2005 World Rally Championship

33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship 2005 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion Citroën 2004 2006 thumb|Sébastien Loeb won his second WRC drivers' championship. 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.Stuart Greg Seb Loeb’s first and last Rally Argentina wins https://www.redbull.com/us-en/sebastien-loeb-argentina-wins-2005-2013 Red Bull 8 February 2016 8 April 2024 Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB.Rally star relives 100mph smash https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rally-star-relives-100mph-smash-2363746 WalesOnline 16 December 2005 8 April 2024 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 Drivers' and co-drivers' helmets are now required to be equipped with a HANS device.World Motor Sport Council http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2004/300604-01.html Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 30 June 2004 22 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20040810134944/http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2004/300604-01.html 10 August 2004 deadWilkins Robert FIA confirms HANS for WRC https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/112567/1/fia-confirms-hans-for-wrc Crash.net 30 June 2004 22 December 2024 Calendar The 2005 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania. Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceSupport class121 January23 JanuaryMON 73rd Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloMonte CarloMixed15353.07 kmJWRC211 February13 FebruarySWE 54th Uddeholm Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow20335.55 kmPWRC311 March13 MarchMEX 2nd Corona Rally MexicoLeón, GuanajuatoGravel14355.97 kmJWRC47 April10 AprilNZL 36th Propecia Rally New ZealandManukau, AucklandGravel20356.00 kmPWRC529 April1 MayITA 2nd Supermag Rally Italia SardiniaOlbia, SardiniaGravel17349.08 kmJWRC613 May15 MayCYP 33rd Cyprus RallyLemesos, Limassol DistrictGravel18326.68 kmPWRC73 June5 JuneTUR 6th Rally of TurkeyKemer, Antalya ProvinceGravel18351.03 kmPWRC823 June26 JuneGRC 52nd Acropolis Rally of GreeceLamia, Central GreeceGravel19349.57 kmJWRC914 July17 JulyARG 25th Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel22340.82 kmPWRC104 August7 AugustFIN 55th Neste Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel21355.59 kmJWRC1126 August28 AugustGER 24th OMV ADAC Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac19356.16 kmJWRC1215 September18 SeptemberGBR 61st Wales Rally GBCardiff, WalesGravel17354.22 kmPWRC1330 September2 OctoberJPN 5th Rally JapanObihiro, HokkaidoGravel26350.18 kmPWRC1421 October23 OctoberFRA 49th Tour de Corse – Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac12341.68 kmJWRC1528 October30 OctoberESP 41st RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa DauradaSalou, CataloniaTarmac15358.75 kmJWRC1610 November13 NovemberAUS 18th Telstra Rally AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaGravel26355.39 kmPWRCSources:10 December 2004 FIA confirms WRC calendar for 2005 https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/113601/1/fia-confirms-wrc-calendar-for-2005 28 December 2024 Crash.net Teams and drivers ManufacturersManufacturerCarTeamTyreNoDriversCo-DriversRoundsCitroënXsara WRCFrance Citroën TotalMichelin1France Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaAll2Belgium François DuvalBEL Stéphane Prévot1–6BEL Sven Smeets9–16Spain Carlos SainzESP Marc Marti7–8FordFocus RS WRC 04 1–15 Focus RS WRC 06 16GBR BP Ford World Rally TeamMichelin3Finland Toni GardemeisterFIN Jakke HonkanenAll4Czech Republic Roman KrestaCZE Jan Možný3–10Finland Mikko HirvonenFinland Jarmo Lehtinen1014Czech Republic Roman KrestaCZE Jan Tománek1–2, 11–16SubaruImpreza WRC 04 1–2 Impreza WRC 05 3–16Japan Subaru World Rally TeamPirelli5Norway Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsAll6France Stéphane SarrazinFRA Denis Giraudet2, 5, 8, 11–12, 14–15Australia Chris AtkinsonAUS Glenn Macneall3–10, 12–13, 16152, 111615France Stéphane SarrazinFRA Patrick Pivato117Australia Chris AtkinsonAUS Glenn Macneall14Peugeot307 WRC/307 WRC Evo2France Marlboro Peugeot TotalPirelli7Finland Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenAll8Estonia Markko MärtinGB Michael Park1–12Sweden Daniel CarlssonSweden Mattias Andersson13, 16France Nicolas BernardiBelgium Jean-Marc Fortin14–15MitsubishiLancer WRC 05Japan Mitsubishi Motors Motor SportsPirelli9Finland Harri RovanperäFIN Risto PietiläinenAll10France Gilles PanizziFRA Hervé Panizzi1, 3, 6, 13–14Italy Gianluigi GalliITA Guido D'Amore2, 4-5, 7-12, 15–1618142513ŠkodaFabia WRCCzech Republic Škoda MotorsportMichelin11Germany Armin SchwarzDEU Klaus Wicha1, 3–1612France Alexandre BenguéFRA Caroline Escudero-Bengué1, 11, 14–15Finland Janne TuohinoFIN Mikko Markkula2, 4–8Finland Jani PaasonenFinland Jani Vainikka3, 9–10Great Britain Colin McRaeGB Nicky Grist12, 16Finland Mikko HirvonenFinland Jarmo Lehtinen1316Finland Jani PaasonenFinland Jani Vainikka217Finland Janne TuohinoFIN Mikko Markkula10Czech Republic Jan KopeckýCzech Republic Filip Schovánek11, 14–1518Finland Jani PaasonenFinland Jani Vainikka8 World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer pointsManufacturerCarTeamTyreDriversCo-DriversRoundsCitroënXsara WRCBelgium OMV World Rally TeamMichelinAustria Manfred StohlAUT Ilka Minor1, 4–6, 8–12, 16Spain Xavier PonsSpain Carlos del Barrio8–12, 14–16Finland Juuso PykälistöFinland Mika Ovaskainen5FordFocus RS WRC 04GBR BP Ford World Rally TeamMichelinNorway Henning SolbergNorway Cato Menkerud2, 5–8, 10, 12Spain Daniel SolàSpain Xavier Amigò3, 11, 13–16Germany Antony WarmboldIRE Damien Connolly1GB Michael Orr2-16Argentina Luís Pérez CompancArgentina Jose Maria Volta4, 9GBR Stobart VK Ford Rally TeamGreat Britain Mark HigginsGreat Britain Trevor Agnew5, 8, 12Focus RS WRC 02Great Britain Matthew WilsonGreat Britain Scott Martin12HyundaiHyundai Accent WRC3TUR Hyundai Assan MotorsportsPirelliTUR Serkan YaziciTUR Can Okan7Hyundai Accent WRCTUR Ali DeveciTUR Mehmet Yazici7TUR Murat AkdilekTUR Ozden Yilmaz7FordFocus RS WRC 03GBR M-SportMichelinFinland Mikko HirvonenFIN Jarmo Lehtinen2, 5, 8, 15Peugeot206 WRCFrance Bozian RacingMichelin PirelliSweden Daniel CarlssonSweden Mattias Andersson6, 9Argentina Marcos LigatoArgentina Ruben Garcia9Spain Xavier PonsESP Oriol Juliá Pascual5ESP Lucas Cruz3France Didier AuriolFRA Denis Giraudet1Mexico Ricardo TriviñoESP Carlos del Barrio3ARG Claudio Busto9ESP Checo Salom15307 WRCSweden Daniel CarlssonSweden Mattias Andersson2206 WRCSpain Xavier PonsMichelinSpain Xavier PonsESP Oriol Juliá Pascual1ŠkodaFabia WRCCzech Republic Škoda MotorsportMichelinSweden Mattias EkströmSWE Stefan Bergman2France Equipe de France FFSAFrance Nicolas VouillozFrance Patrick Pivato14–15Peugeot206 WRCFrance Nicolas BernardiBEL Jean-Marc Fortin11–12ToyotaCorolla WRCFIN Jari-Matti LatvalaMichelinFIN Jari-Matti LatvalaFIN Miikka Anttila2, 10FordFocus RS WRC 0312Peugeot206 WRCCZE Štěpán VojtěchMichelinCZE Štěpán VojtěchCZE Michal Ernst11SubaruImpreza WRC 03IRL Eamonn BolandPirelliIRL Eamonn BolandIRE Francis Regan1FordFocus RS WRC 03Michelin15Peugeot307 WRCFinland Sebastian LindholmMichelinFinland Sebastian LindholmFinland Tomi Tuominen10SubaruImpreza WRC 04Sweden Rally Team OlsbergsPirelliSweden Daniel CarlssonSweden Mattias Andersson5, 7–8Sweden Tobias JohanssonNorway Ola Fløene2Finland Kaj Lindström3, 5, 7–8ŠkodaOctavia WRCItaly Riccardo ErraniMichelin PirelliItaly Riccardo ErraniItaly Stefano Casadio1, 5FordFocus WRC 02Finland Kristian SohlbergMichelinFinland Kristian SohlbergFinland Kaj Lindström2SubaruImpreza WRC 04Finland Timo Hantunen8, 10Peugeot206 WRCIRL George TraceyIRL George TraceySweden Maria Andersson2ToyotaCorolla WRCItaly Giovanni RecordatiMichelinItaly Giovanni RecordatiMON Freddy Delorme5, 6ŠkodaFabia WRCGBR Nigel HeathPirelliGBR Nigel HeathGBR Steve Lancaster5SubaruImpreza WRC 017FordFocus WRC 02Hungary Balázs BenikHungary Balázs BenikHungary Attila Vinoczai6SubaruImpreza WRC 04Greece Armodios VovosPirelliGreece Armodios VovosGreece "El-Em"7–8FordFocus WRC 01TUR Mehmet BeslerTUR Mehmet BeslerTUR Afsin Baydar7TUR Nejat AvciTUR Nejat AvciTUR Batuhan Memisyazici7Focus RS WRC 03Greece Ioannis PapadimitriouGreece Ioannis PapadimitriouGBR Allan Harryman8ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo3Greece Yorgo PhilippedesGreece Yorgo PhilippedesGBR Marshall Clarke8SubaruImpreza WRC 03Argentina Juan Pablo RaiesArgentina Juan Pablo RaiesArgentina Jorge Perez Companc9FordFocus WRC 00GBR Julian ReynoldsGBR Julian ReynoldsGBR Ieuan Thomas12ŠkodaFabia WRCGBR Craig MiddletonGBR Craig MiddletonGBR Robin Hernaman12SubaruImpreza WRC 99GBR John LloydGBR John LloydGBR Pauline Gullick12SEATCórdoba WRC Evo3ESP Joan OlléESP Joan OlléESP Ramón Izquierdo15FordFocus WRC 01Switzerland Massimo BeltramiSwitzerland Massimo BeltramiItaly Fabio Ceschino15SubaruImpreza WRC 03Ireland Paddy WhiteIreland Paddy WhiteIreland Martin Brady15SubaruImpreza WRC 04GBR Kris MeekeGBR Kris MeekeGBR Glenn Patterson12Peugeot206 WRCItaly Luca RossettiPirelliItaly Luca RossettiItaly Dario D'Esposito1 JWRC Entries No Entrant Driver Co-driver Car Rounds 31 JPN Suzuki Sport Europe SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Jonas Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 5, 8 Suzuki Swift S1600 10–11, 15 32 GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh 10–11, 15 Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 5, 8 33 FIN Kosti Katajamäki FIN Timo Alanne 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15 36 EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15 34 ITA Fiat Abarth Motorsport SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Fiat Punto S1600 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15 35 BEL Kronos Racing GBR Kris Meeke GBR Chris Patterson Citroën C2 S1600 1, 5, 8 GBR Glenn Patterson 10–11, 14–15 41 ESP Daniel Sordo ESP Marc Martí 1, 5, 10–11, 14–15 ESP Oriol Julià 8 37 ITA Errepi Racing ITA Alan Scorcioni ITA Domenico Scorcioni Suzuki Ignis S1600 15 ITA Silvio Stefanelli 1, 5, 8, 14 Fiat Punto S1600 10 ITA Toni Moreno 11 38 ITA Power Car Team ITA Luca Betti ITA Giovanni Agnese Renault Clio S1600 1, 5, 8, 11, 14–15 ITA Piercarlo Capalongo 10 39 ITA Autorel Sport ITA Luca Cecchettini ITA Massimo Daddoveri Renault Clio S1600 1 Fiat Punto S1600 3, 5, 8, 11 ITA Antonio Morassi 14–15 40 FRA PH Sport ZIM Conrad Rautenbach GBR Carl Williamson Citroën Saxo S1600 3 Citroën C2 S1600 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15 42 CZE Trumf Rally Team CZE Pavel Valoušek ITA Pierangelo Scalvini Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 3, 5, 10–11 CZE Petr Starý 14–15 43 CZE Jipocar Racing CZE Martin Prokop CZE Petr Gross Suzuki Ignis S1600 1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15 PWRC entries No Entrant Driver Co-driver Car Rounds 31 JPN Subaru Team Arai JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 13, 16 32 ESP Ralliart Spain ESP Xavier Pons ESP Oriol Julià Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 4, 6–7 33 GBR Autotek Motorsport QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah GBR Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6–7, 9, 12, 16 34 JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team JPN Fumio Nutahara JPN Satoshi Hayashi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 4, 6–7, 13, 16 35 MYS Team Proton Pert Malaysia MYS Karamjit Singh GBR John Bennie Proton Pert 4, 6–7, 12 36 ARG Subaru Argentina Rally Team ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6–7, 12–13, 16 40 ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo 4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16 44 ARG Sebastián Beltran ARG Edgardo Galindo 4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16 37 ITA Top Run SRL GBR Mark Higgins GBR Trevor Agnew Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 9 GBR Daniel Barritt 16 51 FRA Brice Tirabassi FRA Matthieu Baumel 4, 6–7, 9, 12–13 38 ITA Motoring Club ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Giovanni Agnese Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 6–7, 9, 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 16 39 SWE Millbrooks World Rally Team SWE Joakim Roman SWE Ragnar Spjuth Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 6–7, 9 SWE Anders Wallbom 12 41 AUT OMV World Rally Team GBR Natalie Barratt GBR Carl Williamson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4, 6–7, 13 FIN Kaj Lindström Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12, 16 42 ARG Villagra Racing ARG Federico Villagra ARG Javier Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16 43 ITA Kome Sport SRL ITA Angelo Medeghini ITA Barbara Capoferri Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 4, 6, 9 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12, 16 45 ITA Errani Team Group ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2, 6–7, 12–13, 16 47 PRY Aba Ba PRY Marcelo Recanate PRY Víctor Federer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4 PRY Nalson Franco Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6 SWE Mikael Johansson 7 48 CHL Gerardo Rosselot Mujica CHL Luis Rosselot CHL Ricardo Rojas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4, 6–7, 9, 13 49 Oman Oman World Rally Team Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi GBR David Senior Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6–7, 12–13, 16 50 JPN Syms Rally Team FIN Aki Teiskonen FIN Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 7, 12–13, 16 Results and standings Rally results The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds. Rd.RallyOverall winnersPWRC WinnersJWRC winnersReport 1 MON Monte Carlo FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTN/ABEL No. 35 Kronos Racing Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AGBR Kris MeekeGBR Chris Patterson 2 SWE Sweden JPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally TeamJPN No. 31 Subaru Team AraiN/A Report JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/ANOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A 3 MEX Mexico JPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally TeamN/AJPN No. 33 Suzuki Sport Report JPN Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05N/AJPN Suzuki Ignis S1600NOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsN/AGBR Guy WilksGBR Phil Pugh 4 NZL New Zealand FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTESP No. 32 Ralliart SpainN/A Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIIN/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaESP Xavier PonsESP Oriol JuliàN/A 5 ITA Italy FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTN/ABEL No. 41 Kronos Racing Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AESP Dani SordoESP Marc Martí 6 CYP Cyprus FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTITA No. 51 Top Run SRLN/A Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaFRA Brice TirabassiFRA Mathieu BaumelN/A 7 TUR Turkey FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTJPN No. 31 Subaru Team AraiN/A Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A 8 GRC Greece FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTN/AJPN No. 31 Suzuki Sport Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AJPN Suzuki Ignis S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/ASWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonSWE Jonas Andersson9ARG ArgentinaFRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTGBR No. 33 Autotek MotorsportN/AReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaQAT Nasser Al-AttiyahGBR Chris PattersonN/A10FIN FinlandFRA No. 7 Marlboro Peugeot TotalN/ABEL No. 41 Kronos RacingReportFRA Peugeot 307 WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenN/AESP Dani SordoESP Marc Martí11GER GermanyFRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTN/ABEL No. 41 Kronos RacingReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AESP Dani SordoESP Marc Martí12GBR BritainJPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally TeamJPN No. 50 Syms Rally TeamN/AReportJPN Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/ANOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsFIN Aki TeiskonenFIN Miika TeiskonenN/A13JPN JapanFRA No. 7 Marlboro Peugeot TotalJPN No. 31 Subaru Team AraiN/AReportFRA Peugeot 307 WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A14FRA FranceFRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTN/AITA No. 34 Fiat Abarth MotorsportReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AITA Fiat Punto S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/ASMR Mirco BaldacciITA Giovanni Bernacchini15ESP SpainFRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRTN/ABEL No. 41 Kronos RacingReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AESP Dani SordoESP Marc Martí16AUS AustraliaFRA No. 2 Citroën Total WRTJPN No. 31 Subaru Team AraiN/AReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N11N/ABEL François DuvalBEL Sven SmeetsJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/ASource:WRC season 2005 https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2005/ 26 December 2024 eWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX NZLNZL ITAITA CYPCYP TURTUR GREGRE ARGARG FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR JPNJPN FRAFRA ESPESP AUSAUS  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 7Ret 9Ret 12Ret DNS 12 9 13 7Ret 6 19 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 6Ret 8Ret 14 15 DNS 8Ret 5 20 France Nicolas BernardiRetRet 8 6 4 21 France Alexandre Bengué 9Ret 6Ret 3 22 Great Britain Colin McRae 7Ret 2 23 Spain Daniel SolàRet 12RetRetRet 7 2 24 Finland Juuso Pykälistö DNS 8 DNS 1 25 Great Britain Mark HigginsRetRet 10Ret 44Ret DSQ DNS 8 10 1 26 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 37Ret 12 8 1 27 Germany Armin SchwarzRet 9 10Ret 13Ret 18 16 11Ret 14 10Ret 11 8 1 Pos. Position Driver MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX NZLNZL ITAITA CYPCYP TURTUR GREGRE ARGARG FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR JPNJPN FRAFRA ESPESP AUSAUS  Pts  Manufacturers' championship Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX NZLNZL ITAITA CYPCYP TURTUR GREGRE ARGARG FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR JPNJPN FRAFRA ESPESP AUSAUS Points 1 FRA 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 FRA 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 GBR 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 JPN 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 JPN 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 46 CZE 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. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX NZLNZL ITAITA CYPCYP TURTUR GREGRE ARGARG FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR JPNJPN FRAFRA ESPESP AUSAUS Points JWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMonaco MEXMexico ITAItaly GRCGreece FINFinland GERGermany FRAFrance ESPSpain  Pts  1 ESP Dani Sordo 4 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 53 2 GBR Guy Wilks 7 1 6 2 3 3 Ret 35 3 GBR Kris Meeke 1 3 6 7 2 8 7 32 4 EST Urmo Aava Ret 2 3 2 Ret 4 4 32 5 FIN Kosti Katajamäki 2 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 2 31 6 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 6 2 5 1 Ret 4 Ret 30 7 SMR Mirco Baldacci 10 Ret 5 5 7 1 3 26 8 ITA Luca Betti 5 4 Ret 4 6 Ret Ret 17 9 CZE Martin Prokop 9 7 7 6 Ret 7 5 13 10 ITA Luca Cecchettini Ret 3 Ret Ret 9 6 8 10 11 CZE Pavel Valoušek 8 4 9 Ret 8 Ret 6 10 12 ZIM Conrad Rautenbach Ret 8 8 8 Ret 5 Ret 7 13 ITA Alan Scorcioni 3 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Pos. Position Driver MONMonaco MEXMexico ITAItaly GRCGreece FINFinland GERGermany FRAFrance ESPSpain  Pts  PWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver SWESWE NZLNZL CYPCYP TURTUR ARGARGGBRGBRJPNJPNAUSAUS  Pts  1 JPN Toshihiro Arai 1 2 7 1 1 150 2 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 4 5 3 1 3 535 3 ARG Marcos Ligato 3 3 2 2 4 933 4 JPN Fumio Nutahara 5 7 6 14 2 422 5 ESP Xavier Pons 4 1 10 420 6 FIN Aki Teiskonen Ret Ret 6 1 3 Ret19 7 ITA Angelo Medeghini 2 Ret 10 2 619 8 ARG Sebastián Beltran 10 2 7 6 5 1017 9 ITA Fabio Frisiero 3 Ret 12 4 5 717 10 ARG Gabriel Pozzo Ret 4 Ret 5 Ret 315 11 OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi 8 Ret 5 4 6 Ret13 12 FRA Brice Tirabassi 9 1 8 Ret11 13 GBR Mark Higgins Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 26 14 ARG Federico Villagra 6 8 9 Ret Ret 67 15 ITA Riccardo Errani 6 9 11 8 7 87 16 GBR Natalie Barratt 12 Ret 15 7 Ret 112 Pos. Position Driver SWESWE NZLNZL CYPCYP TURTUR ARGARGGBRGBRJPNJPNAUSAUS Pts Events Round Rally name Podium drivers (Finishing time) Podium cars1France/MON Monte Carlo Rally(21–23 January) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (4h:13m:05.6s) FIN Toni Gardemeister (4h:16m:03.9s) FRA Gilles Panizzi (4h:16m:45.7s)Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2SWE Swedish Rally(11–13 February) — Results and report NOR Petter Solberg (3h:00m:52.1s) EST Markko Märtin (3h:03m:03.2s) FIN Toni Gardemeister (3h:04m:06.8s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 Peugeot 307 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 043MEX Rally Mexico(11–13 March) — Results and report NOR Petter Solberg (3h:41m:06.2s) FIN Marcus Grönholm (3h:41m:40.7s) EST Markko Märtin (3h:42m:44.5s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC Peugeot 307 WRC4NZL Rally New Zealand(8–10 April) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (3h:34m:51.6s) FIN Marcus Grönholm (3h:35m:41.4s) NOR Petter Solberg (3h:36m:00.3s)Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 20055ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna(29 April–1 May) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:33.7s) NOR Petter Solberg (4h:07m:33.3s) FIN Marcus Grönholm (4h:09m:41.0s)Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC6CYP Cyprus Rally(13–15 May) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (5h:02m:29.4s) AUT Manfred Stohl (5h:06m:38.9s) EST Markko Märtin (5h:07m:11.3s)Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC7TUR Rally of Turkey(2–5 June) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (4h:21m:48.0s) NOR Petter Solberg (4h:22m:47.6s) FIN Marcus Grönholm (4h:23m:03.3s)Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC8GRE Acropolis Rally(23–26 June) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (4h:12m:53.7s) FIN Toni Gardemeister (4h:14m:29.9s) ESP Carlos Sainz (4h:15m:04.8s)Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Citroën Xsara WRC9ARG Rally Argentina(14–17 July) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (3h:55m:36.5s) FIN Marcus Grönholm (3h:56m:02.5s) NOR Petter Solberg (3h:56m:41.7s)Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 200510FIN Rally Finland(4–7 August) — Results and report FIN Marcus Grönholm (2h:54m:11.0s) FRA Sébastien Loeb (2h:55m:17.7s) EST Markko Märtin (2h:55m:46.6s)Peugeot 307 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC11DEU Rallye Deutschland(25–27 August) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (3h:27m:13.2s) BEL François Duval (3h:27m:50.6s) FIN Marcus Grönholm (3h:29m:18.0s)Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC12GBR Wales Rally GB(16–18 September) — Results and report NOR Petter Solberg (2h:45m:57.8s) BEL François Duval (2h:47m:15.2s) FRA Sébastien Loeb (2h:47m:15.7s)Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC13JPN Rally Japan(30 September–2 October) — Results and report FIN Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:32.0s) FRA Sébastien Loeb (3h:26m:54.1s)dr_champ_secured AUS Chris Atkinson (3h:28m:12.0s)Peugeot 307 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 200514FRA Tour de Corse(21–23 October) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (3h:35m:46.7s) FIN Toni Gardemeister (3h:37m:38.4s) NOR Petter Solberg (3h:38m:28.7s)Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Subaru Impreza WRC15ESP Rally Catalunya(28–30 October) — Results and report FRA Sébastien Loeb (3h:31m:07.0s) BEL François Duval (3h:32m:28.9s) FIN Mikko Hirvonen (3h:33m:53.7s)Citroën Xsara WRCmf_champ_secured Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 0316AUS Rally Australia(10–13 November) — Results and report BEL François Duval (3h:19m:55.0s) FIN Harri Rovanperä (3h:20m:47.9s) AUT Manfred Stohl (3h:21m:28.0s)Citroën Xsara WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Notes dr_champ_secured Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Japan.Moffitt Alastair Loeb ties up second title as Solberg hits rock bottom https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/oct/03/motorracing.sport The Guardian 3 October 2005 8 April 2024 mf_champ_secured Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Spain.Loeb leads Citroen to Rally title https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4390190.stm BBC Sport 30 October 2005 8 April 2024 References External links FIA World Rally Championship 2005 at ewrc-results.com 2005 season at World Rally Archive World Rally Championship Category:World Rally Championship seasons