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2005 Cyprus Rally
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6th round of the 2005 World Rally Championship
2005 Cyprus Rally 33rd Cyprus Rally 6 2005 World Rally Championship season 2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2005 Rally of Turkey Cyprus Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena.jpg Rally winning pair Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena on the podium. Limassol May 13, 2005 May 15, 2005 18 326.68 1063.92 Gravel FRA Sébastien LoebMCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 52 39
The 2005 Cyprus Rally (formally the 33rd Cyprus Rally) was the sixth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The car rally was held over three days between 13 May and 15 May 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 14th win in the World Rally Championship and a third consecutive win in 2005.Cyprus Rally https://www.juwra.com/cyprus_2005.html juwra.com Independent WRC archive 2025-02-12
Background
Entry list
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Michelin 2 BEL François Duval BEL Stéphane Prévot FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Michelin 3 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 Michelin 4 CZE Roman Kresta CZE Jan Možný GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 Michelin 5 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills JPN Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 Pirelli 6 AUS Chris Atkinson AUS Glenn Macneall JPN Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 Pirelli 7 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Pirelli 8 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Pirelli 9 FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen JPN Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 Pirelli 10 FRA Gilles Panizzi FRA Hervé Panizzi JPN Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 Pirelli 11 GER Armin Schwarz GER Klaus Wicha CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Michelin 12 FIN Janne Tuohino FIN Mikko Markkula CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Michelin World Rally Championship entries 14 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 Michelin 15 GER Antony Warmbold GBR Michael Orr GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 Michelin 16 AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor BEL OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC Michelin 17 SWE Daniel Carlsson SWE Mattias Andersson FRA Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC Pirelli 18 HUN Balázs Benik HUN Attila Vinoczai HUN Balázs Benik Ford Focus WRC '02 19 ITA Giovanni Recordati MCO Freddy Delorme ITA Giovanni Recordati Toyota Corolla WRC Michelin PWRC entries 31 JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe GBR Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 Pirelli 32 ESP Xavier Pons ESP Oriol Julià Pascual ESP Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Michelin 33 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah GBR Chris Patterson QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Pirelli 34 JPN Fumio Nutahara JPN Satoshi Hayashi JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Yokohama 35 MYS Karamjit Singh GBR John Bennie MYS Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert Evo VII 36 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 37 GBR Mark Higgins GBR Trevor Agnew GBR Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Pirelli 38 ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Giovanni Agnese ITA Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Pirelli 40 ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Pirelli 41 GBR Natalie Barratt GBR Carl Williamson BEL OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Pirelli 42 ARG Federico Villagra ARG Javier Villagra ARG Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Silverstone 44 ARG Sebastián Beltrán ARG Edgardo Galindo ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Pirelli 45 ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio ITA Riccardo Errani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Pirelli 48 CHI Luis Ignacio Rosselot CHI Ricardo Rojas CHI Luis Ignacio Rosselot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 49 OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi GBR David Senior OMA Oman Arab World Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI 51 FRA Brice Tirabassi FRA Mathieu Baumel FRA Brice Tirabassi Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Pirelli Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/38-cyprus-rally-2005/ Cyprus Rally 2005 Entry List 12 February 2025
Itinerary
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Date Time No. Stage name Distance 1. leg — 121.78 km 13 May 09:38 SS1 Lagoudera 1 38.32 km 10:46 SS2 Kourdali 1 15.00 km 11:24 SS3 Asinou 1 7.57 km 14:37 SS4 Lagoudera 2 38.32 km 15:45 SS5 Kourdali 2 15.00 km 16:23 SS6 Asinou 2 7.57 km 2. leg — 109.56 km 14 May 08:48 SS7 Platres 1 11.12 km 09:31 SS8 Foini 1 30.33 km 10:29 SS9 Galatareia 1 13.33 km 13:52 SS10 Platres 2 11.12 km 14:35 SS11 Foini 2 30.33 km 15:33 SS12 Galatareia 2 13.33 km 3. leg — 95.34 km 15 May 07:18 SS13 Vavatsinia 1 25.24 km 08:16 SS14 Macheras 1 12.94 km 09:04 SS15 Kellaki 1 9.49 km 11:52 SS16 Vavatsinia 2 25.24 km 12:50 SS17 Macheras 2 12.94 km 13:38 SS18 Kellaki 2 9.49 km Source:https://www.juwra.com/cyprus_2005_itinerary.html Cyprus Rally 2005 Itinerary juwra.com Independent WRC archive 12 February 2025
Results
Overall
Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points 1 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 5:02:29.4 10 2 16 AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor BEL OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC 5:06:38.9 +4:09.58 3 8 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 5:07:11.3 +4:41.96 4 14 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 5:07:45.1 +5:15.75 5 3 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 5:10:06.7 +7:37.34 6 4 CZE Roman Kresta CZE Jan Možný GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 5:12:46.8 +10:17.43 7 9 FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen JPN Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 5:14:48.1 +12:18.72 8 17 SWE Daniel Carlsson SWE Mattias Andersson FRA Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 5:18:32.6 +16:03.21 Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/38-cyprus-rally-2005/ Cyprus Rally 2005 Final Results ewrc-results.com 12 February 2025
World Rally Cars
Classification
Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points Event Class 1 1 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 5:02:29.4 10 3 2 8 EST Markko Märtin GBR Michael Park FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 5:07:11.3 +4:41.96 5 3 3 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 5:10:06.7 +7:37.34 6 4 4 CZE Roman Kresta CZE Jan Možný GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 5:12:46.8 +10:17.43 7 5 9 FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen JPN Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 5:14:48.1 +12:18.72 9 6 12 FIN Janne Tuohino FIN Mikko Markkula CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 5:19:15.7 +16:46.30 10 7 6 AUS Chris Atkinson AUS Glenn Macneall JPN Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 5:29:30.9 +27:01.50 11 8 10 FRA Gilles Panizzi FRA Hervé Panizzi JPN Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 5:34:09.8 +31:40.40 13 9 11 GER Armin Schwarz GER Klaus Wicha CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 5:37:02.6 +34:33.20 Retired SS11 2 BEL François Duval BEL Stéphane Prévot FRA Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Fire 0 Retired SS7 5 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills JPN Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 Electrical 0 Retired SS7 7 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Mechanical 0 Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/38-cyprus-rally-2005/?spec=1 Cyprus Rally 2005 WRC Results ewrc-results.com 12 February 2025
Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders 1. leg (13 May) SS1 Lagoudera 1 38.32 km NOR Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 36:58.9 NOR Petter Solberg SS2 Kourdali 1 15.00 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 16:29.3 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS3 Asinou 1 7.57 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 7:41.7 SS4 Lagoudera 2 38.32 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 35:56.8 SS5 Kourdali 2 15.00 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 16:28.3 SS6 Asinou 2 7.57 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 7:33.1 2. leg (14 May) SS7 Platres 1 11.12 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 9:11.2 SS8 Foini 1 30.33 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 27:31.4 SS9 Galatareia 1 13.33 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:47.0 SS10 Platres 2 11.12 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:58.0 SS11 Foini 2 30.33 km FRA Sébastien LoebFIN Toni Gardemeister Citroën Xsara WRCFord Focus RS WRC '04 27:05.8 SS12 Galatareia 2 13.33 km FRA Sébastien LoebFRA Gilles Panizzi Citroën Xsara WRCMitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 10:49.7 3. leg (15 May) SS13 Vavatsinia 1 25.24 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 23:31.3 SS14 Macheras 1 12.94 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:33.8 SS15 Kellaki 1 9.49 km FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:26.5 SS16 Vavatsinia 2 25.24 km FIN Toni Gardemeister Ford Focus RS WRC '04 23:17.7 SS17 Macheras 2 12.94 km EST Markko Märtin Peugeot 307 WRC 11:19.3 SS18 Kellaki 2 9.49 km FIN Toni Gardemeister Ford Focus RS WRC '04 8:30.5
Championship standings
Pos. Position Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points 1 10px FRA Sébastien Loeb 45 10px MCO Daniel Elena 45 10px FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total 62 2 10px NOR Petter Solberg 34 10px GBR Phil Mills 34 10px FRA Citroën Total WRT 53 3 10px EST Markko Märtin 34 10px GBR Michael Park 34 10px 1 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team 44 4 10px 1 FIN Toni Gardemeister 28 10px 1 FIN Jakke Honkanen 28 10px 1 JPN Subaru World Rally Team 38 5 10px 1 FIN Marcus Grönholm 26 10px 1 FIN Timo Rautiainen 26 10px JPN Mitsubishi Motors 29
Production World Rally Championship
Classification
Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points Event Class 1 1 51 FRA Brice Tirabassi FRA Mathieu Baumel FRA Brice Tirabassi Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 5:34:38.2 10 2 2 44 ARG Sebastián Beltrán ARG Edgardo Galindo ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 5:39:04.1 +4:25.98 3 3 36 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 5:41:51.1 +7:12.96 4 4 40 ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 5:42:02.2 +7:24.05 5 5 33 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah GBR Chris Patterson QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 5:42:56.5 +8:18.34 6 6 34 JPN Fumio Nutahara JPN Satoshi Hayashi JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 5:48:59.8 +14:21.63 7 7 31 JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe GBR Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 5:49:06.9 +14:28.72 8 8 42 ARG Federico Villagra ARG Javier Villagra ARG Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6:01:30.0 +26:51.81 9 9 45 ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio ITA Riccardo Errani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6:05:37.7 +30:59.50 10 10 32 ESP Xavier Pons ESP Oriol Julià Pascual ESP Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6:26:36.9 +51:58.70 Retired SS16 38 ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Giovanni Agnese ITA Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Mechanical 0 Retired SS16 41 GBR Natalie Barratt GBR Carl Williamson BEL OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Accident 0 Retired SS16 49 OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi GBR David Senior OMA Oman Arab World Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI Steering 0 Retired SS15 35 MYS Karamjit Singh GBR John Bennie MYS Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert Evo VII Accident 0 Retired SS4 37 GBR Mark Higgins GBR Trevor Agnew GBR Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C Fire 0 Retired SS1 48 CHI Luis Ignacio Rosselot CHI Ricardo Rojas CHI Luis Ignacio Rosselot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Engine 0 Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/38-cyprus-rally-2005/?sct=9 Cyprus Rally 2005 JWRC Results ewrc-results.com 12 February 2025
Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders 1. leg (13 May) SS1 Lagoudera 1 38.32 km GBR Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 39:06.6 GBR Mark Higgins SS2 Kourdali 1 15.00 km ARG Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 17:32.6 SS3 Asinou 1 7.57 km ARG Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 8:02.7 SS4 Lagoudera 2 38.32 km FRA Brice Tirabassi Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 40:19.2 FRA Brice Tirabassi SS5 Kourdali 2 15.00 km ARG Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 18:14.4 SS6 Asinou 2 7.57 km JPN Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 8:24.4 2. leg (14 May) SS7 Platres 1 11.12 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 9:41.4 SS8 Foini 1 30.33 km ARG Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 28:54.2 SS9 Galatareia 1 13.33 km ARG Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 11:28.5 SS10 Platres 2 11.12 km ARG Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 9:33.6 SS11 Foini 2 30.33 km Notional stage time SS12 Galatareia 2 13.33 km Notional stage time 3. leg (15 May) SS13 Vavatsinia 1 25.24 km ARG Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 24:40.0 SS14 Macheras 1 12.94 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 11:57.4 SS15 Kellaki 1 9.49 km ESP Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 8:51.4 SS16 Vavatsinia 2 25.24 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 24:35.0 SS17 Macheras 2 12.94 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 11:51.1 SS18 Kellaki 2 9.49 km JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 8:52.9
Championship standings
Pos. Position Drivers' championships Move Driver Points 1 10px JPN Toshihiro Arai 20 2 10px ESP Xavier Pons 15 3 10px 2 ARG Marcos Ligato 12 4 10px 8 FRA Brice Tirabassi 10 5 10px 2 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 9
References
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