6	San Agustin - Villa del Dique 1	39.99 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:34.9
	SS7	Amboy - Yacanto 1	39.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:40.5
	SS8	San Agustin - Villa del Dique 2	39.99 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:30.8
	SS9	Amboy - Yacanto 2	39.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:48.3
	SS10	Super Especial Fernet Branca 2	6.04 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	5:02.5
Leg 3 (11 May)	SS11	Giulio Cesare - Mina Clavero 1	22.07 km	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	18:28.1
	SS12	El Condor - Copina 1	16.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	14:57.8
	SS13	Giulio Cesare - Mina Clavero 2	22.07 km	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	19:00.2
	SS14	El Condor - Copina 2 (Power Stage)	16.32 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:29.3

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 16.32 km (10.14 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:29.3	0.0	3
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	14:39.8	+10.5	2
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:39.9	+10.6	1

Standings after the rally

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier	112
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	88
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	48
4	Mads Ostberg	48
5	Mikko Hirvonen	40

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	187
2	Citroën World Rally Team	90
3	M-Sport World Rally Team	68
4	Hyundai World Rally Team	55
5	Volkswagen Motorsport II	52

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Yuriy Protasov	60
2	Lorenzo Bertelli	56
3	Nasser Al-Attiyah	50
4	Karl Kruuda	37
5	Jari Ketomaa	36

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Quentin Gilbert	25
2	Stéphane Lefebvre	25
3	Christian Riedemann	18
4	Martin Koči	15
5	Federico della Casa	12

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	25
2	Christian Riedemann	18
3	Martin Koči	15
4	Federico della Casa	12
5	Simone Campedelli	10

References

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