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Rally Argentina 2005 counts for:
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 400th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 25th |
| Date: | from Thursday 14-Jul-2005 to Sunday 17-Jul-2005 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Carlos Garcia Remohi |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 78 | |
| Starters: | 72 | |
| Finishers: | 45 | (62.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 3.02 | km | (SS1 Super Especial Complejo Pro-Racing Lane A) |
| Longest: | 28.74 | km | (SS8 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 2) |
| Slowest: | 71.34 | km/h | (SS4 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 1) |
| Fastest: | 116.59 | km/h | (SS13 Amboy - Santa Monica) |
| Planned stage distance: | 340.82 | km | (28.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 340.82 | km | (28.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 877.72 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,218.54 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 17th win and 29th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 34th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Third place was 26th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 22nd win and 54th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 122nd podium for Peugeot. |
| | Third place was 113th podium for Subaru. |
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Head-to-head encounter with bull left Citroen dented but even that did not halt Loeb's march to sixth consecutive victory.
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Another strong showing from Mitsubishi saw Harri Rovanpera (pictured) fighting for fourth and both drivers setting good stage times.
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Related links
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Acropolis 2005
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Rally Finland 2005
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