2004 Rally of Turkey

The 2004 Rally of Turkey (formally the 5th Rally of Turkey) was the seventh round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 24 June and 27 June 2004, and was based in Antalya, Turkey. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 8th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

2004 Rally of Turkey 5th Rally of Turkey
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Host country	Turkey
Rally base	Antalya
Dates run	June 24, 2004 – June 27, 2004
Stages	17 (383.33 km; 238.19 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,236.44 km (768.29 miles)
Statistics
Crews	65 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total Citroën Xsara WRC

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 S10 WRC '04	P
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	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	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	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	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
12	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	Antony Warmbold	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
13	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
14	Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	Janne Tuohino	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
15	Alistair Ginley	Rory Kennedy	Alistair Ginley	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
16	Serkan Yazici	Can Okan	Serkan Yazici	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
62	Murat Akdilek	Caglar Suren	Murat Akdilek	Hyundai Accent WRC	—
63	Adnan Sarihan	Orhan Celen	Adnan Sarihan	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	—
64	Ender Alkoclar	Ismet Özbakir	Ender Alkoclar	Hyundai Accent WRC	—
65	Ali Ersin	Ahmet Yoruk	Ali Ersin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
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
39	Nicolas Bernardi	Jean-Marc Fortin	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	P
40	Guerlain Chicherit	Mathieu Baumel	Citroën Total	Citroën Saxo S1600	P
41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	Risbridger Motorsport	Renault Clio S1600	P
42	Mathieu Biasion	Eric Domenech	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	P
43	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Astra Racing	Ford Fiesta 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	Timothy Sturla	Birkbeck Rallysport	Opel Corsa 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 EEST (UTC+3).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 151.83 km
24 June	18:46	SS1	Efes Pilsen SSS	2.50 km
25 June	08:38	SS2	Phaselis 1	28.98 km
	09:21	SS3	Silyon 1	34.24 km
	13:02	SS4	Phaselis 2	28.98 km
	14:05	SS5	Kemer 1	20.39 km
	16:41	SS6	Silyon 2	34.24 km
	18:52	SS7	Castrol SSS	2.50 km
Leg 2 — 153.60 km
26 June	08:50	SS8	Perge 1	22.28 km
	09:36	SS9	Kumluca 1	36.10 km
	13:22	SS10	Perge 2	22.28 km
	14:05	SS11	Kumluca 2	36.10 km
	17:41	SS12	Chimera	16.45 km
	18:29	SS13	Kemer 2	20.39 km
Leg 3 — 77.90 km
27 June	07:48	SS14	Olympos 1	33.35 km
	09:06	SS15	Aspendos 1	5.60 km
	11:47	SS16	Olympos 2	33.35 km
	13:05	SS17	Aspendos 2	5.60 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:48:26.8		10
2	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:48:53.0	+26.2	8
3	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:49:03.5	+36.7	6
4	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:51:16.1	+2:49.3	5
5	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:52:53.6	+6:26.8	4
6	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:54:27.9	+6:01.1	3
7	14	Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	Janne Tuohino	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	5:00:11.7	+11:44.9	2
8	12	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	Antony Warmbold	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	5:09:42.1	+21:15.3	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 WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:48:26.8		10
2	2	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:48:53.0	+26.2	8
3	3	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:49:03.5	+36.7	6
4	4	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:51:16.1	+2:49.3	5
5	5	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:52:53.6	+6:26.8	4
6	6	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:54:27.9	+6:01.1	3
10	7	10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	5:20:35.7	+32:08.9	0
24	8	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	5:44:58.7	+56:31.9	0
Retired SS13		6	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	Gearbox		0
Retired SS4		9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Electrical		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (24 Jun)	SS1	Efes Pilsen SSS	2.50 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	2:12.4	Markko Märtin
Leg 1 (25 Jun)	SS2	Phaselis 1	28.98 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	22:49.2	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	Silyon 1	34.24 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	25:57.2
	SS4	Phaselis 2	28.98 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	22:41.3
	SS5	Kemer 1	20.39 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	14:46.5
	SS6	Silyon 2	34.24 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	26:03.6
	SS7	Castrol SSS	2.50 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	2:14.8
Leg 2 (26 Jun)	SS8	Perge 1	22.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	15:16.2
	SS9	Kumluca 1	36.10 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	28:09.7
	SS10	Perge 2	22.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	15:03.9
	SS11	Kumluca 2	36.10 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	27:39.1
	SS12	Chimera	16.45 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	11:54.8
	SS13	Kemer 2	20.39 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	14:18.2
Leg 3 (27 Jun)	SS14	Olympos 1	33.35 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	25:17.9
	SS15	Aspendos 1	5.60 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	3:52.8
	SS16	Olympos 2	33.35 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	25:00.3
	SS17	Aspendos 2	5.60 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	3:52.4

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Sébastien Loeb	53			Daniel Elena	53			Citroën Total WRT	80
2			Petter Solberg	44			Phil Mills	44			Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	65
3			Markko Märtin	34			Michael Park	34			555 Subaru World Rally Team	59
4			Marcus Grönholm	32			Timo Rautiainen	32			Marlboro Peugeot Total	47
5		1	Carlos Sainz	24		1	Marc Martí	24			Mitsubishi Motors	11

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
11	1	45	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:24:56.2		10
12	2	35	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:25:02.6	+6.4	8
13	3	33	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:25:53.8	+57.6	6
14	4	40	Guerlain Chicherit	Mathieu Baumel	Citroën Total	Citroën Saxo S1600	5:27:54.9	+2:58.7	5
16	5	32	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:28:42.9	+3:46.7	4
17	6	31	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:30:31.9	+5:35.7	3
22	7	48	Conrad Rautenbach	Timothy Sturla	Birkbeck Rallysport	Opel Corsa S1600	5:39:27.0	+14:30.8	2
28	8	50	Oliver Marshall	Craig Parry	Prospeed Motorsport	Renault Clio S1600	6:03:10.4	+38:14.2	1
Retired SS12		39	Nicolas Bernardi	Jean-Marc Fortin	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS10		34	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Sab Motorsport	Fiat Punto S1600	Gearbox		0
Retired SS10		46	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	RACC Motor Sport	Fiat Punto S1600	Engine		0
Retired SS9		37	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Autorel Sport	Renault Clio S1600	Suspension		0
Retired SS6		44	Alan Scorcioni	Massimo Daddoveri	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Lost wheel		0
Retired SS4		41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	Risbridger Motorsport	Renault Clio S1600	Electrical		0
Retired SS4		43	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Astra Racing	Ford Fiesta S1600	Radiator		0
Retired SS4		51	Larry Cols	Filip Goddé	Renault Sport	Renault Clio S1600	Engine		0
Retired SS3		36	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	McRae Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	Transmission		0
Retired SS3		42	Mathieu Biasion	Eric Domenech	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Alternatro		0
Retired SS3		47	Luca Tabaton	Gisella Rovegno	H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS2		49	Luca Betti	Michele Rosso	Meteco Corse	Peugeot 206 S1600	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (24 Jun)	SS1	Efes Pilsen SSS	2.50 km	Mirco Baldacci	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2:22.2	Mirco Baldacci
Leg 1 (25 Jun)	SS2	Phaselis 1	28.98 km	Guerlain Chicherit	Citroën Saxo S1600	25:31.8	Guerlain Chicherit
	SS3	Silyon 1	34.24 km	Alessandro Broccoli	Fiat Punto S1600	28:59.5
	SS4	Phaselis 2	28.98 km	Mirco Baldacci	Suzuki Ignis S1600	25:14.0
	SS5	Kemer 1	20.39 km	Alessandro Broccoli	Fiat Punto S1600	16:03.5
	SS6	Silyon 2	34.24 km	Mirco Baldacci	Suzuki Ignis S1600	28:38.5	Mirco Baldacci
	SS7	Castrol SSS	2.50 km	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	2:25.2
Leg 2 (26 Jun)	SS8	Perge 1	22.28 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16:48.7
	SS9	Kumluca 1	36.10 km	Mirco Baldacci	Suzuki Ignis S1600	30:48.7
	SS10	Perge 2	22.28 km	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	16:44.5
	SS11	Kumluca 2	36.10 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	31:20.0
	SS12	Chimera	16.45 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	13:32.4
	SS13	Kemer 2	20.39 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16:07.0
Leg 3 (27 Jun)	SS14	Olympos 1	33.35 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	28:08.1	Per-Gunnar Andersson
	SS15	Aspendos 1	5.60 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:14.2
	SS16	Olympos 2	33.35 km	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	27:49.4
	SS17	Aspendos 2	5.60 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:13.0

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Nicolas Bernardi	18
2		Guy Wilks	16
3	1	Urmo Aava	12
4	7	Per-Gunnar Andersson	11
5	2	Larry Cols	9