The conditions of the second day of the 2008 Rally Argentina, round four of this year's World
Rally Championship, were every bit as treacherous as those encountered on Friday, but that
didn't prevent Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena successfully defending their overnight lead at
the wheel of their Citroën C4 WRC. Meanwhile, Dani Sordo and Marc Martí also put in an
assertive run to move up to fourth place.

Today's leg was the longest of the weekend, with 154km of competitive action divided into
eight stages in the region of Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, south of Cordoba, plus a second
visit to the super-special.

"I was very pleased with the runs of both our crews today, as well as with the faultless
performance of the two Citroën C4 WRCs," commented Olivier Quesnel at the end-of-day
service park in Villa Carlos Paz. "Sébastien and Daniel were in total control and managed to
up their pace whenever the conditions allowed to pull even further clear. At the same time,
they took it easier through the more delicate portions so as not to make any mistakes. They
are in a good position for tomorrow."

"Dani and Marc did a first class job, too," added the boss of Citroën Sport. "Their situation
wasn't simple, beginning with their road position which forced them to run in the mud
formed by the competitors ahead of them on the road. They needed to strike the ideal
balance between pushing hard and taking it cautiously. They managed to combine the two
and pushed their rivals into making a mistake. They are now up to fourth and in a position to
score championship points for Citroën. The two most difficult legs of the rally are now behind
us, but there are still 40km of stages to come. We can't afford to take our eye off the ball
because Giulio Cesare and El Condor are both notoriously difficult tests."

"The lead we built up yesterday made life easier for us today," observed Sébastien Loeb. "It
was still very difficult, though, because the 2008 regulations meant that our tyre supplier
Pirelli could only give us hard compound tyres for this event. On today's slippery stages, the
mud gave very little grip and we knew it would be difficult to drive flat out. It's a shame that
a small 'cut' to the pattern of our tyres – the same for everyone – wasn't allowed. Lots of
decisions that have been positive for our safety have already been taken and this measure
would have been simple to introduce. Even so, we came through the day unscathed and we
now need to do the same again tomorrow to keep our lead."

After being slowed on Friday with a steering rack problem, Dani and Marc were looking to
make up for lost ground today. "My aim was to get a little closer to the podium," said Dani.
"It didn't take me long to realise that it wouldn't be easy without taking lots of risks. It was
impossible to know for sure how the car was going to react in all the dirt churned up by the
cars running ahead of us and I was caught between the desire to push and the fear of
compromising our chances of a good result. I didn't want to throw everything away. The
final day is the shortest of the rally but we will need to stay totally focused if we want to
come away with vital championship points for Citroën."

Conrad Rautenbach and David Senior are currently fifth with their Citroën C4 WRC run by
PH-Sport with support from Citroën Technologies technicians.

Leaderboard after day two

 1. S. Loeb/D. Elena             (Citroën C4)        3 h 28 min 16.5s
 2. P. Solberg/P. Mills          (Subaru Impreza)    + 1 min 19.6s
 3. C. Atkinson/S. Prevot        (Subaru Impreza)    + 2 min 08.5s
 4. D. Sordo/M. Martí            (Citroën C4)        + 3 min 32.3s
 5. C. Rautenbach/D. Senior      (Citroën C4)        + 18 min 00.1s
 6. M. Hirvonen/J. Lehtinen      (Ford Focus)        + 24 min 44.5s
 7. A. Aigner/K. Wicha           (Mitsubishi Lancer) + 25 min 27.2s
 8. F. Villagra/J. Pérez-Companc (Ford Focus)        + 25 min 53.4s
 9. N. Al-Attiyah/C. Patterson   (Subaru Impreza)    + 26 min 18.3s
10. S. Beltrán/R. Rojas          (Mitsubishi Lancer) + 26 min 33.9s

Day 3 (Sunday, March, 30): 305.14km, including 42.67km divided into 3 stages (3 different).
Starts from parc ferme. Service F (06.55, 15 minutes). SS19 (Mina Clavero-Giulio Cesare,
24.70km), SS20 (El Cóndor-Copina, 16.06km) and SS21 (Cordoba Super-Special 3, 1.98km).
Service G (12.45, 10 minutes). Podium ceremony (13.10).