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 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
2 Belgium François Duval Belgium Sven Smeets France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
3 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Jakke Honkanen United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
4 Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic Jan Tománek United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
5 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 P
6 France Stéphane Sarrazin France Denis Giraudet Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 P
7 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC P
8 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC P
9 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 P
10 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 P
11 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Klaus Wicha Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
12 France Alexandre Bengué France Caroline Escudero-Bengué Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
World Rally Championship entries
14 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
15 Australia Chris Atkinson Australia Glenn Macneall Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 P
16 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic Filip Schovánek Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
18 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Belgium OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC M
19 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Carlos del Barrio Belgium OMV World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC M
20 France Nicolas Bernardi Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin France Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC M
20 Czech Republic Štěpán Vojtěch Czech Republic Michal Ernst Czech Republic Štěpán Vojtěch Peugeot 206 WRC M
JWRC entries
31 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 P
32 United Kingdom Guy Wilks United Kingdom Phil Pugh United Kingdom Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 P
33 Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Timo Alanne Finland Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
34 San Marino Mirco Baldacci Italy Giovanni Bernacchini San Marino Mirco Baldacci Fiat Punto S1600 P
35 United Kingdom Kris Meeke United Kingdom Glenn Patterson United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 P
36 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk Estonia Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
37 Italy Alan Scorcioni Italy Moreno Toni Italy Alan Scorcioni Fiat Punto S1600 P
38 Italy Luca Betti Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Luca Betti Renault Clio S1600 P
40 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom Carl Williamson Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Citroën C2 S1600 P
41 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Martí Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 P
42 Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Italy Pierangelo Scalvini Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
43 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Petr Gross Czech Republic 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 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:13.2 10
2 2 Belgium François Duval Belgium Sven Smeets France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:50.6 +37.4 8
3 7 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:29:18.0 +2:04.8 6
4 8 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:31:22.6 +4:09.4 5
5 10 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:32:16.8 +5:03.6 4
6 4 Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic Jan Tománek United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:32:25.5 +5:12.3 3
7 5 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:35:01.3 +7:48.1 2
8 6 France Stéphane Sarrazin France Denis Giraudet Japan 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
1 1 1 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:13.2 10
2 2 2 Belgium François Duval Belgium Sven Smeets France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:50.6 +37.4 8
3 3 7 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:29:18.0 +2:04.8 6
4 4 8 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:31:22.6 +4:09.4 5
5 5 10 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:32:16.8 +5:03.6 4
6 6 4 Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic Jan Tománek United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:32:25.5 +5:12.3 3
7 7 5 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:35:01.3 +7:48.1 2
8 8 6 France Stéphane Sarrazin France Denis Giraudet Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 3:35:47.3 +8:34.1 1
10 9 9 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:36:24.8 +9:11.6 0
17 10 3 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Jakke Honkanen United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:52:50.2 +25:37.0 0
Retired SS9 11 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Klaus Wicha Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC Mechanical 0
Retired SS3 12 France Alexandre Bengué France Caroline Escudero-Bengué Czech Republic 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 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 15:37.5 France Sébastien Loeb
SS2 Dhrontal 1 12.60 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 7:50.3
SS3 Schönes Moselland 1 20.47 km Belgium François Duval Citroën Xsara WRC 11:48.6 Belgium François Duval
SS4 Ruwertal / Fell 2 26.60 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 15:13.5 France Sébastien Loeb
SS5 Dhrontal 2 12.60 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 7:38.5
SS6 Schönes Moselland 2 20.47 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:39.1
2. leg (27 Aug) SS7 Bosenberg 1 22.50 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 12:29.8
SS8 Panzerplatte 1 29.56 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 17:17.0
SS9 Erzweiler 1 18.21 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:02.2
SS10 Panzerplatte 2 29.56 km Belgium François Duval Citroën Xsara WRC 17:10.0
SS11 Erzweiler 2 18.21 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:50.5
SS12 Bosenberg 2 22.50 km Belgium François Duval Citroën Xsara WRC 12:28.7
SS13 St. Wendel 1 6.23 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:24.4
3. leg (28 Aug) SS14 St. Wendeler Land 1 16.37 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 8:59.1
SS15 Freisen / Westrich 1 18.70 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:32.1
SS16 Birkenfelder Land 13.68 km Estonia Markko Märtin Peugeot 307 WRC 7:55.6
SS17 St. Wendeler Land 2 16.37 km Italy Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 8:57.3
SS18 Freisen / Westrich 2 18.70 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 11:28.9
SS19 St. Wendel 2 6.23 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:21.9

Championship standings

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

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
13 1 41 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Martí Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 3:46:59.3 10
14 2 35 United Kingdom Kris Meeke United Kingdom Glenn Patterson United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 3:48:24.2 +1:24.9 8
15 3 32 United Kingdom Guy Wilks United Kingdom Phil Pugh United Kingdom Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 3:50:53.9 +3:54.6 6
16 4 31 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 3:51:44.1 +4:44.8 5
19 5 33 Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Timo Alanne Finland Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:53:07.7 +6:08.4 4
20 6 38 Italy Luca Betti Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Luca Betti Renault Clio S1600 3:57:20.3 +10:21.0 3
22 7 34 San Marino Mirco Baldacci Italy Giovanni Bernacchini San Marino Mirco Baldacci Fiat Punto S1600 3:59:03.8 +12:04.5 2
23 8 42 Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Italy Pierangelo Scalvini Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Suzuki Ignis S1600 4:00:41.8 +13:42.5 1
24 9 39 Italy Luca Cecchettini Italy Massimo Daddoveri Italy Luca Cecchettini Fiat Punto S1600 4:02:04.8 +15:05.5 0
Retired SS11 43 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Petr Gross Czech Republic Martin Prokop Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident damage 0
Retired SS8 40 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom Carl Williamson Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach Citroën C2 S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS7 36 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk Estonia Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident damage 0
Retired SS1 37 Italy Alan Scorcioni Italy Moreno Toni Italy 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 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 17:31.5 Spain Dani Sordo
SS2 Dhrontal 1 12.60 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 8:39.8
SS3 Schönes Moselland 1 20.47 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 13:06.1
SS4 Ruwertal / Fell 2 26.60 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 16:52.2
SS5 Dhrontal 2 12.60 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 8:32.1
SS6 Schönes Moselland 2 20.47 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 12:56.0
2. leg (27 Aug) SS7 Bosenberg 1 22.50 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 13:39.0
SS8 Panzerplatte 1 29.56 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 18:50.8
SS9 Erzweiler 1 18.21 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 12:03.8
SS10 Panzerplatte 2 29.56 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 18:30.9
SS11 Erzweiler 2 18.21 km United Kingdom Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 11:53.1
SS12 Bosenberg 2 22.50 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 13:31.0
SS13 St. Wendel 1 6.23 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 3:40.9
3. leg (28 Aug) SS14 St. Wendeler Land 1 16.37 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 9:37.3
SS15 Freisen / Westrich 1 18.70 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 12:19.8
SS16 Birkenfelder Land 13.68 km Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 8:32.9
SS17 St. Wendeler Land 2 16.37 km United Kingdom Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 9:43.6
SS18 Freisen / Westrich 2 18.70 km United Kingdom Guy Wilks Suzuki Swift S1600 12:23.4
SS19 St. Wendel 2 6.23 km United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 3:41.3

Championship standings

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

References

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