2004 Monte Carlo Rally

The 2004 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 72^e Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 23 and 25 January 2004, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 5th win in the win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

2004 Monte Carlo Rally 72ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season Next event →
Marcus Grönholm made his Peugeot 307 WRC debut, finishing fourth.
Host country	Monaco
Rally base	French Riviera
Dates run	23 – 25 January 2004
Stages	15 (389.12 km; 241.79 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac/snow/ice
Overall distance	1,331.92 km (827.62 miles)
Statistics
Crews	44 at start, 20 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total 4:12:03.0

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
World Rally Championship entries
11	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
61	Nicolas Vouilloz	David Fiorini	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
62	Miguel Campos	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
63	Olivier Burri	Jean-Philippe Patthey	Olivier Burri	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
64	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	P
65	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	Alexandre Bengué	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
66	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	Eamonn Boland	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
67	Philippe Roux	Paul Corthay	Philppe Roux	Ford Focus RS WRC'02	P
69	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Roman Kresta	Hyundai Accent WRC	M
70	Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	Jussi Välimäki	Hyundai Accent WRC	M
71	Jozef Béreš Jr.	Petr Starý	Jozef Béreš Jr.	Hyundai Accent WRC	M
72	Moreno Fidiani	Maria Grazia Bergonzi	Moreno Fidiani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
JWRC entries
31	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
32	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
33	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
34	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Sab Motorsport	Fiat Punto S1600	P
35	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
36	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	McRae Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	P
37	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Autorel Sport	Renault Clio S1600	P
38	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	P
39	Nicolas Bernardi	Denis Giraudet	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	P
40	Guerlain Chicherit	Michel Perin	Citroën Total	Citroën Saxo S1600	P
41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	Risbridger Motorsport	MG ZR S1600	P
42	Mathieu Biasion	Philippe Coquard	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	P
43	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	P
44	Alan Scorcioni	Massimo Daddoveri	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	P
45	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	P
46	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	RACC Motor Sport	Fiat Punto S1600	P
47	Luca Tabaton	Gisella Rovegno	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	P
48	Conrad Rautenbach	Peter Marsh	Birkbeck Rallysport	Ford Puma S1600	P
49	Luca Betti	Michele Rosso	Meteco Corse	Peugeot 206 S1600	P
50	Oliver Marshall	Craig Parry	Prospeed Motorsport	Renault Clio S1600	P
51	Larry Cols	Filip Goddé	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	P
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 144.13 km
23 January	07:48	SS1	Selonnet — Bréziers 1	22.64 km
	08:26	SS2	Piégut — Urtis 1	20.18 km
	10:09	SS3	Selonnet — Bréziers 2	22.64 km
	10:47	SS4	Piégut — Urtis 2	20.18 km
	13:05	SS5	Laborel — L'Aubergerie	26.68 km
	13:48	SS6	Rosans — L'Epine	31.81 km
Leg 2 — 140.79 km
24 January	08:18	SS7	Lantosque — Col de Braus	34.41 km
	11:21	SS8	Tourette du Château — St Antonin 1	24.80 km
	12:04	SS9	Sigale — Col de Bleine 1	28.39 km
	15:52	SS10	Tourette du Château — St Antonin 2	24.80 km
	16:35	SS11	Sigale — Col de Bleine 2	28.39 km
Leg 3 — 104.20 km
25 January	08:45	SS12	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1	32.58 km
	09:38	SS13	Lantosque — Lucéram 1	19.52 km
	12:05	SS14	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2	32.58 km
	12:58	SS15	Lantosque — Lucéram 2	19.52 km
Source:[3]

Report

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:03.0		10
2	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	4:13:15.6	+1:12.6	8
3	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	4:13:22.6	+1:19.6	6
4	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:13:29.8	+1:26.8	5
5	6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:20:19.9	+8:16.9	4
6	9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	4:22:14.6	+10:11.6	3
7	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:22:45.2	+10:42.2	2
8	63	Olivier Burri	Jean-Philippe Patthey	Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:29:58.1	+17:49.1	1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
1	1	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:03.0		10
2	2	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	4:13:15.6	+1:12.6	8
3	3	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	4:13:22.6	+1:19.6	6
4	4	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:13:29.8	+1:26.8	5
5	5	6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:20:19.9	+8:16.9	4
6	6	9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	4:22:14.6	+10:11.6	3
7	7	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	4:22:45.2	+10:42.2	2
Retired SS9		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	Accident		0
Retired SS9		4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	Accident		0
Retired SS5		10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (23 Jan)	SS1	Selonnet — Bréziers 1	22.64 km	Stage cancelled
	SS2	Piégut — Urtis 1	20.18 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	17:20.9	Marcus Grönholm
	SS3	Selonnet — Bréziers 2	22.64 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	15:45.6
	SS4	Piégut — Urtis 2	20.18 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	16:53.7
	SS5	Laborel — L'Aubergerie	26.68 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	18:04.1
	SS6	Rosans — L'Epine	31.81 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	18:15.2	Sébastien Loeb
Leg 2 (24 Jan)	SS7	Lantosque — Col de Braus	34.41 km	Notional stage time
	SS8	Tourette du Château — St Antonin 1	24.80 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	18:14.9
	SS9	Sigale — Col de Bleine 1	28.39 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	20:11.6
	SS10	Tourette du Château — St Antonin 2	24.80 km	Stage cancelled
	SS11	Sigale — Col de Bleine 2	28.39 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	20:36.1
Leg 3 (25 Jan)	SS12	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1	32.58 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	25:09.0
	SS13	Lantosque — Lucéram 1	19.52 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	13:59.4
	SS14	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2	32.58 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	24:03.9
	SS15	Lantosque — Lucéram 2	19.52 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	13:46.1

Championship standings

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			Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	14
2			Markko Märtin	8			Michael Park	8			Citroën Total WRT	10
3			François Duval	6			Stéphane Prévot	6			Marlboro Peugeot Total	9
4			Marcus Grönholm	5			Timo Rautiainen	5			Mitsubishi Motors	3
5			Freddy Loix	4			Sven Smeets	4			555 Subaru World Rally Team	2

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
10	1	39	Nicolas Bernardi	Denis Giraudet	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	4:35:41.1		10
12	2	32	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:39:49.1	+4:08.0	8
14	3	36	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	McRae Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	4:43:15.6	+7:34.5	6
15	4	34	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Sab Motorsport	Fiat Punto S1600	4:43:23.2	+7:42.1	5
16	5	51	Larry Cols	Filip Goddé	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	4:47:04.1	+11:23.0	4
17	6	31	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:47:53.9	+12:12.8	3
18	7	37	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Autorel Sport	Renault Clio S1600	4:59:14.6	+23:33.5	2
19	8	45	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:01:22.5	+25:41.4	1
20	9	42	Mathieu Biasion	Philippe Coquard	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	5:04:54.4	+29:13.3	0
Retired SS12		43	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS11		35	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS11		50	Oliver Marshall	Craig Parry	Prospeed Motorsport	Renault Clio S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS9		46	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	RACC Motor Sport	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS9		47	Luca Tabaton	Gisella Rovegno	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS7		40	Guerlain Chicherit	Michel Perin	Citroën Total	Citroën Saxo S1600	Mechanical		0
Retired SS6		38	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS5		33	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS5		44	Alan Scorcioni	Massimo Daddoveri	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS4		49	Luca Betti	Michele Rosso	Meteco Corse	Peugeot 206 S1600	Mechanical		0
Retired SS3		41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	Risbridger Motorsport	MG ZR S1600	Mechanical		0
Retired SS3		10	Conrad Rautenbach	Peter Marsh	Birkbeck Rallysport	Ford Puma S1600	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (23 Jan)	SS1	Selonnet — Bréziers 1	22.64 km	Stage cancelled
	SS2	Piégut — Urtis 1	20.18 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	19:40.7	Per-Gunnar Andersson
	SS3	Selonnet — Bréziers 2	22.64 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16:41.1
	SS4	Piégut — Urtis 2	20.18 km	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	18:05.2
	SS5	Laborel — L'Aubergerie	26.68 km	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	20:11.7	Urmo Aava
	SS6	Rosans — L'Epine	31.81 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	20:14.0	Kosti Katajamäki
Leg 2 (24 Jan)	SS7	Lantosque — Col de Braus	34.41 km	Notional stage time
	SS8	Tourette du Château — St Antonin 1	24.80 km	Kris Meeke	Opel Corsa S1600	20:10.5	Urmo Aava
	SS9	Sigale — Col de Bleine 1	28.39 km	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	21:51.8	Nicolas Bernardi
	SS10	Tourette du Château — St Antonin 2	24.80 km	Stage cancelled
	SS11	Sigale — Col de Bleine 2	28.39 km	Mirco Baldacci	Suzuki Ignis S1600	22:56.6
Leg 3 (25 Jan)	SS12	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1	32.58 km	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	27:10.5
	SS13	Lantosque — Lucéram 1	19.52 km	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	15:28.4
	SS14	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2	32.58 km	Larry Cols	Renault Clio S1600	26:37.4
	SS15	Lantosque — Lucéram 2	19.52 km	Larry Cols	Renault Clio S1600	15:12.0

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Nicolas Bernardi	10
2		Urmo Aava	8
3		Kris Meeke	6
4		Alessandro Broccoli	5
5		Larry Cols	4