Monday, 29 April 2019

2019 WRC Round 5 recap - Rally Argentina

Recap of the last round of WRC from this weekends Round five of Rally Argentina.

Last weekend was the fifth round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Argentina (25th-28th April) that was won by Thierry Neuville in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.



While, Andreas Mikkelsen finished second in the works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. Mikkelsen was forty-eight seconds behind Neuville at the end of the rally. Meanwhile, Current WRC champion Sébastien Ogier finished second in the works Citroën C3 WRC. Ogier was sixty-five seconds behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 Pro class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by Citroën Total driver Mads Østberg in his Citroën C3 R5. Mads Østberg finished in ninth place overall, he was fourteen and half minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

While in WRC-2 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Pedro Heller in his own backed Ford Fiesta R5. Pedro Heller finished in tenth place overall, he was twenty minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

Highlights of the rally below, enjoy.



Next stop, Round Six of the 2019 WRC season for Rally Chile in two weeks time.

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