2015 Rally Argentina
| 2015 Rally Argentina 35º XION Rally Argentina | |||
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Round 4 of 13 of the 2015 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Argentina | ||
| Rally base | Villa Carlos Paz | ||
| Dates run | 23 – 26 April 2015 | ||
| Stages | 12 (315.86 km; 196.27 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 60 at start, 26 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | ||
The 2015 XION Rally Argentina was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 23 and 26 April 2015. It marked the thirty-fifth running of the Rally Argentina, and was the fourth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship and WRC-2 seasons.
The rally was won by Kris Meeke who, alongside his co-driver Paul Nagle, became the first British rally driver to win a WRC rally since 2002.[1]
Entry list
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Results
Event standings
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Class | Time | Difference | Points |
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| Overall classification | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Kris Meeke
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Paul Nagle
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Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:41:44.9 | 0.00 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Mads Østberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:42:03.0 | +18.1 | 19 |
| 3 | 5 | Elfyn Evans
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Daniel Barritt
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M-Sport World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:45:12.3 | +3:27.4 | 15 |
| 4 | 21 |  Martin Prokop
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Jan Tománek
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Jipocar Czech National Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:48:11.0 | +6:26.1 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 |  Dani Sordo
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Marc Martí
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 Hyundai Motorsport
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Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 3:52:31.6 | +10:46.7 | 12 |
| 6 | 12 |  Khalid Al Qassimi
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Chris Patterson
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Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:53:04.8 | +11:19.9 | 8 |
| 7 | 36 |  Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
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Marshall Clarke
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Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 3:57:47.5 | +16:02.6 | 6 |
| 8 | 52 |  Diego Domínguez
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Edgardo Galindo
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Diego Domínguez
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Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:00:33.1 | +18:48.2 | 4 |
| 9 | 57 | Gustavo Saba
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Diego Cagnotti
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Saba Competition
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Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | 4:03:05.5 | +21:20.6 | 2 |
| 10 | 72 | Federico Villagra
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Diego Curletto
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Federico Villagra
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Ford Fiesta MR | 4:07:04.5 | +25:19.6 | ||
| 11 | 6 |  Ott Tänak
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Raigo Mõlder
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M-Sport World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4:07:37.2 | +25:41.9 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Motorsport
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 4:18:56.4 | +37:11.5 | 3 |
| WRC-2 standings | |||||||||
| 1 (7.) | 36 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
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Marshall Clarke
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Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 3:57:47.5 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2 (8.) | 52 | Diego Domínguez
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Edgardo Galindo
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Diego Domínguez
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Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:00:33.1 | +2:45.6 | 18 |
| 3 (12.) | 40 |  Jari Ketomaa
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Kaj Lindström
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Drive Dmack
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Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:09:50.7 | +12:03.2 | 15 |
| 4 (13.) | 38 |  Yuriy Protasov
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Pavlo Cherepin
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Yuriy Protasov
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Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 4:11:10.3 | +13:22.8 | 12 |
| 5 (14.) | 54 | Didier Arias
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Héctor Núñez
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Didier Arias
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Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:14:36.3 | +16:48.8 | 10 |
| 6 (19.) | 51 |  Simone Tempestini
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Matteo Chiarcossi
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 Napoca Rally Academy
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Subaru Impreza STi N14 | WRC-2 | 4:25:27.9 | +27:40.4 | 8 |
| 7 (22.) | 45 | Gianluca Linari
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Nicola Arena
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Gianluca Linari
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Subaru Impreza STi N5 | WRC-2 | 4:36:04.9 | +38:17.4 | 6 |
| Source: [1] Archived 2016-04-26 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||
Special stages
| Day | Stage number | Stage name | Length | Stage winner | Co-driver | Car No. | Car | Time | Rally Leader |
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| 23 Apr | SS1 | San Luis
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2.68 km | Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2:32.0 | Sébastien Ogier
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| 24 Apr | SS2 | Ascochinga 1
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51.99 km | Kris Meeke
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Paul Nagle
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3 | Citroën DS3 WRC | 38:26.2 | Kris Meeke
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| SS3 | Tanti 1
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19.71 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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2 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 10:10.0 | ||
| SS4 | Ascochinga 2
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51.99 km | Kris Meeke
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Paul Nagle
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3 | Citroën DS3 WRC | 38:12.5 | ||
| SS5 | Tanti 2
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19.71 km | Kris Meeke
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Paul Nagle
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3 | Citroën DS3 WRC | 10:03.9 | ||
| SS6 | Fernet Branca
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6.04 km | Dani Sordo
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Marc Martí
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8 | Hyundai i20 WRC | 5:01.0 | ||
| 25 Apr | SS7 | San Marcos 1
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23.05 km | Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 17:31.1 | |
| SS8 | Characato 1
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42.50 km | Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Fløene
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 27:17.4 | ||
| SS9 | San Marcos 2
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23.05 km | Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Fløene
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 17:13.5 | ||
| SS10 | Characato 2
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42.50 km | Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Fløene
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 27:00.3 | ||
| 26 Apr | SS11 | Copina 1
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16.32 km | Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Fløene
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 13:09.8 | |
| SS12 | Copina 2 (Power Stage)
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16.32 km | Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 12:59.6 | ||
| Source: [2] | |||||||||
Championship standings after the event
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Other
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References
- ^ "Emotional Meeke wins in Argentina". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ Shacki. "Stage results XION Rally Argentina 2015". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2025-04-26.