Argentina 2007

SEBASTIEN LOEB WON THIS 'SHAMBOLIC' ARGENTINA RALLY AFTER A STRONG FIGHT WITH MARCUS GRONHOLM AND MIKKO HIRVONEN WAS A SAFE 3RD. SEBASTIEN HAS NOW WON 3 RALLIES IN A ROW AND THIS IS HIS 3RD SUCCESSIVE ARGENTINA RALLY WIN. IT WAS SHAMBOLIC BECAUSE THE ORGANISERS HAD ARRANGED FOR THE OPENING SUPER SPECIAL STAGE ON THURSDAY NIGHT TO BE HELD IN BUENOS AIRES - 700 KILOMETRES/437 MILES FROM THE RALLY BASE IN CORDOBA. THIS INVOLVED TRANSPORTING THE RALLY CARS THERE BY ROAD WITH THE DRIVERS, MECHANICS AND OTHER PERSONNEL GOING BY AIR AND THEN DOING IT AGAIN IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION. THE EQUIVALENT IN THE U.K. WOULD BE TO HAVE THE SUPER SPECIAL STAGE IN EDINBURGH RATHER THAN IN SWANSEA! A STORM SYSTEM SET IN, WHICH PREVENTED THE PERSONNEL FROM FLYING BACK TO CORDOBA - THEY SPENT THE NIGHT 'SLEEPING' ON THE FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT DEPARTURE LOUNGE - AND THEN THE BAD WEATHER WASHED OUT THE WHOLE OF DAY 1 EXCEPT FOR ANOTHER SUPER SPECIAL IN CORDOBA. EFFECTIVELY, THIS MEANT THAT THERE WERE ONLY 1½ DAYS OF REAL RALLYING!

Rally Results posted by
David Little
7th May 2007

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