Stuart Jones will be back in action too, his second event of the season in the PWRC after having made his debut at this level in Mexico: “It has been a while since Rally Mexico and although I have been training really hard I haven’t had the opportunity to test,” he noted.
“Because we are a small family run team we don’t have the budget of the big boys so every penny is saved up for the next rally. Even so I’ve been researching the problems we had in Mexico and hopefully this experience will benefit us in Argentina, which is a rally that I am really looking forward to.”
Other significant entries:
Around 80 crews are due to start the Rally Argentina, with 12 in World Rally Cars.
Gigi Galli had been due to compete, the only driver in a WRC car not with one of the manufacturer teams, but he has had to pull out due to sponsorship problems. For the record, his programme for the rest of the season with the Aimont Racing-run
Citroen Xsara WRC car has been suspended.
Other than that, in addition to the 22 drivers’ competing in the Production Car WRC, another 29 will compete in Group N cars, while there will be two in the A8 class, 5 in the A6 class, 3 in the N3 class and 3 in the N2 class.
Route:
The rally follows a similar format to 2006, visiting the three valleys of Cordoba province, each offering stages of differing character and landscape. However, the base has moved back to Carlos Paz from Cordoba city. The big change is a Thursday evening super special stage at Buenos Aires' atmospheric River Plate soccer stadium before cars make a free transit 700km overnight journey back to Carlos Paz.
