20th Argentina Rally 2000


ITINERARY Thursday 11th May Leg 1 - Villa Carlos Paz, 522.48 km 17:30 Start from Villa Carlos Paz 19:00 SS 1 Complejo Pro-Racing Lane A 3.44 km SS 2 Complejo Pro-Racing Lane B 3.44 km 19:45 End of section 1 in Villa Carlos Paz Friday 12th May Leg 1 cont 07:30 Start from Villa Carlos Paz 09:09 SS 3 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos Sierras 23.20 km 09:40 SS 4 San Marcos Sierras - Charbonier 9.61 km 11:42 SS 5 Tanti - Cosquin 16.07 km 12:35 SS 6 Villa Giardino - La Falda 22.53 km 14:13 SS 7 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 23.46 km 15:16 SS 8 Colonia Caroya 3.40 km 16:04 SS 9 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 28.83 km 19:03 End of leg 1 in Cordoba Saturday 13th May Leg 2, Cordoba - Cordoba, 470.30 km 07:15 Start from Cordoba 09:16 SS 10 S. Rosa de Calamuchita - San Agustin 26.10 km 09:59 SS 11 San Agustin - Villa General Belgrano 12.65 km 11:23 SS 12 Amboy - S. Rosa de Calamuchita 21.48 km 12:44 SS 13 S. Rosa de Calamuchita - San Agustin 26.10 km 13:27 SS 14 Las Bajadas - Villa del Dique 18.67 km 14:48 SS 15 Amboy - S. Rosa de Calamuchita 21.48 km 16:46 SS 16 Camping General San Martin 5.05 km 19:46 End of leg 2 in Cordoba Sunday 14 May Leg 3, Cordoba - Cordoba, 566.71 km 07:30 Start from Cordoba 09:09 SS 17 Chamico - Ambul 24.60 km 09:51 SS 18 El Mirador - San Lorenzo 20.65 km 10:50 SS 19 Cura Brochero - Nono 19.31 km 11:59 SS 20 La Posta - Mina Clavero 24.09 km 13:41 SS 21 El Mirador - San Lorenzo 20.65 km 15:01 SS 22 El Condor - Copina 16.77 km 16:50 Finish of the rally in Cordoba

Entry List

Leading Group A & Group N Entrants 1 R.Burns R.Reid (GB) Subaru Impreza WRC 2000 A8 2 T.Makinen R.Mannisenmaki (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo A8 3 M.Grönholm T.Rautiainen (FIN) Peugeot 206 WRC FIN A8 4 C.Sainz L.Moya (E) Ford Racing Focus WRC A8 5 C.McRae N.Grist (GB) Ford Racing Focus WRC A8 6 J.Kankkunen J.Repo (FIN) Subaru Impreza WRC 2000 A8 7 D.Auriol D.Giraudet (F) SEAT Córdoba WRC A8 8 T.Gardemeister P.Lukander (FIN) SEAT Córdoba WRC A8 9 F.Delecour D.Grataloup (GB/F) Peugeot 206 WRC A8 10 F.Loix S.Smeets (B) Mitsubishi Carisma GT A8 11 K.Ericksson S.Parmander (S) Hyundai Accent A8 12 A.McRae D.Senior (GB) Hyundai Accent A8 13 P.Solberg P.Mills (N/GB) Ford Racing Focus WRC A8 14 F.Dor K.Gormley (F/GB) Subaru Impreza WRC 97 A8 15 K.Holowczyc J.Fortin (PL/B) Subaru Impreza A8 16 J.Papadimitriou N.Petropoulos (GR) Subaru Impreza A8 17 S.Yacizi E.Bodur (TR) Toyota Corolla WRC A8 18 J.Recalde D.Martín Curletto (RA) Ford Cosworth RA A8 19 G.Trelles J.Del Buono (ROU/RA) Mitsu Lancer Evo VI N4 20 M.Stohl P.Müller (A) Mitsu Lancer Evo VI N4 21 R.Sanchez R.Garcia (RA) Subaru Impreza WRX N4 22 C.Menzi E.Galindo (RA) Mitsu Lancer Evo VI N4 24 G.Raies J.Volta (RA) Mitsu Lancer Evo VI N4 25 A.Aghini L.Roggia (I) Mitsu Carisma N4 26 R.Ferreyros G.Saenz (PE) Mitsu Lancer Evolution N4 27 G.Mendez D.Muzio (ROU) Mitsu Lancer Evo VI N4

Leg 1 Result

End of Section 1, Leg 1 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 4:55,6 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:56,0 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 4:57,3 5 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 4:59,2 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 5:00,2 6 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 5:00,4 7 Gardemeister Seat Cordoba WRC 5:01,9 8 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 5:02,1 9 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 5:03,1 10 Loix Mitsu Carisma 5:03,7 Group N 1 Pozzo Mitus Lancer 5:13,0 2 Stohl Mitsu Lancer 5:14,6 3 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 5:16,7 2-Litre 1 Bescham Renault Megane 5:46,7 Teams Cup 1 Turkey's Team Atakan Yazici Toyota Corolla 5:23,9 2 Wizja TV Turning Point Holowczyc Subaru Impreza 5:11,2 3 Frederic Dor Rally Team Dor Subaru Impreza 5:29,6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS1 Complejo Pro-Racing (Lane A) 3.44 km 1st Car: 19:00 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 2:29:1 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 2:29:3 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 2:29:7 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 2:30:6 5 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 2:30:8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS2 Complejo Pro-Racing (Lane B) 3.44 km 1st Car: 19:00 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 2:26:5 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 2:26:7 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 2:27:6 4 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 2:28:4 5 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 2:28:9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Results at the end of Leg 1 1 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 1:27:42,3 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 1:27:46,5 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 1:28:06,4 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 1:28:13,9 5 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 1:28:16,3 6 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 1:28:21,9 7 Loix Mitsu Carisma 1:29:30,6 8 McRae Hyundai Accent WRC 1:30:26,5 9 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 1:31:12,9 10 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 1:33:23,5 Group N 1 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 1:33:23,5 2 Mendez Mitus Lancer 1:33:24,5 3 Stohl Mitsu Lancer 1:33:39.1 2-Litre 1 Bescham Renault Megane 1.38.43,2 Teams Cup 1 Turkey's Team Atakan Yazici Toyota Corolla 1:34:25.8 2 Frederic Dor Rally Team Dor Subaru Impreza 1:35:55.2 3 Wizja TV Turning Point Holowczyc Subaru Impreza 1:48:41.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 3 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos Sierras 23.20 km 1st Car: 09:09 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 17:37,2 2 McRae Ford Focus WRC 17:41,7 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 17:47,0 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 17:47,5 5 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 17:48,3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 4 San Marcos Sierras - Charbonier 9.61 km 1st Car: 09:40 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 6:41,2 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:43,5 3 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 6:44,0 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 6:45,8 5 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 6:46,3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 5 Tanti - Cosquin 16.07 km 1st Car: 11:42 Cancelled due to safety precautions ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 6 Villa Giardino - La Falda 22.53 km 1st Car: 12:35 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 16:16,0 2 McRae Ford Focus WRC 16:18,2 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 16:23,0 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 16:25,7 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 16:28,8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 7 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 23.46 km 1st Car: 14:13 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 20:19,8 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 20:22,9 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 20:24,6 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 20:27,7 5 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 20:32,3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 8 Colonia Caroya 3.40 km 1st Car: 15:16 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 2:29,8 2 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 2:29,9 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 2:30,0 4 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 2:30,2 5 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 2:30,4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 9 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 28.83 km 1st Car: 16:04 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 19:06,1 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 19:08,2 3 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 19:11,2 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 19:12,4 5 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 19:13,7

Leg 2 Result

1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 2:45:59,1 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 2:46:08.4 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 2:46:11.1 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 2:46:31.1 5 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 2:46:38.3 6 Loix Mitsu Carisma 2:49:20.6 7 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 2:52:05.3 8 McRae Hyundai Accent WRC 2:52:16.0 9 Pozzo Mitsu Lancer 2:57:42,7 10 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 2:57:46,6 Group N 1 Pozzo Mitsu Lancer 2:57:42,7 2 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 2:57:46,6 3 Sanchez Mitsu Lancer 3:01:41,7 2-Litre 1 Bescham Renault Megane 3:08:59,9 Teams Cup 1 Turkey's Team Atakan Yazici Toyota Corolla 2:59:37,8 2 Frederic Dor Rally Team Dor Subaru Impreza 3:03:24,1 3 Wizja TV Turning Point Holowczyc Subaru Impreza 3:11:59,3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage Winners SS10 - Burns, SS11 - McRae, SS12 - Burns, SS13 - Burns, SS14 - Burns, SS15 - Burns, SS16 - Burns ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 10 S. Rosa de Calamuchita - San Agustin 26.10 km 1st Car: 09:16 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 15:24,9 2 McRae Ford Focus WRC 15:32,2 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:34,9 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 15:36,5 5 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 15:39,5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 11 San Agustin - Villa General Belgrano 12.65 km 1st Car: 09:59 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus WRC 9:47,9 2 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 9:52,4 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:54,4 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 10:00,6 5 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 10:04,3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 12 Amboy - S. Rosa de Calamuchita 21.48 km 1st Car: 11:23 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 11:19,1 2 McRae Ford Focus WRC 11:21,1 3 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 11:22,5 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 11:24,8 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:27,9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 13 S. Rosa de Calamuchita - San Agustin 26.10 km 1st Car: 12:44 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 15:29,1 2 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 15:30,1 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 15:33,0 4 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:33,6 5 McRae Ford Focus WRC 15:34,6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 14 Las Bajadas - Villa del Dique 18.67 km 1st Car: 13:27 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 10:04,3 2 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 10:06,6 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:10,8 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 10:11,7 5 McRae Ford Focus WRC 10:13,3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 15 Amboy - S. Rosa de Calamuchita 21.48 km 1st Car: 14:48 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 11:14,4 2 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 11:18,1 3 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 11:20,7 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 11:20,8 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:24,1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 16 Camping General San Martin 5.05 km 1st Car: 16:46 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 4:13,0 2 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 4:13,9 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 4:14,8 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 4:16,2 4 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:16,2

Leg 3 Result

1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 4:10:20,7 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:11:28,1 3 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 4:11:52,3 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 4:12:43,5 5 Loix Mitsu Carisma 4:18:54,3 6 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 4:21:20,3 7 McRae Hyundai Accent WRC 4:23:38,5 8 Eriksson Hyundai Accent WRC 4:30:55,8 9 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 4:32:00,2 10 Pozzo Mitsu Lancer 4:33:01,1 Group N 1 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 4:32:00,2 2 Pozzo Mitsu Lancer 4:33:01,1 3 Sanchez Mitsu Lancer 4:37:16,7 2-Litre 1 Bescham Renault Megane 4:50:03,9 Teams Cup 1 Turkey's Team Atakan Yazici Toyota Corolla 4:36:15,2 2 Frederic Dor Rally Team Dor Subaru Impreza 4:42:13,1 3 Wizja TV Turning Point Holowczyc Subaru Impreza ------------------------------------------------------------------ Provisional FIA World Championship Points FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (unofficial positions after 6 of 14 rounds): Burns (GB) 38 Gronholm (FIN) 24 Makinen (FIN) 23 Sainz (E) 17 McRae (GB) 14 Kankkunen (FIN) 14 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (unofficial positions after 6 of 14 rounds): Subaru 54 Ford 31 Mitsubishi 29 Peugeot 29 SEAT 7 Skoda 5 Hyundai 1 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars (unofficial positions after 6 of 14 rounds): Stohl (A) 27 Trelles (ROU) 22 Campos (P) 13 Menzi (I) 12 Paasonen (FIN) 11 Nittel (D) 10 FIA Teams' Cup (unofficial positions after 6 of 14 rounds): Toyota Team Saudi Arabia 16 Spike Rally Team 16 F.Dor Rally Team 16 Turning Point Rally Team 10 Team Ataken 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage Winners SS17 - Burns, SS18 - Burns, SS19 - Burns, SS20 - Gronholm, SS21 - Makinen, SS22 - Burns ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 17 Chamico - Ambul 24.60 km 1st Car: 09:09 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 18:06,4 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 18:28,4 3 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 18:38,0 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 18:51,9 5 Loix Mitsu Carisma 19:17,5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 18 El Mirador - San Lorenzo 20.65 km 1st Car: 09:51 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 12:02,1 2 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 12:05,9 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:10,6 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 12:16,4 5 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 12:39,7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 19 Cura Brochero - Nono 19.31 km 1st Car: 10:50 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 9:44,7 2 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 9:45,6 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:46,5 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 9:48,2 5 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 10:00,6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 20 La Posta - Mina Clavero 24.09 km 1st Car: 11:59 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 16:45,7 2 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 16:49,6 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 17:01,9 4 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 17:03,6 5 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 17:19,0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 21 El Mirador - San Lorenzo 20.65 km 1st Car: 13:41 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 12:12,0 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:21,8 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 12:23,0 4 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 12:26,2 5 Solberg Ford Focus WRC 12:36,9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 22 El Condor - Copina 16.77 km 1st Car: 15:01 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 15:12,6 2 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 15:26,3 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 15:46,7 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC 15:53,6 5 Eriksson Hyundai Accent WRC 16:31,2