Jari-Matti Latvala leads Hyundais at shakedown in Argentina

On pensait les Hyundai i20 de Hayden Paddon, Dani Sordo et Thierry Neuville games for a hat-trick at the shakedown Rally from Argentina, but Jari-Matti Latvala est venu placer sa Toyota Yaris WRC at the top of the timesheet after his fourth pass.

En 4'02 "0, the Finn is ahead of Paddon's i20 by a tenth, while Sordo and Neuville fail respectively two and six tenths behind the Japanese WRC.

Sébastien Ogier (Ford) ranks fifth in the shakedown, 1″ behind Latvala. Mads Ostberg climbs to sixth place with his private Ford Fiesta 1″4 ahead of the two Citroën C3s of Kris Meeke and Craig Breen. Ott Tänak (Ford) and Juho Hänninen (Toyota) complete the top 10.

The session was neutralized for a time to help a spectator, victim of a cardiac arrest at the side of the track.

The opening super-special of Rally Argentina will take place at 00:08.

Shakedown Ranking:

1. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota Yaris): 4’02″0
2. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai i20): 4’02″1 (+0″1)
3. Dani Sordo (Hyundai i20): 4’02″2 (+0″2)
4. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20): 4’02″6 (+0″5)
5. Sébastien Ogier (Ford Fiesta): 4’03″0 (+1″0)
6. Mads Ostberg (Ford Fiesta): 4’03″4 (+1″4)
7. Kris Meeke (Citroën C3): 4’03″5 (+1″5)
8. Craig Breen (Citroën C3): 4’04″4 (+2″4)
9. Ott Tänak (Ford Fiesta): 4’05″3 (+3″3)
10. Juho Hänninen (Toyota Yaris): 4’06″4 (+4″4)