2005 Rally New Zealand

2005 Rally New Zealand
36th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 4 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season
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Host country New Zealand
Rally baseAuckland
Dates runApril 8, 2005 – April 10, 2005
Stages20 (356 km; 221 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,128.48 km (701.20 miles)
Statistics
Crews69 at start, 42 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena
Citroën Total WRT
Citroën 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

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
2 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
3 Toni Gardemeister Jakke Honkanen BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
4 Roman Kresta Jan Možný BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
5 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 P
6 Chris Atkinson Glenn Macneall Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 P
7 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC P
8 Markko Märtin Michael Park Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC P
9 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 P
10 Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 P
11 Armin Schwarz Klaus Wicha Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
12 Janne Tuohino Mikko Markkula Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
World Rally Championship entries
14 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC M
15 Luis Pérez Companc Jose Maria Volta BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
17 Antony Warmbold Michael Orr BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
79 Malcolm Stewart Mike Fletcher Malcolm Stewart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 —
83 Kevin Honiss Malcolm Peden Kevin Honiss Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
95 Junji Shimizu Yoshinori Kuwahara Teraoka Auto Door Subaru Impreza WRX —
PWRC entries
31 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 P
32 Xavier Pons Oriol Julià Pascual Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII M
33 Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C —
34 Fumio Nutahara Satoshi Hayashi Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Y
35 Karamjit Singh John Bennie Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert Evo VII —
36 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 —
37 Mark Higgins Trevor Agnew Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI N11 P
40 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 —
41 Natalie Barratt Carl Williamson OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
42 Federico Villagra Javier Villagra Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII S
43 Angelo Medeghini Barbara Capoferri Angelo Medeghini Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII P
44 Sebastián Beltrán Edgardo Galindo Subaru Argentina Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N11 —
47 Marcelo Recanate Víctor Federer Marcelo Recanate Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
48 Luis Ignacio Rosselot Ricardo Rojas Luis Ignacio Rosselot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII —
49 Hamed Al-Wahaibi David Senior Oman Arab World Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI Spec C —
50 Aki Teiskonen Miika Teiskonen Syms Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI —
51 Brice Tirabassi Mathieu Baumel Brice Tirabassi Subaru Impreza STI N11 —
Source:[2]

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 Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:34:51.6 10
2 7 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total 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 François Duval Stéphane Prévot 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 Chris Atkinson Glenn Macneall Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:39:28.8 +4:37.2 2
8 10 Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:41:42.1 +6:50.5 1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 1 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:34:51.6 10
2 2 7 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:35:41.4 +49.8 8
3 3 5 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:36:00.3 +1:08.7 6
4 4 2 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:36:57.9 +2:06.3 5
5 5 8 Markko Märtin Michael Park Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:38:00.7 +3:09.1 4
6 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 7 6 Chris Atkinson Glenn Macneall Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:39:28.8 +4:37.2 2
8 8 10 Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:41:42.1 +6:50.5 1
10 9 11 Armin Schwarz Klaus Wicha Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 3:45:09.6 +10:18.0 0
Retired SS20 9 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 Mechanical 0
Retired SS18 12 Janne Tuohino Mikko Markkula Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Mechanical 0
Retired SS1 4 Roman Kresta Jan Možný BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 Shakedown accident 0
Source:[5]

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 Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 19:36.3
SS12 Waipu Caves 21.35 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 11:39.5
SS13 Cassidy 2 15.78 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:54.2
SS14 Bull 2 31.73 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 18:58.7
SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km Petter Solberg 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 26 Phil Mills 26 Marlboro Peugeot Total 43
2 2 Sébastien Loeb 25 2 Daniel Elena 25 3 Citroën Total WRT 31
3 1 Markko Märtin 23 1 Michael Park 23 1 Subaru World Rally Team 28
4 1 Marcus Grönholm 20 1 Timo Rautiainen 20 2 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 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

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
1. leg (8 Apr) SS1 Parahi 25.33 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 13:54.5 Toshihiro Arai
SS2 Batley 1 19.33 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 11:09.1
SS3 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 6:59.0
SS4 Brooks 1 16.15 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 10:12.7
SS5 Batley 2 19.33 km Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza STI N11 11:00.0
SS6 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 6:53.9
SS7 Brooks 2 16.15 km Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 10:03.8
SS8 Millbrook 10.45 km Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza STI N11 6:20.4
2. leg (9 Apr) SS9 Wairere 18.92 km Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 11:15.1
SS10 Cassidy 1 15.78 km Toshihiro Arai
Mark Higgins 		Subaru Impreza STI N11
Subaru Impreza STI N11 		9:45.8
SS11 Bull 1 31.73 km Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C 20:55.7
SS12 Waipu Caves 21.35 km Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12:32.3
SS13 Cassidy 2 15.78 km Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 9:38.0
SS14 Bull 2 31.73 km Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 20:30.6 Xavier Pons
SS15 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 1:30.8
SS16 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 1:30.7
3. leg (10 Apr) SS17 Te Hutewai 11.15 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 8:16.9
SS18 Whaanga Coast 1 29.76 km Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N11 22:29.8 Toshihiro Arai
SS19 Te Papatapu 16.62 km Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza STI N11 11:32.2
SS20 Whaanga Coast 2 29.76 km Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 21:56.5 Xavier Pons

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

  1. ^ "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  2. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2005 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
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