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Matías Rossi leads Toyota 1-2 at Chaco

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Toyota Team Argentina prevailed with a 1-2 at Resistencia, with Matías Rossi extending his championship lead with his second consecutive victory.

Rossi won his qualfiying heat in the morning to secure pole for the feature race and had a good start, holding the lead into the first corner and leading all 41 laps of the race.

Rossi’s team-mate Mariano Werner finished second, with the Honda Civic of Equipo Petrobras driver Leoneo Pernía on the final spot on the podium.

Chevrolet driver Christian Ledesma retired with mechanical problems whilst in fourth place, promoting Guillermo Ortelli up the order. A late battle between Ortelli and the Fiat Pro Racing driver Emiliano Spataro went badly for Spataro, with Spataro dropping places to finish in eighth.

Rossi now leads the championship with 124.5 points with Leonel Pernía in second, 43 points adrift.

Toyota Team Argentina lead the teams championship with 231 points, with Equipo Petrobras (Honda) on 178.5 and Ford-YPF racing now down to third with 152.