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2005 World Rally Championship

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The 2005 World Rally Championship was the 33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on January 21 with the Monte-Carlo Rally and ended on November 13 with the Rally Australia.

In the drivers' world championship, Citroën Total's Sébastien Loeb successfully defended his title, finishing a record 56 points ahead of Subaru's Petter Solberg and Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm. Loeb also set several other records during the season. He won ten world rallies, beating the previous record of six held by him (2004) and Didier Auriol (1992). He also took six consecutive wins, beating Timo Salonen's 20-year-old record of four.[1] Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB.[2]

Citroën took the manufacturers' title for the third year in a row, well ahead of Subaru and Ford. PSA Peugeot Citroën still went ahead with their plan to withdraw both Citroën and Peugeot from the series at the end of the season - although Citroën's departure later became a sabbatical as they spent the following year developing a new car for 2007. More blows to manufacturer involvement in the series followed when Mitsubishi and Škoda announced the withdrawal of their factory teams. However, the 2006 season would see Citroën and Škoda continue as the semi-works teams Kronos Citroën and Red Bull Škoda Team, respectively.

The video game WRC: Rally Evolved was based on this season.

Regulation changes

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Drivers' and co-drivers' helmets are now required to be equipped with a HANS device.

Calendar

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The 2005 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Round Dates Rally Support class
1 21–23 January Monaco Monte Carlo Rally JWRC
2 11–13 February Sweden Swedish Rally PWRC
3 11–13 March Mexico Rally Mexico JWRC
4 7–10 April New Zealand Rally New Zealand PWRC
5 28 April-1 May Italy Rally d'Italia Sardegna JWRC
6 13–15 May Cyprus Cyprus Rally PWRC
7 3–5 June Turkey Rally of Turkey PWRC
8 23–26 June Greece Acropolis Rally JWRC
9 14–17 July Argentina Rally Argentina PWRC
10 4–7 August Finland Rally Finland JWRC
11 26–28 August Germany Rallye Deutschland JWRC
12 15–18 September United Kingdom Wales Rally GB PWRC
13 29 September-2 October Japan Rally Japan PWRC
14 21–23 October France Tour de Corse JWRC
15 27–30 October Spain Rally Catalunya JWRC
16 10–13 November Australia Rally Australia PWRC

Teams and drivers

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World Rally Championship entries

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Manufacturer teams
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Co-Drivers Rounds
France Citroën Total Citroën Xsara WRC M 1 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena All
2 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot 1–6
Belgium Sven Smeets 9–16
Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Marti 7–8
United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04/06 M 3 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Jakke Honkanen All
4 Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic Jan Tomanek 1, 4–9, 11–16
Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud 2
Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò 3
Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 10
14 Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic Jan Tománek 2–3, 10
Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud 5–8, 10, 12
Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò 11, 13–16
15 Germany Antony Warmbold Republic of Ireland Damien Connolly All
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc Argentina Jose Maria Volta 4, 9
Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 04/05 P 5 Norway Petter Solberg Wales Phil Mills All
6 France Stéphane Sarrazin France Patrick Pivato 1–2, 11, 14–15
Australia Chris Atkinson Australia Glenn Macneall 3–10, 12–13, 16
16 2, 11, 14–15
France Stéphane Sarrazin France Patrick Pivato 5, 8, 12
France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC P 7 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen All
8 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park 1–12
Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Mattias Andersson 13, 16
France Nicolas Bernardi Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin 14–15
19 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Mattias Andersson 2
25 Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Tomi Tuominen 10
Japan Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 P 9 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen All
10 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi 1, 3, 6, 13–14
Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore 2, 4–5, 7–12, 15–16
18 13–14
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M 11 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Klaus Wicha 1, 3–16
Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden Stefan Bergman 2
12 France Alexandre Bengué France Caroline Escudero-Bengué 1, 11, 14–15
Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Mikko Markkula 2, 4–8
Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Jani Vainikka 3, 9–10
United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Nicky Grist 12, 16
Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 13
17 Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Mikko Markkula 10
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic Filip Schovánek 11, 14–15
18 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Jani Vainikka 2, 8
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Belgium OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC M 16 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor 1, 4–6, 8–12, 16
17 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Carlos del Barrio 8–12, 14–16
21 Finland Juuso Pykälistö Finland Mika Ovaskainen 5
United Kingdom Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 M 17 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Trevor Agnew 5, 8, 12
Focus RS WRC 02 19 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 12
Turkey Hyundai Assan Motorsports Hyundai Hyundai Accent WRC P 17 Turkey Serkan Yazici Turkey Can Okan 7
66 Turkey Ali Deveci Turkey Mehmet Yazici 7
68 Turkey Murat Akdilek Turkey Ozden Yilmaz 7
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC 03 M 18 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 2, 5, 8, 15
France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
P
18 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Mattias Andersson 6, 9
19 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Ruben Garcia 9
22 France Nicolas Bernardi Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin 11–12
23 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Juliá Pascual 1, 5
Spain Lucas Cruz 3
61 France Didier Auriol France Denis Giraudet 1
Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Carlos del Barrio 3
Argentina Claudio Busto 9
Spain Checo Salom 15
France Equipe de France FFSA Škoda Fabia WRC M 20 France Nicolas Vouilloz France Patrick Pivato 14–15

JWRC Entries

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No Entrant Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Japan Suzuki Sport Europe Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 5, 8
Suzuki Swift S1600 10–11, 15
32 United Kingdom Guy Wilks United Kingdom Phil Pugh 10–11, 15
Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 5, 8
33 Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Timo Alanne 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
36 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
34 Italy Fiat Abarth Motorsport San Marino Mirco Baldacci Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Fiat Punto S1600 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
35 Belgium Kronos Racing United Kingdom Kris Meeke United Kingdom Chris Patterson Citroën C2 S1600 1, 5, 8
United Kingdom Glenn Patterson 10–11, 14–15
41 Spain Daniel Sordo Spain Marc Martí 1, 5, 10–11, 14–15
Spain Oriol Julià 8
37 Italy Errepi Racing Italy Alan Scorcioni Italy Domenico Scorcioni Suzuki Ignis S1600 15
Italy Silvio Stefanelli 1, 5, 8, 14
Fiat Punto S1600 10
Italy Toni Moreno 11
38 Italy Power Car Team Italy Luca Betti Italy Giovanni Agnese Renault Clio S1600 1, 5, 8, 11, 14–15
Italy Piercarlo Capalongo 10
39 Italy Autorel Sport Italy Luca Cecchettini Italy Massimo Daddoveri Renault Clio S1600 1
Fiat Punto S1600 3, 5, 8, 11
Italy Antonio Morassi 14–15
40 France PH Sport Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom Carl Williamson Citroën Saxo S1600 3
Citroën C2 S1600 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
42 Czech Republic Trumf Rally Team Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Italy Pierangelo Scalvini Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 5, 10–11
Czech Republic Petr Starý 14–15
43 Czech Republic Jipocar Racing Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Petr Gross Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15

PWRC entries

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No Entrant Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Japan Subaru Team Arai Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 13, 16
32 Spain Ralliart Spain Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 4, 6–7
33 United Kingdom Autotek Motorsport Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6–7, 9, 12, 16
34 Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 4, 6–7, 13, 16
35 Malaysia Team Proton Pert Malaysia Malaysia Karamjit Singh United Kingdom John Bennie Proton Pert 4, 6–7, 12
36 Argentina Subaru Argentina Rally Team Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6–7, 12–13, 16
40 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Argentina Daniel Stillo 4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16
44 Argentina Sebastián Beltran Argentina Edgardo Galindo 4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16
37 Italy Top Run SRL United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Trevor Agnew Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 9
United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 16
51 France Brice Tirabassi France Matthieu Baumel 4, 6–7, 9, 12–13
38 Italy Motoring Club Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 6–7, 9, 12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 16
39 Sweden Millbrooks World Rally Team Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 6–7, 9
Sweden Anders Wallbom 12
41 Austria OMV World Rally Team United Kingdom Natalie Barratt United Kingdom Carl Williamson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4, 6–7, 13
Finland Kaj Lindström Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12, 16
42 Argentina Villagra Racing Argentina Federico Villagra Argentina Javier Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16
43 Italy Kome Sport SRL Italy Angelo Medeghini Italy Barbara Capoferri Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 4, 6, 9
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12, 16
45 Italy Errani Team Group Italy Riccardo Errani Italy Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 6–7, 12–13, 16
47 Paraguay Aba Ba Paraguay Marcelo Recanate Paraguay Víctor Federer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4
Paraguay Nalson Franco Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6
Sweden Mikael Johansson 7
48 Chile Gerardo Rosselot Mujica Chile Luis Rosselot Chile Ricardo Rojas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4, 6–7, 9, 13
49 Oman Oman World Rally Team Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi United Kingdom David Senior Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6–7, 12–13, 16
50 Japan Syms Rally Team Finland Aki Teiskonen Finland Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 7, 12–13, 16

Results and standings

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Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
NZL
New Zealand
ITA
Italy
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
JPN
Japan
FRA
France
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
 Pts 
1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 Ret 127
2 Norway Petter Solberg Ret 1 1 3 2 Ret 2 9 3 4 7 1 Ret 3 13 Ret 71
3 Finland Marcus Grönholm 5 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 3 4 2 1 3 Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 71
4 Finland Toni Gardemeister 2 3 6 6 5 5 6 2 4 6 17 DSQ 6 2 14 Ret 58
5 Estonia Markko Märtin 4 2 3 5 4 3 5 8 6 3 4 Ret 53
6 Belgium François Duval Ret 12 Ret 4 11 Ret 7 8 2 2 4 Ret 2 1 47
7 Finland Harri Rovanperä 7 4 5 Ret Ret 7 10 6 5 7 10 4 5 10 10 2 39
8 Czech Republic Roman Kresta 8 8 Ret DNS 6 6 7 Ret 11 23 6 6 7 5 5 6 29
9 Austria Manfred Stohl 6 9 9 2 20 8 Ret Ret 5 3 22
10 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 3 14
11 Italy Gianluigi Galli 7 8 Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 5 13 Ret 9 Ret 5 14
12 Australia Chris Atkinson 19 Ret 7 18 10 24 Ret 9 Ret 11 38 3 Ret 9 4 13
13 Spain Carlos Sainz 4 3 11
14 Norway Henning Solberg 5 15 4 11 Ret 9 10 9
15 France Gilles Panizzi 3 8 11 11 Ret 7
16 Spain Xavier Pons Ret 38 10 13 Ret 34 17 10 10 12 9 11 7 4 Ret 7
17 France Stéphane Sarrazin 14 13 12 13 8 Ret 4 Ret 6
18 Germany Antony Warmbold 10 11 7 11 7 Ret 9 Ret 12 Ret DNS 12 9 13 7 Ret 6
19 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 6 Ret 8 Ret 14 15 DNS 8 Ret 5
20 France Nicolas Bernardi Ret Ret 8 6 4
21 France Alexandre Bengué 9 Ret 6 Ret 3
22 United Kingdom Colin McRae 7 Ret 2
23 Spain Daniel Solà Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 7 2
24 Finland Juuso Pykälistö DNS 8 DNS 1
25 United Kingdom Mark Higgins Ret Ret 10 Ret 44 Ret DSQ DNS 8 10 1
26 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 37 Ret 12 8 1
27 Germany Armin Schwarz Ret 9 10 Ret 13 Ret 18 16 11 Ret 14 10 Ret 11 8 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
NZL
New Zealand
ITA
Italy
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
JPN
Japan
FRA
France
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
NZL
New Zealand
ITA
Italy
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
JPN
Japan
FRA
France
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
Points
1 France Citroën 1 1 Ret 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 Ret 188
2 Ret 8 Ret 4 7 Ret 4 3 7 8 2 2 4 Ret 2 1
2 France Peugeot 7 5 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 3 4 2 1 3 Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 135
8 4 2 3 5 4 2 5 7 6 3 4 Ret 8 7 4 Ret
3 United States Ford 3 2 3 6 6 5 3 6 2 4 6 10 Ret 6 2 8 Ret 104
4 7 5 Ret Ret 6 4 7 Ret 9 5 6 5 7 5 3 5
4 Japan Subaru 5 Ret 1 1 3 2 Ret 2 8 3 4 7 1 Ret 3 7 Ret 97
6 9 9 Ret 7 9 7 11 Ret 8 Ret 8 9 3 4 Ret 3
5 Japan Mitsubishi 9 6 4 5 Ret Ret 5 9 5 5 7 9 4 5 8 5 2 76
10 3 6 7 8 Ret 8 8 6 Ret Ret 5 8 10 Ret Ret 4
6 Czech Republic Škoda 11 Ret 7 8 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 10 9 Ret 7 9 Ret 6 6 21
12 8 Ret 9 Ret 8 6 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
NZL
New Zealand
ITA
Italy
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
JPN
Japan
FRA
France
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

JWRC Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
MEX
Mexico
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
FRA
France
ESP
Spain
 Pts 
1 Spain Dani Sordo 4 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 53
2 United Kingdom Guy Wilks 7 1 6 2 3 3 Ret 35
3 United Kingdom Kris Meeke 1 3 6 7 2 8 7 32
4 Estonia Urmo Aava Ret 2 3 2 Ret 4 4 32
5 Finland Kosti Katajamäki 2 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 2 31
6 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 6 2 5 1 Ret 4 Ret 30
7 San Marino Mirco Baldacci 10 Ret 5 5 7 1 3 26
8 Italy Luca Betti 5 4 Ret 4 6 Ret Ret 17
9 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 9 7 7 6 Ret 7 5 13
10 Italy Luca Cecchettini Ret 3 Ret Ret 9 6 8 10
11 Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek 8 4 9 Ret 8 Ret 6 10
12 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Ret 8 8 8 Ret 5 Ret 7
13 Italy Alan Scorcioni 3 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
MEX
Mexico
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
FRA
France
ESP
Spain
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
NZL
New Zealand
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
ARG
Argentina
GBR
United Kingdom
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
 Pts 
1 Japan Toshihiro Arai 1 2 7 1 1 1 50
2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 4 5 3 1 3 5 35
3 Argentina Marcos Ligato 3 3 2 2 4 9 33
4 Japan Fumio Nutahara 5 7 6 14 2 4 22
5 Spain Xavier Pons 4 1 10 4 20
6 Finland Aki Teiskonen Ret Ret 6 1 3 Ret 19
7 Italy Angelo Medeghini 2 Ret 10 2 6 19
8 Argentina Sebastián Beltran 10 2 7 6 5 10 17
9 Italy Fabio Frisiero 3 Ret 12 4 5 7 17
10 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Ret 4 Ret 5 Ret 3 15
11 Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi 8 Ret 5 4 6 Ret 13
12 France Brice Tirabassi 9 1 8 Ret 11
13 United Kingdom Mark Higgins Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 2 6
14 Argentina Federico Villagra 6 8 9 Ret Ret 6 7
15 Italy Riccardo Errani 6 9 11 8 7 8 7
16 United Kingdom Natalie Barratt 12 Ret 15 7 Ret 11 2
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
NZL
New Zealand
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
ARG
Argentina
GBR
United Kingdom
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)


Events

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Round Rally name Podium drivers
(Finishing time)
Podium cars
1 France/Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
(21–23 January) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (4h:13m:05.6s)
  2. Finland Toni Gardemeister (4h:16m:03.9s)
  3. France Gilles Panizzi (4h:16m:45.7s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 04
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
2 Sweden Swedish Rally
(11–13 February) — Results and report
  1. Norway Petter Solberg (3h:00m:52.1s)
  2. Estonia Markko Märtin (3h:03m:03.2s)
  3. Finland Toni Gardemeister (3h:04m:06.8s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 2004
  2. Peugeot 307 WRC
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 04
3 Mexico Rally Mexico
(11–13 March) — Results and report
  1. Norway Petter Solberg (3h:41m:06.2s)
  2. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:41m:40.7s)
  3. Estonia Markko Märtin (3h:42m:44.5s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
  2. Peugeot 307 WRC
  3. Peugeot 307 WRC
4 New Zealand Rally New Zealand
(8–10 April) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (3h:34m:51.6s)
  2. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:35m:41.4s)
  3. Norway Petter Solberg (3h:36m:00.3s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Peugeot 307 WRC
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
5 Italy Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(29 April–1 May) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:33.7s)
  2. Norway Petter Solberg (4h:07m:33.3s)
  3. Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:09m:41.0s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
  3. Peugeot 307 WRC
6 Cyprus Cyprus Rally
(13–15 May) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (5h:02m:29.4s)
  2. Austria Manfred Stohl (5h:06m:38.9s)
  3. Estonia Markko Märtin (5h:07m:11.3s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Citroën Xsara WRC
  3. Peugeot 307 WRC
7 Turkey Rally of Turkey
(2–5 June) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (4h:21m:48.0s)
  2. Norway Petter Solberg (4h:22m:47.6s)
  3. Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:23m:03.3s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
  3. Peugeot 307 WRC
8 Greece Acropolis Rally
(23–26 June) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (4h:12m:53.7s)
  2. Finland Toni Gardemeister (4h:14m:29.9s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:15m:04.8s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 04
  3. Citroën Xsara WRC
9 Argentina Rally Argentina
(14–17 July) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (3h:55m:36.5s)
  2. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:56m:02.5s)
  3. Norway Petter Solberg (3h:56m:41.7s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Peugeot 307 WRC
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
10 Finland Rally Finland
(4–7 August) — Results and report
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (2h:54m:11.0s)
  2. France Sébastien Loeb (2h:55m:17.7s)
  3. Estonia Markko Märtin (2h:55m:46.6s)
  1. Peugeot 307 WRC
  2. Citroën Xsara WRC
  3. Peugeot 307 WRC
11 Germany Rallye Deutschland
(25–27 August) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (3h:27m:13.2s)
  2. Belgium François Duval (3h:27m:50.6s)
  3. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:29m:18.0s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Citroën Xsara WRC
  3. Peugeot 307 WRC
12 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB
(16–18 September) — Results and report
  1. Norway Petter Solberg (2h:45m:57.8s)
  2. Belgium François Duval (2h:47m:15.2s)
  3. France Sébastien Loeb (2h:47m:15.7s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
  2. Citroën Xsara WRC
  3. Citroën Xsara WRC
13 Japan Rally Japan
(30 September–2 October) — Results and report
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:32.0s)
  2. France Sébastien Loeb (3h:26m:54.1s)[1]
  3. Australia Chris Atkinson (3h:28m:12.0s)
  1. Peugeot 307 WRC
  2. Citroën Xsara WRC
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
14 France Tour de Corse
(21–23 October) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (3h:35m:46.7s)
  2. Finland Toni Gardemeister (3h:37m:38.4s)
  3. Norway Petter Solberg (3h:38m:28.7s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 04
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC
15 Spain Rally Catalunya
(28–30 October) — Results and report
  1. France Sébastien Loeb (3h:31m:07.0s)
  2. Belgium François Duval (3h:32m:28.9s)
  3. Finland Mikko Hirvonen (3h:33m:53.7s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC[2]
  2. Citroën Xsara WRC
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 03
16 Australia Rally Australia
(10–13 November) — Results and report
  1. Belgium François Duval (3h:19m:55.0s)
  2. Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:20m:47.9s)
  3. Austria Manfred Stohl (3h:21m:28.0s)
  1. Citroën Xsara WRC
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
  3. Citroën Xsara WRC

Notes

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  1. ^ Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Japan.[3]
  2. ^ Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Spain.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Stuart, Greg (8 February 2016). "Seb Loeb's first and last Rally Argentina wins". Red Bull. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Rally star relives 100mph smash". WalesOnline. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ Moffitt, Alastair (3 October 2005). "Loeb ties up second title as Solberg hits rock bottom". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Loeb leads Citroen to Rally title". BBC Sport. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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