The 2017 Codasur South American Rally Championship is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA and run by the Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (Codasur). The championship was contested over five events held in five different countries across South America, running from March to November.
The championship was won for the fifth time by Paraguayan driver Gustavo Saba. Saba only won the Rally de San Juan but with three second places that was enough for Saba to defeat Argentine driver Marcos Ligato by less than six points despite winning three rallies. Paraguayan driver Miguel Zaldivar Sr. was third in the championship after winning the final rally of the season in Uruguay.
Event calendar and results
The 2017 Codasur South American Rally Championship was as follows:[1]
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||||
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| Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||||
| 1 |  Rally Trans Itapua(31 March–2 April)[2] | 1 |  Marcos Ligato | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:46:54.5 | 14 | 187.04 km | 65 | 30 | ||
| 2 | Gustavo Saba | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:47:09.2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Didier Arias | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:47:21.2 | ||||||||
| 2 |  Rally de Erechim(19–21 May)[3] | 1 | Marcos Ligato | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:41:06.1 | 12 | 152.02 km | 72 | 45 | ||
| 2 | Gustavo Saba | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:41:24.2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Didier Arias | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:41:55.7 | ||||||||
| 3 | Rally de San Juan (7–9 June)[4] | 1 | Gustavo Saba | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:22:53.3 | 13 | 143.56 km | 57 | 28 | ||
| 2 | Luciano Preto | Chevrolet Agile MR | 1:25:28.9 | ||||||||
| 3 | Miguel-Angel Baldoni | Ford Fiesta MR | 1:27:15.6 | ||||||||
| 4 |  Rally de Santa Cruz(25–27 August)[5] | 1 | Marcos Ligato | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:24:11.4 | 14 | 146.84 km | 65 | 33 | ||
| 2 | Gustavo Saba | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:24:13.4 | ||||||||
| 3 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Toyota Corolla Proto | 1:26:13.4 | ||||||||
| 5 |  Rally del Atlántico(24–26 November)[6] | 1 | Miguel Zaldivar Sr | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:16:22.6 | 13 | 228.50 km | 62 | 26 | ||
| 2 | Guzman Rivero | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:18:57.3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Roberto Saba | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:21:18.3 | ||||||||
Championship standings
The 2017 Codasur South American Rally Championship points were as follows:[7]
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