Petter is 3rd

Two Subaru’s in top 3, when the day 1 are finished in Argentina. Petter is 3rd and Chris Atkinson is 2nd. Sebastien Loeb is in the lead.

During the day drivers had to struggle with heavy rain, fog and low clouds. The roads are extremely muddy and the tricky conditions are quite a challenge. At SS1 and SS2 this morning the fog came in only 15 seconds and made it almost impossible to see anything. First on the road this morning was Mikko Hirvonen, and on SS1 he was 48 seconds faster than the next car trough. Being first on the road under these tricky conditions is a good advantage. Every car is creating deep ruts on their run. Hirvonen kept his lead for the next stages, but on SS4 he hit a rock and stopped on the stage. Henning also got into trouble and were forced to stop on the stage with a broken front suspension. Swedish PG Andersson retired from the rally on the way to the start of SS1 with engine problems.

Rally Argentina continues with 9 more stages Saturday. Petter will be car number 3 on the road. First car is on stage at 0805 local time.

Overall classification Day 1

1. Sebastien Loeb, Citroen
2. Chris Atkinson, Subaru +1.30,6
3. Petter, Subaru +1.38,9
4. Gigi Galli, Ford +1.47,7
5. Dani Sordo, Citroen +2.06,9
6. Federico Villagra, Ford +4.48,3
7. Matthew Wilson, Ford +6.18,3
8. Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford +9.27,5