2015 Rally Argentina

2015 Rally Argentina
*35º XION Rally Argentina*
2015 Rally Argentina; 35º XION Rally Argentina
Round 4 of 13 of the 2015 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz
Dates run	23 – 26 April 2015
Stages	12 (315.86 km; 196.27 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Kris Meeke; Paul Nagle; Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
Crews	60 at start, 26 at finish

The 2015 XION Rally Argentina was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 23 and 26 April 2015. It marked the thirty-fifth running of the Rally Argentina, and was the fourth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship and WRC-2 seasons.

The rally was won by Kris Meeke who, alongside his co-driver Paul Nagle, became the first British rally driver to win a WRC rally since 2002.^[1]

Entry list[]

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
5	M-Sport Ltd	WRC	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport Ltd	WRC	Ott Tänak		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
8	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
12	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
20	Hyundai Motorsport N	WRC	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
36		WRC-2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari		Ford Fiesta RRC	M
37		WRC	Lorenzo Bertelli		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
38	Yuriy Protasov	WRC-2	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
40	Drive Dmack	WRC-2	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Ford Fiesta R5	D
41	Drive Dmack	WRC-2	Nicolás Fuchs		Ford Fiesta R5	D
43		WRC-2			Ford Fiesta R5	M
45		WRC-2			Subaru Impreza STi N15	P
51		WRC-2	Simone Tempestini		Subaru Impreza STi N14	P
52	Diego Domínguez	WRC-2	Diego Domínguez		Ford Fiesta R5	D
54		WRC-2			Ford Fiesta R5	D

Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	WRC entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Results[]

Event standings[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:41:44.9	0.00	25
2	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:42:03.0	+18.1	19
3	5	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:45:12.3	+3:27.4	15
4	21	Martin Prokop		Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:48:11.0	+6:26.1	12
5	8	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:52:31.6	+10:46.7	12
6	12	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:53:04.8	+11:19.9	8
7	36	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari			Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:57:47.5	+16:02.6	6
8	52	Diego Domínguez		Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:00:33.1	+18:48.2	4
9	57	Gustavo Saba			Škoda Fabia S2000	WRC-2	4:03:05.5	+21:20.6	2
10	72	Federico Villagra		Federico Villagra	Ford Fiesta MR		4:07:04.5	+25:19.6
11	6	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:07:37.2	+25:41.9	1
17	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:18:56.4	+37:11.5	3
WRC-2 standings
1 (7.)	36	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari			Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:57:47.5	0.0	25
2 (8.)	52	Diego Domínguez		Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:00:33.1	+2:45.6	18
3 (12.)	40	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive Dmack	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:09:50.7	+12:03.2	15
4 (13.)	38	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Yuriy Protasov	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	4:11:10.3	+13:22.8	12
5 (14.)	54				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:14:36.3	+16:48.8	10
6 (19.)	51	Simone Tempestini			Subaru Impreza STi N14	WRC-2	4:25:27.9	+27:40.4	8
7 (22.)	45				Subaru Impreza STi N5	WRC-2	4:36:04.9	+38:17.4	6
Source: [1]

Special stages[]

Championship standings after the event[]

WRC[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	84
2	Mads Østberg	51
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	47
4	Elfyn Evans	41
5	Kris Meeke	35

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	103
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	85
3	Hyundai Motorsport	85
4	M-Sport World Rally Team	71
5	Jipocar Czech National Team	32

Other[]

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jari Ketomaa	55
2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	37
3	Stéphane Lefebvre	25
4	Nasser Al-Attiyah	25
5	Yuriy Protasov	22

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Ole Christian Veiby	40
2	Quentin Gilbert	25
3		18
4	Simone Tempestini	12
5		10

JWRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Quentin Gilbert	25
2		18
3	Ole Christian Veiby	15
4	Simone Tempestini	12
5	Yohan Rossel	10

References[]

^ "Emotional Meeke wins in Argentina". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Emotional Meeke wins in Argentina". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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