Two months after BFGoodrich's triumph on last January's Dakar, which took place in Chile and Argentina, the American tyre brand returns to the latter for the 30th Rally Argentina which this year counts towards the Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the second round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge, was won by defending champion Kris Meeke. The Ulsterman finished ahead of Guy Wilks (Skoda/BFGoodrich), with the factory Skoda/BFGoodrich driver Juho Hanninen following the two Britons home in third place

The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge heads across the Atlantic this week for two rounds in South America: Brazil's Rally Internacional de Curitiba and – two weeks later – Rally Argentina

Although victory ended up going to the 2009 WRC vice-champion Mikko Hirvonen (Ford), BFGoodrich tyres dominated the 2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo thanks to a score of 12 fastest times from a possible of the 15, as nine of the brand's driver-partners finished inside the top-10

Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) continues to top the 2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo's provisional leaderboard after two days of competition, although fellow Finn Juho Hanninen (Skoda/BFGoodrich) has closed to within 47 seconds

Finland's Mikko Hirvonen steered the new Ford Fiesta S2000 to an early advantage after the opening day of the 2010 Rallye Monte-Carlo