2017 Codasur South American Rally Championship

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.

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	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

2017 Codasur South American Rally Championship

Championship standings

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