Sporting Digest: Rallying

THE British driver, Colin McRae, and his navigator, Derek Ringer, both escaped serious injury yesterday when their Subaru left the road and rolled over on the second day of the Argentine Rally. They had been placed fifth at the end of the first day.

ARGENTINE RALLY First leg (196km): 1 C Sainz (Sp) Subaru 2hr 00min 24sec; 2 D Auriol (Fr) Toyota +10sec; 3 J Kankkunen (Fin) Toyota +53sec; 4 B Thiry (Belgium) Ford +2min 32sec; 5 C McRae (GB) Subaru +2min 50sec; 6 M Biasion (It) Ford +3min; 7 A Vatanen (Fin) Ford +3min 39sec; 8 J Recalde (Arg) Mitsubishi +10min 43sec; 9 J Bescham (Arg) Ford +14min 51sec; 10 G Raies (Arg) Renault +16min 57sec.