- Rally Argentina
The Rally Argentina is an Argentine rally competition and a stage of the
World Rally Championship . It's currently the onlySouth America n event in the World Rally Championship, and it's held in the "Calamuchita" area nearVilla Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province, on narrow slope roads best known for their watersplashes.It also has a parallel junior competition that forms part of the
Junior World Rally Championship .History
The rally was first run in 1980, in
Tucumán Province and organized by theAutomovil Club Argentino . The winners of that first edition wereWalter Röhrl and Christian Geistdorfer (Fiat 131 Abarth). In the 1981 season the rally took again place in Tucumán, but in 1982 was not held. In 1983 it was moved toSan Carlos de Bariloche , but in 1984 was moved to Córdoba Province, where it has been held ever since.In the 2006 season, the rally was held on
April 28 ,2006 throughApril 30 ,2006 as the fifth rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2006. In order to attract more spectators, in 2007 one of the sections of the rally was run inBuenos Aires in the River Plate Football Stadium, and another section in the Chateau Carreras Stadium in Córdoba city.Winners since 1980
*2008 – flagicon|France
Sébastien Loeb ,Citroën
*2007 – flagicon|FranceSébastien Loeb ,Citroën
*2006 – flagicon|FranceSébastien Loeb ,Citroën
*2005 – flagicon|FranceSébastien Loeb ,Citroën
*2004 – flagicon|SpainCarlos Sainz ,Citroën
*2003 – flagicon|FinlandMarcus Grönholm ,Peugeot
*2002 – flagicon|SpainCarlos Sainz ,Ford
*2001 – flagicon|Great BritainColin McRae ,Ford
*2000 – flagicon|UKRichard Burns ,Subaru
*1999 – flagicon|FinlandJuha Kankkunen ,Subaru
*1998 – flagicon|FinlandTommi Mäkinen ,Mitsubishi
*1997 – flagicon|FinlandTommi Mäkinen ,Mitsubishi
*1996 – flagicon|FinlandTommi Mäkinen ,Mitsubishi
*1995 – flagicon|ArgentinaJorge Recalde ,Lancia
*1994 – flagicon|FranceDidier Auriol ,Toyota
*1993 – flagicon|FinlandJuha Kankkunen ,Toyota
*1992 – flagicon|FranceDidier Auriol ,Lancia
*1991 – flagicon|SpainCarlos Sainz ,Toyota
*1990 – flagicon|ItalyMiki Biasion ,Lancia
*1989 – flagicon|SwedenMikael Ericsson ,Lancia
*1988 – flagicon|ArgentinaJorge Recalde ,Lancia
*1987 – flagicon|ItalyMiki Biasion ,Lancia
*1986 – flagicon|ItalyMiki Biasion ,Lancia
*1985 – flagicon|FinlandTimo Salonen ,Peugeot
*1984 – flagicon|SwedenStig Blomqvist ,Audi
*1983 – flagicon|FinlandHannu Mikkola ,Audi
*1981 – flagicon|FranceGuy Fréquelin ,Talbot
*1980 – flagicon|GermanyWalter Röhrl ,Fiat ee also
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2008 Rally Argentina External links
* [http://www.rallyargentina.com/ Official site]
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