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2010 Rally Argentina

Field	Value
image	Rally Argentina logo.png
caption	Rally Argentina Logo
name	2010 Rally Argentina
native_name	30º Rally Argentina
round	3
championship	2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
previous_round	2010 Rally International of Curitiba
next_round	2010 Rally Islas Canarias
country	Argentina Argentina
rallybase	Córdoba–Villa Carlos Paz
startdate	March 19
enddate	21, 2010
stages	15
stagekm	238.62	stagekm_note=
overallkm	1,013.51	overallkm_note=
surface	Gravel
driver1	FIN Juho Hänninen
team1	CZE Škoda Motorsport
teamsstart	63
teamsfinish	31

The 2010 Rally Argentina was the 30th running of Rally Argentina and the third round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season. The rally consisted of 15 special stages and took place over 19–21 March 2010. The rally was also a round of the South American Rally Championship and the Argentine Rally Championship.

Introduction

The rally started in Villa Carlos Paz, a city in the center-north of the province of Córdoba, on Friday 19 March with a 3.30 km super special stage in the town. The event was made up of 15 gravel stages covering a total of 238.62 km all completed in daylight. The event on Saturday consisted of seven stages and was centred on the town of San Agustín and around Valle Hermoso on Sunday. The final stage was a repeat of the super special stage in Villa Carlos Paz.

Nasser Al-Attiyah was seeded number 1 in his Škoda Fabia S2000, with local Federico Villagra taking number 2 in his Ford Fiesta S2000. Other entrants included current championship leader Juho Hänninen and reigning champion Kris Meeke. A total of 63 cars took part in the event.

Results

Škodas dominated the event, winning all bar one stage of the event. After Kris Meeke won the opening stage in Villa Carlos Paz, Juho Hänninen took control of the rally on the second stage and never lost the lead. Hänninen won eleven of the remaining fourteen stages, as he won the rally by 51 seconds. The other two drivers to win a stage, Guy Wilks and Jan Kopecký finished second and third to complete a clean sweep of the podium for Škoda. Kopecký was the main beneficiary of the retirement of Meeke on the road section after stage fourteen, as the suspension spot-weld failed on the Northern Irish driver's Peugeot during the stage.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference
1.	FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:30:38.1	0.0
2.	GBR Guy Wilks	GBR Phil Pugh	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:29.1	51.0
3.	CZE Jan Kopecký	CZE Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:58.2	2:20.1
4.	ARG Gabriel Pozzo	ARG Daniel Stillo	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:35:42.0	5:03.9
5.	ARG Federico Villagra	ARG Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:35:52.3	5:14.2
6.	POR Bruno Magalhães	POR Carlos Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:36:49.1	6:11.0
7.	ARG Nicolás Madero	ARG Guillermo Piazzaro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:37:25.6	6:47.5
8.	PAR Diego Dominguez	ARG Edgardo Galindo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:38:17.4	7:39.3

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader	Leg 1
(19–20 Mar)	SS1	17:00	SS2	08:13	SS3	09:00	SS4	09:41	SS5	10:24	SS6	14:57	SS7	15:44	SS8	16:25	Leg 2
(21 Mar)	SS9	08:13	SS10	09:13	SS11	10:08	SS12	10:40	SS13	14:08	SS14	14:40	SS15	16:23
Super Special Stage Carlos Paz 1	3.30 km	GBR Kris Meeke	2:32.8	77.75 km/h	GBR Kris Meeke
Las Bajadas – Villa del Dique 1	16.57 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	9:28.2	104.98 km/h	FIN Juho Hänninen
Amboy – Santa Mónica 1	20.43 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	11:03.2	110.90 km/h
Santa Rosa – San Agustín 1	21.53 km	GBR Guy Wilks	13:41.3	94.37 km/h
San Agustín – Villa General Belgrano	8.43 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	6:11.6	81.67 km/h
Las Bajadas – Villa del Dique 2	16.57 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	9:21.7	106.20 km/h
Amboy – Santa Mónica 2	20.43 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	10:52.9	112.65 km/h
Santa Rosa – San Agustín 2	21.53 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	13:39.5	94.58 km/h
La Cumbre – Agua de Oro	15.06 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	12:56.4	69.83 km/h
Ascochinga – La Cumbre	22.40 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	15:08.3	88.78 km/h
Valle Hermoso – Casa Grande 1	11.34 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	7:26.3	91.47 km/h
Cosquín – Villa Allende 1	19.18 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	14:05.8	81.64 km/h
Valle Hermoso – Casa Grande 2	11.34 km	CZE Jan Kopecký	7:26.9	91.35 km/h
Cosquín – Villa Allende	19.18 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	14:07.0	81.52 km/h
Super Special Stage Carlos Paz 2	3.30 km	CZE Jan Kopecký	2:29.4	79.52 km/h

References

(2010-03-18). "Rally Argentina Itinerary 2010". [[Rally Argentina]].
(2010-03-19). "List of crews authorised to start – Rally Argentina". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(2010-03-21). "Meeke retires from Rally Argentina". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
Evans, David. (2010-03-22). "Meeke frustrated by suspension failure". [[Haymarket Group.

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