On Thursday night, Spanish time, gave top the Argentina Rally with the dispute of the first sunshine of the test. It Sebastien Loeb went out for his duel with Mikko Hirvonen and was the best time of the leg with only nine decimas difference with the runner-up, the Norwegian Petter Solberg.
Good news indeed for the Norwegian who had a morning movidito when his Citroen DS3 WRC had transmission problems. Which unfortunately did not have as much luck with the problems of his car was Jari-Matti Latvala who is finally forced to change the gearbox for a completely new.
The Finnish of Ford getting an acceptable fourth position, just behind the second official Citroen, Sebastien Ogier. The Idol and local pilot, Federico Villagra managed a good sixth final position, quite far from the head and with considerable advantage over their pursuers. In the Championship of production Yuriy Protasov gave the surprise and was placed as the first leader from the group n
1 S. LOEB 2:25.9 0.0
2 P. SOLBERG 2: 26.8 + 0.9
3 S. OGIER 2: 26.9 + 1.0
4 J. LATVALA 2: 27.4 + 1.5
5 M. HIRVONEN 2: 27.6 + 1.7
6 F. VILLAGRA 2: 33.1 + 7.2
7. M. WILSON 2: 33.3 + 7.4
8 D. OSTBERG 2: 34.3 + 8.4
9 K. BLOCK 2: 35.1 + 9.2
10 Y. PROTASOV 2: 35.7 + 9.8
