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The 2005 World Rally Championship season was the 33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on January 21 with the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo and ended on November 13 with the Telstra 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. Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB.

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 after the season. 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.

[edit] Michael Park

On 18 September 2005 Michael "beef" Park lost his life in a tragic accident. One of the top co-drivers of his generation, Park died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident on the final leg of Wales Rally Great Britain when his Peugeot 307 WRC left the road and struck a tree.

This is the memorial for Michael Park who lost his life.

[edit] Standings

[edit] Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Points
Rank	Manufacturer	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRC	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS	Points
1	Citroën	10	1	5	15	12	10	15	16	12	9	18	14	13	10	18	10	188
2	Peugeot	9	8	14	12	11	8	10	7	11	16	11	-	11	2	5	-	135
3	Ford	10	10	3	3	7	11	5	8	5	7	3	4	5	12	7	4	104
4	Subaru	-	10	10	8	8	2	8	1	7	5	3	10	6	11	2	6	97
5	Mitsubishi	9	8	6	1	-	5	1	7	4	2	4	6	4	1	4	13	75
6	Škoda	1	2	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	3	3	22

[edit] Drivers' championship

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

[edit] Events

Round	Rally name	Podium drivers (Finishing time)	Podium cars
1	/ 73ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo (21-23 January)	Sébastien Loeb (4h:13m:05.6s) Toni Gardemeister (4h:16m:03.9s) Gilles Panizzi (4h:16m:45.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
2	54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally (11-13 February)	Petter Solberg (3h:00m:52.1s) Markko Märtin (3h:03m:03.2s) Toni Gardemeister (3h:04m:06.8s)	Subaru Impreza WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Ford Focus WRC
3	19º Corona Rally México (11-13 March)	Petter Solberg (3h:41m:06.2s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:41m:40.7s) Markko Märtin (3h:42m:44.5s)	Subaru Impreza WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
4	35th Propecia Rally New Zealand (8-10 April)	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
5	2º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia (29 April-1 May)	Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:33.7s) Petter Solberg (4h:07m:33.3s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:09m:41.0s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
6	33rd Cyprus Rally (13-15 May)	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	6th Rally of Turkey (2-5 June)	Sébastien Loeb (4h:21m:48.0s) Petter Solberg (4h:22m:47.6s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:23m:03.3s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC Peugeot 307 WRC
8	52nd Acropolis Rally (23-26 June)	Sébastien Loeb (4h:12m:53.7s) Toni Gardemeister (4h:14m:29.9s) Carlos Sainz (4h:15m:04.8s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
9	25º Rally Argentina (14-17 July)	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
10	55th Neste Rally Finland (4-7 August)	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	24. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland (25-27 August)	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	61st Wales Rally of Great Britain (16-18 September)	Petter Solberg (2h:45m:57.8s) François Duval (2h:47m:15.2s) Sébastien Loeb (2h:47m:15.7s)	Subaru Impreza WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
13	2nd Rally Japan (30 September-2 October)	Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:32.0s) Sébastien Loeb (3h:26m:54.1s)^[1] Chris Atkinson (3h:28m:12.0s)	Peugeot 307 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC Subaru Impreza WRC
14	49ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (21-23 October)	Sébastien Loeb (3h:35m:46.7s) Toni Gardemeister (3h:37m:38.4s) Petter Solberg (3h:38m:28.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus WRC Subaru Impreza WRC
15	41º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada (28-30 October)	Sébastien Loeb (3h:31m:07.0s) François Duval (3h:32m:28.9s) Mikko Hirvonen (3h:33m:53.7s)	Citroën Xsara WRC^[2] Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus WRC
16	18th Telstra Rally Australia (10-13 November)	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

[edit] Notes

^ Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Japan.
^ Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Spain.

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