Rally Argentina in the World Rally Championship

Rally Argentina
AR Argentina
Since 1980
WRC since 1980 (1st edition)
Surface: Gravel

The Rally Argentina has been part of the World Rally Championship since its inaugural edition in 1980, except in 1982 when it was not contested, and in 2010 when it was scored for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
It has also been a valid date for the World Production Car Rally Championship since its inception in 1987, with 1995 and 2010 as the only exceptions. It is an event that is contested entirely on gravel.

Currently the race is centered in the city of Villa Carlos Paz, in Córdoba. Its distinctive features are the fords, waterfalls and old roads in the Sierras Grandes.

Seasons in World Rally Championship

1980 Walter Rohrl    Sat 19th - Thu 24th Jul 
1981 Guy Frequelin    Sat 18th - Thu 23rd Jul 
1982 Cancelled
1983 Hannu Mikkola    Tue 2nd - Sat 6th Aug 
1984 Stig Blomqvist    Fri 27th Jul - Wed 1st Aug 
1985 Timo Salonen    Tue 30th Jul - Sat 3rd Aug 
1986 Massimo Biasion    Wed 6th - Sat 9th Aug 
1987 Massimo Biasion    Tue 4th - Sat 8th Aug 
1988 Jorge Recalde    Tue 2nd - Sat 6th Aug 
1989 Mikael Ericsson    Tue 1st - Sat 5th Aug 
1990 Massimo Biasion    Tue 24th - Sat 28th Jul 
1991 Carlos Sainz    Tue 23rd - Sat 27th Jul 
1992 Didier Auriol    Wed 22nd - Sat 25th Jul 
1993 Juha Kankkunen    Wed 14th - Sat 17th Jul 
1994 Didier Auriol    Thu 30th Jun - Sat 2nd Jul 
... 1 year discontinued ...
1996 Tommi Makinen    Thu 4th - Sat 6th Jul 
1997 Tommi Makinen    Wed 21st - Sat 24th May 
1998 Tommi Makinen    Tue 19th - Sat 23rd May 
1999 Juha Kankkunen    Sat 22nd - Tue 25th May 
2000 Richard Burns    Thu 11th - Sun 14th May 
2001 Colin McRae    Thu 3rd - Sun 6th May 
2002 Carlos Sainz    Thu 16th - Sun 19th May 
2003 Marcus Gronholm    Thu 8th - Sun 11th May 
2004 Carlos Sainz    Thu 15th - Sun 18th Jul 
2005 Sebastien Loeb    Thu 14th - Sun 17th Jul 
2006 Sebastien Loeb    Fri 28th - Sun 30th Apr 
2007 Sebastien Loeb    Thu 3rd - Sun 6th May 
2008 Sebastien Loeb    Fri 28th - Sun 30th Mar 
2009 Sebastien Loeb    Thu 23rd - Sun 26th Apr 
... 1 year discontinued ...
2011 Sebastien Loeb    Thu 26th - Sun 29th May 
2012 Sebastien Loeb    Thu 26th - Sun 29th Apr 
2013 Sebastien Loeb    Wed 1st - Sat 4th May 
2014 Jari-Matti Latvala    Thu 8th - Sun 11th May 
2015 Kris Meeke    Thu 23rd - Sun 26th Apr 
2016 Hayden Paddon    Thu 21st - Sun 24th Apr 
2017 Thierry Neuville   Thu 27th - Sun 30th Apr
2018 Ott Tanak   Thu 26th - Sun 29th Apr
2019 Thierry Neuville   Thu 25th - Sun 28th Apr
2020 Cancelled Coronavirus pandemia.
... out of the WRC calendar 4 years ago.