VILLA CARLOS PAZ (Argentina), May 11: Peugeot’s world champion Marcus Gronholm won the Rally of Argentina on Sunday.

Gronholm’s third win of the season and second in a row closed the gap between him and championship leader Richard Burns to two points.

Briton Burns, also in a Peugeot, was beaten into third place by Citroen’s Spaniard Carlos Sainz.

Result: 1. Marcus Gronholm (Finland) Peugeot four hours 14 minutes 45 seconds; 2. Carlos Sainz (Spain) Citroen 26.6 seconds behind; 3. Richard Burns (Britain) Peugeot 1:12.8; 4. Harri Rovanpera (Finland) Peugeot 2:19.3; 5. Petter Solberg (Norway) Subaru 3:11.4; 6. Didier Auriol (France) Skoda 7:58.5; 7. Toni Gardemeister (Finland) Skoda 8:33.7; 8. Francois Duval (Belgium) Ford 11:55.3; 9. Toshihiro Arai (Japan) Subaru 20:01.7; 10. Gabriel Raies (Argentina) Toyota 20:03.4.—Reuters