2005 Rally New Zealand
| 2005 Rally New Zealand 36th Propecia Rally New Zealand | |||
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Round 4 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season
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| Host country |  New Zealand | ||
| Rally base | Auckland | ||
| Dates run | April 8, 2005 – April 10, 2005 | ||
| Stages | 20 (356 km; 221 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Overall distance | 1,128.48 km (701.20 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 69 at start, 42 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRTCitroën Xsara WRC | ||
The 2005 Rally New Zealand (formally the 36th Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the fourth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 8 April and 10 April 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 12th win in the World Rally Championship. [1]
Background
Entry list
Itinerary
All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. leg — 129.22 km | ||||
| 8 April | 09:53 | SS1 | Parahi | 25.33 km |
| 10:46 | SS2 | Batley 1 | 19.33 km | |
| 11:14 | SS3 | Waipu Gorge 1 | 11.24 km | |
| 11:37 | SS4 | Brooks 1 | 16.15 km | |
| 13:33 | SS5 | Batley 2 | 19.33 km | |
| 14:01 | SS6 | Waipu Gorge 2 | 11.24 km | |
| 14:24 | SS7 | Brooks 2 | 16.15 km | |
| 14:54 | SS8 | Millbrook | 10.45 km | |
| 2. leg — 139.49 km | ||||
| 9 April | 09:23 | SS9 | Wairere | 18.92 km |
| 10:01 | SS10 | Cassidy 1 | 15.78 km | |
| 10:24 | SS11 | Bull 1 | 31.73 km | |
| 13:03 | SS12 | Waipu Caves | 21.35 km | |
| 13:39 | SS13 | Cassidy 2 | 15.78 km | |
| 14:02 | SS14 | Bull 2 | 31.73 km | |
| 19:30 | SS15 | Manukau Super 1 | 2.10 km | |
| 19:51 | SS16 | Manukau Super 2 | 2.10 km | |
| 3. leg — 87.29 km | ||||
| 10 April | 09:03 | SS17 | Te Hutewai | 11.15 km |
| 09:26 | SS18 | Whaanga Coast 1 | 29.76 km | |
| 11:03 | SS19 | Te Papatapu | 16.62 km | |
| 11:36 | SS20 | Whaanga Coast 2 | 29.76 km | |
| Source:[3] | ||||
Results
Overall
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Loeb
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Daniel Elena
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Citroën Total WRT
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Citroën Xsara WRC | 3:34:51.6 | 10 | |
| 2 | 7 |  Marcus Grönholm
|
Timo Rautiainen
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Marlboro Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 307 WRC | 3:35:41.4 | +49.8 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 |  Petter Solberg
|
 Phil Mills
|
 Subaru World Rally Team
|
Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 3:36:00.3 | +1:08.7 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} François Duval
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Stéphane Prévot
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Citroën Total WRT
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 3:36:57.9 | +2:06.3 | 5 |
| 5 | 8 |  Markko Märtin
|
Michael Park
|
Marlboro Peugeot Total
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 3:38:00.7 | +3:09.1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Toni Gardemeister
|
Jakke Honkanen
|
BP Ford World Rally Team
|
Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 3:38:07.9 | +3:16.3 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Chris Atkinson
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Glenn Macneall
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Subaru World Rally Team
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Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 3:39:28.8 | +4:37.2 | 2 |
| 8 | 10 |  Gianluigi Galli
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Guido D'Amore
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Mitsubishi Motors
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Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 3:41:42.1 | +6:50.5 | 1 |
| Source:[4] | ||||||||
World Rally Cars
Classification
Special stages
| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. leg (8 Apr) | SS1 | Parahi | 25.33 km | Petter Solberg
|
Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 12:59.5 | Petter Solberg
|
| SS2 | Batley 1 | 19.33 km | Marcus Grönholm
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 10:30.7 | ||
| SS3 | Waipu Gorge 1 | 11.24 km | Chris Atkinson
|
Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 6:40.0 | ||
| SS4 | Brooks 1 | 16.15 km | Marcus Grönholm
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 9:45.0 | Sébastien Loeb
| |
| SS5 | Batley 2 | 19.33 km | Sébastien Loeb
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 10:11.0 | ||
| SS6 | Waipu Gorge 2 | 11.24 km | Sébastien Loeb
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 6:22.5 | ||
| SS7 | Brooks 2 | 16.15 km | Sébastien Loeb
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 9:17.7 | ||
| SS8 | Millbrook | 10.45 km | Chris Atkinson
|
Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 6:02.5 | ||
| 2. leg (9 Apr) | SS9 | Wairere | 18.92 km | Sébastien Loeb
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 10:21.9 | |
| SS10 | Cassidy 1 | 15.78 km | Sébastien Loeb
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 9:07.3 | ||
| SS11 | Bull 1 | 31.73 km | Petter Solberg
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Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 19:36.3 | ||
| SS12 | Waipu Caves | 21.35 km | Petter Solberg
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Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 11:39.5 | ||
| SS13 | Cassidy 2 | 15.78 km | Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Xsara WRC | 8:54.2 | ||
| SS14 | Bull 2 | 31.73 km | Sébastien Loeb
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Citroën Xsara WRC | 18:58.7 | ||
| SS15 | Manukau Super 1 | 2.10 km | Petter Solberg
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Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 1:23.5 | ||
| SS16 | Manukau Super 2 | 2.10 km | Marcus Grönholm
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 1:23.9 | ||
| 3. leg (10 Apr) | SS17 | Te Hutewai | 11.15 km | Marcus Grönholm
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 7:55.6 | |
| SS18 | Whaanga Coast 1 | 29.76 km | Marcus Grönholm
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 21:31.8 | ||
| SS19 | Te Papatapu | 16.62 km | Marcus Grönholm
|
Peugeot 307 WRC | 10:51.3 | ||
| SS20 | Whaanga Coast 2 | 29.76 km | Sébastien Loeb
|
Citroën Xsara WRC | 20:44.7 |
Championship standings
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Petter Solberg
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26 |
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Phil Mills
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26 |
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Marlboro Peugeot Total
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43 | |||
| 2 |  2
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Sébastien Loeb
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25 | 2
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Daniel Elena
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25 | 3
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Citroën Total WRT
|
31 | |||
| 3 |  1
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Markko Märtin
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23 | 1
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Michael Park
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23 | 1
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Subaru World Rally Team
|
28 | |||
| 4 | 1
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Marcus Grönholm
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20 | 1
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Timo Rautiainen
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20 | 2
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BP Ford World Rally Team
|
26 | |||
| 5 | 2
|
Toni Gardemeister
|
20 | 2
|
Jakke Honkanen
|
20 | 2
|
Mitsubishi Motors
|
24 | |||
Production World Rally Championship
Classification
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | ||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 32 |  Xavier Pons
|
Oriol Julià Pascual
|
Xevi Pons
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:50:00.3 | 10 | |
| 14 | 2 | 31 | Toshihiro Arai
|
Tony Sircombe
|
Subaru Team Arai
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 3:50:17.3 | +17.0 | 8 |
| 15 | 3 | 36 |  Marcos Ligato
|
Rubén García
|
Subaru Argentina Rally Team
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 3:50:55.4 | +55.1 | 6 |
| 16 | 4 | 33 |  Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
Chris Patterson
|
Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 3:50:57.5 | +57.2 | 5 |
| 18 | 5 | 35 |  Karamjit Singh
|
John Bennie
|
Proton Pert Malaysia
|
Proton Pert Evo VII | 3:53:58.7 | +3:58.4 | 4 |
| 19 | 6 | 42 | Federico Villagra
|
Javier Villagra
|
Federico Villagra
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:55:32.8 | +5:32.5 | 3 |
| 20 | 7 | 34 | Fumio Nutahara
|
Satoshi Hayashi
|
Advan-Piaa Rally Team
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:56:20.5 | +6:20.2 | 2 |
| 21 | 8 | 49 |  Hamed Al-Wahaibi
|
David Senior
|
Oman Arab World Rally Team
|
Subaru Impreza STI Spec C | 3:56:44.0 | +6:43.7 | 1 |
| 23 | 9 | 51 | Brice Tirabassi
|
Mathieu Baumel
|
Brice Tirabassi
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 3:57:14.3 | +7:14.0 | 0 |
| 24 | 10 | 44 | Sebastián Beltrán
|
Edgardo Galindo
|
Subaru Argentina Rally Team
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 3:57:23.4 | +7:23.1 | 0 |
| 30 | 11 | 48 |  Luis Ignacio Rosselot
|
Ricardo Rojas
|
Luis Ignacio Rosselot
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 4:07:56.1 | +17:55.8 | 0 |
| 37 | 12 | 41 | Natalie Barratt
|
Carl Williamson
|
OMV World Rally Team
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | 4:23:01.6 | +33:01.3 | 0 |
| 41 | 13 | 47 |  Marcelo Recanate
|
Víctor Federer
|
Marcelo Recanate
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | 4:38:28.7 | +48:28.4 | 0 |
| Retired SS20 | 37 | Mark Higgins
|
Trevor Agnew
|
Mark Higgins
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 | Fuel pump | 0 | ||
| Retired SS20 | 40 | Gabriel Pozzo
|
Daniel Stillo
|
Subaru Argentina Rally Team
|
Subaru Impreza STI N11 | Brakes | 0 | ||
| Retired SS17 | 43 | Angelo Medeghini
|
Barbara Capoferri
|
Angelo Medeghini
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Driver ill | 0 | ||
| Retired SS7 | 50 | Aki Teiskonen
|
Miika Teiskonen
|
Syms Rally Team
|
Subaru Impreza STI | Engine | 0 | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||||
Special stages
Championship standings
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | |
| 1 |
|
Toshihiro Arai
|
18 |
| 2 | 2
|
Xavier Pons
|
15 |
| 3 | 1
|
Angelo Medeghini
|
8 |
| 4 | 1
|
Fabio Frisiero
|
6 |
| 5 | 
|
Marcos Ligato
|
6 |
References
- ^ "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.