The 2004 Rally New Zealand (formally the 35th Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the fourth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 15 April and 18 April 2004, and was based in Auckland, New Zealand. Subaru's Petter Solberg won the race, his 6th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

Entry list

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
10 Italy Kristian Sohlberg Italy Kaj Lindström Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
World Rally Championship entries
11 Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
12 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Matthias Andersson France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
14 Finland Jari Viita Finland Timo Hantunen United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
15 Germany Antony Warmbold United Kingdom Gemma Price United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
67 New Zealand Kevin Holmes New Zealand Damon McLachlan New Zealand Stumpy Holmes Rallysport Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
76 New Zealand Malcolm Stewart New Zealand Mike Fletcher New Zealand S.M.S. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI TME —
77 New Zealand Dermott Malley New Zealand Patrick Malley New Zealand Rally Drive NZ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV —
80 United Kingdom Bruce Warburton New Zealand Damon McLachlan United Kingdom Provision Subaru Impreza WRX —
82 Japan Hideaki Ito Japan Akira Kojima Japan Hideaki Ito Subaru Impreza WRX —
83 New Zealand David Langford-Smith United Kingdom Alan Hind New Zealand David Langford-Smith Subaru Impreza WRX —
PWRC entries
31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert P
33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
34 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom Gordon Noble United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI S10 P
35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
36 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Jordi Barrabés Mexico Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
37 Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Björn Nilsson Sweden Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza WRX STI M
38 Bulgaria Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Bulgaria Nikola Popov Bulgaria Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII —
39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Sirkka Rautiainen Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Michael Gibson United Kingdom Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI —
43 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Italy Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Chris Patterson Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
45 Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
46 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Wodniak Poland Tomasz Kuchar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII M
47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII M
48 Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Y
49 Spain Sergio López-Fombona Spain Guifré Pujol Spain Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
50 Germany Sebastian Vollak Germany Michael Kölbach Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 141.92 km
15 April 19:25 SS1 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km
19:55 SS2 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km
16 April 10:13 SS3 Wairere 1 18.90 km
10:51 SS4 Cassidy 15.78 km
11:14 SS5 Bull 31.73 km
13:13 SS6 Wairere 2 18.90 km
13:51 SS7 Possum (Cassidy-Bull) 48.21 km
19:25 SS8 Manukau Super 3 2.10 km
19:46 SS9 Manukau Super 4 2.10 km
Leg 2 — 138.84 km
17 April 11:23 SS10 Parahi 1 25.18 km
12:16 SS11 Batley 1 16.97 km
12:44 SS12 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km
13:07 SS13 Brooks 1 16.03 km
15:13 SS14 Parahi 2 25.18 km
16:06 SS15 Batley 2 16.97 km
16:34 SS16 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km
16:57 SS17 Brooks 2 16.03 km
Leg 3 — 114.74 km
18 April 09:54 SS18 Te Hutewai 1 11.15 km
10:17 SS19 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km
10:45 SS20 Whaanga Coast 1 29.60 km
12:28 SS21 Te Hutewai 2 11.15 km
12:51 SS22 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km
13:19 SS23 Whaanga Coast 2 29.60 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:02:29.5 10
2 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:02:35.4 +5.9 8
3 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:02:55.1 +25.6 6
4 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:34.7 +1:05.2 5
5 6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:04:53.2 +2:23.7 4
6 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:05:38.4 +3:08.9 3
7 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:08:12.0 +5:42.5 2
8 12 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Matthias Andersson France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 4:15:53.3 +13:23.8 1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:02:29.5 10
2 2 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:02:35.4 +5.9 8
3 3 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:02:55.1 +25.6 6
4 4 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:34.7 +1:05.2 5
5 5 6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:04:53.2 +2:23.7 4
6 6 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:05:38.4 +3:08.9 3
7 7 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:08:12.0 +5:42.5 2
18 8 8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:26:02.3 +23:32.8 0
Retired SS2 9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Electronical 0
Retired SS2 10 Italy Kristian Sohlberg Italy Kaj Lindström Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Electronical 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (15 Apr) SS1 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 1:24.5 Estonia Markko Märtin
SS2 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 1:22.4 Norway Petter Solberg
Leg 1 (16 Apr) SS3 Wairere 1 18.90 km Norway Petter Solberg
Finland Marcus Grönholm 		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04
Peugeot 307 WRC 		10:42.5
SS4 Cassidy 15.78 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:13.7
SS5 Bull 31.73 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 19:55.6 Finland Marcus Grönholm
SS6 Wairere 2 18.90 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 10:27.2 Norway Petter Solberg
SS7 Possum (Cassidy-Bull) 48.21 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 28:55.9 Finland Harri Rovanperä
SS8 Manukau Super 3 2.10 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 1:24.8 Norway Petter Solberg
SS9 Manukau Super 4 2.10 km Belgium François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 1:24.0
Leg 2 (17 Apr) SS10 Parahi 1 25.18 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:57.2
SS11 Batley 1 16.97 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:23.1
SS12 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 6:36.6
SS13 Brooks 1 16.03 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 9:47.3
SS14 Parahi 2 25.18 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:41.2
SS15 Batley 2 16.97 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:08.3
SS16 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 6:26.3
SS17 Brooks 2 16.03 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:34.4
Leg 3 (18 Apr) SS18 Te Hutewai 1 11.15 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 7:52.4
SS19 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 10:54.7
SS20 Whaanga Coast 1 29.60 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 21:31.4 Finland Marcus Grönholm
SS21 Te Hutewai 2 11.15 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 7:46.0
SS22 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 10:43.5 Norway Petter Solberg
SS23 Whaanga Coast 2 29.60 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 20:47.1

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 1 Estonia Markko Märtin 26 1 United Kingdom Michael Park 26 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 47
2 1 France Sébastien Loeb 25 1 Monaco Daniel Elena 25 France Citroën Total WRT 38
3 Finland Marcus Grönholm 24 Finland Timo Rautiainen 24 France Marlboro Peugeot Total 33
4 1 Norway Petter Solberg 23 1 United Kingdom Phil Mills 23 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 31
5 1 Belgium François Duval 14 1 Belgium Stéphane Prévot 14 Japan Mitsubishi Motors 5

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
10 1 40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:18:53.3 10
12 2 35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:20:09.6 +1:16.3 8
13 3 39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:20:28.3 +1:35.0 6
14 4 41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Sirkka Rautiainen Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:20:44.1 +1:50.8 5
15 5 31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:20:52.1 +1:58.8 4
16 6 47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:23:20.4 +4:27.1 3
20 7 44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Chris Patterson Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:27:33.9 +8:40.6 2
21 8 32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert 4:27:53.2 +8:59.9 1
23 9 49 Spain Sergio López-Fombona Spain Guifré Pujol Spain Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:33:29.7 +14:36.4 0
27 10 38 Bulgaria Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Bulgaria Nikola Popov Bulgaria Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:38:06.3 +19:13.0 0
30 11 36 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Jordi Barrabés Mexico Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:51:02.6 +32:09.3 0
Retired SS23 37 Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Björn Nilsson Sweden Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza WRX STI Brakes 0
Retired SS21 34 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom Gordon Noble United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI S10 Accident 0
Retired SS20 33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS18 50 Germany Sebastian Vollak Germany Michael Kölbach Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Over time limit 0
Retired SS13 42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Michael Gibson United Kingdom Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI Fire 0
Retired SS6 48 Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Accident 0
Retired SS5 43 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Italy Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS3 46 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Wodniak Poland Tomasz Kuchar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Fuel pump 0
Retired SS1 45 Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI Accident 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (15 Apr) SS1 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km Japan Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 1:31.2 Japan Fumio Nutahara
SS2 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Italy Gianluigi Galli 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 		1:29.6
Leg 1 (16 Apr) SS3 Wairere 1 18.90 km Austria Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:23.4 Italy Gianluigi Galli
SS4 Cassidy 15.78 km Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI 9:50.8 Austria Manfred Stohl
SS5 Bull 31.73 km Austria Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 21:08.6
SS6 Wairere 2 18.90 km Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI 11:06.6
SS7 Possum (Cassidy-Bull) 48.21 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 30:52.6
SS8 Manukau Super 3 2.10 km United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI S10 1:24.8
SS9 Manukau Super 4 2.10 km Austria Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:31.9
Leg 2 (17 Apr) SS10 Parahi 1 25.18 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:51.4
SS11 Batley 1 16.97 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 9:55.5
SS12 Waipu Gorge 1 11.24 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 7:00.2
SS13 Brooks 1 16.03 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:21.3
SS14 Parahi 2 25.18 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:42.1 Spain Daniel Solà
SS15 Batley 2 16.97 km Austria Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 9:54.8
SS16 Waipu Gorge 2 11.24 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:56.7
SS17 Brooks 2 16.03 km United Kingdom Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10:15.0
Leg 3 (18 Apr) SS18 Te Hutewai 1 11.15 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 8:20.7
SS19 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km Austria Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:31.5
SS20 Whaanga Coast 1 29.60 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 22:36.7 Austria Manfred Stohl
SS21 Te Hutewai 2 11.15 km Finland Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 8:11.6
SS22 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km Finland Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:24.2
SS23 Whaanga Coast 2 29.60 km United Kingdom Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 22:15.3

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Spain Daniel Solà 16
2 Japan Toshihiro Arai 15
3 Finland Jani Paasonen 15
4 United Kingdom Alister McRae 14
5 New entry Austria Manfred Stohl 10

References

  1. ^ "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 17 September 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Rally_New_Zealand
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