2005 World Rally Championship

Last updated August 10, 2024

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.^[1] Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB.^[2]

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 sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Round	Dates	Rally	Support class
1	21–23 January	Monte Carlo Rally	JWRC
2	11–13 February	Swedish Rally	PWRC
3	11–13 March	Rally Mexico	JWRC
4	7–10 April	Rally New Zealand	PWRC
5	28 April-1 May	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	JWRC
6	13–15 May	Cyprus Rally	PWRC
7	3–5 June	Rally of Turkey	PWRC
8	23–26 June	Acropolis Rally	JWRC
9	14–17 July	Rally Argentina	PWRC
10	4–7 August	Rally Finland	JWRC
11	26–28 August	Rallye Deutschland	JWRC
12	15–18 September	Wales Rally GB	PWRC
13	29 September-2 October	Rally Japan	PWRC
14	21–23 October	Tour de Corse	JWRC
15	27–30 October	Rally Catalunya	JWRC
16	10–13 November	Rally Australia	PWRC

Teams and drivers

World Rally Championship entries

Manufacturer teams
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Drivers	Rounds
Citroën Total	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
				2	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	1–6
					François Duval	Sven Smeets	9–16
					Carlos Sainz	Marc Marti	7–8
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04/06	M	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	All
				4	Roman Kresta	Jan Tomanek	1, 4–9, 11–16
					Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2
					Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	3
					Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	10
				14	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	2–3, 10
					Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	5–8, 10, 12
					Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	11, 13–16
				15	Antony Warmbold	Damien Connolly	All
				15	Luís Pérez Companc	Jose Maria Volta	4, 9
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 04/05	P	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
				6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	1–2, 11, 14–15
				6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	3–10, 12–13, 16
				16	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	2, 11, 14–15
				16	Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	5, 8, 12
Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot	307 WRC	P	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	1–12
					Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	13, 16
					Nicolas Bernardi	Jean-Marc Fortin	14–15
				19	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	2
				25	Sebastian Lindholm	Tomi Tuominen	10
Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 05	P	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	All
				10	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1, 3, 6, 13–14
				10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	2, 4–5, 7–12, 15–16
				18	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	13–14
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Fabia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1, 3–16
				11	Mattias Ekström	Stefan Bergman	2
				12	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	1, 11, 14–15
					Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	2, 4–8
					Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	3, 9–10
					Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	12, 16
					Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	13
				17	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	10
				17	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	11, 14–15
				18	Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	2, 8
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
OMV World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	16	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	1, 4–6, 8–12, 16
				17	Xavier Pons	Carlos del Barrio	8–12, 14–16
				21	Juuso Pykälistö	Mika Ovaskainen	5
Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04	M	17	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	5, 8, 12
Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 02	M	19	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	12
Hyundai Assan Motorsports	Hyundai	Hyundai Accent WRC	P	17	Serkan Yazici	Can Okan	7
				66	Ali Deveci	Mehmet Yazici	7
				68	Murat Akdilek	Ozden Yilmaz	7
M-Sport	Ford	Focus RS WRC 03	M	18	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	2, 5, 8, 15
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	M P	18	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	6, 9
				19	Marcos Ligato	Ruben Garcia	9
				22	Nicolas Bernardi	Jean-Marc Fortin	11–12
				23	Xavier Pons	Oriol Juliá Pascual	1, 5
				23	Xavier Pons	Lucas Cruz	3
				61	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	1
					Ricardo Triviño	Carlos del Barrio	3
						Claudio Busto	9
						Checo Salom	15
Equipe de France FFSA	Škoda	Fabia WRC	M	20	Nicolas Vouilloz	Patrick Pivato	14–15

JWRC Entries

No	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Suzuki Sport Europe	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 3, 5, 8
31		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	10–11, 15
32		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Swift S1600	10–11, 15
32		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 3, 5, 8
33		Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne		1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
36		Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk		1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
34	Fiat Abarth Motorsport	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
35	Kronos Racing	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Citroën C2 S1600	1, 5, 8
35		Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson		10–11, 14–15
41		Daniel Sordo	Marc Martí		1, 5, 10–11, 14–15
41		Daniel Sordo	Oriol Julià		8
37	Errepi Racing	Alan Scorcioni	Domenico Scorcioni	Suzuki Ignis S1600	15
			Silvio Stefanelli	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 5, 8, 14
			Silvio Stefanelli	Fiat Punto S1600	10
			Toni Moreno	Fiat Punto S1600	11
38	Power Car Team	Luca Betti	Giovanni Agnese	Renault Clio S1600	1, 5, 8, 11, 14–15
38	Power Car Team	Luca Betti	Piercarlo Capalongo	Renault Clio S1600	10
39	Autorel Sport	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Renault Clio S1600	1
			Massimo Daddoveri	Fiat Punto S1600	3, 5, 8, 11
			Antonio Morassi	Fiat Punto S1600	14–15
40	PH Sport	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Citroën Saxo S1600	3
40	PH Sport	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Citroën C2 S1600	5, 8, 10–11, 14–15
42	Trumf Rally Team	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 3, 5, 10–11
42	Trumf Rally Team	Pavel Valoušek	Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	14–15
43	Jipocar Racing	Martin Prokop	Petr Gross	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 5, 8, 10–11, 14–15

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Subaru Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 6–7, 13, 16
32	Ralliart Spain	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	2, 4, 6–7
33	Autotek Motorsport	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4, 6–7, 9, 12, 16
34	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	2, 4, 6–7, 13, 16
35	Team Proton Pert Malaysia	Karamjit Singh	John Bennie	Proton Pert	4, 6–7, 12
36	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4, 6–7, 12–13, 16
40		Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo		4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16
44		Sebastián Beltran	Edgardo Galindo		4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16
37	Top Run SRL	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 6–7, 9
37		Mark Higgins	Daniel Barritt		16
51		Brice Tirabassi	Matthieu Baumel		4, 6–7, 9, 12–13
38	Motoring Club	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 6–7, 9, 12
38	Motoring Club	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	16
39	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Ragnar Spjuth	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 6–7, 9
39	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Anders Wallbom	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12
41	OMV World Rally Team	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4, 6–7, 13
41	OMV World Rally Team	Natalie Barratt	Kaj Lindström	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12, 16
42	Villagra Racing	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4, 6–7, 9, 13, 16
43	Kome Sport SRL	Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	2, 4, 6, 9
43	Kome Sport SRL	Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12, 16
45	Errani Team Group	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	2, 6–7, 12–13, 16
47	Aba Ba	Marcelo Recanate	Víctor Federer	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4
			Nalson Franco	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	6
			Mikael Johansson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	7
48	Gerardo Rosselot Mujica	Luis Rosselot	Ricardo Rojas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4, 6–7, 9, 13
49	Oman World Rally Team	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4, 6–7, 12–13, 16
50	Syms Rally Team	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 7, 12–13, 16

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

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

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

JWRC Drivers' championship

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

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

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

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

Round	Rally name	Podium drivers (Finishing time)	Podium cars
1	/ Monte Carlo Rally (21–23 January) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (4h:13m:05.6s) Toni Gardemeister (4h:16m:03.9s) Gilles Panizzi (4h:16m:45.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
2	Swedish Rally (11–13 February) — Results and report	Petter Solberg (3h:00m:52.1s) Markko Märtin (3h:03m:03.2s) Toni Gardemeister (3h:04m:06.8s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 Peugeot 307 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04
3	Rally Mexico (11–13 March) — Results and report	Petter Solberg (3h:41m:06.2s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:41m:40.7s) Markko Märtin (3h:42m:44.5s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
4	Rally New Zealand (8–10 April) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (3h:34m:51.6s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:35m:41.4s) Petter Solberg (3h:36m:00.3s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
5	Rally d'Italia Sardegna (29 April–1 May) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:33.7s) Petter Solberg (4h:07m:33.3s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:09m:41.0s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC
6	Cyprus Rally (13–15 May) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (5h:02m:29.4s) Manfred Stohl (5h:06m:38.9s) Markko Märtin (5h:07m:11.3s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
7	Rally of Turkey (2–5 June) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (4h:21m:48.0s) Petter Solberg (4h:22m:47.6s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:23m:03.3s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC
8	Acropolis Rally (23–26 June) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (4h:12m:53.7s) Toni Gardemeister (4h:14m:29.9s) Carlos Sainz (4h:15m:04.8s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Citroën Xsara WRC
9	Rally Argentina (14–17 July) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (3h:55m:36.5s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:56m:02.5s) Petter Solberg (3h:56m:41.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
10	Rally Finland (4–7 August) — Results and report	Marcus Grönholm (2h:54m:11.0s) Sébastien Loeb (2h:55m:17.7s) Markko Märtin (2h:55m:46.6s)	Peugeot 307 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
11	Rallye Deutschland (25–27 August) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (3h:27m:13.2s) François Duval (3h:27m:50.6s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:29m:18.0s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
12	Wales Rally GB (16–18 September) — Results and report	Petter Solberg (2h:45m:57.8s) François Duval (2h:47m:15.2s) Sébastien Loeb (2h:47m:15.7s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
13	Rally Japan (30 September–2 October) — Results and report	Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:32.0s) Sébastien Loeb (3h:26m:54.1s) Chris Atkinson (3h:28m:12.0s)	Peugeot 307 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
14	Tour de Corse (21–23 October) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (3h:35m:46.7s) Toni Gardemeister (3h:37m:38.4s) Petter Solberg (3h:38m:28.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Subaru Impreza WRC
15	Rally Catalunya (28–30 October) — Results and report	Sébastien Loeb (3h:31m:07.0s) François Duval (3h:32m:28.9s) Mikko Hirvonen (3h:33m:53.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 03
16	Rally Australia (10–13 November) — Results and report	François Duval (3h:19m:55.0s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:20m:47.9s) Manfred Stohl (3h:21m:28.0s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Citroën Xsara WRC

Notes

^ Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Japan.^[3]
^ Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Spain.^[4]

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References

↑ Stuart, Greg (8 February 2016). "Seb Loeb's first and last Rally Argentina wins". Red Bull. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
↑ "Rally star relives 100mph smash". WalesOnline. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
↑ Moffitt, Alastair (3 October 2005). "Loeb ties up second title as Solberg hits rock bottom". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 April 2024.
↑ "Loeb leads Citroen to Rally title". BBC Sport . 30 October 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 2005 at ewrc-results.com
2005 season at World Rally Archive

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[1] Stuart, Greg (8 February 2016). "Seb Loeb's first and last Rally Argentina wins". Red Bull. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

[2] "Rally star relives 100mph smash". WalesOnline. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

[3] Moffitt, Alastair (3 October 2005). "Loeb ties up second title as Solberg hits rock bottom". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 April 2024.

[4] "Loeb leads Citroen to Rally title". BBC Sport . 30 October 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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