2016 Codasur South American Rally Championship

The 2016 Codasur South American Rally Championship is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA and run by the Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (Codasur). The championship was contested over five events held in five South American countries from April to November.

The championship was won for the fourth time by Paraguayan driver Gustavo Saba. Saba won the final three rallies to win the championship on the final day of the rally overcoming countryman Diego Domínguez who had led the championship all season after winning the first two rallies. Uruguayan driver won a close competition for third in the championship

Event calendar and results[]

The 2016 Codasur South American Rally Championship was as follows:^[1]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rally Trans Itapua (1–3 April)[2]	1	Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	1:44:44.7	14	180.75 km	65	37
		2	Marcos Ligato	Škoda Fabia R5	1:44:59.9
		3		Škoda Fabia R5	1:45:17.4
2	Rally de Erechim (13–15 May)[3]	1	Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	1:38:34.8	13	153.80 km	60	35
		2	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia R5	1:39:29.6
		3		Toyota Etios R5	1:43:09.9
3	(10–12 June)[4]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia R5	1:22:51.3	12	141.62 km	54	35
		2	Diego Dom��nguez	Ford Fiesta R5	1:23:00.8
		3		Ford Fiesta MR	1:23:50.9
4	(26–28 August)[5]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia R5	1:15:19.0	13	161.79 km	71	32
		2	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Toyota Corolla Proto	1:18:19.4
		3	Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	1:19:04.5
5	Rally del Atlántico (24–27 November)[6]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia R5	2:07:26.1	11	221.40 km	49	26
		2		Škoda Fabia R5	2:09:26.5
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:11:48.9

Championship standings[]

The 2016 Codasur South American Rally Championship points were as follows:^[7]

Pos. Driver Vehicle TRA ERE CAT SNC ATL Total 1 Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia R5 Ret 2 1 1 1 201.5 2 Diego Domínguez Ford Fiesta R5 1 1 2 2 4 192 3 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 12 8 8 4 3 86.5 4 Škoda Fabia R5 3 2 82 5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 7 Ret 7 Ret 5 59 6 Marcos Ligato Škoda Fabia R5 Chevrolet Agile MR 2 5 54 7 Federico Villagra Ford Fiesta MR 3 28 8 Toyota Etios R5 13 3 27 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3 26.5 10 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 6 25.5 11 Ford Fiesta R5 4 24 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 7 5 20.5 13 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5 Ret 19 14 Volkswagen Gol Trend MR 4 17 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4 17 Ford Fiesta R5 7 Ret 17 17 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 6 15 18 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 6 14 19 Enrique Pereira Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret Ret 7 13.5 20 David Nalbandian Chevrolet Agile MR 6 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 5 Ret 12 22 Ford Fiesta R5 8 Ret 11 23 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 10.5 24 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 7 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 8 9 26 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8 7 27 Fiat Palio MR 9 6 Ford Fiesta MR 10 6 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9 6 30 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 6 14 Ret Ret 5.5 31 Ford Fiesta MR Ret 5 Chevrolet Agile MR Ret 5 33 Ford Fiesta R5 14 4 Renault Clio MR 11 4 35 Ford Fiesta MR Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 17 9 10 3.5 36 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 2 37 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9 1 Peugeot 207 9 1 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10 1

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website