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2nd April 2011, 17:07 #1
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..::: Campeonato Argentino de Rally 2011 :::..
The new Maxi Rally cars boost a new promising season
The Argentine Rally Championship is set to start a new and promising season this weekend with the Rally de Areco, the first of eleven rounds scheduled for this year, to be held in the province of Buenos Aires.
After 15 years characterized by the fight between Mitsubishi and Subaru, this season will offer new challenges for both the teams and drivers as the new generation of cars break into the national rally scenery before spreading over South America.
The brand new Maxi Rally class will officially carry out its first campaign with an important number of cars that will stand for six marks. The arrival of Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford, Peugeot and KIA will enhance the importance of the series as one of the most competitive of the world.
This weekend the crews head to San Antonio de Areco, 120 kilometres far from the Argentine capital, where the ceremonial start will take place. The season will kick off in front of the Argentine Automobile Club, in the busy area of the Del Libertador Avenue.
The first showdown of the year features soft and high speed roads, and ideal venue for the teams to check out the general functioning of the Maxi Rally cars before tackling the first compromise in the mountains. The rally will cover 145,44 km of competitive distance distributed in 12 special stages.
A new era has come
Last year the Baretec team was the first in introduced a Maxi Rally car, a VW Gol Trend driven by Claudio Menzi. This season, however, the Barattero brothers will line-up four cars for the 2010 runner-up Gabriel Pozzo, the two-time South American Champion Raúl Martínez, the young and promising Miguel Baldoni and Sebastián Abramian.
On the other hand Chevrolet, Fiat and Ford will officially back the Tango, EZD and VRS teams respectively. The first one comes with one of the Agile models for Marcos Ligato. The EZD Competicion already has two Fiat Punto for Claudio Menzi and the Italian driver Cristian Conffeti. As for the team of the Villagra brothers, they will embark just one Ford Fiesta to Areco which will be driven by the reigning champion Federico Villagra.
Finally Alejandro Cancio will run a private Peugeot 207, as well as Paraguayan Diego Domínguez will do it with a KIA Rio. It's expected that more drivers make their appearance at the wheel of a Maxi Rally car before the midseason.My RBR Blog:
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2nd April 2011, 17:10 #2
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Shakedown Pictures
Federico Villagra, driver of Munchis in WRC...
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2nd April 2011, 17:13 #3
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Claudio Menzi, Fiat Punto MR
Marcos Ligato, Chevrolet Agile MR
Alejandro Cancio Peugeot 207 Compact MR
Diego Dominguez (Paraguay) Kia Rio MR
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3rd April 2011, 12:32 #4
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beautiful pics !
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3rd April 2011, 12:44 #5
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3rd April 2011, 22:19 #6
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What are the tyres used on the Argentinean Championship? They have to use Pirelli's or it's possible to choose?
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4th April 2011, 02:03 #7
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Originally Posted by G. MoralesMy RBR Blog:
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4th April 2011, 02:22 #8
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In an complicated Rally, that had to be canceled by heavy rains over the weekend,Juan Marchetto (VRS Mitsubishi) emerged as winner of the Rally de Areco, Capitán Sarmiento and Baradero, opening Rally of Argentinian Championship, for their first victory in their career.
The second day of racing started with a stroke of important scene because Marchetto almost unwittingly became the new leader of the rally fostered by the retirement of Luciano Bernardi (Tango Mitsubishi) and the delay of Alejandro Levy (VRS Mitsubishi).The next competition will be the Rally Villa Dolores, which takes place from 22 to 24 April in the province of Cordoba.
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4th April 2011, 03:20 #9
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Originally Posted by G. Morales
Yes it is. Three events this year and already two accidents. No way that everything is ok with Kalle. He was too tired of rallying at the enf of the last year and still was forced to continue part...
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