After a long, hard first leg, Sergio López-Fombona remains as the only runner in the TACC-Repsol colours in South America.
Problems afflicted both RACC-Repsol-Mitsubishis during the first leg of the Rally Argentina, the fourth round of the PWRC. The spectacular river crossings, so famous all over the world because the spectacular images of the cars going through them, has been fatal for the Xevi Pons-Oriol Juliá Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII. The car was excluded after being penalised for exceeding the time allowed to complete the stage although it has been allowed to remain running because of the new SupeRally regulations.

The Sergio López-Fombona-Guifré Pujol Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII has also suffered problems, having having been delayed because of a loose fuel pipe at the start of the third stage leading to a loss of four minutes. Then yet more time was lost during the ninth stage due to water entering the engine resulting in Sergio and Guifré holding 11th position in the PWRC. Without any more dramas the pair went well with a best result of 5th on stage 10 time and with high hopes of improving their position over the remaining legs.