2013 Rally Argentina

2013 Rally Argentina (officially: 33rd Philips Rally Argentina) was the fifth rally in the 2013 World Rally Championship hold between 1 and 4 May. It had 14 special stages totalling 407.64 competitive kilometres. 24 out of 32 racer finished the rally successfully.

2013 Rally Argentina 33rd Philips Rally Argentina
Round 5 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Sébastien Loeb during Rally
Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina
Dates run	May 1 – May 4, 2013
Stages	14 (407.64 km; 253.30 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	32 at start, 24 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

Report

After missing the rallies of Mexico and Portugal to compete in the FIA Grand Touring Series, Sébastien Loeb marked his return to rallying with first place in the Rally Argentina. Sébastien Ogier took the lead early on, but made a mistake whilst driving in heavy fog. He lost forty seconds, allowing Loeb to seize the advantage. Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen fought over the final podium position until Hirvonen's Citroën DS3 WRC developed an electrical problem. Latvala could not afford to rest, as he found himself fighting with Evgeny Novikov. A late charge on the final day—including the fastest time on the power stage—was enough for Latvala to secure third place and his first podium in Argentina. Hirvonen recovered to finish sixth overall, finishing third on the power stage to score an additional World Championship point.^[1]

Entry list

Thirteen World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were eight entries in the WRC-2 championship for cars built to Group N and Super 2000 regulations.^[2]

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC M 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 5 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 8 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC M 11 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 12 Lotos Team WRC WRC Michał Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak Mini John Cooper Works WRC D 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC D 22 Stohl Racing WRC Daniel Oliveira Carlos Margalhaes Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 23 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 33 Stohl Racing WRC-2 Armin Kremer Kaus Wicha Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 34 Symtech Racing WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk Subaru Impreza STi R4 M 37 Lorenzo Bertelli WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo Granai Subaru Impreza WRX STi N15 M 38 Moto Club Igualda WRC-2 Ricardo Triviño Alex Haro Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX M 41 Nicolàs Fuchs WRC-2 Nicolàs Fuchs Fernando Mussano Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX D 48 Seashore Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy Ford Fiesta RRC M 72 Juan Carlos Alonso WRC-2 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX D 77 Top Run SRL WRC-2 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Subaru Impreza WRX STi M

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship J-WRC Registered to take part in Junior WRC championship

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	No.	Team	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1. (1 May)	1.	Super Especial	6.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:42.1	77.1 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
2. (2 May)	2.	Sta. Catalina / La Pampa 1	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:20.1	88.7 km/h
	3.	Ascochinga / Agua de Oro 1	51.88 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	37:55.1	82.1 km/h
	4.	Sta. Catalina / La Pampa 2	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:01.5	90.2 km/h
	5.	Ascochinga / Agua de Oro 2	51.88 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	38:08.6	81.6 km/h
3. (3 May)	6.	Santa Rosa - Villa del Dique 1	40.69 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	22:28.5	108.6 km/h
	7.	Amboy - Yacanto 1	39.16 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	22:57.3	102.4 km/h	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
	8.	Santa Rosa - Villa del Dique 2	40.69 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	21:58.6	111.1 km/h
	9.	Amboy - Yacanto 2	39.16 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	22:28.3	104.6 km/h
	10.	Super Especial	6.04 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:49.4	75.1 km/h
4. (4 May)	11.	Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 1	22.64 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:36.4	73.0 km/h
	12.	El Condor - Copina	16.32 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:02.2	75.1 km/h
	13.	Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 2	22.64 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	18:14.3	74.5 km/h
	14.	El Condor (Power Stage)	16.32 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7	Volkswagen Motorsport	12:57.2	75.6 km/h

Power Stage

Position	Racer	Time	Difference	Average speed	Point
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:57.2	0.0	75.6 km/h	3
2	Sébastien Ogier	12:58.6	+1.4	75.5 km/h	2
3	Mikko Hirvonen	12:59.7	+2.5	75.4 km/h	1

Result

Pos.	No.	Racer	Navigator	Team	Car	Championship	Time	Difference	Point
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:35:56.7	0.0	25
2	8	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:36:51.7	+55.0	20
3	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:37:57.5	+2:00.8	18
4	5	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:38:33.4	+2:36.7	12
5	11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:40:37.2	+4:40.5	10
6	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:42:20.6	+6:23.9	9
7	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:46:58.9	+11:02.2	6
8	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:49:18.8	+13:22.1	4
9	10	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:49:19.0	+13:22.3	2
10	21	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:50:04.3	+14:07.6	1
WRC-2
1 (13.)	48	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:08:27.1	0.0	25
2 (15.)	41	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Nicolás Fuchs	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	WRC-2	5:21:34.0	+13:06.9	18
3 (16.)	77	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	5:31:39.0	+23:11.9	15
4 (17.)	72	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Juan Carlos Alonso	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	5:37:49.8	+29:22.7	12
5 (18.)	34	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Symtech Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	WRC-2	5:40:26.6	+31:59.5	10
6 (19.)	38	Ricardo Triviño	Alex Haro	Moto Club Igualda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	WRC-2	5:40:44.7	+32:17.6	8