2017 Rally Argentina Explained

2017 Rally Argentina
Native Name:	37. YPF Rally Argentina 2017
Round:	5
Championship:	2017 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2017 Tour de Corse
Next Round:	2017 Rally de Portugal
Rallybase:	Villa Carlos Paz
Startdate:	27
Enddate:	30 April 2017
Stages:	18
Stagekm:	357.59
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
Team1:	Hyundai Motorsport
Teamsstart:	22
Teamsfinish:	17

The 2017 Rally Argentina was the fifth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 37th running of the Rally Argentina. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt had led the rally for most of its stages, but after clipping a bridge on the final stage, the victory was Neuville's by just 7 tenths of a second.^[1]

WRC-2 championship leaders Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson won the WRC-2 class, their third of the year.^[2]

Classification

Key
Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to

Event standings

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
1	5					WRC	3:38:10.6	0.0
2	3					WRC	3:38:11.3	+0.7
3	2					WRC	3:38:40.5	+29.9
4	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia			WRC	3:39:35.3	+1:24.7
5	10					WRC	3:39:58.7	+1:48.1
6	4					WRC	3:45:53.3	+7:42.7	8
7	11						3:49:27.5	+11:16.9	6
8	6					WRC	3:52:54.7	+14:44.1	4
9	14					WRC	3:53:21.9	+15:11.3	2
10	31						3:55:42.7	+17:32.1	1
Source:^[3]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1	SS1	SSS Ciudad de Cordoba	1.75 km			1:53.8
	SS2		19.95 km			12:42.3
	SS3	Amboy - Santa Monica 1	20.44 km			10:18.8
	SS4	Santa Rosa - San Agustin 1	23.85 km			13:44.8
	SS5	SSS Fernet Branca 1	6.04 km			4:43.5
	SS6	San Agustin - Villa General Belgrano 2	19.95 km			12:35.9
	SS7	Amboy - Santa Monica 2	20.44 km			10:21.1
	SS8	Santa Rosa - San Agustin 2	23.85 km			13:39.0
	SS9	SSS Fernet Branca 2	6.04 km			4:49.4
Leg 2	SS10	Tanti - Villa Bustos 1	20.08 km			11:00.2
	SS11	Los Gigantes - Cantera El Condor 1	38.68 km			20:01.6
	SS12	Boca del Arroyo - Bajo del Pungo 1	20.52 km			13:18.2
	SS13	Tanti - Villa Bustos 2	20.08 km			10:47.9
	SS14	Los Gigantes - Cantera El Condor 2	38.68 km			19:45.5
	SS15	Boca del Arroyo - Bajo del Pungo 2	20.52 km			12:59.5
Leg 3	SS16	El Condor - Copina	16.32 km			13:07.0
	SS17	Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare	22.64 km			18:05.0
	SS18	El Condor [Power Stage]|16.32 km|||13:00.1||-|} Power Stage The Power Stage was a 16.321NaN1 stage at the end of the rally. Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Diff. Pts. 1 13:00.1 5 2 13:01.4 +1.3 4 3 13:02.8 +2.7 3 4 13:04.3 +4.2 2 5 13:08.5 +8.4 1 Championship standings after the rally Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sébastien Ogier 102 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 86 3 Thierry Neuville 84 4 Ott Tänak 66 5 Dani Sordo 51 Manufacturers' Championship standings Manufacturer Points 1 M-Sport World Rally Team 162 2 Hyundai Motorsport 140 3 99 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 71 External links The official website of the World Rally Championship ]

Notes and References

1. News: Neuville wins a thriller. wrc.com. WRC. 30 April 2017. 20 August 2017.
2. News: Tidemand cruises to hat-trick. wrc.com. WRC. 30 April 2017. 20 August 2017.
3. News: 37. YPF Rally Argentina 2017 Results. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results. 30 April 2017. 20 August 2017.