2005 World Rally Championship

Last updated January 16, 2025

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.^[3]^[4]

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	73rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	353.07 km	JWRC
2	11 February	13 February	54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	20	335.55 km	PWRC
3	11 March	13 March	2nd Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	14	355.97 km	JWRC
4	7 April	10 April	36th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	20	356.00 km	PWRC
5	29 April	1 May	2nd Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	17	349.08 km	JWRC
6	13 May	15 May	33rd Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	18	326.68 km	PWRC
7	3 June	5 June	6th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	18	351.03 km	PWRC
8	23 June	26 June	52nd Acropolis Rally of Greece	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	19	349.57 km	JWRC
9	14 July	17 July	25th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	22	340.82 km	PWRC
10	4 August	7 August	55th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	21	355.59 km	JWRC
11	26 August	28 August	24th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	19	356.16 km	JWRC
12	15 September	18 September	61st Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	354.22 km	PWRC
13	30 September	2 October	5th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	26	350.18 km	PWRC
14	21 October	23 October	49th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	341.68 km	JWRC
15	28 October	30 October	41st RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada	Salou, Catalonia	Tarmac	15	358.75 km	JWRC
16	10 November	13 November	18th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	26	355.39 km	PWRC
Sources:^[5]

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

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	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 35 Kronos Racing	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Kris Meeke Chris Patterson
2	Sweden	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
3	Mexico	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	N/A	No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
4	New Zealand	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	No. 32 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
5	Italy	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Dani Sordo Marc Martí
6	Cyprus	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	No. 51 Top Run SRL	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Brice Tirabassi Mathieu Baumel	N/A
7	Turkey	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
8	Greece	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 31 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
9	Argentina	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	No. 33 Autotek Motorsport	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson	N/A
10	Finland	No. 7 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
		Peugeot 307 WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Dani Sordo Marc Martí
11	Germany	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Dani Sordo Marc Martí
12	Britain	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 50 Syms Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Aki Teiskonen Miika Teiskonen	N/A
13	Japan	No. 7 Marlboro Peugeot Total	No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 307 WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
14	France	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 34 Fiat Abarth Motorsport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Fiat Punto S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini
15	Spain	No. 1 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 41 Kronos Racing	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Dani Sordo Marc Martí
16	Australia	No. 2 Citroën Total WRT	No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N11	N/A
		François Duval Sven Smeets	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
Source:^[6]

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.^[7]
^ Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Spain.^[8]

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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.
↑ "World Motor Sport Council". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 June 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
↑ Wilkins, Robert (30 June 2004). "FIA confirms HANS for WRC". Crash.net. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
↑ "FIA confirms WRC calendar for 2005". Crash.net. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
↑ "WRC season 2005". eWRC. Retrieved 26 December 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] "World Motor Sport Council". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 June 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

[4] Wilkins, Robert (30 June 2004). "FIA confirms HANS for WRC". Crash.net. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

[5] "FIA confirms WRC calendar for 2005". Crash.net. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

[6] "WRC season 2005". eWRC. Retrieved 26 December 2024.

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

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

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