The last day of Rally Argentina 2013 started with a battle for third position between Evgeny Novikov and Jari-Matti Latvala. In SS 11 Mina Clavero / Giulio Cesare 1 with a distance of 22.64 km Latvala finished first followed by Novikov at +0.9 seconds. Ogier lost by Leob 15 seconds in this stage.
Comments:
Loeb: I took it easy, really rough, narrow, bumpy, some stones coming out. I don't like so much, but we are here.
Ogier:  I just save the car, it is so rough. I was just like in the recce.
Novikov:  I am just shocked, our stage mode did not work from the start, I don't know. I try to do my best, I try to get the stage mode for the next one, I had no response on the throttle at all.
Latvala:  In the beginning Novikov started really strong. I realized that the speed I did yesterday is not going to be enough, it seems the last part of the stage was ok. Big push.
In SS 12 El Condor - Copina (16.32 km) Latvala continue to battle for the third position with new stage win while Novikov delay with 3.9 seconds by Latvala. Ogier finished seventh with delay of 14.9 seconds by Latvala and 11.8 by Loeb. Dani Sordo moves to 9th position as is too close to attack the 8th position of Martin Prokop.
Novikov: We sorted problem with stage mode, now it is ok. We did not have any moments but we are on the limit.
Latvala: Evgeny Novikov has started to push much harder than yesterday. I have to really push myself, I think we had a good run on this stage.
Results after SS 12:
1. S. Loeb (Citroen DS3 WRC) 4:04:09.1
2. S. Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +1:06.9
3. E. Novikov (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2:33.5
4. J. Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +2:36.9
5. T. Neuville (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +4:19.1
6. M. Hirvonen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +6:37.6

There are two stages to run to the end of the rally.