| 2015 Rally Argentina | |
| Native Name: | 35º XION Rally Argentina |
| Round: | 4 of 13 |
| Championship: | 2015 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2015 Rally México |
| Next Round: | 2015 Rally de Portugal |
| Rallybase: | Villa Carlos Paz |
| Startdate: | 23 |
| Enddate: | 26 April 2015 |
| Stages: | 12 |
| Stagekm: | 315.86 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Kris Meeke Paul Nagle |
| Team1: |  Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT |
| Teamsstart: | 60 |
| Teamsfinish: | 26 |
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]
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| Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Class | Time | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall classification | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:41:44.9 | 0.00 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Mads Østberg |  Jonas Andersson | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:42:03.0 | +18.1 | |
| 3 | 5 | Elfyn Evans | Daniel Barritt | M-Sport World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:45:12.3 | +3:27.4 | 15 |
| 4 | 21 |  Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Jipocar Czech National Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:48:11.0 | +6:26.1 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 |  Dani Sordo | Marc Martí |  Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 3:52:31.6 | +10:46.7 | |
| 6 | 12 |  Khalid Al Qassimi | Chris Patterson | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:53:04.8 | +11:19.9 | 8 |
| 7 | 36 |  Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Marshall Clarke | Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 3:57:47.5 | +16:02.6 | 6 |
| 8 | 52 | Diego Domínguez |  Edgardo Galindo | Diego Domínguez | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:00:33.1 | +18:48.2 | 4 |
| 9 | 57 | Gustavo Saba | Diego Cagnotti | Saba Competition | Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | 4:03:05.5 | +21:20.6 | 2 |
| 10 | 72 | Federico Villagra | Diego Curletto | Federico Villagra | Ford Fiesta MR | 4:07:04.5 | +25:19.6 | ||
| 11 | 6 |  Ott Tänak | Raigo Mõlder | M-Sport World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4:07:37.2 | +25:41.9 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 4:18:56.4 | +37:11.5 | |
| WRC-2 standings | |||||||||
| 1 (7.) | 36 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Marshall Clarke | Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 3:57:47.5 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2 (8.) | 52 | Diego Domínguez | Edgardo Galindo | Diego Domínguez | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:00:33.1 | +2:45.6 | 18 |
| 3 (12.) | 40 |  Jari Ketomaa | Kaj Lindström | Drive Dmack | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:09:50.7 | +12:03.2 | 15 |
| 4 (13.) | 38 |  Yuriy Protasov | Pavlo Cherepin | Yuriy Protasov | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 4:11:10.3 | +13:22.8 | 12 |
| 5 (14.) | 54 | Didier Arias | Héctor Núñez | Didier Arias | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:14:36.3 | +16:48.8 | 10 |
| 6 (19.) | 51 |  Simone Tempestini | Matteo Chiarcossi |  Napoca Rally Academy | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | WRC-2 | 4:25:27.9 | +27:40.4 | 8 |
| 7 (22.) | 45 | Gianluca Linari | Nicola Arena | Gianluca Linari | Subaru Impreza STi N5 | WRC-2 | 4:36:04.9 | +38:17.4 | 6 |
| Source: http://www.wrc.com/fr/wrc/results/argentina/results/page/351-230---.html | |||||||||
| 23 Apr | SS1 | San Luis | 2.68 km | Sébastien Ogier | 1 | 2:32.0 | Sébastien Ogier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr | SS2 | Ascochinga 1 | 51.99 km | 3 | 38:26.2 | |||||
| SS3 | Tanti 1 | 19.71 km | 2 | 10:10.0 | ||||||
| SS4 | Ascochinga 2 | 51.99 km | 3 | 38:12.5 | ||||||
| SS5 | Tanti 2 | 19.71 km | 3 | 10:03.9 | ||||||
| SS6 | Fernet Branca | 6.04 km | 8 | 5:01.0 | ||||||
| 25 Apr | SS7 | San Marcos 1 | 23.05 km | Sébastien Ogier | 1 | 17:31.1 | ||||
| SS8 | Characato 1 | 42.50 km | 9 | 27:17.4 | ||||||
| SS9 | San Marcos 2 | 23.05 km | 9 | 17:13.5 | ||||||
| SS10 | Characato 2 | 42.50 km | 9 | 27:00.3 | ||||||
| 26 Apr | SS11 | Copina 1 | 16.32 km | 9 | 13:09.8 | |||||
| SS12 | Copina 2 (Power Stage) | 16.32 km | Sébastien Ogier | 1 | 12:59.6 | |||||
| Source: [2] | ||||||||||
| Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Ogier | 84 | |
| 2 | Mads Østberg | 51 | |
| 3 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 47 | |
| 4 | Elfyn Evans | 41 | |
| 5 | Kris Meeke | 35 |
| Constructor | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volkswagen Motorsport | 103 | |
| 2 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | 85 | |
| 3 | Hyundai Motorsport | 85 | |
| 4 | M-Sport World Rally Team | 71 | |
| 5 | Jipocar Czech National Team | 32 |
| Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jari Ketomaa | 55 | |
| 2 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | 37 | |
| 3 | Stéphane Lefebvre | 25 | |
| 4 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | 25 | |
| 5 | Yuriy Protasov | 22 |
| Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Christian Veiby | 40 | |
| 2 | Quentin Gilbert | 25 | |
| 3 | Christian Riedemann | 18 | |
| 4 | Simone Tempestini | 12 | |
| 5 | Stéphane Consani | 10 |
| Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quentin Gilbert | 25 |
| 2 | Christian Riedemann | 18 |
| 3 | Ole Christian Veiby | 15 |
| 4 | Simone Tempestini | 12 |
| 5 | Yohan Rossel | 10 |
