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Rally Argentina 2014 counts for:
2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2014 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2014 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 523rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 5 of 13 |
| Official name: | XION Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 34th |
| Date: | from Thursday 8-May-2014 to Sunday 11-May-2014 |
| Rally HQ: | Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba; Argentina |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alfredo Menendez |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 30 | |
| Starters: | 29 | |
| Finishers: | 23 | (79.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 14 | |
| Shortest: | 6.04 | km | (SS1 Super Especial Fernet Branca 1) |
| Longest: | 51.88 | km | (SS5 Speedagro Ascochinga - Agua de Oro 2) |
| Slowest: | 65.44 | km/h | (SS12 El Condor - Copina) |
| Fastest: | 106.58 | km/h | (SS8 San Agustin - Villa del Dique 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 405.10 | km | (25.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 405.10 | km | (25.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,166.04 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,571.14 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 10th win and 42nd podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Second place was 29th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Third place was 2nd podium for Kris Meeke. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 16th win and 1-2 win were 32nd to 33rd podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Third place was 225th podium for Citroen. |
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Latvala shot into lead after Day 1 and this time his nerve held. An almost faultless drive netted him first non-Citroen win in Argentina for nine years.
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Ogier drove safely when conditions were tricky but this time he could not be fast enough on better conditions. Instead of going for win at all cost he settled for second and safe points haul.
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Meeke was under pressure to perform following disastrous results from previous rounds. He inherited third after both Mikkelsen and Neuville hit trouble and kept this position until the end.
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Related links
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Portugal 2014
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Sardinia 2014
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