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Federico Villagra with co driver Diego Curletto, at prize giving in Mina Clavero Rally 2011

Argentine Rally Championship 2011

Villagra celebrates his 10th title in a cliff-hanging race finish

Federico Villagra clinched his tenth Argentine Rally Championship this weekend and became the second driver with most titles within the national series and the first to claim a title in the new Maxi Rally era.

After a decade competing on board the different Mitsubishi Lancer evolutions Villagra chose Ford to develop a Fiesta Maxi Rally spec with which he continued his supremacy through the Argentine roads.

This year "Coyote" got six victories and arrived to the 10th and penultimate round with such a comfortable margin that enabled him to seal the Championship in the first leg of the Rally Pagos del Tuyú by just finishing ahead of his team-mate and title contender Juan Marchetto (Ford).

But victory was always the main objective as Villagra wanted to celebrate his new tittle with his 51th triumph in 112 entries in the series; however, it was Paraguayan Diego Domínguez (KIA) who ended topping the overall standings after a really tight and incredible race finish.

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