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Preview: Rally Argentina.

Marcus Gronholm (FIN) Ford Focus Rally Argentina, World Rally Championship, 27-30 April 2006, Cordoba, Argentina.
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Preview: Rally Argentina.

Monday, 30th April 2007

The WRC travels to Argentina this week for South America's only round in the 16-event series and while the passionate Latin American fans generate a party mood along the route, drivers face probably the most varied roads of the year.

The first full day visits the Punilla Valley, north of the town, before ending with another super special inside Cordoba's soccer stadium. The second day, the longest, is a mix of morning stages in the same area before faster roads in the Calamuchita valley to the south. The final leg is based south-west of Carlos Paz in the Traslasierra mountains. It comprises two passes over the rocky El Condor and a single run through Giulio Césare, two of the most famous and toughest stages in the championship which peak at 2195m. A second pass over the Cordoba stadium test ends the action. Drivers face 22 stages covering 346.55km in a route of 1383.14km


Last year:

Sebastien Loeb won the event in 2006, 45 seconds up on Petter Solberg. Gigi Galli took the final place on the podium, while Manfred Stohl, Dani Sordo and Chris Atkinson rounded out the top six. Four works drivers’ had problems - namely Marcus Gronholm (no drive), Mikko Hirvonen (engine), Henning Solberg (clutch) and Xavier Pons (fire). All of these drivers’ - with the exception of Hirvonen - finished though, thanks to the SupeRally.
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