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Rally Argentina 2012 counts for:
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2012 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 497th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 5 of 13 |
| Official name: | Philips Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 32nd |
| Date: | from Thursday 26-Apr-2012 to Sunday 29-Apr-2012 |
| Rally HQ: | Villa Carlos Paz, Cordoba; Argentina |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alfredo Menendez |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 45 | |
| Starters: | 42 | |
| Finishers: | 27 | (64.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 4.15 | km | (SS19 Power Stage Amarok) |
| Longest: | 65.74 | km | (SS14 Matadero - Ambul) |
| Slowest: | 66.81 | km/h | (SS15 Mina Clavero - Giulio Cesare 1) |
| Fastest: | 116.10 | km/h | (SS11 Amboy - Santa Monica 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 502.73 | km | (28.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 502.73 | km | (28.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,268.19 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,770.92 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 70th win and 106th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 54th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 5th podium for Mads Ostberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 83rd win and 1-2 win were 194th to 195th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 305th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb took lead in the first day thanks to great drive through second run of long Ascochinga stage and Solberg's broken steering.
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Hirvonen trailed Loeb by just a few seconds for most of the rally, dropping back only in final stages.
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Ford hired Dani Sordo to drive in place of injured Latvala. Sordo performed very well, running third through all the rally until final stage retirement due to alternator failure.
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Related links
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