Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R) won SS2 (Soconcho – Villa del Dique I) with 1s3 of gap over Hayden Paddon (Hyundai i20). Dani Sordo (Hyundai i20) finished third 2 seconds behind the french driver and now shares the second place of overall classification with his New Zealander teammate.

The three-time world champion managed to win against the attack of the Hyundai drivers and won the first stage on Friday. Paddon demonstrated a high level one more time and finished just 1s3 behind the French driver.

Dani Sordo, who had yesterday shared first place with Ogier, finished 2 seconds behind the winner. Now he shares second place with Paddon.

The other Volkswagen Motorsport drivers Andreas Mikkelsen and Jari-Matti Latvala finished in 4th and 5th place, climbing to the same positions in the overall standings of YPF Rally Argentina 2016.

Argentinean Marcos Ligato had a good performance during the 24,71kms of stage and was 9th in the overall standings 36s6. The local driver is ahead of another 5 WRC.

WRC2: Nicolas Fuchs won his second consecutive stage and remains as leader. Evans is second in the overall 5s3 behind the driver of Perú. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari is third 26s2 behind the leader.

SS2 Results (Soconcho – Villa del Dique I)
Distance: 24,71kms

1) S. Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R), 13m0s1
2) H. Paddon (Hyundai i20), + 1S3
3) D. Sordo (Hyundai i20), + 2S0
4) A. Mikkelsen (Volkswagen Polo R), + 2S6
5) J.M. Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R), + 3S3

Overall Classification after the SS2

1) S. Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R), 14m29s1
2) D. Sordo (Hyundai i20), + 2S0
3) H. Paddon (Hyundai i20), + 2S0
4) A. Mikkelsen (Volkswagen Polo R), + 6s0
5) J.M. Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R), + 7s1