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2005 World Rally Championship

33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship

Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion: Citroën 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. Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB.

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.

Calendar

The 2005 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class	1
21 January	23 January	MON 73rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	353.07 km	JWRC
11 February	13 February	SWE 54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally	nowrap	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	20	335.55 km	PWRC
11 March	13 March	MEX 2nd Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	14	355.97 km	JWRC
7 April	10 April	NZL 36th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	20	356.00 km	PWRC
29 April	1 May	ITA 2nd Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	17	349.08 km	JWRC
13 May	15 May	CYP 33rd Cyprus Rally	nowrap	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	18	326.68 km	PWRC
3 June	5 June	TUR 6th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	18	351.03 km	PWRC
23 June	26 June	GRC 52nd Acropolis Rally of Greece	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	19	349.57 km	JWRC
14 July	17 July	ARG 25th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	22	340.82 km	PWRC
4 August	7 August	FIN 55th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	21	355.59 km	JWRC
26 August	28 August	GER 24th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	nowrap	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	19	356.16 km	JWRC
nowrap	15 September	nowrap	18 September	GBR 61st Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	354.22 km	PWRC
nowrap	30 September	2 October	JPN 5th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	26	350.18 km	PWRC
21 October	23 October	FRA 49th Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	341.68 km	JWRC
28 October	30 October	nowrap	ESP 41st RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Salou, Catalonia	Tarmac	15	358.75 km	JWRC
10 November	13 November	AUS 18th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	26	355.39 km	PWRC
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers
Xsara WRC	France Citroën Total		1	France Sébastien Loeb	MON Daniel Elena	All
2	Belgium François Duval	BEL Stéphane Prévot	1–6
BEL Sven Smeets	9–16
Spain Carlos Sainz	ESP Marc Marti	7–8
Focus RS WRC 04 1–15	GBR BP Ford World Rally Team		3	Finland Toni Gardemeister	FIN Jakke Honkanen	All
4	Czech Republic Roman Kresta	CZE Jan Možný	3–10
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	CZE Jan Tománek	1–2, 11–16
Norway Henning Solberg	Norway Cato Menkerud	5–8, 10, 12
Spain Daniel Solà	Spain Xavier Amigò	11, 13–16
15	Germany Antony Warmbold	IRE Damien Connolly	1
GB Michael Orr	2–16
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc	Argentina Jose Maria Volta	4, 9
Impreza WRC 04 1–2	Japan Subaru World Rally Team		5	Norway Petter Solberg	GBR Phil Mills	All
6	France Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Denis Giraudet	2, 5, 8, 11–12, 14–15
Australia Chris Atkinson	AUS Glenn Macneall	3–10, 12–13, 16
15	2, 11
16
15
France Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Patrick Pivato	1
17	Australia Chris Atkinson	AUS Glenn Macneall	14
307 WRC	France Marlboro Peugeot Total		7	Finland Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	All
8	Estonia Markko Märtin	GB Michael Park	1–12
Sweden Daniel Carlsson	Sweden Mattias Andersson	13, 16
France Nicolas Bernardi	Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin	14–15
Lancer WRC 05	Japan Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports		9	Finland Harri Rovanperä	FIN Risto Pietiläinen	All
10	France Gilles Panizzi	FRA Hervé Panizzi	1, 3, 6, 13–14
Italy Gianluigi Galli	ITA Guido D'Amore	2, 4–16
18	14
25	13
Fabia WRC	Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport		11	Germany Armin Schwarz	DEU Klaus Wicha	1, 3–16
Sweden Mattias Ekström	SWE Stefan Bergman	2
12	France Alexandre Bengué	FRA Caroline Escudero-Bengué	1, 11, 14–15
Finland Janne Tuohino	FIN Mikko Markkula	2, 4–8
Finland Jani Paasonen	Finland Jani Vainikka	3, 9–10
Great Britain Colin McRae	GB Nicky Grist	12, 16
Finland Mikko Hirvonen	Finland Jarmo Lehtinen	13
16	Finland Jani Paasonen	Finland Jani Vainikka	2
17	Finland Janne Tuohino	FIN Mikko Markkula	10
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký	Czech Republic Filip Schovánek	11, 14–15
18	Finland Jani Paasonen	Finland Jani Vainikka	8

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers
Xsara WRC	Belgium OMV World Rally Team		Austria Manfred Stohl	AUT Ilka Minor	1, 4–6, 8–12, 16
Spain Xavier Pons	Spain Carlos del Barrio	8–12, 14–16
Finland Juuso Pykälistö	Finland Mika Ovaskainen	5
Focus RS WRC 04	GBR Stobart VK Ford Rally Team		Great Britain Mark Higgins	Great Britain Trevor Agnew	5, 8, 12
Focus RS WRC 02	Great Britain Matthew Wilson	Great Britain Scott Martin	12
Hyundai Accent WRC	TUR Hyundai Assan Motorsports		TUR Serkan Yazici	TUR Can Okan	7
TUR Ali Deveci	TUR Mehmet Yazici	7
TUR Murat Akdilek	TUR Ozden Yilmaz	7
Focus RS WRC 03	GBR M-Sport		Finland Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	2, 5, 8, 15
206 WRC	France Bozian Racing		Sweden Daniel Carlsson	Sweden Mattias Andersson	6, 9
Argentina Marcos Ligato	Argentina Ruben Garcia	9
Spain Xavier Pons	ESP Oriol Juliá Pascual	5
ESP Lucas Cruz	3
France Didier Auriol	FRA Denis Giraudet	1
Mexico Ricardo Triviño	ESP Carlos del Barrio	3
ARG Claudio Busto	9
ESP Checo Salom	15
307 WRC	Sweden Daniel Carlsson	Sweden Mattias Andersson	2
206 WRC	Spain Xavier Pons		Spain Xavier Pons	ESP Oriol Juliá Pascual	1
Fabia WRC	France Equipe de France FFSA		France Nicolas Vouilloz	France Patrick Pivato	14–15
206 WRC	France Nicolas Bernardi	BEL Jean-Marc Fortin	11–12
Corolla WRC	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala		FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Miikka Anttila	2, 10
Focus RS WRC 03	12
206 WRC	CZE Štěpán Vojtěch		CZE Štěpán Vojtěch	CZE Michal Ernst	11
Impreza WRC 03	IRL Eamonn Boland		IRL Eamonn Boland	IRE Francis Regan	1
Focus RS WRC 03		15
307 WRC	Finland Sebastian Lindholm		Finland Sebastian Lindholm	Finland Tomi Tuominen	10
Impreza WRC 04	Sweden Rally Team Olsbergs		Sweden Daniel Carlsson	Sweden Mattias Andersson	5, 7–8
Sweden Tobias Johansson	Norway Ola Fløene	2
Finland Kaj Lindström	3, 5, 7–8
Octavia WRC	Italy Riccardo Errani		Italy Riccardo Errani	Italy Stefano Casadio	1, 5
Focus WRC 02	Finland Kristian Sohlberg		Finland Kristian Sohlberg	Finland Kaj Lindström	2
Impreza WRC 04	Finland Timo Hantunen	8, 10
206 WRC	IRL George Tracey		IRL George Tracey	Sweden Maria Andersson	2
Corolla WRC	Italy Giovanni Recordati		Italy Giovanni Recordati	MON Freddy Delorme	5, 6
Fabia WRC	GBR Nigel Heath		GBR Nigel Heath	GBR Steve Lancaster	5
Impreza WRC 01		7
Focus WRC 02	Hungary Balázs Benik		Hungary Balázs Benik	Hungary Attila Vinoczai	6
Impreza WRC 04	Greece Armodios Vovos		Greece Armodios Vovos	Greece "El-Em"	7–8
Focus WRC 01	TUR Mehmet Besler		TUR Mehmet Besler	TUR Afsin Baydar	7
TUR Nejat Avci		TUR Nejat Avci	TUR Batuhan Memisyazici	7
Focus RS WRC 03	Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou		Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou	GBR Allan Harryman	8
Octavia WRC Evo3	Greece Yorgo Philippedes		Greece Yorgo Philippedes	GBR Marshall Clarke	8
Impreza WRC 03	Argentina Juan Pablo Raies		Argentina Juan Pablo Raies	Argentina Jorge Perez Companc	9
Focus WRC 00	GBR Julian Reynolds		GBR Julian Reynolds	GBR Ieuan Thomas	12
Fabia WRC	GBR Craig Middleton		GBR Craig Middleton	GBR Robin Hernaman	12
Impreza WRC 99	GBR John Lloyd		GBR John Lloyd	GBR Pauline Gullick	12
Córdoba WRC Evo3	ESP Joan Ollé		ESP Joan Ollé	ESP Ramón Izquierdo	15
Focus WRC 01	Switzerland Massimo Beltrami		Switzerland Massimo Beltrami	Italy Fabio Ceschino	15
Impreza WRC 03	Ireland Paddy White		Ireland Paddy White	Ireland Martin Brady	15
Impreza WRC 04	GBR Kris Meeke		GBR Kris Meeke	GBR Glenn Patterson	12

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 Garcia	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.	Rally	Overall winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners
MON Monte Carlo	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	BEL No. 35 Kronos Racing	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	GBR Kris Meeke
GBR Chris Patterson
SWE Sweden	JPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	JPN No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
MEX Mexico	JPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	N/A	JPN No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
JPN Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	GBR Guy Wilks
GBR Phil Pugh
NZL New Zealand	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	ESP No. 32 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	ESP Xavier Pons
ESP Oriol Julià	N/A
ITA Italy	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	BEL No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	ESP Dani Sordo
ESP Marc Martí
CYP Cyprus	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	ITA No. 51 Top Run SRL	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	FRA Brice Tirabassi
FRA Mathieu Baumel	N/A
TUR Turkey	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	JPN No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
GRC Greece	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	JPN No. 31 Suzuki Sport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson
SWE Jonas Andersson
ARG Argentina	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	GBR No. 33 Autotek Motorsport	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah
GBR Chris Patterson	N/A
FIN Finland	FRA No. 7 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	BEL No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
FRA Peugeot 307 WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	N/A	ESP Dani Sordo
ESP Marc Martí
GER Germany	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	BEL No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	ESP Dani Sordo
ESP Marc Martí
GBR Britain	JPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	JPN No. 50 Syms Rally Team	N/A	Report
JPN Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	FIN Aki Teiskonen
FIN Miika Teiskonen	N/A
JPN Japan	FRA No. 7 Marlboro Peugeot Total	JPN No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
FRA Peugeot 307 WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
FRA France	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	ITA No. 34 Fiat Abarth Motorsport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	ITA Fiat Punto S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	SMR Mirco Baldacci
ITA Giovanni Bernacchini
ESP Spain	FRA No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	BEL No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	ESP Dani Sordo
ESP Marc Martí
AUS Australia	FRA No. 2 Citroën Total WRT	JPN No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
BEL François Duval
BEL Sven Smeets	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
Source:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
MON	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	GRE
GRE	ARG
ARG	FIN
FIN	GER
GER	GBR
GBR	JPN
JPN	FRA
FRA	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	Pos.	Driver	MON
MON	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	GRE
GRE	ARG
ARG	FIN
FIN	GER
GER	GBR
GBR	JPN
JPN	FRA
FRA	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	Pts
France Sébastien Loeb	1	Ret	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	Ret	127
Norway Petter Solberg	Ret	1	1	3	2	Ret	2	9	3	4	7	1	Ret	3	13	Ret	71
Finland Marcus Grönholm	5	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	3	4	2	1	3	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	71
Finland Toni Gardemeister	2	3	6	6	5	5	6	2	4	6	17	DSQ	6	2	14	Ret	58
Estonia Markko Märtin	4	2	3	5	4	3	5	8	6	3	4	Ret					53
Belgium François Duval	Ret	12	Ret	4	11	Ret			7	8	2	2	4	Ret	2	1	47
Finland Harri Rovanperä	7	4	5	Ret	Ret	7	10	6	5	7	10	4	5	10	10	2	39
Czech Republic Roman Kresta	8	8	Ret	DNS	6	6	7	Ret	11	23	6	6	7	5	5	6	29
Austria Manfred Stohl	6			9	9	2		20	8	Ret	Ret	5				3	22
Finland Mikko Hirvonen		Ret			Ret			5		5			Ret		3		14
Italy Gianluigi Galli		7		8	Ret		8	7	Ret	Ret	5	13	Ret	9	Ret	5	14
Australia Chris Atkinson		19	Ret	7	18	10	24	Ret	9	Ret	11	38	3	Ret	9	4	13
Spain Carlos Sainz							4	3									11
Norway Henning Solberg		5			15	4	11	Ret		9		10					9
France Gilles Panizzi	3		8			11							11	Ret			7
Spain Xavier Pons	Ret	38	10	13	Ret	34	17	10	10	12	9	11		7	4	Ret	7
France Stéphane Sarrazin	14	13			12			13			8	Ret		4	Ret		6
Germany Antony Warmbold	10	11	7	11	7	Ret	9	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	12	9	13	7	Ret	6
Sweden Daniel Carlsson		6			Ret	8	Ret	14	15	DNS			8			Ret	5
France Nicolas Bernardi											Ret	Ret		8	6		4
France Alexandre Bengué	9										Ret			6	Ret		3
Great Britain Colin McRae												7				Ret	2
Spain Daniel Solà			Ret								12		Ret	Ret	Ret	7	2
Finland Juuso Pykälistö		DNS			8					DNS							1
Great Britain Mark Higgins		Ret		Ret	10	Ret	44	Ret	DSQ	DNS		8				10	1
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký		37									Ret			12	8		1
Germany Armin Schwarz	Ret		9	10	Ret	13	Ret	18	16	11	Ret	14	10	Ret	11	8	1

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON
MON	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	GRE
GRE	ARG
ARG	FIN
FIN	GER
GER	GBR
GBR	JPN
JPN	FRA
FRA	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	Points	1	188	2	135	3	104	4	97	5	76	6	21	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON
MON	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	GRE
GRE	ARG
ARG	FIN
FIN	GER
GER	GBR
GBR	JPN
JPN	FRA
FRA	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	Points
FRA Citroën	1	1	Ret	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	Ret
2	Ret	8	Ret	4	7	Ret	4	3	7	8	2	2	4	Ret	2	1
FRA Peugeot	7	5	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	3	4	2	1	3	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret
8	4	2	3	5	4	2	5	7	6	3	4	Ret	8	7	4	Ret
USA Ford	3	2	3	6	6	5	3	6	2	4	6	10	Ret	6	2	8	Ret
4	7	5	Ret	Ret	6	4	7	Ret	9	5	6	5	7	5	3	5
JPN Subaru	5	Ret	1	1	3	2	Ret	2	8	3	4	7	1	Ret	3	7	Ret
6	9	9	Ret	7	9	7	11	Ret	8	Ret	8	9	3	4	Ret	3
JPN Mitsubishi	9	6	4	5	Ret	Ret	5	9	5	5	7	9	4	5	8	5	2
10	3	6	7	8	Ret	8	8	6	Ret	Ret	5	8	10	Ret	Ret	4
CZE Škoda	11	Ret	7	8	9	Ret	9	Ret	9	10	9	Ret	7	9	Ret	6	6
12	8	Ret	9	Ret	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
Monaco	MEX
Mexico	ITA
Italy	GRC
Greece	FIN
Finland	GER
Germany	FRA
France	ESP
Spain	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Driver	MON
Monaco	MEX
Mexico	ITA
Italy	GRC
Greece	FIN
Finland	GER
Germany	FRA
France	ESP
Spain	Pts
ESP Dani Sordo	4		1	Ret	1	1	2	1	53
GBR Guy Wilks	7	1	6	2	3	3		Ret	35
GBR Kris Meeke	1		3	6	7	2	8	7	32
EST Urmo Aava	Ret		2	3	2	Ret	4	4	32
FIN Kosti Katajamäki	2		Ret	4	Ret	5	3	2	31
SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson	6	2	5	1	Ret	4		Ret	30
SMR Mirco Baldacci	10		Ret	5	5	7	1	3	26
ITA Luca Betti	5		4	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	17
CZE Martin Prokop	9		7	7	6	Ret	7	5	13
ITA Luca Cecchettini	Ret	3	Ret	Ret		9	6	8	10
CZE Pavel Valoušek	8	4	9		Ret	8	Ret	6	10
ZIM Conrad Rautenbach		Ret	8	8	8	Ret	5	Ret	7
ITA Alan Scorcioni	3		Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	SWE
SWE	NZL
NZL	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	ARG
ARG	GBR
GBR	JPN
JPN	AUS
AUS	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Driver	SWE
SWE	NZL
NZL	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	ARG
ARG	GBR
GBR	JPN
JPN	AUS
AUS	Pts
JPN Toshihiro Arai	1	2	7	1			1	1	50
QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah		4	5	3	1	3		5	35
ARG Marcos Ligato		3	3	2		2	4	9	33
JPN Fumio Nutahara	5	7	6	14			2	4	22
ESP Xavier Pons	4	1	10	4					20
FIN Aki Teiskonen	Ret	Ret		6		1	3	Ret	19
ITA Angelo Medeghini	2	Ret		10	2	6			19
ARG Sebastián Beltran		10	2	7	6		5	10	17
ITA Fabio Frisiero	3		Ret	12	4	5		7	17
ARG Gabriel Pozzo		Ret	4	Ret	5		Ret	3	15
OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi		8	Ret	5		4	6	Ret	13
FRA Brice Tirabassi		9	1	8	Ret				11
GBR Mark Higgins	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret			2	6
ARG Federico Villagra		6	8	9	Ret		Ret	6	7
ITA Riccardo Errani	6		9	11		8	7	8	7
GBR Natalie Barratt		12	Ret	15		7	Ret	11	2

Events

Round	Rally name	Podium drivers
(Finishing time)	Podium cars	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
France/MON Monte Carlo Rally
(21–23 January) — Results and report
SWE Swedish Rally
(11–13 February) — Results and report
MEX Rally Mexico
(11–13 March) — Results and report
NZL Rally New Zealand
(8–10 April) — Results and report
ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(29 April–1 May) — Results and report
CYP Cyprus Rally
(13–15 May) — Results and report
TUR Rally of Turkey
(2–5 June) — Results and report
GRE Acropolis Rally
(23–26 June) — Results and report
ARG Rally Argentina
(14–17 July) — Results and report
FIN Rally Finland
(4–7 August) — Results and report
DEU Rallye Deutschland
(25–27 August) — Results and report
GBR Wales Rally GB
(16–18 September) — Results and report
JPN Rally Japan
(30 September–2 October) — Results and report
FRA Tour de Corse
(21–23 October) — Results and report
ESP Rally Catalunya
(28–30 October) — Results and report
AUS Rally Australia
(10–13 November) — Results and report

Notes

Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Japan.
Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Spain.

References

Stuart, Greg. (8 February 2016). "Seb Loeb’s first and last Rally Argentina wins". Red Bull.
(16 December 2005). "Rally star relives 100mph smash". WalesOnline.
(30 June 2004). "World Motor Sport Council". [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]].
Wilkins, Robert. (30 June 2004). "FIA confirms HANS for WRC". Crash.net.
(10 December 2004). "FIA confirms WRC calendar for 2005".
"WRC season 2005".
Moffitt, Alastair. (3 October 2005). "Loeb ties up second title as Solberg hits rock bottom". [[The Guardian]].
(30 October 2005). "Loeb leads Citroen to Rally title". [[BBC Sport]].

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