2014 Rally Argentina

2014 Rally Argentina 34º Rally Argentina
Round 5 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Dates run	May 8 – May 11, 2014
Stages	14 (405.10 km; 251.72 mi)
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 Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier Ingrassia, JulienJulien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala Anttila, MiikkaMiikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Meeke, KrisKris Meeke Nagle, PaulPaul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Østberg, MadsMads Østberg Andersson, JonasJonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Hirvonen, MikkoMikko Hirvonen Lehtinen, JarmoJarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Evans, ElfynElfyn Evans Barritt, DanielDaniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Neuville, ThierryThierry Neuville Gilsoul, NicolasNicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 8 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Sordo, DaniDani Sordo Martí, MarcMarc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Mikkelsen, AndreasAndreas Mikkelsen Markkula, MikkoMikko Markkula Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 RK M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Kubica, RobertRobert Kubica Szczepaniak, MaciejMaciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Prokop, MartinMartin Prokop Tománek, JanJan Tománek Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 32 Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 Protasov, YuriyYuriy Protasov Cherepin, PavloPavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC M 33 www.Rallyproject.com srl WRC-2 Rendina, MassimilianoMassimiliano Rendina Pizzuti, MarioMario Pizzuti Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X P 34 ABR Paraguay by Astra WRC-2 Bestard, AugustoAugusto Bestard Fratta, EnriqueEnrique Fratta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 35 Drive DMACK WRC-2 Ketomaa, JariJari Ketomaa Lindström, KajKaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 D 36 Quentin Gilbert WRC-2 Gilbert, QuentinQuentin Gilbert Jamoul, RenaudRenaud 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 Tänak, OttOtt Tänak Mőlder, RaigoRaigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta R5 D 39 Gustavo Saba WRC-2 Saba, GustavoGustavo Saba Cagnotti, DiegoDiego Cagnotti Škoda Fabia S2000 D 40 Nasser Al-Attiyah WRC-2 Al-Attiyah, NasserNasser Al-Attiyah Bernacchini, GiovanniGiovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC M 41 Nicolás Fuchs WRC-2 Fuchs, NicolásNicolás Fuchs Mussano, FernandoFernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 D 42 Diego Domínguez WRC-2 Domínguez, DiegoDiego Domínguez Galindo, EdgardoEdgardo Galindo Ford Fiesta R5 D 43 Gianluca Linari WRC-2 Linari, GianlucaGianluca Linari Fappani, DaniloDanilo Fappani Subaru Impreza STi N15 D 44 Puma Rally Team WRC-2 Al-Kuwari, AbdulazizAbdulaziz Al-Kuwari Duffy, KillianKillian Duffy Ford Fiesta RRC M 46 MZR Paraguay WRC-2 Zaldivar, Miguel ÁngelMiguel Ángel Zaldivar Mendonca, FernandoFernando Mendonca Ford Fiesta R5 D 47 Ramón Torres WRC-2 Torres, RamónRamón Torres Díaz, JoséJosé Díaz Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX D 72 Juan Carlos Alonso WRC-2 Alonso, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Alonso Monasterolo, Juan PabloJuan 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	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:04:35.0	+23:10.2	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (10.)	40	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Drive DMACK	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	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:51.7	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier
Leg 1 (9 May)	SS2	Santa Catalina - La Pampa 1	27.09 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:25.8
	SS3	Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 1	51.88 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	38:00.7	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	Santa Catalina - La Pampa 2	27.09 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:10.0	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier
	SS5	Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 2	51.88 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-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	Mikkelsen, AndreasAndreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:34.9
	SS7	Amboy - Yacanto 1	39.16 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:40.5
	SS8	San Agustin - Villa del Dique 2	39.99 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:30.8
	SS9	Amboy - Yacanto 2	29.16 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:48.3
	SS10	Super Especial Fernet Branca 2	6.04 km	Neuville, ThierryThierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	5:02.5
Leg 3 (11 May)	SS11	Giulio Cesare - Mina Clavero 1	22.07 km	Hirvonen, MikkoMikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	18:28.1
	SS12	El Condor - Copina 1	16.32 km	Hirvonen, MikkoMikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	14:57.8
	SS13	Guilio Cesare - Mina Clavero 2	22.07 km	Hirvonen, MikkoMikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	19:00.2
	SS14	El Condor - Copina 2 (Power Stage)	16.32 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien 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 Focus 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

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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