We have now had two rough gravel rallies in a row, with two opening days of carnage amongst the front-runners of the WRC. In Mexico, the first day claimed 7 WRC teams that were forced to retire and return under Rally 2. Now in Argentina, 5 crews retired on day one with several others suffering large time losses due to damage. This year's Rally Argentina was meant to be a “throwback” event reminiscent of the old endurance rallies in the past. If you take a look at the overall times at the end of the first day, the top 10 are separated by over 9 minutes. Those are the types of margins that you would expect to see at the end of a modern WRC rally, not just after the first leg! It...
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