WRC Rally Argentina: Hyundai's Thierry Neuville leads superspecial
Hyundai's Thierry Neuville leads Rally Argentina overnight following Thursday evening's Villa Carlos Paz superspecial
Neuville's time of 1m54.4s around the 1.1-mile mostly asphalt stage put him three tenths of a second clear of Ott Tanak's Toyota in second place.
For much of the evening the lead changed hands with every new car through the flying finish, but World Rally Championship leader - and last frontrunner on the road - Sebastien Ogier could not depose Neuville or Tanak and had to settle for third.
Neuville's team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen completed the top four, ahead of Kris Meeke in the best of the Citroens.
Craig Breen is back as Meeke's team-mate this weekend after Sebastien Loeb's two-round cameo, but his return got off to a frustrating start with a 10s penalty for being late out of service. Even before that was applied, Breen had only been 10th fastest on the stage.
Leading positions after SS1
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thierry Neuville, N.Gilsoul | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai | 1m54.4s |
2 | Ott Tanak, M.Jarveoja | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota | 0.3s |
3 | Sebastien Ogier, J.Ingrassia | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford | 0.4s |
4 | Andreas Mikkelsen, A.Jager | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai | 0.5s |
5 | Kris Meeke, P.Nagle | Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroen | 0.7s |
6 | Esapekka Lappi, J.Ferm | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota | 1.3s |
7 | Teemu Suninen, M.Markkula | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford | 1.4s |
8 | Dani Sordo, C.del Barrio | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai | 1.5s |
9 | Jari-Matti Latvala, M.Anttila | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota | 1.6s |
10 | Elfyn Evans, D.Barritt | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford | 2.2s |
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