WRC: Rally Argentina - Results at end of Day 1

[Rory Phoulorie]

Friday, 28th March 2008

Sebastien Loeb leads the Rally Argentina at the end of day 1 - 1 min 30.6 secs up on Chris Atkinson; Petter Solberg completes the podium followed by Gigi Galli and Dani Sordo...

Overall times after SS9 / Day 1 - Top 20:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 1hour 54mins 28.0secs M
2. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 30.6secs M
3. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 38.9secs M
4. Gigi Galli Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 47.7secs M
5. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +02mins 06.9secs M
6. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +04mins 48.3secs M
7. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +06mins 18.3secs A8
8. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +09mins 27.5secs M
9. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C4 WRC +10mins 31.8secs A8
10. Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +12mins 21.0secs P
11. Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +13mins 59.1secs P
12. Sebastian Beltran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +14mins 08.1secs P
13. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +14mins 30.9secs P
14. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +14mins 48.2secs M
15. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza +15mins 02.1secs P
16. Luis-Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +15mins 43.3secs M
17. Bernardo Sousa Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +15mins 43.9secs P
18. Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza N12 +15mins 47.7secs P
19. Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +16mins 32.6secs P
20. Evgeny Aksakov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +19mins 30.1secs P


Others:

25. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +23mins 55.7secs M
29. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07 +27mins 47.3secs M
35. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +44mins 18.5secs M


Overall PWRC after SS9 / Day 1 - Top 10:

1. Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2hours 06mins 49.0secs P
2. Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +01mins 38.1secs P
3. Sebastian Beltran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +01mins 47.1secs P
4. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +02mins 09.9secs P
5. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza +02mins 41.1secs P
6. Bernardo Sousa Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +03mins 22.9secs P
7. Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza N12 +03mins 26.7secs P
8. Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +04mins 11.6secs P
9. Evgeny Aksakov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +07mins 09.1secs P
10. Amjad Farrah Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +08mins 57.7secs P


Notable retirements:

SS1. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC Electronic failure - did not start stage M
SS5. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 Hit a rock. M
SS5. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07 Hit a rock. M
SS8. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC Hit a rock. M
SS8. Luis-Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 Went off the road. M


* denotes elected/able to re-start under SupeRally format.

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

all times unofficial

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[Rory Phoulorie]

It's good to see Subaru back up close to the front. Well actually being 1.5 minutes from the leader at the end of Day 1 is far from the front, but you know what I mean.

Atkinson seems to have stepped up his game this year. He never really impressed me until this year, outpacing Hollywood for the second time in a row.