2005 Monte Carlo Rally 73rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
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Stéphane Sarrazin during one of the special stages.
Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Monaco
Dates run	January 21, 2005 – January 23, 2005
Stages	15 (353.07 km; 219.39 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt/snow
Overall distance	1,360.13 km (845.15 miles)
Statistics
Crews	34 at start, 24 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC

The2005 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the73rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 21 January and 23 January 2005, and was won byCitroën'sSébastien Loeb, his 11th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

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	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 S10 WRC '04	P
6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	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	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
14	Antony Warmbold	Damien Connolly	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
61	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Didier Auriol	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
62	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
63	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Xavier Pons	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
64	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	Eamonn Boland	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
65	Luca Rossetti	Dario D'Esposito	Luca Rossetti	Peugeot 206 WRC	P
66	José Barbara	Mireille Duthoit	José Barbara	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	K
67	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Škoda Octavia 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
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	Chris Patterson	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	P
36	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
37	Alan Scorcioni	Silvio Stefanelli	Alan Scorcioni	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
38	Luca Betti	Giovanni Agnese	Luca Betti	Renault Clio S1600	P
39	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Luca Cecchettini	Renault Clio 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]

All dates and times areCET (UTC+1).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:13:05.6		10
2	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:16:03.9	+2:58.3	8
3	10	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:16:45.7	+3:40.1	6
4	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:18:33.3	+5:27.7	5
5	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:20:39.4	+7:33.8	4
6	62	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:21:14.5	+8:08.9	3
7	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:21:34.9	+8:29.3	2
8	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:22:23.7	+9:18.1	1
Source:[4]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
1	1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:13:05.6		10
2	2	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:16:03.9	+2:58.3	8
3	3	10	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:16:45.7	+3:40.1	6
4	4	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:18:33.3	+5:27.7	5
5	5	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:20:39.4	+7:33.8	4
7	6	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	4:21:34.9	+8:29.3	2
8	7	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:22:23.7	+9:18.1	1
9	8	12	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	4:23:37.6	+10:32.0	0
14	9	6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:37:42.8	+24:37.2	0
Retired SS12		5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	Accident		0
Retired SS7		11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	Accident		0
Retired SS6		2	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	Accident		0
Source:[5]

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (21 Jan)	SS1	Ilonse — Pierlas	22.93 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	17:18.6	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	St Antonin — Toudon	20.16 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	14:05.4
	SS3	Lantosque — Col de Braus 1	32.71 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	23:44.8
	SS4	Lantosque — Col de Braus 2	32.71 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	23:37.0
2. leg (22 Jan)	SS5	Col de Braus — Lantosque	32.62 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	24:08.1
	SS6	Toudon — St Antonin 1	19.52 km	Notional stage time
	SS7	Pont des Miolans — Les Sausses 1	28.41 km	Notional stage time
	SS8	Toudon — St Antonin 2	19.52 km	Gilles Panizzi	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	13:44.9
	SS9	Pont des Miolans — Les Sausses 1	28.41 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	20:09.4
3. leg (23 Jan)	SS10	Col de Braus — Col de l'Orme 1	7.33 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	5:40.8
	SS11	La Cabanette — Lantosque 1	19.52 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	13:36.1
	SS12	La Bollène Vésubie — Sospel 1	31.19 km	Roman Kresta	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	22:16.2
	SS13	Col de Braus — Col de l'Orme 2	7.33 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	5:31.6
	SS14	La Cabanette — Lantosque 2	19.52 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:31.5
	SS15	La Bollène Vésubie — Sospel 2	31.19 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	21:40.4

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Sébastien Loeb	10			Daniel Elena	10			Citroën Total WRT	10
2			Toni Gardemeister	8			Jakke Honkanen	8			BP Ford World Rally Team	10
3			Gilles Panizzi	6			Hervé Panizzi	6			Mitsubishi Motors	9
4			Markko Märtin	5			Michael Park	5			Marlboro Peugeot Total	9
5			Marcus Grönholm	4			Timo Rautiainen	4			Škoda Motorsport	1

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
11	1	35	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	4:35:55.6		10
12	2	33	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:36:10.1	+14.5	8
13	3	37	Alan Scorcioni	Silvio Stefanelli	Alan Scorcioni	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:37:35.9	+1:40.3	6
15	4	41	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	4:38:22.1	+2:26.5	5
16	5	38	Luca Betti	Giovanni Agnese	Luca Betti	Renault Clio S1600	4:39:19.2	+3:23.6	4
18	6	31	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:39:55.8	+4:00.2	3
19	7	32	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:40:46.9	+4:51.3	2
20	8	42	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Pavel Valoušek	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:41:10.4	+5:14.8	1
21	9	43	Martin Prokop	Petr Gross	Martin Prokop	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:44:54.0	+8:58.4	0
22	10	34	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	4:47:22.3	+11:26.7	0
Retired SS12		36	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS1		39	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Luca Cecchettini	Renault Clio S1600	Accident		0
Source:[6]

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (21 Jan)	SS1	Ilonse — Pierlas	22.93 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	17:18.6	Per-Gunnar Andersson
	SS2	St Antonin — Toudon	20.16 km	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	14:05.4
	SS3	Lantosque — Col de Braus 1	32.71 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	23:44.8
	SS4	Lantosque — Col de Braus 2	32.71 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	23:37.0
2. leg (22 Jan)	SS5	Col de Braus — Lantosque	32.62 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	24:08.1
	SS6	Toudon — St Antonin 1	19.52 km	Notional stage time
	SS7	Pont des Miolans — Les Sausses 1	28.41 km	Notional stage time
	SS8	Toudon — St Antonin 2	19.52 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	13:44.9
	SS9	Pont des Miolans — Les Sausses 1	28.41 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	20:09.4	Kosti Katajamäki
3. leg (23 Jan)	SS10	Col de Braus — Col de l'Orme 1	7.33 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	5:40.8
	SS11	La Cabanette — Lantosque 1	19.52 km	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	13:36.1
	SS12	La Bollène Vésubie — Sospel 1	31.19 km	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	22:16.2	Kris Meeke
	SS13	Col de Braus — Col de l'Orme 2	7.33 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:31.6
	SS14	La Cabanette — Lantosque 2	19.52 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	13:31.5
	SS15	La Bollène Vésubie — Sospel 2	31.19 km	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	21:40.4

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Kris Meeke	10
2		Kosti Katajamäki	8
3		Alan Scorcioni	6
4		Dani Sordo	5
5		Luca Betti	4

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