2005 Rally of Turkey

2005 Rally of Turkey
*6th Rally of Turkey*
2005 Rally of Turkey; 6th Rally of Turkey
Round 7 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Turkey
Rally base	Kemer
Dates run	June 2, 2005 – June 5, 2005
Stages	18 (351.03 km; 218.12 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,183.54 km (735.42 miles)
Statistics
Crews	77 at start, 54 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Daniel Elena; Citroën Total WRT; Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2005 Rally of Turkey (formally the 6th Rally of Turkey) was the seventh round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over four days between 2 June and 5 June 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 15th win in the World Rally Championship and a fourth consecutive win, equaling the record set by Timo Salonen in 1985.^[1]^[2]

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	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	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 Možný	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	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	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	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
14	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
15	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
16	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
17	Serkan Yazici	Can Okan	Serkan Yazici	Hyundai Accent WRC3	P
18	Armodios Vovos	Loris Meletopoulos	Armodios Vovos	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
19	Tobias Johansson	Kaj Lindström	Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
61	Hakan Dinç	Bulent Korzay	Hakan Dinç	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	—
62	Mehmet Besler	Afsin Baydar	Mehmet Besler	Ford Focus WRC '01	—
64	Nejat Avci	Batuhan Memisyazici	Nejat Avci	Ford Focus WRC '01	—
65	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	Nigel Heath	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	—
66	Ali Deveci	Mehmet Yazici	Ali Deveci	Hyundai Accent WRC	—
68	Murat Akdilek	Ozden Yilmaz	Hyundai Assan Motorsports	Hyundai Accent WRC	—
PWRC entries
31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	P
32	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	M
33	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	—
34	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Y
35	Karamjit Singh	John Bennie	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert Evo VII	—
36	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11	—
37	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11	P
38	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
40	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	—
41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
42	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	Federico Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	S
43	Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	Angelo Medeghini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
44	Sebastián Beltrán	Edgardo Galindo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	—
45	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	—
48	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Ricardo Rojas	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	—
49	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	David Senior	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11	—
50	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Syms Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI	—
51	Brice Tirabassi	Mathieu Baumel	Brice Tirabassi	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	—
Source:^[3]

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
1. leg — 150.74 km
2 June	19:00	SS1	Efes Pilsen 1	2.60 km
3 June	07:08	SS2	Phaselis 1	28.98 km
	08:16	SS3	Arykanda 1	11.95 km
	11:14	SS4	Perge 1	22.28 km
	11:57	SS5	Myra 1	24.05 km
	12:40	SS6	Arykanda 2	11.95 km
	15:38	SS7	Perge 2	22.28 km
	16:21	SS8	Myra 2	24.05 km
	18:04	SS9	Efes Pilsen 2	2.60 km
2. leg — 150.49 km
4 June	07:33	SS10	Kemer 1	20.35 km
	08:21	SS11	Silyon 1	29.58 km
	11:04	SS12	Kemer 2	20.35 km
	11:52	SS13	Silyon 2	29.58 km
	15:00	SS14	Chimera 1	16.45 km
	15:58	SS15	Phaselis 2	28.98 km
	17:41	SS16	Efes Pilsen 3	5.20 km
3. leg — 49.80 km
5 June	10:03	SS17	Chimera 2	16.45 km
5 June	11:01	SS18	Olympos	33.35 km
Source:^[4]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:21:48.0		10
2	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	4:22:47.6	+59.6	8
3	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:23:03.3	+1:15.3	6
4	2	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:26:05.9	+4:17.9	5
5	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:27:45.2	+5:57.2	4
6	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:29:55.3	+8:07.3	3
7	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:30:36.3	+8:48.3	2
8	10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:31:26.9	+9:38.9	1
Source:^[5]

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	4:21:48.0		10
2	2	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	4:22:47.6	+59.6	8
3	3	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:23:03.3	+1:15.3	6
4	4	2	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:26:05.9	+4:17.9	5
5	5	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:27:45.2	+5:57.2	4
6	6	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:29:55.3	+8:07.3	3
7	7	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:30:36.3	+8:48.3	2
8	8	10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:31:26.9	+9:38.9	1
10	9	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:35:39.4	+13:51.4	0
13	10	12	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	4:42:23.0	+20:35.0	0
24	11	6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	4:56:55.3	+35:07.3	0
Retired SS6		11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	Mechanical		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (2 Jun)	SS1	Efes Pilsen 1	2.60 km	Stage cancelled
1. leg (3 Jun)	SS2	Phaselis 1	28.98 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	22:09.5	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	Arykanda 1	11.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:51.5	Sébastien Loeb
	SS4	Perge 1	22.28 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	16:12.3	Gianluigi Galli
	SS5	Myra 1	24.05 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	20:37.4	Sébastien Loeb
	SS6	Arykanda 2	11.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:47.3
	SS7	Perge 2	22.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	16:39.1
	SS8	Myra 2	24.05 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	20:17.3
	SS9	Efes Pilsen 2	2.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:09.1
2. leg (4 Jun)	SS10	Kemer 1	20.35 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	14:24.1
	SS11	Silyon 1	29.58 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	21:41.1
	SS12	Kemer 2	20.35 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	14:11.7
	SS13	Silyon 2	29.58 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	21:22.6
	SS14	Chimera 1	16.45 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	11:59.1
	SS15	Phaselis 2	28.98 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	22:15.0
	SS16	Efes Pilsen 3	5.20 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:06.2
3. leg (5 Jun)	SS17	Chimera 2	16.45 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	11:57.8
3. leg (5 Jun)	SS18	Olympos	33.35 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	24:58.0

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Sébastien Loeb	55		Daniel Elena	55		Marlboro Peugeot Total	72
2		Petter Solberg	42		Phil Mills	42		Citroën Total WRT	68
3		Markko Märtin	38		Michael Park	38		BP Ford World Rally Team	49
4	1	Marcus Grönholm	32	1	Timo Rautiainen	32		Subaru World Rally Team	46
5	1	Toni Gardemeister	31	1	Jakke Honkanen	31		Mitsubishi Motors	30

Production 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
14	1	31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	4:45:30.6		10
15	2	36	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11	4:45:32.2	+1.6	8
16	3	33	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	4:46:54.9	+1:24.3	6
17	4	32	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:46:59.6	+1:29.0	5
20	5	49	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	David Senior	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11	4:53:23.3	+7:52.7	4
22	6	50	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Syms Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI	4:54:00.7	+8:30.1	3
23	7	44	Sebastián Beltrán	Edgardo Galindo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	4:55:50.1	+10:19.5	2
26	8	51	Brice Tirabassi	Mathieu Baumel	Brice Tirabassi	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	4:57:35.5	+12:04.9	1
27	9	42	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	Federico Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:58:50.0	+13:19.4	0
32	10	43	Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	Angelo Medeghini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	5:04:39.7	+19:09.1	0
41	11	45	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	5:20:06.1	+34:35.5	0
43	12	38	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	5:28:13.3	+42:42.7	0
44	13	37	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11	5:28:43.9	+43:13.3	0
45	14	34	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	5:30:55.8	+45:25.2	0
46	15	41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	5:31:39.1	+46:08.5	0
Retired SS17		48	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Ricardo Rojas	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Accident		0
Retired SS14		35	Karamjit Singh	John Bennie	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert Evo VII	Oil cooler		0
Retired SS11		40	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	Suspension		0
Source:^[7]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (2 Jun)	SS1	Efes Pilsen 1	2.60 km	Stage cancelled
1. leg (3 Jun)	SS2	Phaselis 1	28.98 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	24:11.4	Toshihiro Arai
	SS3	Arykanda 1	11.95 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8:26.3
	SS4	Perge 1	22.28 km	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11	17:29.8
	SS5	Myra 1	24.05 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	22:12.4
	SS6	Arykanda 2	11.95 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8:22.7
	SS7	Perge 2	22.28 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	18:03.8
	SS8	Myra 2	24.05 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	22:01.0	Marcos Ligato
	SS9	Efes Pilsen 2	2.60 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	2:14.5
2. leg (4 Jun)	SS10	Kemer 1	20.35 km	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11	15:38.6
	SS11	Silyon 1	29.58 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	23:27.6
	SS12	Kemer 2	20.35 km	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	15:26.6
	SS13	Silyon 2	29.58 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	23:10.0
	SS14	Chimera 1	16.45 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	12:53.9
	SS15	Phaselis 2	28.98 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	23:54.3
	SS16	Efes Pilsen 3	5.20 km	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:21.2
3. leg (5 Jun)	SS17	Chimera 2	16.45 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	12:51.9
3. leg (5 Jun)	SS18	Olympos	33.35 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	26:34.4	Toshihiro Arai

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1		Toshihiro Arai	30
2		Xavier Pons	20
3		Marcos Ligato	20
4	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	15
5	1	Brice Tirabassi	11

References

^ "Longest winning streaks". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
^ "Rally of Turkey". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
^ "Rally of Turkey 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 13 February 2025.
^ "Rally of Turkey 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
^ "Rally of Turkey 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
^ "Rally of Turkey 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
^ "Rally of Turkey 2005 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[2005-Salonen-streak-1] "Longest winning streaks". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

[2005-Turkey-2] "Rally of Turkey". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

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