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Rally Argentina: Final Results

Round 7 of the World Rally Championship Rally Argentina 98 Unofficial top 10 results at the end of Leg 3 1 T.Makinen/R.Mannisenmaki Mit Lancer Evo V 4:22:07,4 2 C.Sainz/L.Moya Toyota Corolla WRC 4:22:34,2 3 ...

Edited: May 8, 2001, 12:19 PM

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Round 7 of the World Rally Championship Rally Argentina 98

Unofficial top 10 results at the end of Leg 3

1 T.Makinen/R.Mannisenmaki Mit Lancer Evo V 4:22:07,4 2 C.Sainz/L.Moya Toyota Corolla WRC 4:22:34,2 3 J.Kankkunen/J.Repo Ford Escort WRC 4:22:34,9 4 R.Burns/R.Reid Mit Carisma GT 4:23:02,3 5 C.McRae/N.Grist Subaru Impreza 555 4:23:25,0 6 P.Liatti/F.Pons Subaru Impreza 555 4:27:14,9 7 K.Holowczyc/M.Wislawski Subaru Impreza 555 4:33:46,0 8 M.Galanti/V.Zucchini Toyota Corolla WRC 4:44:23,5 9 G.Trelles/M.Christie Mit Lancer Evo IV 4:46:52,1 10 O.Gomez/M.Marti Seat Ibiza GTi 4:47:48,5

Formula 2

1 O.Gomez/M.Marti Seat Ibiza GTi 4:47:48,5 2 K.Rosenberger/Carlsson VW Golf 4:56:58,7 Group N

1 G.Trelles/M.Christie Mit Lancer Evo IV 4:46:52,1 2 H.Al Wahaibi/T.Harryman Mit Lancer 4:56:58,7 3 Ligato/Garcia Subaru Impreza WRX 5:13:50,6

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Headlines - highlight of the day belonged to Carlos Sainz who secured second place from Juha Kankkunen. At the start of Leg 3, Sainz was 8 seconds behind Kankkunen and after chipping away a few seconds on each stage, he was 2 seconds in front coming into the start of the final stage. Kankkunen was fastest but failed to catch up the 2 second gap and finished an amazing 0.7 seconds behind Sainz. - Colin McRae also had a point to prove and won five of the days six stages. McRae has been the fastest driver all rally...if only for that slight indicident in Leg 2 where he hit a rock and damaged the rear suspension! - Alistar McRae fails to start Leg 3 due to a starter motor problem (he had a similar problem yesterday)

- weather: partly cloudy, foggy in morning. Currently 18 deg C (66F).

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LEG 3 : Saturday May 23 07.30 Start from Villa Carloz Paz

SS18 S. R. Calamunchita-S. Augustin 26.26 km SS19 Las Bajadas-Villa del Dique 18.72 km SS20 Amboy-S.R. Calamunchita 21.33 km SS21 S.R. Calamunchita-S. Augustin 26.26 km SS22 Las Bajadas-Villa del Dique 18.72 km SS23 Amboy-S.R. Calamunchita 21.33 km 17.00 Final in Cordoba

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Stage Winners

SS18 - McRae, SS19 - Burns, SS20 - McRae, SS21 - McRae, SS22 - McRae, SS23 - McRae

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Stage 18 S. R. Calamunchita-S. Augustin 26.26 km Start Time: 9:28hrs Notes: - Makinen: He was looking very concentrated in his job. - Kankkunen: Everything was O.K. with him. - Colin McRae: Some tube can be seen hanging under the car. - Galanti: The front of the car is damaged (spoiler and bumper) but the rest is O.k - Alister McRae: Retired. He had problems with the stater again and could not go out today.