Rally Argentina, SS3, LA Falda: McRae on a flier
Colin McRae has picked up from where left off on Thursday's Super Special stages by setting a blistering pace on Friday's first stage of the Rally Argentina, almost half a minute ahead of Tommi Makinen in second place
The Scot is well down the running order for the second day of the rally and popped into the number one spot after Makkinen's position at the top looked secure. McRae has an overall lead of 40.6s over his Ford team mate Carlos Sainz, who finished fourth on SS3 - good enough to hold onto second place.
Subaru's Richard Burns finished third on the 29.96km test - the longest of the day - which leaves the Brit in third place overall, while team mate Petter Solberg, who is keen to show well this weekend after a string of non-finishes, finished fifth.
The Hyundai Accent of Alister McRae came home a solid sixth and the Scot holds the same overall position. In seventh and eighth came the Peugeots of Didier Auriol and reigning world champion Marcus Gronholm.
The Argentine gravel has already calimed an early victim with Francois Delecour rolling his Ford Focus WRC 1km into SS3. The Frenchman managed to limp to the end of the stage and will carry onto the next stage.
Cars head immediately to SS4, Ascochinga 1.
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