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Rally Argentina: SS18 - Stage win #5 for Petter.

Sat 29 Mar, 11:16 PM


Petter Solberg wins final stage of the day.

SS18 - Estadio Cordoba 2 (1.78 km): Petter Solberg fastest through SS18; Loeb second; Atkinson third; Hirvonen fourth; Rautenbach fifth; Sordo sixth; Aigner heads the PWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 1 minute 19.6 seconds at the end of day 2.

Stage times and overall standings after SS18.

Top ten stage times for SS18:

1. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 1min 40.6secs M

2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.5secs M

3. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 02.0secs M

4. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 03.7secs M

5. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 04.5secs A8

6. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 05.4secs M

7. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza +00mins 08.9secs P

8. Simone Campedelli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +00mins 09.5secs P

9. Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza N12 +00mins 10.1secs P

10. Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +00mins 10.4secs P

Top ten overall times after SS18:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 3hours 28mins 16.5secs M

2. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 19.6secs M

3. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +02mins 08.5secs M

4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +03mins 32.3secs M

5. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C4 WRC +18mins 00.1secs A8

6. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +24mins 44.5secs M

7. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +25mins 53.4secs M

8. Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +25mins 27.2secs P

9. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza +26mins 18.3secs P

10. Sebastian Beltran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +26mins 33.9secs P

Top three overall PWRC times after SS18:

1. Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3hours 53mins 43.7secs P

2. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza +00mins 51.1secs P

3. Sebastian Beltran Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +01mins 06.7secs 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

SS13/14. Gigi Galli Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07 Hit a rock - exhaust damage. M

SS13/14. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 OTT M

SS14. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07 Withdrawn. M

SS14. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC Suspension. M

SS15. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 Suspension. A8

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

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

P - denotes Production WRC entry.

all times unofficial