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Rally Argentina 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
2009 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 459th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 5 of 12 |
| Official name: | Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 29th |
| Date: | from Thursday 23-Apr-2009 to Sunday 26-Apr-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba; Argentina |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alfredo Menendez |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 59 | |
| Starters: | 51 | |
| Finishers: | 33 | (64.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 23 | |
| Shortest: | 2.40 | km | (SS1 Estadio Cordoba) |
| Longest: | 22.95 | km | (SS7 Capilla del Monte - San Marcos 2) |
| Slowest: | 58.94 | km/h | (SS23 Estadio Cordoba 3) |
| Fastest: | 109.85 | km/h | (SS14 El Mirador - San Lorenzo 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 331.80 | km | (21.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 331.80 | km | (21.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,201.85 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,533.65 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 52nd win and 78th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 20th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Henning Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 58th win and 1-2 win were 129th to 130th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 259th podium for Ford. |
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Hirvonen was Loeb's only rival for victory but was forced to retire with overheating in middle of the fiercest fight.
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Sordo led early on but was soon passed by both Loeb and Hirvonen. After Mikko's retirement, Dani held to second with ease.
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Henning Solberg benefited from Hirvonen's, Latvala's and Petter Solberg's problems and finished on podium.
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Related links
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Portugal 2009
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Sardinia 2009
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