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Rally Argentina Is Probably the WRC’S Most Popular Fixture Given the Tens of Thousands ARGENTINA of Spectators Who Line the Stages 2017 Michelin FIA WRC APRIL 28»30 2017 2017 Ra lly - 37TH RUNNING Argentina THURSDAY, APRIL 27 8:00am Shakedown 6,01km 7:08pm SS1 Ciudad de Cordoba 1,75km FRIDAY, APRIL 28 26 entries 7:00am Service/Tyre change, Villa Carlos Paz 15min 8:38am SS2 San Agustin – Villa General Belgrano 19,95km 9:41am SS3 Amboy – Santa Monica 20,44km 10:24am SS4 Santa Rosa – San Agustin 23,85km 1417,98 km including 357.59km 12:29pm SS5 Fernet Branca 6,04km divided into 18 stages 1:09pm Service/Tyre change, Villa Carlos Paz 30min 3:02pm SS6 San Agustin – Villa General Belgrano 19,95km TIMETABLE 4:05pm SS7 Amboy – Santa Monica 20,44km 4:48pm SS8 Santa Rosa – San Agustin 23,85km 7:08pm SS9 Fernet Branca 6,04km 7:43pm Assistance Villa Carlos Paz 45min SATURDAY, APRIL 29 7:20am Service/Tyre change, Villa Carlos Paz 15min 8:08am SS10 Tanti – Villa Bustos 20,80km 9:21am SS11 Los Gigantes – Cantera El Condor 38,68km 10:14am SS12 Boca del Arroyo – Bajo del Pungo 20,52km 12:05pm Service/Tyre change, Villa Carlos Paz 30min 1:08pm SS13 Tanti – Villa Bustos 20,80km 2:21pm SS14 Los Gigantes – Cantera El Condor 38,68km 3:14pm SS15 Boca del Arroyo – Bajo del Pungo 20,52km 5:04pm Assistance Villa Carlos Paz 45min SUNDAY, 30 APRIL 7:15am Service/Tyre change, Villa Carlos Paz 15min SOURCE : WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO 9:13am SS16 El Condor – Copina 16,32km 10:56am SS17 Mina Clavero-Giulio Cesare 22,64km 12:18pm SS18 El Condor (Power Stage) 16,32km TIME (GMT -3) - 1:41pm Assistance Villa Carlos Paz Jacques Morelli, MICHELIN Manager, WRC programme, Michelin Motorsport AND RALLY “Rally Argentina is probably the WRC’s most popular fixture given the tens of thousands ARGENTINA of spectators who line the stages. The new soft-compound Michelin LTX Force S5 had a successful debut in Mexico and we expect it to be the number one choice for Rally Michelin has won Rally Argentina Argentina’s sandy, relatively low-wearing roads. That said, the event is getting rougher 22 times as a WRC qualifying every year and some portions have become very tough. The weather can be quite round changeable, too. There was snow on ‘El Condor’ not so long ago!” Michelin won the 1981 event (the known as Rally Codasur) with Fréquelin/Todt (Talbot-Lotus) MICHELIN TYRES FOR RALLY ARGENTINA In 1983, Michelin monopolised wrc : MICHELIN LTX Force the top four places with Audi (Mikkola, Blomqvist, Mouton, Mehta) First used in Mexico, In 1985, Timo Salonen (Peugeot 205 the new LTX Force S5 T16) earned Michelin’s 50th WRC is likely to play win in Argentina a key role Argentina. S5 H4 (soft) (HARD) In 2004, Carlos Sainz (Citroën) scored Michelin shipped 860 his 26th and last WRC victory tyres to Argentina in in Argentina with Michelin two containers, plus main choice Michelin has won Rally Argentina two containers for its 3 with Talbot-Lotus, Audi, Peugeot, equipment up to 28 tyres from a total allocation of 28 S5s and 16 H4s Lancia, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Citroën, VW and Hyundai FORMAT RALLY ARGENTINA A traditional format Rally Argentina was first a WRC round in 1980 and was hosted by several different cities with distinct legs to the south, north and (Tucuman, San Carlos de Bariloche, etc.) before settling in Cordoba province. west of Villa Carlos Paz Rallying is very popular in Cordoba province which frequently hosts the Dakar Rally. ‘Mina Clavero-Giulio Cesare’ and ‘El Condor- Rally Argentine is the only WRC round Sébastien Ogier has yet to win! Copina’ are Rally Argentina legends This is Rally Argentina’s 35th time as a WRC qualifying round. The super-special (SS1) visits Cordoba, Nineteen different drivers have won Rally Argentina. The most successful driver is Argentina’s second-biggest city Sébastien Loeb (8 wins). Chief characteristics The stages in the pampa and mountains of the Cordoba/Villa Carlos Paz region provide a bit of everything a driver could wish for, from fast sections and highly technical portions, to water splashes and big jumps. The stages tend to be sandy and not too hard-wearing for tyres, but the roads have tended to CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LASTEST VIDEOS cut up from year to year recently. Rally FROM RALLY ARGENTINA Argentina is consequently very rough in places. M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 1 OGIER Sébastien / INGRASSIA Julien FRA / FRA FORD FIESTA WRC M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 2 TANAK Ott / JARVEOJA Martin EST / EST FORD FIESTA WRC M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 3 EVANS Elfyn / BARRITT Daniel GBR / GBR FORD FIESTA WRC HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 4 PADDON Hayden / KENNARD John NZL / NZL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 5 NEUVILLE Thierry / GILSOUL Nicolas BEL / BEL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC Entry List # 6 SORDO Dani / MARTI Marc ESP / ESP HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 7 MEEKE Kris / NAGLE Paul GBR / IRL CITROEN C3 WRC CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 8 BREEN Craig / MARTIN Scott IRL / GBR CITROEN C3 WRC TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC # 10 LATVALA Jari-Matti / ANTTILA Miikka FIN / FIN FLASHBACK TOYOTA YARIS WRC TO 2016 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC WINNER : # 11 HANNINEN Juho / LINDSTROM Kaj FIN / FIN Hayden Paddon/John Kennard TOYOTA YARIS WRC (Hyundai i20 WRC/Michelin) M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 14 OSTBERG Mads / FLOENE Ola NOR / NOR FORD FIESTA WRC EUROLAMP WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 15 GORBAN Valeriy / LARENS Sergei UKR / EST BMW-Mini JCW M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC STAGE WINNERS # 37 BERTELLI Lorenzo / SCATTOLIN Simone ITA / ITA FORD FIESTA WRC Latvala 6 - Paddon 5 - Ogier 4 – Sordo, Neuville, Mikkelsen, Tanak 1 THE FULL ENTRY LIST HERE Drivers STANDINGS Rally Monte-Carlo Sweden Mexico France Argentina Portugal Italia Poland Finland Germany Spain Great Britain Australia POINTS 19/01 > 22/01 9/02 > 12/02 9/03 > 12/03 6/04 > 9/04 27/04 > 30/04 18/05 > 21/05 8/06 > 11/06 29/06 > 2/07 27/07 > 30/07 17/08 > 20/08 5/10 > 8/10 26/10 > 29/10 16/11 > 19/11 25 15+4 18+4 18+4 1 Sébastien OGIER (1.) (3.) (2.) (2.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 88 18 25+5 8+2 12+5 2 Jari-Matti LATVALA (2.) (1.) (6.) (4.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 75 5 3 15+5 25+1 3 Thierry NEUVILLE (15.) (13.) (3.) (1.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 54 15 18 12+3 4 Ott TANAK (3.) (2.) (4.) (11.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 48 12+1 12 4+1 15+2 5 Dani SORDO (4.) (4.) (8.) (3.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 47 6 10 10 10+3 Craig BREEN (5.) (5.) (-) (5.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 33 7 2 25 Kris MEEKE (R) (12.) (1.) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 27 8 6+1 10 8 Hayden PADDON (R) (7.) (5.) (6.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 25 9 Elfyn EVANS 8+2 8 2 (6.) (6.) (9.) (21.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 20 10 6 6 Andreas MIKKELSEN (7.) (-) (-) (7.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 12 11 2+4 4 Stéphane LEFEBVRE (9.) (8.) (15.) (50.) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 10 12 3 6 Juho HANNINEN (16.) (-) (7.) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) WRC2 drivers 1. Andreas MIKKELSEN 50 pts 2. Pontus TIDEMAND 50 pts 3. Eric CAMILLI 46 pts 4. Teemu SUNINEN 36 pts 5. Ole Christian VEIBY 25 pts Manufacturers 1. M-Sport World Rally Team 129 pts 2. Hyundai Motorsport 105 pts 3. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 79 pts 4. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 71 pts Michelin WRC range THE 2017 WRC 2017 season REGULATIONS New- generation ASPHALT TYRES : WINTRY World Rally michelin pILOT SPORT ASPHALT: Cars michelin ALPIN 4 More powerful (380hp), 25kg lighter, active central differential, new aerodynamic package Start orders H5 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Day 1 in 2017 Drivers’ Size : 20/65-18 Size : 20/65-18 Conditions: dry stages Conditions: wet, cold conditions non-studded championship order, then reverse order of overnight classification Manufacturers can nominate up to three cars SS5 (super soft compound) FW3 (Full Wet) studded Size : 20/65-18 Size : 18/65-18 with the two best-placed cars Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, Conditions: showers, standing Size : 18/65-18 cold conditions water or heavy rain Conditions: ice and/or snow to score Manufacturer points. points 1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points GRAVEL TYRES : SNOW/ICE TYRE : rd th michelin LTX FORCE michelin X-ICE 3 15 points • 4 , 12 points NORTH 5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points 7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points 9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point Power Stage points 1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points H4 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Size : 17/65-15 Size : 17/65-15 X-Ice North 3 3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points Conditions: rough, rocky, Conditions: smooth, loose Size : 15/65-15 abrasive surfaces surfaces, mud Conditions: ice and/or snow 5th, 1 point. michelinmotorsport.com.
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