2015 Rally Argentina

2015 Rally Argentina 35º XION Rally Argentina
Round 4 of 13 of the 2015 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz
Dates run	23 – 26 April 2015
Stages	12 (315.86 km; 196.27 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	60 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT

The 2015 XION Rally Argentina was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 23 and 26 April 2015. It marked the thirty-fifth running of the Rally Argentina, and was the fourth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship and WRC-2 seasons.

The rally was won by Kris Meeke who, alongside his co-driver Paul Nagle, became the first British rally driver to win a WRC rally since 2002.

Entry list

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M 5 M-Sport Ltd WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport Ltd WRC Ott Tänak Raigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 8 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Dani Sordo Marc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 12 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Khalid Al Qassimi Chris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC M 20 Hyundai Motorsport N WRC Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai i20 WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 36 Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke Ford Fiesta RRC M 37 FWRT s.r.l. WRC Lorenzo Bertelli Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 38 Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC P 40 Drive Dmack WRC-2 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 D 41 Drive Dmack WRC-2 Nicolás Fuchs Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 D 43 TAIF Rally Team WRC-2 Radik Shaymiev Maxim Tsvetkov Ford Fiesta R5 M 45 Gianluca Linari WRC-2 Gianluca Linari Nicola Arena Subaru Impreza STi N15 P 51 Napoca Rally Academy WRC-2 Simone Tempestini Matteo Chiarcossi Subaru Impreza STi N14 P 52 Diego Domínguez WRC-2 Diego Domínguez Edgardo Galindo Ford Fiesta R5 D 54 Didier Arias WRC-2 Didier Arias Héctor Núñez Ford Fiesta R5 D

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC WRC entries ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:41:44.9	0.00	25
2	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:42:03.0	+18.1	19
3	5	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:45:12.3	+3:27.4	15
4	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:48:11.0	+6:26.1	12
5	8	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:52:31.6	+10:46.7	12
6	12	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:53:04.8	+11:19.9	8
7	36	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clarke	Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:57:47.5	+16:02.6	6
8	52	Diego Domínguez	Edgardo Galindo	Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:00:33.1	+18:48.2	4
9	57	Gustavo Saba	Diego Cagnotti	Saba Competition	Škoda Fabia S2000	WRC-2	4:03:05.5	+21:20.6	2
10	72	Federico Villagra	Diego Curletto	Federico Villagra	Ford Fiesta MR		4:07:04.5	+25:19.6
11	6	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:07:37.2	+25:41.9	1
17	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:18:56.4	+37:11.5	3
WRC-2 standings
1 (7.)	36	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clarke	Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:57:47.5	0.0	25
2 (8.)	52	Diego Domínguez	Edgardo Galindo	Diego Domínguez	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:00:33.1	+2:45.6	18
3 (12.)	40	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive Dmack	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:09:50.7	+12:03.2	15
4 (13.)	38	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Yuriy Protasov	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	4:11:10.3	+13:22.8	12
5 (14.)	54	Didier Arias	Héctor Núñez	Didier Arias	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:14:36.3	+16:48.8	10
6 (19.)	51	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Napoca Rally Academy	Subaru Impreza STi N14	WRC-2	4:25:27.9	+27:40.4	8
7 (22.)	45	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Gianluca Linari	Subaru Impreza STi N5	WRC-2	4:36:04.9	+38:17.4	6
Source: [1] Archived 2016-04-26 at the Wayback Machine

Championship standings after the event

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	84
2	Mads Østberg	51
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	47
4	Elfyn Evans	41
5	Kris Meeke	35

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	103
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	85
3	Hyundai Motorsport	85
4	M-Sport World Rally Team	71
5	Jipocar Czech National Team	32

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jari Ketomaa	55
2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	37
3	Stéphane Lefebvre	25
4	Nasser Al-Attiyah	25
5	Yuriy Protasov	22

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Ole Christian Veiby	40
2	Quentin Gilbert	25
3	Christian Riedemann	18
4	Simone Tempestini	12
5	Stéphane Consani	10

JWRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Quentin Gilbert	25
2	Christian Riedemann	18
3	Ole Christian Veiby	15
4	Simone Tempestini	12
5	Yohan Rossel	10

External links

• Official website
• The official website of the World Rally Championship