2005 Rallye Deutschland

2005 Rallye Deutschland
*24th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland*
2005 Rallye Deutschland; 24th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 11 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Germany
Rally base	Trier
Dates run	August 26, 2005 – August 28, 2005
Stages	19 (356.16 km; 221.31 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	1,298.25 km (806.70 miles)
Statistics
Crews	57 at start, 38 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Daniel Elena; Citroën Total WRT; Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2005 Rallye Deutschland (formally the 24th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland) was the eleventh round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 26 August and 28 August 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 18th 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	Sven Smeets	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 Tománek	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	Stéphane Sarrazin	Denis Giraudet	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	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
14	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
15	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	P
16	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
18	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
19	Xavier Pons	Carlos del Barrio	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
20	Nicolas Bernardi	Jean-Marc Fortin	Equipe de France FFSA	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
20	Štěpán Vojtěch	Michal Ernst	Štěpán Vojtěch	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
JWRC entries
31	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	P
32	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Swift S1600	P
33	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
34	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	P
35	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	P
36	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
37	Alan Scorcioni	Moreno Toni	Alan Scorcioni	Fiat Punto S1600	P
38	Luca Betti	Giovanni Agnese	Luca Betti	Renault Clio S1600	P
40	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 S1600	P
41	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	P
42	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Pavel Valoušek	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
43	Martin Prokop	Petr Gross	Martin Prokop	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
Source:^[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
1. leg — 119.34 km
26 August	09:53	SS1	Ruwertal / Fell 1	26.60 km
	10:51	SS2	Dhrontal 1	12.60 km
	11:49	SS3	Schönes Moselland 1	20.47 km
	14:57	SS4	Ruwertal / Fell 2	26.60 km
	15:55	SS5	Dhrontal 2	12.60 km
	16:53	SS6	Schönes Moselland 2	20.47 km
2. leg — 146.77 km
27 August	08:36	SS7	Bosenberg 1	22.50 km
	09:44	SS8	Panzerplatte 1	29.56 km
	12:19	SS9	Erzweiler 1	18.21 km
	12:57	SS10	Panzerplatte 2	29.56 km
	15:32	SS11	Erzweiler 2	18.21 km
	16:35	SS12	Bosenberg 2	22.50 km
	17:23	SS13	St. Wendel 1	6.23 km
3. leg — 90.05 km
28 August	08:18	SS14	St. Wendeler Land 1	16.37 km
	08:51	SS15	Freisen / Westrich 1	18.70 km
	09:34	SS16	Birkenfelder Land	13.68 km
	11:22	SS17	St. Wendeler Land 2	16.37 km
	11:55	SS18	Freisen / Westrich 2	18.70 km
	12:50	SS19	St. Wendel 2	6.23 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	3:27:13.2		10
2	2	François Duval	Sven Smeets	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:27:50.6	+37.4	8
3	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:29:18.0	+2:04.8	6
4	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:31:22.6	+4:09.4	5
5	10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:32:16.8	+5:03.6	4
6	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	3:32:25.5	+5:12.3	3
7	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	3:35:01.3	+7:48.1	2
8	6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Denis Giraudet	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	3:35:47.3	+8:34.1	1
Source:^[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:27:13.2		10
2	2	2	François Duval	Sven Smeets	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:27:50.6	+37.4	8
3	3	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:29:18.0	+2:04.8	6
4	4	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:31:22.6	+4:09.4	5
5	5	10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:32:16.8	+5:03.6	4
6	6	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	3:32:25.5	+5:12.3	3
7	7	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	3:35:01.3	+7:48.1	2
8	8	6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Denis Giraudet	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	3:35:47.3	+8:34.1	1
10	9	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:36:24.8	+9:11.6	0
17	10	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	3:52:50.2	+25:37.0	0
Retired SS9		11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	Mechanical		0
Retired SS3		12	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	Mechanical		0
Source:^[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (26 Aug)	SS1	Ruwertal / Fell 1	26.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	15:37.5	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	Dhrontal 1	12.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:50.3	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	Schönes Moselland 1	20.47 km	François Duval	Citroën Xsara WRC	11:48.6	François Duval
	SS4	Ruwertal / Fell 2	26.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	15:13.5	Sébastien Loeb
	SS5	Dhrontal 2	12.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:38.5
	SS6	Schönes Moselland 2	20.47 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	11:39.1
2. leg (27 Aug)	SS7	Bosenberg 1	22.50 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:29.8
	SS8	Panzerplatte 1	29.56 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	17:17.0
	SS9	Erzweiler 1	18.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	11:02.2
	SS10	Panzerplatte 2	29.56 km	François Duval	Citroën Xsara WRC	17:10.0
	SS11	Erzweiler 2	18.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:50.5
	SS12	Bosenberg 2	22.50 km	François Duval	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:28.7
	SS13	St. Wendel 1	6.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:24.4
3. leg (28 Aug)	SS14	St. Wendeler Land 1	16.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	8:59.1
	SS15	Freisen / Westrich 1	18.70 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	11:32.1
	SS16	Birkenfelder Land	13.68 km	Markko Märtin	Peugeot 307 WRC	7:55.6
	SS17	St. Wendeler Land 2	16.37 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	8:57.3
	SS18	Freisen / Westrich 2	18.70 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	11:28.9
	SS19	St. Wendel 2	6.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:21.9

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Sébastien Loeb	93		Daniel Elena	93	1	Citroën Total WRT	123
2		Marcus Grönholm	61		Timo Rautiainen	61	1	Marlboro Peugeot Total	117
3		Petter Solberg	55		Phil Mills	55		BP Ford World Rally Team	72
4		Markko Märtin	53		Michael Park	53		Subaru World Rally Team	62
5		Toni Gardemeister	47		Jakke Honkanen	47		Mitsubishi Motors	47

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
13	1	41	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	3:46:59.3		10
14	2	35	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	3:48:24.2	+1:24.9	8
15	3	32	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:50:53.9	+3:54.6	6
16	4	31	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:51:44.1	+4:44.8	5
19	5	33	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	3:53:07.7	+6:08.4	4
20	6	38	Luca Betti	Giovanni Agnese	Luca Betti	Renault Clio S1600	3:57:20.3	+10:21.0	3
22	7	34	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	3:59:03.8	+12:04.5	2
23	8	42	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Pavel Valoušek	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:00:41.8	+13:42.5	1
24	9	39	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Luca Cecchettini	Fiat Punto S1600	4:02:04.8	+15:05.5	0
Retired SS11		43	Martin Prokop	Petr Gross	Martin Prokop	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident damage		0
Retired SS8		40	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS7		36	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident damage		0
Retired SS1		37	Alan Scorcioni	Moreno Toni	Alan Scorcioni	Fiat Punto S1600	Engine		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (26 Aug)	SS1	Ruwertal / Fell 1	26.60 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	17:31.5	Dani Sordo
	SS2	Dhrontal 1	12.60 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	8:39.8
	SS3	Schönes Moselland 1	20.47 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	13:06.1
	SS4	Ruwertal / Fell 2	26.60 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	16:52.2
	SS5	Dhrontal 2	12.60 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	8:32.1
	SS6	Schönes Moselland 2	20.47 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	12:56.0
2. leg (27 Aug)	SS7	Bosenberg 1	22.50 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	13:39.0
	SS8	Panzerplatte 1	29.56 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	18:50.8
	SS9	Erzweiler 1	18.21 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	12:03.8
	SS10	Panzerplatte 2	29.56 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	18:30.9
	SS11	Erzweiler 2	18.21 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Swift S1600	11:53.1
	SS12	Bosenberg 2	22.50 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	13:31.0
	SS13	St. Wendel 1	6.23 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	3:40.9
3. leg (28 Aug)	SS14	St. Wendeler Land 1	16.37 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	9:37.3
	SS15	Freisen / Westrich 1	18.70 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	12:19.8
	SS16	Birkenfelder Land	13.68 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	8:32.9
	SS17	St. Wendeler Land 2	16.37 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Swift S1600	9:43.6
	SS18	Freisen / Westrich 2	18.70 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Swift S1600	12:23.4
	SS19	St. Wendel 2	6.23 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	3:41.3

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1	1	Dani Sordo	35
2	1	Guy Wilks	35
3		Per-Gunnar Andersson	30
4	1	Kris Meeke	29
5	1	Urmo Aava	22

References

^ "Rallye Deutschland". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
^ "Rallye Deutschland 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 20 February 2025.
^ "Rallye Deutschland 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
^ "Rallye Deutschland 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
^ "Rallye Deutschland 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
^ "Rallye Deutschland 2005 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

[2005-Germany-1] "Rallye Deutschland". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-20.

[gerdrivers_2005-2] "Rallye Deutschland 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 20 February 2025.

[geritinerary_2005-3] "Rallye Deutschland 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

[geroverall_2005-4] "Rallye Deutschland 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

[gerwrc_2005-5] "Rallye Deutschland 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

[gerjwrc_2005-6] "Rallye Deutschland 2005 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

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