Rally Argentina set to return to WRC calendar in 2028

Rally Argentina is set to return to the World Rally Championship in 2028, having last featured on the calendar in 2019. A candidate rally, run as a round of the FIA CODASUR Rally Championship in March, is the next step. If the FIA and WRC Promoter are satisfied and the World Motor Sport Council approves the post-event report, the Córdoba-based event will return under a three-year agreement starting in 2028.

Plans include a return to the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes for the service park, a wider fan-friendly WRC Arena and some of the championship's best-known stages, including El Condor. The 2020 event was lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and financial and logistical difficulties complicated an immediate return, with Villa Carlos Paz hit by fires in late 2023.

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who finished sixth overall on the 1993 event, welcomed the announcement. WRC Promoter CEO Éric Boullier described the multi-year commitment as a step towards a sustainable, long-term future for the rally.