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2004 Rally Australia

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2004 Rally Australia
17th Telstra Rally Australia
Round 16 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Sébastien Loeb during one of the special stages.
Host country Australia
Rally basePerth, Australia
Dates runNovember 11, 2004 – November 14, 2004
Stages25 (388.25 km; 241.25 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,426.48 km (886.37 miles)
Statistics
Crews62 at start, 29 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
France Citroën Total

The 2004 Rally Australia (formally the 17th Telstra Rally Australia) was the sixteenth and final round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 11 November and 14 November 2004, and was based in Perth, Australia. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 10th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

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Entry list

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No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
4 Spain Carlos Sainz[a] Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
World Rally Championship entries
11 Germany Antony Warmbold United Kingdom Gemma Price Germany Antony Warmbold Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
73 Australia Michael Anderson Australia Anthony Chudleigh Australia Michael Anderson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
75 Australia Michael Thompson Australia Michael Gentleman Australia Michael Thompson Subaru Impreza WRX STI
81 Australia Christopher Anderson Australia Joel Lithgo Australia Christopher Anderson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
90 Australia Keith Hedgeland Australia Sally Higgins Australia Keith Hedgeland Subaru Impreza WRX STI
PWRC entries
31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert P
33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
34 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom Gordon Noble United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI N10
35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI
38 Bulgaria Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Bulgaria Nikola Popov Bulgaria Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Jani Vainikka Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Daniel Barritt United Kingdom Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI
43 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Italy Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Chris Patterson Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
45 Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI
47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII M
48 Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Y
50 Germany Sebastian Vollak Germany Michael Kölbach Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
Other notable entries
61 Australia Chris Atkinson Australia Glenn Macneall Australia Subaru Rally Team Australia Subaru Impreza WRX STI
62 Australia Cody Crocker Australia Greg Foletta Australia Subaru Rally Team Australia Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Source:[3]

Itinerary

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All dates and times are AWST (UTC+8).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 133.27 km
11 November 18:38 SS1 Perth City Super 1 2.35 km
12 November 09:31 SS2 Stirling West 15.89 km
10:04 SS3 Stirling Long 34.99 km
11:37 SS4 Murray North 15.92 km
12:07 SS5 Murray South 19.08 km
16:03 SS6 Beraking 1 23.03 km
16:46 SS7 Helena South 1 17.31 km
19:45 SS8 Perth City Super 2 2.35 km
19:54 SS9 Perth City Super 3 2.35 km
Leg 2 — 127.15 km
13 November 09:46 SS10 Beraking 2 23.03 km
10:29 SS11 Helena East 1 22.29 km
11:04 SS12 Atkins 1 4.42 km
11:43 SS13 Helena West 1 15.44 km
12:11 SS14 Helena South 2 17.31 km
15:34 SS15 Flynns 1 20.10 km
16:13 SS16 Helena West 2 15.44 km
16:48 SS17 Atkins 2 4.42 km
19:45 SS18 Perth City Super 4 2.35 km
19:54 SS19 Perth City Super 5 2.35 km
Leg 3 — 127.83 km
14 November 07:00 SS20 Flynns 2 20.10 km
07:33 SS21 Helena East 2 22.29 km
11:01 SS22 Bannister North Short 13.86 km
11:29 SS23 Bannister Central 1 17.97 km
12:42 SS24 Bannister North Long 35.64 km
13:30 SS25 Bannister Central 2 17.97 km
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Results

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Overall

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Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:39:46.8 10
2 6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:41:41.9 +1:55.1 8
3 8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:43:27.0 +3:40.2 6
4 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 3:45:47.2 +6:00.4 5
5 61 Australia Chris Atkinson Australia Glenn Macneall Australia Subaru Rally Team Australia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:56:42.4 +16:55.6 4
6 47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3:57:22.9 +17:36.1 3
7 62 Australia Cody Crocker Australia Greg Foletta Australia Subaru Rally Team Australia Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:57:30.1 +17:43.3 2
8 31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:59:19.1 +19:32.3 1

World Rally Cars

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:39:46.8 10
2 2 6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:41:41.9 +1:55.1 8
3 3 8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:43:27.0 +3:40.2 6
4 4 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 3:45:47.2 +6:00.4 5
Retired SS10 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Accident 0
Retired SS4 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 Accident 0
Retired SS2 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 Engine 0
WD 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Withdrew 0

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (11 Nov) SS1 Perth City Super 1 2.35 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 1:32.9 Finland Marcus Grönholm
Leg 1 (12 Nov) SS2 Stirling West 15.89 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:14.5
SS3 Stirling Long 34.99 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 19:51.2
SS4 Murray North 15.92 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:56.9
SS5 Murray South 19.08 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:48.2
SS6 Beraking 1 23.03 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 13:03.5
SS7 Helena South 1 17.31 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:06.4
SS8 Perth City Super 2 2.35 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 1:32.9
SS9 Perth City Super 3 2.35 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 1:32.4
Leg 2 (13 Nov) SS10 Beraking 2 23.03 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 12:40.9 France Sébastien Loeb
SS11 Helena East 1 22.29 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 13:17.2
SS12 Atkins 1 4.42 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 3:03.1
SS13 Helena West 1 15.44 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 8:52.2
SS14 Helena South 2 17.31 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:59.0
SS15 Flynns 1 20.10 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:59.8
SS16 Helena West 2 15.44 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 8:37.0
SS17 Atkins 2 4.42 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:01.2
SS18 Perth City Super 4 2.35 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 1:33.1
SS19 Perth City Super 5 2.35 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 1:33.2
Leg 3 (14 Nov) SS20 Flynns 2 20.10 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:37.5
SS21 Helena East 2 22.29 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 12:48.5
SS22 Bannister North Short 13.86 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 7:15.7
SS23 Bannister Central 1 17.97 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:20.3
SS24 Bannister North Long 35.64 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 18:39.6
SS25 Bannister Central 2 17.97 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:12.7

Championship standings

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  • Bold text indicates 2004 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 118 Monaco Daniel Elena 118 France Citroën Total WRT 194
2 Norway Petter Solberg 82 United Kingdom Phil Mills 82 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 143
3 Estonia Markko Märtin 79 United Kingdom Michael Park 79 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 122
4 Spain Carlos Sainz 73 Spain Marc Martí 73 France Marlboro Peugeot Total 101
5 Finland Marcus Grönholm 62 Finland Timo Rautiainen 62 Japan Mitsubishi Motors 17

Production World Rally Championship

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
6 1 47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3:57:22.9 10
8 2 31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:59:19.1 +1:56.2 8
9 3 34 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom Gordon Noble United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI N10 3:59:42.5 +2:19.6 6
12 4 48 Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:06:17.8 +8:54.9 5
13 5 44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Chris Patterson Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:09:49.3 +12:26.4 4
16 6 50 Germany Sebastian Vollak Germany Michael Kölbach Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:16:37.2 +19:14.3 3
19 7 45 Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:22:17.0 +24:54.1 2
Retired SS22 39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI Differential 0
Retired SS15 42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Daniel Barritt United Kingdom Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI Engine 0
Retired SS13 32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert Suspension 0
Retired SS11 41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Jani Vainikka Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Excluded 0
Retired SS7 43 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Italy Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS6 33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0
Retired SS5 38 Bulgaria Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Bulgaria Nikola Popov Bulgaria Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Accident 0
Retired SS4 40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS2 35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI Engine 0

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (11 Nov) SS1 Perth City Super 1 2.35 km Japan Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1:38.2 Japan Fumio Nutahara
Leg 1 (12 Nov) SS2 Stirling West 15.89 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10:02.6 Japan Toshihiro Arai
SS3 Stirling Long 34.99 km United Kingdom Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 21:30.8 United Kingdom Alister McRae
SS4 Murray North 15.92 km Italy Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 9:44.3
SS5 Murray South 19.08 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 11:35.9
SS6 Beraking 1 23.03 km United Kingdom Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 14:05.4
SS7 Helena South 1 17.31 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 9:45.5
SS8 Perth City Super 2 2.35 km Japan Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1:38.5
SS9 Perth City Super 3 2.35 km Japan Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1:37.6
Leg 2 (13 Nov) SS10 Beraking 2 23.03 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 13:48.4
SS11 Helena East 1 22.29 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 14:01.8
SS12 Atkins 1 4.42 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:14.4
SS13 Helena West 1 15.44 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 9:30.5
SS14 Helena South 2 17.31 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 9:39.5
SS15 Flynns 1 20.10 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12:47.5
SS16 Helena West 2 15.44 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 9:21.1
SS17 Atkins 2 4.42 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3:10.3
SS18 Perth City Super 4 2.35 km Austria Manfred Stohl
Japan Fumio Nutahara
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
1:39.0
SS19 Perth City Super 5 2.35 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Japan Fumio Nutahara
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
1:38.1
Leg 3 (14 Nov) SS20 Flynns 2 20.10 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12:28.5
SS21 Helena East 2 22.29 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 13:44.3
SS22 Bannister North Short 13.86 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 7:54.0 Spain Xavier Pons
SS23 Bannister Central 1 17.97 km Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 10:14.7
SS24 Bannister North Long 35.64 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 20:29.1
SS25 Bannister Central 2 17.97 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10:02.3

Championship standings

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  • Bold text indicates 2004 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 2 United Kingdom Niall McShea 35
2 3 Japan Toshihiro Arai 30
3 2 Finland Jani Paasonen 29
4 2 Spain Xavier Pons 27
5 1 United Kingdom Alister McRae 26

Notes

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  1. ^ Carlos Sainz did not attend due to injury, suffering from neck pain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Australia Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. ^ "Rally Australia: Citroen withdraws Sainz, Marti Xsara". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Rally Australia 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Rally Australia 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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