2004 World Rally Championship season

2004 World Rally Championship season
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The 2004 World Rally Championship season was the 32nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 16 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën Xsara WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Markko Märtin. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	23–25 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	6–8 February	Swedish Rally
3	12–14 March	Rally Mexico
4	15–18 April	Rally New Zealand
5	13–16 May	Cyprus Rally
6	3–6 June	Acropolis Rally
7	24–27 June	Rally of Turkey
8	15–18 July	Rally Argentina
9	6–8 August	Rally Finland
10	20–22 August	Rallye Deutschland
11	3–5 September	Rally Japan
12	16–19 September	Wales Rally GB
13	30 September-3 October	Rally d'Italia Sardegna
14	15–17 October	Tour de Corse
15	29–31 October	Rally Catalunya
16	11–14 November	Rally Australia

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer teams
Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC2003/4	P	1	Petter Solberg	All
				2	Mikko Hirvonen	All
Citroën Total	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	3	Sébastien Loeb	All
				4	Carlos Sainz	All
Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot	307WRC	M	5	Marcus Grönholm	All
				6	Freddy Loix	1–2, 15
					Harri Rovanperä	3–9, 11–13, 16
					Cédric Robert	10, 14
				9	Freddy Loix	10, 14
				14	Sebastian Lindholm	9
				15	Daniel Carlsson	12
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus RS WRC 03/04	M	7	Markko Märtin	All
				8	François Duval	1, 3–8, 10–16
					Janne Tuohino	2, 9
				11	Antony Warmbold	All
				15	François Duval	2, 9
Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC04	M	9	Gilles Panizzi	1–10, 15
				10	Gianluigi Galli	1, 3, 7
					Kristian Sohlberg	2, 4–5, 8–9
					Daniel Solà	6, 10, 15
				14	Gianluigi Galli	15
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Fabia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	6, 9–10, 12–15
				12	Toni Gardemeister	6, 9–10, 12–15
				15	Jan Kopecký	15
				17	Roman Kresta	10
				18	Jani Paasonen	9, 12

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Nicolas Vouilloz	1, 6, 10, 12–15
			Miguel Campos	1, 5
			Henning Solberg	2, 4–5, 7, 9, 12, 13
			Daniel Carlsson	2, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 14
			Luís Pérez Companc	3, 5, 8, 13
Manfred Stohl			Manfred Stohl	6, 12
Equipe de France FFSA			Alexandre Bengué	10, 14
	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Stéphane Sarrazin	10, 14–15
Alistair Ginley			Alistair Ginley	5–7, 9–10, 12
Andrea Navarra			Andrea Navarra	13
Jozef Béreš	Hyundai	Accent WRC	Jozef Béreš	1–2, 6
Jussi Välimäki			Jussi Välimäki	1, 3, 5–6
	Ford	Focus RS WRC		10
Roman Kresta	Hyundai	Accent WRC	Roman Kresta	1
	Ford	Focus RS WRC		6
Citroën Kronos Racing Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	Juuso Pykälistö	9, 13
M-Sport	Ford	Focus RS WRC	Jari Viita	2, 4, 9
			Mark Higgins	12
			Matthew Wilson	12
Supset	Ford	Focus RS WRC	Janne Tuohino	5–7

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRC TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 1 118 2 Petter Solberg 7 3 4 1 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 5 5 Ret 82 3 Markko Märtin 2 7 1 3 2 Ret 24 Ret 2 4 3 3 Ret 1 1 Ret 79 4 Carlos Sainz Ret 5 3 6 3 19 4 1 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 DNS 73 5 Marcus Grönholm 4 2 6 2 DSQ Ret 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret 7 4 2 Ret 62 6 François Duval 3 Ret 2 18 Ret 4 5 3 7 2 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 3 53 7 Mikko Hirvonen Ret 9 5 7 5 Ret 6 4 Ret 8 7 7 Ret 10 8 4 29 8 Harri Rovanperä 10 5 DSQ 3 Ret 5 Ret 6 6 Ret 2 28 9 Janne Tuohino 4 6 7 7 5 Ret 16 10 Freddy Loix 5 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 11 Stéphane Sarrazin 9 6 4 8 12 Daniel Carlsson 8 8 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 11 6 13 Gilles Panizzi 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 11 Ret 12 6 14 Andrea Navarra 4 5 15 Gianluigi Galli Ret 24 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 5 16 Cédric Robert 5 Ret 4 17 Chris Atkinson Ret 33 12 5 4 18 Manfred Stohl Ret Ret 10 6 12 32 8 Ret 4 19 Henning Solberg 6 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 3 20 Luís Pérez Companc Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 21 Jani Paasonen 16 Ret 14 10 6 20 Ret Ret 3 22 Daniel Solà 20 11 Ret Ret DSQ Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 23 Xavier Pons Ret 46 16 16 16 Ret Ret 28 15 24 Ret 12 Ret 6 3 24 Toni Gardemeister Ret 8 7 22 Ret 9 9 3 25 Antony Warmbold Ret 15 9 19 Ret 9 8 9 Ret 13 8 10 8 20 13 14 3 26 Jussi Välimäki 11 7 Ret Ret 26 14 2 27 Alistair Ginley 7 11 Ret 15 Ret 12 2 28 Cody Crocker 11 14 7 2 29 Olivier Burri 8 1 30 Miguel Campos Ret 8 1 31 Aris Vovos 8 1 32 Gabriel Pozzo 8 1 33 Armin Schwarz Ret 12 11 Ret Ret 8 11 1 34 Toshi Arai 26 13 15 Ret 18 9 8 1 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRC TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA 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. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS Points 1 Citroën Total World Rally Team 3 1 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 1 194 4 Ret 5 3 6 3 6 4 1 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 Ford Motor Co 7 2 6 1 3 2 Ret 8 Ret 2 4 3 3 Ret 1 1 Ret 143 8 3 4 2 8 Ret 4 5 3 5 2 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 3 3 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1 7 3 4 1 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 5 4 Ret 122 2 Ret 7 5 7 5 Ret 6 4 Ret 6 7 7 Ret 6 5 4 4 Marlboro Peugeot Total 5 4 2 6 2 Ret Ret 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret 5 4 2 Ret 101 6 5 Ret 8 5 Ret 3 Ret 5 Ret 5 6 6 Ret Ret Ret 2 5 Mitsubishi Motors 9 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 6 6 Ret 17 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS Points

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)

Events

Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	72ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo January 23–25 — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:03.0	15	389.12 km	43	20
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4h:13:15.6
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:22.6
2	53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally (February 6–8) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:26:17.7	19	394.80 km	70	49
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:27:04.1
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003	3:27:39.2
3	18º Corona Rally México (March 12–14) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:06:46.2	15	394.43 km	54	26
		2	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:07:28.7
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:08:07.1
4	34th Propecia Rally New Zealand (April 15–18) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:02:29.5	23	395.50 km	58	35
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:02:35.4
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:55.1
5	32nd Cyprus Rally (May 14–16) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:58:44.5	18	326.68 km	37	21
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:59:38.5
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:59:53.6
6	51st Acropolis Rally (June 3–6) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:39:06.2	22	377.13 km	72	33
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:39:24.6
		3	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:39:34.5
7	5th Rally of Turkey (June 24–27) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:48:26.8	17	383.33 km	63	32
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:48:53.0
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:49:03.5
8	24º Rally Argentina (July 15–18) — Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:23:11.1	26	376.65 km	69	29
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:24:43.5
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:27:34.5
9	54th Neste Rally Finland (August 6–8) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:07:16.1	22	382.17 km	68	34
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:07:50.8
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:00.6
10	23. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland (August 20–22) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:57.4	24	411.06 km	69	41
		2	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:26.5
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:06.9
11	1st Rally Japan (September 3–5) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:43:50.6	27	386.68 km	83	53
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:45:03.9
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.9
12	60th Wales Rally of Great Britain (September 16–19) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:42:39.5	19	394.03 km	83	42
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:42:45.8
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.2
13	1º Supermag Rally d'Italia Sardinia (October 1–3) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:43:47.9	19	383.23 km	67	29
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:45:55.8
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:47:08.8
14	48ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France (October 15–17) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:11:51.4	12	387.80 km	53	35
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:13:53.4
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:14:46.7
15	40º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) (October 29–31) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:40:43.8	20	384.08 km	52	36
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:07.0
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:41:21.5
16	17th Telstra Rally Australia (November 11–14) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:39:46.8	25	388.25 km	62	29
		2	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:41.9
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:43:27.0

See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 2004 at rallybase.nl