2018 Rally Argentina

2018 Rally Argentina
38. YPF Rally Argentina
Round 5 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Host country Argentina
Rally baseVilla Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Dates run26 – 29 April 2018
Start locationVilla Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Finish locationEl Cóndor, Córdoba
Stages18 (358.25 km; 222.61 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance942.40 km (585.58 miles)
Overall distance1,300.65 km (808.19 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered27
Crews27 at start, 19 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:43:28.9
Power Stage winnerBelgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerSweden Pontus Tidemand
Sweden Jonas Andersson
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport
3:55:44.7
WRC-3 winnerno WRC-3 entries

The 2018 Rally Argentina (formally known as the YPF Rally Argentina 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 26 and 29 April 2018.[1] It marked the thirty-eighth running of Rally Argentina, and was the fifth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.[2] The event was based in Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province and consisted of eighteen special stages totalling 358.25 km (222.61 mi) competitive kilometres.[3]

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners.[4] Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners, while the Škoda Motorsport crew of Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5.[5]

  1. ^ "YPF Rally Argentina". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Rally Argentina - Route and facts". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Neuville wins a thriller". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Breaking News: Victory for Tänak". wrc.com. WRC. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.