2005 Rally Japan

2005 Rally Japan Rally Japan 13 2005 World Rally Championship 2005 Wales Rally GB 2005 Tour de Corse JPN Japan September 30, 2005 October 2, 2005 26 350.18 1614.84 Dirt FIN Marcus Grönholm FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 90 63 The 2005 Rally Japan was the 13th round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. It took place between September 30 and October 2, 2005. Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm won the race after capitalizing on then-leader Petter Solberg's accident after his Subaru hit a rock on the penultimate stage. It was Grönholm's 18th win in the World Rally ChampionshipRally Japan https://www.juwra.com/japan_2005.html 1 February 2022 Juwra.com which he would dedicate to the late Michael Park, who was killed in an accident during the previous round, the Wales Rally GB. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb finished in second place and thus became World Rally Champion in back-to-back seasons. This would prove to be the final World Rally Championship event to be won by a manufacturer other than Citroën or Ford until the 2013 Rally Sweden, 103 races and eight years later. Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen FRA Peugeot 307 WRC 3:25:32.0 10 2. FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena FRA Citroën Xsara WRC 3:26:54.1 +1:22.1 8 3. AUS Chris Atkinson AUS Glenn MacNeall JPN Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:28:12.0 +2:40.0 6 4. BEL François Duval BEL Sven Smeets FRA Citroën Xsara WRC 3:28:31.4 +2:59.4 5 5. FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen JPN Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:29:31.8 +3:59.8 4 6. FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen USA Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:30:04.3 +4:32.3 3 7. CZE Roman Kresta CZE Jan Tománek USA Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:31:04.0 +5:32.0 2 8. SWE Daniel Carlsson SWE Mattias Andersson FRA Peugeot 307 WRC 3:32:11.1 +6:39.1 1 References External links Results at ewrc-results.com Japan Category:Rally Japan Rally