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Rally Argentina 2004 counts for:
2004 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2004 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2004 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 383rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 16 |
| Official name: | CTI Movil Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 24th |
| Date: | from Thursday 15-Jul-2004 to Sunday 18-Jul-2004 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 74 | |
| Starters: | 69 | |
| Finishers: | 28 | (40.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 26 | |
| Shortest: | 3.02 | km | (SS1 Complejo Pro-Racing 1 (Lane A)) |
| Longest: | 28.83 | km | (SS8 Ascichinga - La Cumbre 2) |
| Slowest: | 70.09 | km/h | (SS3 La Cumbre - Agua de Oro 1) |
| Fastest: | 115.93 | km/h | (SS13 Amboy - Santa Rosa de Calamuchita 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 382.63 | km | (28.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 382.63 | km | (28.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 961.37 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,344.00 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 26th win and 91st podium for Carlos Sainz. |
| Second place was 16th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Third place was 5th podium for Francois Duval. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and 1-2 win were 33rd to 34th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 176th podium for Ford. |
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Carlos Sainz took his final win after Gronholm retired - a sort of reversal of 2003 fortunes for these two drivers in Argenta.
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Duval's mature drive earned him an excellent third place.
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Once again that elusive first win for 307WRC was close but Marcus was forced to retire from the lead.
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Related links
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Turkey 2004
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Rally Finland 2004
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