Miguel Baldoni gets his maiden victory on home soil

With just 22 years old Miguel Baldoni (Mitsubishi) claimed this weekend his maiden victory to become one of the youngster drivers ever to get success in the Argentine Rally Championship.

The VRS driver won his home event, Rally de San Luis, after beating his team-mate, the Paraguayan Diego Domínguez (Mitsubishi) by 7,0s. in a race where the big names and main title contenders have faded out.

Series leader Gabriel Pozzo (Subaru) was leading the race until SS2, however an early puncture drop him to 12^th position and had to battle all weekend long to finish fifth. On the other hand, Federico Villagra (Mitsubishi) was second and securing his pace due to Pozzo’s troubles until a broken differential on Sunday’s first stage prevented him from taking the lead in the Championship. These situations enabled Alejandro Cancio (Mitsubishi) to come in third position.

“I’m really happy for this victory. We were looking for it all the year and we were really closer to get it in Tucuman two rounds ago. However it worth the wait since now I can celebrate with my family, friends and my people” stated Baldoni.

In the Championship Pozzo holds the lead with just three points over Villagra and with three rounds ahead.

Miguel Baldoni gets his maiden victory on home soil

Rally de San Luís

Final classification

1°) Miguel Baldoni-José Díaz. (Mitsubishi) 1h34m58,2s.

2°) Diego Domínguez-Edgardo Galindo (Mitsubishi) + 7,0s.

3°) Alejandro Cancio-Santiago García (Mitsubishi) + 52,5s.

4°) Federico Villagra-Diego Curletto (Mitsubishi) + 1m45,5s.

5°) Gabriel Pozzo-Daniel Stillo (Subaru) + 2m00,9s.

6°) Sebastian Abramian-Ezequiel Queralt (Subaru) + 5m14,5s.

7°) Juan Gil De Marchi-Mauro Albornoz (Mitsubishi) + 5m49,5s.

8°) Agustín Elvira-Oscar Tagle (Mitsubishi) + 8m00,9s.

Campeonato: 1°) Pozzo 119,5 pts., 2°) Villagra 116,5 pts., 3°) Ligato 62 pts., 4°) Domínguez | Madero 62 pts., 6°) Marchetto 47 pts., 7°) Cancio 42 pts.