2003 Rally Argentina 23rd YPF Rally Argentina
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Host country	Argentina
Rally base	Villa Carlos Paz
Dates run	May 8, 2003 – May 11, 2003
Stages	25 (402.35 km; 250.01 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,370.00 km (851.28 miles)
Statistics
Crews	78 at start, 33 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC

The 2003 Rally Argentina (formally the 23rd YPF Rally Argentina) was the fifth round of the 2003 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 8 May and 11 May 2003, and was based in Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina. Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm won the race, his 15th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
10	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
11	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
21	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	AW Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	—
32	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Gabriel Pozzo	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	—
33	Gabriel Raies	Jorge Perez Companc	Gabriel Raies	Toyota Corolla WRC	—
127	Martin Galluser	Juan Carlos Uberti	Martin Galluser	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	—
PWRC entries
51	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert	—
52	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
53	Ramón Ferreyros	Javier Marín	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
54	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Production Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	—
57	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	P
58	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
59	Stefano Marrini	Massimo Agostinelli	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
60	Niall McShea	Chris Patterson	Neil Allport Motorsports	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	M
66	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Nicky Beech	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
69	Bob Colsoul	Tom Colsoul	Guy Colsoul Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
70	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Errani Team Group	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
71	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
74	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Motoring Club	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
76	Patrick Richard	Mikael Johansson	Subaru Rally Team Canada	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
77	Alfredo De Dominicis	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
80	Ricardo Triviño	Jorge Gonzalez	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are ART (UTC−3).

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:14:45.0		10
2	19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:15:11.6	+26.6	8
3	2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:15:57.8	+1:12.8	6
4	3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:17:04.3	+2:19.3	5
5	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:17:56.4	+3:11.4	4
6	14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:22:43.5	+7:58.5	3
7	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:23:18.7	+8:33.7	2
8	5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	4:26:40.3	+11:55.3	1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
1	1	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:14:45.0		10
2	2	19	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:15:11.6	+26.6	8
3	3	2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:15:57.8	+1:12.8	6
4	4	3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:17:04.3	+2:19.3	5
5	5	7	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:17:56.4	+3:11.4	4
6	6	14	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:22:43.5	+7:58.5	3
7	7	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:23:18.7	+8:33.7	2
8	8	5	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	4:26:40.3	+11:55.3	1
16	9	6	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:51:37.4	+36:52.4	0
Retired SS24		10	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Engine		0
Retired SS21		4	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	Oil pressure		0
Retired SS21		8	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	Withdrawn		0
Retired SS20		18	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	Accident		0
Retired SS9		17	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	Fire		0
Retired SS7		11	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Engine		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (8 May)	SS1	Complejo Pro-Racing (Lane A)	3.02 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	2:09.7	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	Complejo Pro-Racing (Lane B)	3.02 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	2:09.4
Leg 1 (9 May)	SS3	El Reposo — Los Sauces 1	10.03 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	5:44.9
	SS4	Canada de Rio Pinto — Villa Albertina 1	10.91 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	7:43.4
	SS5	Villa Albertina — Ischilin 1	15.17 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	8:54.5
	SS6	Museo Fader — Ongamira 1	18.49 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:12.7
	SS7	La Falda — Villa Giardino 1	9.37 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	6:25.1
	SS8	La Cumbre — Agua de Oro 1	21.70 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC	18:47.6
	SS9	Ascochinga — La Cumbre 1	28.83 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	19:07.4	Carlos Sainz
	SS10	El Reposo — Los Sauces 2	10.03 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	5:38.4
	SS11	Canada de Rio Pinto — Villa Albertina 2	10.91 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	7:38.2
	SS12	Villa Albertina — Ischilin 2	15.17 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	8:47.5
	SS13	Museo Fader — Ongamira 2	18.49 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	9:49.6
Leg 2 (10 May)	SS14	Capilla del Monte — San Marcos Sierra 1	23.02 km	Stage cancelled
	SS15	San Marcos Sierra — Charbonier 1	9.61 km	Notional stage time
	SS16	San Marcos Sierra — Cuchi Corral 1	22.57 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:13.6
	SS17	Cosquin — Villa Allende	19.19 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	13:17.0
	SS18	Carlos Paz — Cabalango	14.81 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	10:08.3
	SS19	Tanti — Cosquin	9.50 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:52.1	Markko Märtin
	SS20	Capilla del Monte — San Marcos Sierra 2	23.02 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	17:06.5
Leg 3 (11 May)	SS21	Capilla del Monte — San Marcos Sierra 3	23.02 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	16:49.2	Marcus Grönholm
	SS22	San Marcos Sierra — Cuchi Corral 2	22.57 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:04.6
	SS23	La Falda — Villa Giardino 2	9.37 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	6:24.4
	SS24	La Cumbre — Agua de Oro 2	21.70 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	18:23.6
	SS25	Ascochinga — La Cumbre 2	28.83 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	18:36.5

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Richard Burns	32			Robert Reid	32			Marlboro Peugeot Total	65
2			Marcus Grönholm	30			Timo Rautiainen	30			Citroën Total WRT	52
3		2	Carlos Sainz	24		2	Marc Martí	24			Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	29
4		1	Sébastien Loeb	17		1	Daniel Elena	17			555 Subaru World Rally Team	27
5		1	Colin McRae	17		1	Derek Ringer	17			Škoda Motorsport	19

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
9	1	54	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Production Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	4:34:46.7		10
12	2	52	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:36:56.3	+2:09.6	8
13	3	51	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert	4:38:13.4	+3:26.7	6
14	4	57	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:39:11.9	+4:25.2	5
18	5	77	Alfredo De Dominicis	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:59:51.0	+25:04.3	4
22	6	80	Ricardo Triviño	Jorge Gonzalez	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5:16:34.3	+41:47.6	3
24	7	70	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Errani Team Group	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:31:12.3	+56:25.6	2
Retired SS24		60	Niall McShea	Chris Patterson	Neil Allport Motorsports	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Oil cooler		0
Retired SS15		74	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Motoring Club	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Mechanical		0
Retired SS10		76	Patrick Richard	Mikael Johansson	Subaru Rally Team Canada	Subaru Impreza WRX	Driveshaft		0
Retired SS8		59	Stefano Marrini	Massimo Agostinelli	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Mechanical		0
Retired SS8		71	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS7		53	Ramón Ferreyros	Javier Marín	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Turbo		0
Retired SS6		58	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Turbo		0
Retired SS3		66	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Nicky Beech	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Retired		0
Retired SS3		69	Bob Colsoul	Tom Colsoul	Guy Colsoul Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (8 May)	SS1	Complejo Pro-Racing (Lane A)	3.02 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2:19.4	Marcos Ligato
	SS2	Complejo Pro-Racing (Lane B)	3.02 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2:18.3
Leg 1 (9 May)	SS3	El Reposo — Los Sauces 1	10.03 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	6:04.4
	SS4	Canada de Rio Pinto — Villa Albertina 1	10.91 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:14.8
	SS5	Villa Albertina — Ischilin 1	15.17 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	9:48.9	Toshihiro Arai
	SS6	Museo Fader — Ongamira 1	18.49 km	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	11:04.5
	SS7	La Falda — Villa Giardino 1	9.37 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	7:04.9
	SS8	La Cumbre — Agua de Oro 1	21.70 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	19:47.1
	SS9	Ascochinga — La Cumbre 1	28.83 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	20:11.2
	SS10	El Reposo — Los Sauces 2	10.03 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	6:06.2
	SS11	Canada de Rio Pinto — Villa Albertina 2	10.91 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	8:23.8
	SS12	Villa Albertina — Ischilin 2	15.17 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	9:49.7
	SS13	Museo Fader — Ongamira 2	18.49 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	10:48.0
Leg 2 (10 May)	SS14	Capilla del Monte — San Marcos Sierra 1	23.02 km	Stage cancelled
	SS15	San Marcos Sierra — Charbonier 1	9.61 km	Notional stage time
	SS16	San Marcos Sierra — Cuchi Corral 1	22.57 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	14:32.9
	SS17	Cosquin — Villa Allende	19.19 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	14:24.0
	SS18	Carlos Paz — Cabalango	14.81 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	11:00.0
	SS19	Tanti — Cosquin	9.50 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	6:21.0
	SS20	Capilla del Monte — San Marcos Sierra 2	23.02 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	18:20.3
Leg 3 (11 May)	SS21	Capilla del Monte — San Marcos Sierra 3	23.02 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI N10	18:08.9
	SS22	San Marcos Sierra — Cuchi Corral 2	22.57 km	Niall McShea	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	14:21.4
	SS23	La Falda — Villa Giardino 2	9.37 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	7:02.9
	SS24	La Cumbre — Agua de Oro 2	21.70 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	19:42.1
	SS25	Ascochinga — La Cumbre 2	28.83 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	20:00.0

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1	3	Toshihiro Arai	20
2		Karamjit Singh	17
3	2	Stig Blomqvist	11
4	1	Martin Rowe	11
5		Marcos Ligato	8