2005 Rally Finland

2005 Rally Finland 55th Neste Rally Finland
Round 10 of the 2005 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Marcus Grönholm celebrates his win
Host country	Finland
Rally base	Jyväskylä
Dates run	4 – 7 August 2005
Stages	21 (355.59 km; 220.95 mi)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,365.03 km (848.19 mi)
Results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm Marlboro Peugeot Total
Crews	76 at start, 49 at finish

The 55th Neste Rally Finland, the tenth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship season took place between August 4 and 7, 2005.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 307 WRC	2:54:11.0	0.0	10
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:55:17.7	1:06.7	8
3.	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Peugeot 307 WRC	2:55:46.6	1:35.6	6
4.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	2:56:19.0	2:08.0	5
5.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	2:56:24.6	2:13.6	4
6.	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Ford Focus RS WRC	2:57:43.4	3:32.4	3
7.	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	2:58:38.9	4:27.9	2
8.	François Duval	Sven Smeets	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:59:21.4	5:10.4	1
JWRC
1. (15.)	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C2 S1600	3:20:17.8	0.0	10
2. (16.)	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Ignis S1600	3:21:50.4	1:32.6	8
3. (18.)	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:24:07.7	3:49.9	6
4. (21.)	Luca Betti	Piercarlo Capalongo	Renault Clio S1600	3:29:54.1	9:36.3	5
5. (28.)	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Fiat Punto S1600	3:41:32.6	21:14.8	4
6. (36.)	Martin Prokop	Petr Gross	Suzuki Ignis S1600	3:52:52.5	32:34.7	3
7. (39.)	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	Citroën C2 S1600	3:55:07.7	34:49.9	2
8. (40.)	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Citroën C2 S1600	3:56:54.6	36:36.8	1
Class N4
1. (14.)	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:15:37.8	0.0
2. (17.)	Riku Tahko	Ossi Lahtinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII	3:24:02.3	8:24.5
3. (19.)	Angelo Medechini	Barbara Capoferri	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:24:11.1	8:33.3
4. (20.)	Jarno Kinnunen	Mikko Lukka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	3:27:56.8	12:19.0
5. (25.)	Patrik Flodin	Maria Andersson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII	3:38:37.9	23:00.1
6. (26.)	Luca Rossetti	Dario d'Esposito	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	3:38:58.8	23:21.0
7. (27.)	Ray Bellm	Mark Solloway	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:39:41.1	24:03.3
8. (30.)	Natalie Barratt	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:44:55.0	29:17.2

Special Stages

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (4/5 Aug)	SS1	19:00	SSS Killeri 1	2.06 km	Petter Solberg	1:23.0	89.35 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	08:51	Lankamaa	24.98 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:57.1	125.41 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	09:39	Laukaa	11.82 km	Marcus Grönholm	5:39.2	125.45 km/h	Marcus Grönholm
	SS4	10:34	Ruuhimäki	7.57 km	Marcus Grönholm	3:55.3	115.82 km/h
	SS5	12:38	Vellipohja 1	33.93 km	Marcus Grönholm	17:03.7	119.32 km/h
	SS6	13:46	Mökkiperä 1	13.96 km	Petter Solberg	6:49.1	122.85 km/h
	SS7	16:06	Vellipohja 2	33.93 km	Marcus Grönholm	16:57.1	120.09 km/h
	SS8	17:14	Mökkiperä 2	13.96 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:47.5	123.33 km/h
	SS9	18:37	SSS Killeri 2	2.06 km	Marcus Grönholm	1:20.3	92.35 km/h
2 (6 Aug)	SS10	07:06	Vaheri	19.84 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:45.6	121.97 km/h
	SS11	08:20	Ouninpohja West 1	13.98 km	Marcus Grönholm	6:35.1	127.38 km/h
	SS12	08:43	Ouninpohja East 1	16.55 km	Marcus Grönholm	7:54.5	125.56 km/h
	SS13	11:44	Urria	10.00 km	Marcus Grönholm	4:39.6	128.76 km/h
	SS14	13:07	Ouninpohja West 2	13.98 km	Marcus Grönholm	6:28.5	129.54 km/h
	SS15	13:30	Ouninpohja East 2	16.55 km	Marcus Grönholm	7:45.7	127.94 km/h
	SS16	16:48	Moksi-Leustu	40.96 km	Marcus Grönholm	20:16.5	121.21 km/h
	SS17	18:04	Himos	12.90 km	Toni Gardemeister	6:59.3	110.76 km/h
3 (7 Aug)	SS18	09:44	Kuohu 1	7.80 km	Toni Gardemeister	3:44.4	125.13 km/h
	SS19	10:42	Kruununperä 1	25.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:53.2	128.61 km/h
	SS20	11:55	Kuohu 2	7.80 km	Mikko Hirvonen	3:43.1	125.86 km/h
	SS21	12:53	Kruununperä 2	25.48 km	Petter Solberg	11:58.1	127.74 km/h

Championship standings after the event

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 83 2 Marcus Grönholm 5 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 3 4 2 1 55 3 Petter Solberg Ret 1 1 3 2 Ret 2 9 3 4 53 4 Markko Märtin 4 2 3 5 4 3 5 8 6 3 48 5 Toni Gardemeister 2 3 6 6 5 5 6 2 4 6 47 6 Harri Rovanperä 7 4 5 Ret Ret 7 10 6 5 7 23 7 Manfred Stohl 6 9 9 2 20 8 Ret 12 8 Carlos Sainz 4 3 11 9 Roman Kresta 8 8 Ret DNS 6 6 7 Ret 11 23 10 10 Henning Solberg 5 15 4 11 Ret 9 9 11 François Duval Ret 12 Ret 4 11 Ret 7 8 8 12 Mikko Hirvonen Ret Ret 5 5 8 13 Gilles Panizzi 3 8 11 7 14 Gianluigi Galli 7 8 Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 6 15 Daniel Carlsson 6 Ret 8 Ret 14 15 DNS 4 16 Antony Warmbold 10 11 7 11 7 Ret 9 Ret 12 Ret 4 17 Chris Atkinson 19 Ret 7 18 10 24 Ret 9 Ret 2 18 Juuso Pykälistö DNS 8 DNS 1 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event																Total points
		MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS
1	Peugeot	9	8	14	12	11	8	10	7	11	16							106
2	Citroën	10	1	5	15	12	10	15	16	12	9							105
3	Ford	10	10	3	3	7	11	5	8	5	7							69
4	Subaru	0	10	10	8	8	2	8	1	7	5							59
5	Mitsubishi	9	8	6	1	0	5	1	7	4	2							43
6	Škoda	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0							8

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON MEX ITA GRE FIN GER FRA ESP  Pts  1 Guy Wilks 7 1 6 2 3 29 2 Dani Sordo 4 1 Ret 1 25 3 Per-Gunnar Andersson 6 2 5 1 Ret 25 4 Urmo Aava Ret 2 3 2 22 5 Kris Meeke 1 3 6 7 21 6 Luca Betti 5 4 Ret 4 14 7 Kosti Katajamäki 2 Ret 4 Ret 13 8 Mirco Baldacci 10 Ret 5 5 8 9 Martin Prokop 9 7 7 6 7 10 Alan Scorcioni 3 Ret 9 Ret 6 11 Luca Cecchettini Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 12 Pavel Valoušek 8 4 9 Ret 6 13 Conrad Rautenbach Ret 8 8 8 3 Pos Driver MON MEX ITA GRE FIN GER FRA ESP  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

External links

• Overview at World Rally Archive
• Results at eWRC
• Results at RallyBase