Argentina 2009

WIN NUMBER 52 FOR SEBASTIEN LOEB AND 5TH IN A ROW! HE WAS ASKED IF HE EVER GOT TIRED OF WINNING - HIS PREDICABLE REPLY WAS "NO!". DANIEL SORDO BACKED HIM UP VERY WELL TO COME IN 2ND TO MAKE IT THE SECOND CITROEN 1-2 THIS SEASON AND THE PAIR ARE 1ST AND 2ND IN THE DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP AND CITROEN COMFORTABLY HEAD THE CONSTRUCTORS TITLE RACE.

NOT THE SAME STORY AT FORD. NEITHER DRIVER HAD GOOD LUCK - MIKKO HIRVONEN'S ENGINE OVERHEATED MID-WAY THROUGH DAY 2, SENDING HIM INTO RETIREMENT FROM 2ND PLACE, AND JARI-MATTI LATVALA WAS DRIVING WELL UNTIL A MYSTERIOUS FUEL PRESSURE GLITCH LOST HIM 8 MINUTES IN ONE STAGE LATER ON THE SAME DAY, DROPPING HIM FROM 3RD TO 7TH.

PETTER SOLBERG WAS DRIVING AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME IN 3RD AFTER MIKKO'S DEPARTURE AND ONLY 20 SECONDS DOWN ON THE LEADERS IN HIS 3-YEAR OLD XSARA ON DAY 3 WHEN HIS ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND HE HAD TO RETIRE. HE WAS BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED BUT AT LEAST THERE WAS SOME CONSOLATION FOR THE SOLBERG FAMILY AS IT ALLOWED HENNING TO TAKE THE FINAL PODIUM PLACE.

ARGENTIAN DRIVER FEDERICO VILLAGRA DROVE WELL AT HIS HOME EVENT AND EVENTUALLY ACHIEVED 4TH PLACE - HIS HIGHEST PLACED W.R.C. FINISH.

Rally Results posted by
David Little
27th April 2009

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