2005 Rally México

2005 Rally México
*2nd Corona Rally Mexico*
2005 Rally México; 2nd Corona Rally Mexico
Round 3 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León, Guanajuato
Dates run	March 11, 2005 – March 13, 2005
Stages	14 (355.97 km; 221.19 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	928.74 km (577.09 miles)
Statistics
Crews	38 at start, 28 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Petter Solberg; Phil Mills; Subaru World Rally Team; Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05

The 2005 Rally México (formally the 2nd Corona Rally Mexico) was the third round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 11 March and 13 March 2005, and was won by Subaru's Petter Solberg, his 12th 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	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
4	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	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	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	P
11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
12	Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
14	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
15	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
16	Tobias Johansson	Kaj Lindström	Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
17	Xavier Pons	Lucas Cruz	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
18	Ricardo Triviño	Carlos del Barrio	Ricardo Triviño	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
JWRC entries
31	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
32	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
39	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Luca Cecchettini	Fiat Punto S1600	P
40	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Saxo S1600	P
42	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Pavel Valoušek	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
Source:^[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
1. leg — 146.84 km
11 March	09:07	SS1	Ibarrilla — El Zauco 1	22.56 km
	10:25	SS2	Ortega — La Esperanza 1	29.06 km
	11:16	SS3	Santana — Cubilete 1	21.80 km
	14:08	SS4	Ibarrilla — El Zauco 2	22.56 km
	15:26	SS5	Ortega — La Esperanza 2	29.06 km
	16:17	SS6	Santana — Cubilete 2	21.80 km
2. leg — 146.48 km
12 March	09:43	SS7	El Zauco — Mesa 1	25.45 km
	11:06	SS8	Duarte — Otates 1	24.23 km
	11:57	SS9	Derramadero — Chichimequillas 1	23.56 km
	15:10	SS10	El Zauco — Mesa 2	25.45 km
	16:33	SS11	Duarte — Otates 2	24.23 km
	17:24	SS12	Derramadero — Chichimequillas 2	23.56 km
3. leg — 62.65 km
13 March	09:17	SS13	Comanjilla — Chichimequillas	18.26 km
13 March	10:25	SS14	Alfaro — El Establo	44.39 km
Source:^[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	3:41:06.2		10
2	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:40.7	+34.5	8
3	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:42:44.5	+1:38.3	6
4	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:44:57.3	+3:51.1	5
5	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:45:04.3	+3:58.1	4
6	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	3:45:11.8	+4:05.6	3
7	15	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	3:47:07.2	+6:01.0	2
8	10	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:47:07.9	+6:01.7	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	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	3:41:06.2		10
2	2	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:40.7	+34.5	8
3	3	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:42:44.5	+1:38.3	6
4	4	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:44:57.3	+3:51.1	5
5	5	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:45:04.3	+3:58.1	4
6	6	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	3:45:11.8	+4:05.6	3
8	7	10	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:47:07.9	+6:01.7	1
9	8	11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:49:11.5	+8:05.3	0
13	9	12	Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	4:10:11.0	+29:04.8	0
Retired SS14		2	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	Mechanical		0
Retired SS14		6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	Accident		0
Retired SS11		4	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	Accident		0
Source:^[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (11 Mar)	SS1	Ibarrilla — El Zauco 1	22.56 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	13:25.4	Petter Solberg
	SS2	Ortega — La Esperanza 1	29.06 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	17:00.0
	SS3	Santana — Cubilete 1	21.80 km	Markko Märtin	Peugeot 307 WRC	11:47.7
	SS4	Ibarrilla — El Zauco 2	22.56 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	13:11.2
	SS5	Ortega — La Esperanza 2	29.06 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	16:33.7
	SS6	Santana — Cubilete 2	21.80 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	11:44.6
2. leg (12 Mar)	SS7	El Zauco — Mesa 1	25.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	16:43.5
	SS8	Duarte — Otates 1	24.23 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	18:11.5
	SS9	Derramadero — Chichimequillas 1	23.56 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	14:03.1
	SS10	El Zauco — Mesa 2	25.45 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	16:28.5
	SS11	Duarte — Otates 2	24.23 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	18:00.0
	SS12	Derramadero — Chichimequillas 2	23.56 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:49.9
3. leg (13 Mar)	SS13	Comanjilla — Chichimequillas	18.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:08.8
3. leg (13 Mar)	SS14	Alfaro — El Establo	44.39 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	28:29.1

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1	3	Petter Solberg	20	3	Phil Mills	20	1	Marlboro Peugeot Total	31
2		Markko Märtin	19		Michael Park	19	1	BP Ford World Rally Team	23
3	2	Toni Gardemeister	17	2	Jakke Honkanen	17		Mitsubishi Motors	23
4	1	Sébastien Loeb	15	1	Daniel Elena	15	1	Subaru World Rally Team	20
5	2	Marcus Grönholm	12	2	Timo Rautiainen	12	1	Citroën Total WRT	16

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
11	1	32	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:03:00.1		10
14	2	31	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:12:04.4	+9:04.3	8
17	3	39	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Luca Cecchettini	Fiat Punto S1600	4:30:12.1	+27:12.0	6
19	4	42	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Pavel Valoušek	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:39:22.1	+36:22.0	5
Retired SS9		40	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Saxo S1600	Engine		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (11 Mar)	SS1	Ibarrilla — El Zauco 1	22.56 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	14:38.9	Guy Wilks
	SS2	Ortega — La Esperanza 1	29.06 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	18:05.2
	SS3	Santana — Cubilete 1	21.80 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	12:51.0
	SS4	Ibarrilla — El Zauco 2	22.56 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	14:35.2
	SS5	Ortega — La Esperanza 2	29.06 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	17:47.2
	SS6	Santana — Cubilete 2	21.80 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	12:41.7
2. leg (12 Mar)	SS7	El Zauco — Mesa 1	25.45 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	18:17.5
	SS8	Duarte — Otates 1	24.23 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	19:36.1
	SS9	Derramadero — Chichimequillas 1	23.56 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	15:24.0
	SS10	El Zauco — Mesa 2	25.45 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	18:05.7
	SS11	Duarte — Otates 2	24.23 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	19:20.6
	SS12	Derramadero — Chichimequillas 2	23.56 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	15:15.9
3. leg (13 Mar)	SS13	Comanjilla — Chichimequillas	18.26 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	11:28.5
3. leg (13 Mar)	SS14	Alfaro — El Establo	44.39 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	32:05.2

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1	6	Guy Wilks	12
2	4	Per-Gunnar Andersson	11
3	2	Kris Meeke	10
4	2	Kosti Katajamäki	8
5	2	Alan Scorcioni	6

References

↑ "Rally México". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
↑ "Rally México 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 11 February 2025.
↑ "Rally México 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
↑ "Rally México 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
↑ "Rally México 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
↑ "Rally México 2005 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

[2005-Mexico-1] "Rally México". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2025-02-11.

[mexdrivers_2005-2] "Rally México 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 11 February 2025.

[mexitinerary_2005-3] "Rally México 2005 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

[mexoverall_2005-4] "Rally México 2005 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

[mexwrc_2005-5] "Rally México 2005 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

[mexjwrc_2005-6] "Rally México 2005 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

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