Spanish Citroen driver Dani Sordo led the Rally Argentina on Friday after a dramatic day of action which saw the lead change eight times over nine stages.
After the longest day of the rally, which comprised 142.16km of stages, Sordo headed a group of four drivers who were separated by less than 19 seconds. AFP
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Sordo, Loeb, Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala all had spells in the lead in a nailbiting contest.
Sordo and Hirvonen were joint first at the end of SS8 but the Citroen Total driver established a five-second overnight lead in day one’s final stage.
The Spaniard finished with a time of one hour 45 minutes 11.3 seconds, 5.1 in front of Hirvonen and 16.3 ahead of Loeb.
Sordo said: “It’s really nice, a really good feeling. I’m very happy and really comfortable with the car.” The Press Association
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Hirvonen starts day two with an advantage of 11.2 seconds on third-placed Sebastien Loeb.
“I hope tomorrow will be even better,” said Citroen team driver Sordo. Yahoo! Eurosports
Overall standings after day one of Rally Argentina:
1. Daniel Sordo (Spain) Citroen 1h 45m 11.300s
2. Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) Ford +00:05.100
3. Sebastien Loeb (France) Citroen 00:16.300
4. Petter Solberg (Norway) Citroen 00:18.900
5. Henning Solberg (Norway) Ford 00:47.900
6. Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Ford 01:06.400
7. Matthew Wilson (Britain) Ford 02:23.000
8. Federico Villagra (Argentina) Ford 02:38.900
9. Sebastien Ogier (France) Citroen 03:14.400
10. Conrad Rautenbach (Zimbabwe) Citroen 03:48.200
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