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Rally Argentina 2018 counts for:
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 575th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 5 of 13 |
| Official name: | YPF Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 38th |
| Date: | from Thursday 26-Apr-2018 to Sunday 29-Apr-2018 |
| Rally HQ: | Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba; Argentina |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alfredo Menendez |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 30 | |
| Starters: | 27 | |
| Finishers: | 19 | (70.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 1.90 | km | (SS1 SSS Villa Carlos Paz) |
| Longest: | 40.48 | km | (SS15 Cuchilla Nevada - Rio Pintos 2) |
| Slowest: | 59.79 | km/h | (SS1 SSS Villa Carlos Paz) |
| Fastest: | 116.39 | km/h | (SS14 Los Gigantes - Cuchilla Nevada 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 358.25 | km | (27.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 358.25 | km | (27.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 942.40 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,300.65 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 3rd win and 14th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 30th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Third place was 44th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 46th win and 153rd podium for Toyota. |
| | Second and third places were 37th to 38th podiums for Hyundai. |
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Tanak's rally got off to a bad start as he hit rock on SS2, damaging steering and dropping well back. He didn't give up, instead posted string of fastest times and shot into lead just three stages later. On subsequent days he extended his lead, scoring his first win with Toyota in convincing manner.
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Neuville was initially slower than Mikkelsen but after he went off and punctured, Neuville got to podium. On second day, several good times saw him get past Meeke to second overall which he then didn't lose. He also won Power Stage to close gap on Ogier in championship.
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Ogier was relatively fast initially, but sweeping meant he wasn't able to challenge for the lead. Not even after his road position improved on second day but with some luck and lots of perseverance he finished fourth.
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Citroen fielded a changed suspension geometry in hopes of extracting better handling in wider set of conditions. Meeke was happier but puncture on SS15 meant he lost two minutes and fell way back. He then concentrated on experimenting with setups for upcoming Portugal.
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Related links
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Tour de Corse 2018
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Portugal 2018
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