WRC: Rally Argentina: SS1.

[Rory Phoulorie]

SS1 - River Plate Stadium (2.40 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS1; Gronholm second to give Ford a 1-2; Sordo third; Loeb and Petter Solberg equal fourth; Atkinson sixth; Kuzaj heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall rally by 0.6 secs.


Stage times and overall standings after SS1.

Top ten stage times for SS1:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2mins 08.3secs M
2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 00.6secs M
3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.8secs M
4. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 01.5secs M
= Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 01.5secs M
6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 02.7secs M
7. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 03.2secs M
8. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 04.8secs
9. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 05.3secs M
10. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 06.7secs M


Overall times after SS1:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2mins 08.3secs M
2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 00.6secs M
3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.8secs M
4. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 01.5secs M
= Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 01.5secs M
6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 02.7secs M
7. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 03.2secs M
8. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 04.8secs
9. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 05.3secs M
10. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 06.7secs M
11. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +00mins 06.9secs P
12. Claudiu David Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 07.0secs
13. Raul Mart�nez Subaru +00mins 07.5secs
14. Stepan Vojtech Mitsubishi Lancer +00mins 08.1secs P
15. Luis Rosselot Mitsubishi Evo IX +00mins 08.3secs
16. Juan Pablo Raies Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 08.4secs M
17. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 08.6secs M
18. Stewart Taylor Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 +00mins 09.2secs
19. Niall McShea Subaru Impreza +00mins 09.3secs P
20. Juan Rosselot Mitsubishi Evo IX +00mins 09.4secs
= Sebasti�n Beltran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 09.4secs

Overall PWRC after SS1:

1. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza 2mins 15.2secs P
2. Stepan Vojtech Mitsubishi Lancer +00mins 01.2secs P
3. Niall McShea Subaru Impreza +00mins 02.4secs P


Notable retirements*:

None.


M - denotes Manufacturer entry.
P - denotes Production Car WRC entry.

all times unofficial

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