2005 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

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The 2005 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season (APRC) was an international rally championship organized by the FIA. The champion was Finnish driver Jussi Valimaki.

The Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an international rally championship organized by the FIA encompassing rounds in Asia and Oceania. Group N cars dominated the championship for many years but in recent years cars built to R5 and S2000 regulations have tended to be the frontrunners.

Rallying form of motorsport where modified or specially built road-legal compete not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format

Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. It is distinguished by running not on a circuit, but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points, leaving at regular intervals from one or more start points. Rallies may be won by pure speed within the stages or alternatively by driving to a predetermined ideal journey time within the stages.

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Calendar

RoundDateEventWinner
1April 2–4 Flag of Australia.svg Rally of Canberra Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Valimaki
1May 20–22 Flag of France.svg Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Valimaki
2June 17–19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Rally of Rotorua Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai
3July 22–24 Flag of Japan.svg Rally Hokkaido Flag of Japan.svg Katsu Taguchi
4August 19–21 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysian Rally Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai
5September 9–11 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rally Indonesia Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Valimaki
6October 21–23 Flag of Thailand.svg Rally of Thailand Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Valimaki
7November 25–27 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Rally Flag of Malaysia.svg Kan Chee Hong

Points

PositionDriverPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Valimaki 87
2 Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai 47
= Flag of New Zealand.svg Geof Argyle 47
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kan Chee Hong 46
5 Flag of Japan.svg Katsu Taguchi 37
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dermott Malley 30
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Green 29
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Fan 14
9 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhro Kunisawa 13
10 Flag of France.svg Julien Lenglet 4

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