Rally Argentina 2007
The WRC has now moved to Argentina, and the gravel roads around Cordoba and Villa Carlos Paz. Petter and Phil are preparing their start no 100 with the SWRT, aiming for the podium. Recce starts Monday and shakedown is on Wednesday and on Thursday all teams travels to Buenos Aires and SSS1 at the River Plate Soccer Stadium. Friday they are all back in Cordoba again and ready for this weekends 22 stages.
Rally Argentina is run through a varied landscape, with numerous changes of the road surface from narrow loose gravel stages high in the mountain to flat-out harder-packed stages in the valley. Although Mexico is the rally with the highest average altitude, many of the Argentine stages are more than 1,000 metres above the sea, with leg 3’s El Condor stage, 2,195 metres, as the highest point. The high altitude of the stages can sap the cars power as they struggle to breath in the thin air.
One of the seasons highlights is a rally car plunging through a watersplash in Argentina. Getting the right line and speed on approach is crucial, with all the watersplashes there are many potential hazards.
Itinerary (all times are local times – Argentina is GMT – 3hrs)
Thursday, 3. May
1835 SSS1 River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires km 2,40
Friday, 4. May
1045 SS2 Capilla del Monte – San Marcos 1 km 22,95
1122 SS3 San Marcos – Cuchi Corral 1 km 19,24
1220 SS4 Villa Giardino – La Falda 1 km 15,50
1251 SS5 Valle Hermoso – Casagrande 1 km 10,95
1332 SS6 Cosquin – Tanti 1 km 11,27
Service
1611 SS7 Capilla del Monte – San Marcos 2 km 22,95
1648 SS8 San Marcos – Cuchi Corral 2 km 19,24
1905 SSS9 Esstadio Cordoba 1 km 2,40
Saturday, 5. May
0823 SS10 La Cumbre – Agua de Oro km 18,70
0921 SS11 Aschochinga – La Cumbre km 23,28
1014 SS12 Villa Giardino – La Falda 2 km 15,50
1045 SS13 Valle Hermoso – Casagrande 2 km 10,95
1126 SS14 Cosquin – Tanti 2 km 11,27
Service
1413 SS15 Santa Rosa – San Augustin 1 km 21,41
1506 SS16 Las Bajadas – Villa del Dique km 16,35
1552 SS17 Amboy – Santa Monica km 20,29
1657 SS18 Santa Rosa – San Augustuin 2 km 21,41
Sunday, 6. May
0819 SS19 El Condor – Copina 1 km 16,82
0952 SS20 Mina Clavero – Giulio Cesare km 24,45
1039 SS21 El Condor – Copina 1 km 16,82
Service
1305 SSS22 Estadio Cordoba 2 km 2,40
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HEIA…PETTER!!!!!!
WELCOME TO ARGENTINA!!!!!!!!!!
GO-PETTER-GO
GOOD LUCK AGAIN!!! I HOPE YOU WIN
hi petter
my wish you take the rally of argntina
all good luck …petter. i hope you win ……..i hope that
moktar
good luck petter
Lykke til Petter..
Har skikkelig trua på deg og den nye bilen.
Gi gass,broom broom.
I hope you´ll be on the top of the final overall.
Good lucks boys.
Hi Petter,
best of luck in rally Argentina, looking forward to seeing eldas photos again this year… Dont for get to update your blog too, let us know what you think of the stages after recce, love eileen…xxx
Petter: Es un orgullo tenerte en nuestro pais nuevamente, los Argentinos te apoyamos y te deseamos el campeonato. Gracias por brindarnos tu simpatia y tu manejo
You are the best Petter, and you have the greatest Car in the WCR, greetings from Chile, South America. I’ll be travelling to Cordoba in a couple of days and I’ll be wearing your jacket (My neffiu send me the jacket from Norway)
Greetings again and best luck
Heia, Petter!
Lykke til med Rally Argentina!
Katja fra Tyskland!