2014 Rally Argentina

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.

2014 Rally Argentina 34º Rally Argentina
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Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Dates run	May 8 – May 11, 2014
Stages	14 (405.10 km; 251.72 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	29 at start, 23 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport

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 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 8 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Dani Sordo Marc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 RK M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Robert Kubica Maciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 32 Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC M 33 www.Rallyproject.com srl WRC-2 Massimiliano Rendina Mario Pizzuti Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X P 34 ABR Paraguay by Astra WRC-2 Augusto Bestard Enrique Fratta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 35 Drive DMACK WRC-2 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 D 36 Quentin Gilbert WRC-2 Quentin Gilbert Renaud 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 Ott Tänak Raigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta R5 D 39 Gustavo Saba WRC-2 Gustavo Saba Diego Cagnotti Škoda Fabia S2000 D 40 Nasser Al-Attiyah WRC-2 Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC M 41 Nicolás Fuchs WRC-2 Nicolás Fuchs Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 D 42 Diego Domínguez WRC-2 Diego Domínguez Edgardo Galindo Ford Fiesta R5 D 43 Gianluca Linari WRC-2 Gianluca Linari Danilo Fappani Subaru Impreza STi N15 D 44 Puma Rally Team WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy Ford Fiesta RRC M 46 MZR Paraguay WRC-2 Miguel Ángel Zaldivar Fernando Mendonca Ford Fiesta R5 D 47 Ramón Torres WRC-2 Ramón Torres José Díaz Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX D 72 Juan Carlos Alonso WRC-2 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan 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	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:04:35.0	+23:10.2	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (10.)	40	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	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	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:51.7	Sébastien Ogier
Leg 1 (9 May)	SS2	Santa Catalina - La Pampa 1	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:25.8
	SS3	Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 1	51.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	38:00.7	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	Santa Catalina - La Pampa 2	27.09 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:10.0	Sébastien Ogier
	SS5	Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 2	51.88 km	Jari-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	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:34.9
	SS7	Amboy - Yacanto 1	39.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:40.5
	SS8	San Agustin - Villa del Dique 2	39.99 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:30.8
	SS9	Amboy - Yacanto 2	39.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:48.3
	SS10	Super Especial Fernet Branca 2	6.04 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	5:02.5
Leg 3 (11 May)	SS11	Giulio Cesare - Mina Clavero 1	22.07 km	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	18:28.1
	SS12	El Condor - Copina 1	16.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	14:57.8
	SS13	Giulio Cesare - Mina Clavero 2	22.07 km	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	19:00.2
	SS14	El Condor - Copina 2 (Power Stage)	16.32 km	Sébastien 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 Fiesta 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

WRC

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