2004 Rallye Deutschland

The 2004 Rallye Deutschland (formally the 23. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland) was the tenth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship season. The race was held over three days between 20 August and 22 August 2004, and was based in Trier, Germany. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 9th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

2004 Rallye Deutschland 23. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Germany
Rally base	Trier
Dates run	August 20, 2004 – August 22, 2004
Stages	24 (411.06 km; 255.42 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,018.36 km (632.78 miles)
Statistics
Crews	69 at start, 41 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	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	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	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
World Rally Championship entries
11	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
12	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
14	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
15	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	Antony Warmbold	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
16	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
17	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
18	Armin Kremer	Fred Berssen	Armin Kremer	Toyota Corolla WRC	M
19	Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	Jussi Välimäki	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
20	Nicolas Vouilloz	Denis Giraudet	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
21	Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	Equipe de France FFSA	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	M
22	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero-Bengué	Equipe de France FFSA	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
23	Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	Pieter Tsjoen	Toyota Corolla WRC	M
24	Ginley Alistair	Rory Kennedy	Ginley Alistair	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
PWRC entries
31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	P
32	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert	P
34	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza STI	—
36	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barrabés	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	—
37	Joakim Roman	Anders Wallbom	Joakim Roman	Subaru Impreza STI	M
38	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
39	Alister McRae	David Senior	R.E.D World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N10	P
40	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
41	Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
43	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
45	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
47	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	M
48	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Y
49	Sergio López-Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	—
50	Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 135.02 km
20 August	09:53	SS1	Ruwertal 1	17.84 km
	10:33	SS2	Dhrontal 1	21.04 km
	11:16	SS3	Moselwein 1	18.18 km
	12:29	SS4	Peterberg 1	10.45 km
	14:50	SS5	Ruwertal 2	17.84 km
	15:30	SS6	Dhrontal 2	21.04 km
	16:13	SS7	Moselwein 2	18.18 km
	17:26	SS8	Peterberg 2	10.45 km
Leg 2 — 177.66 km
21 August	09:33	SS9	Bosenberg 1	17.11 km
	10:33	SS10	Erzweiler 1	20.00 km
	11:08	SS11	Panzerplatte Sprint 1	8.30 km
	11:46	SS12	Panzerplatte Lang 1	40.30 km
	14:32	SS13	Bosenberg 2	17.11 km
	15:32	SS14	Erzweiler 2	20.00 km
	16:07	SS15	Panzerplatte Sprint 2	8.30 km
	16:45	SS16	Panzerplatte Lang 2	40.30 km
	19:36	SS17	St. Wendel 1	6.24 km
Leg 3 — 98.38 km
22 August	07:20	SS18	St. Wendeler Land 1	14.80 km
	07:49	SS19	Teufelskopf 1	17.53 km
	08:30	SS20	Birkenfelder Land 1	13.74 km
	09:54	SS21	St. Wendeler Land 2	14.80 km
	10:23	SS22	Teufelskopf 2	17.53 km
	11:04	SS23	Birkenfelder Land 2	13.74 km
	12:02	SS24	St. Wendel 2	6.24 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	4:01:57.4		10
2	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:02:26.5	+29.1	8
3	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:06.9	+1:09.5	6
4	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:04:37.8	+2:40.4	5
5	6	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:27.5	+3:30.1	4
6	16	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:06:03.4	+4:06.0	3
7	12	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	4:07:41.6	+5:44.2	2
8	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:08:38.5	+6:41.1	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 WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:57.4		10
2	2	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:02:26.5	+29.1	8
3	3	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:06.9	+1:09.5	6
4	4	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:04:37.8	+2:40.4	5
5	5	6	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:27.5	+3:30.1	4
8	6	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:08:38.5	+6:41.1	1
Retired SS12		1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	Accident		0
Retired SS9		9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Accident		0
Retired SS2		10	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Accident		0
Retired SS1		5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (20 Aug)	SS1	Ruwertal 1	17.84 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:51.7	Carlos Sainz
	SS2	Dhrontal 1	21.04 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	11:57.7	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	Moselwein 1	18.18 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	10:42.3
	SS4	Peterberg 1	10.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:58.6
	SS5	Ruwertal 2	17.84 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:15.1
	SS6	Dhrontal 2	21.04 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	11:37.8
	SS7	Moselwein 2	18.18 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:41.3
	SS8	Peterberg 2	10.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:55.4
Leg 2 (21 Aug)	SS9	Bosenberg 1	17.11 km	Notional stage time
	SS10	Erzweiler 1	20.00 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	12:13.4
	SS11	Panzerplatte Sprint 1	8.30 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:46.6
	SS12	Panzerplatte Lang 1	40.30 km	Notional stage time
	SS13	Bosenberg 2	17.11 km	Armin Schwarz	Škoda Fabia WRC	9:36.6
	SS14	Erzweiler 2	20.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:15.3
	SS15	Panzerplatte Sprint 2	8.30 km	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:45.6
	SS16	Panzerplatte Lang 2	40.30 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	24:22.8
	SS17	St. Wendel 1	6.24 km	Cédric Robert	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:29.2
Leg 3 (22 Aug)	SS18	St. Wendeler Land 1	14.80 km	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 307 WRC	7:46.3
	SS19	Teufelskopf 1	17.53 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	11:08.0
	SS20	Birkenfelder Land 1	13.74 km	Cédric Robert	Peugeot 307 WRC	8:04.8
	SS21	St. Wendeler Land 2	14.80 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	7:39.9
	SS22	Teufelskopf 2	17.53 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	10:56.8
	SS23	Birkenfelder Land 2	13.74 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	8:00.2
	SS24	St. Wendel 2	6.24 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:22.4

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Sébastien Loeb	76			Daniel Elena	76			Citroën Total WRT	125
2		1	Markko Märtin	47		1	Michael Park	47			Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	96
3		2	Carlos Sainz	46		2	Marc Martí	46			555 Subaru World Rally Team	67
4		2	Petter Solberg	44		2	Phil Mills	44			Marlboro Peugeot Total	65
5		1	Marcus Grönholm	42		1	Timo Rautiainen	42			Mitsubishi Motors	17

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
15	1	47	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:24:11.4		10
16	2	34	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza STI	4:24:41.8	+30.4	8
17	3	39	Alister McRae	David Senior	R.E.D World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N10	4:25:57.0	+1:45.6	6
18	4	31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:26:03.4	+1:52.0	5
20	5	41	Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:28:29.3	+4:17.9	4
22	6	32	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert	4:30:34.6	+6:23.2	3
25	7	50	Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:34:22.3	+10:10.9	2
29	8	38	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:45:47.9	+21:36.5	1
31	9	36	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barrabés	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:50:28.5	+26:17.1	0
32	10	40	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:52:16.7	+28:05.3	0
Retired SS20		45	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Gearbox		0
Retired SS16		43	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Accident		0
Retired SS4		37	Joakim Roman	Anders Wallbom	Joakim Roman	Subaru Impreza STI	Gearbox		0
Retired SS3		48	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Gearbox		0
Retired SS3		49	Sergio López-Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Gearbox		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (20 Aug)	SS1	Ruwertal 1	17.84 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	11:52.2	Gianluigi Galli
	SS2	Dhrontal 1	21.04 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	13:20.8
	SS3	Moselwein 1	18.18 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12:04.4
	SS4	Peterberg 1	10.45 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	6:36.3
	SS5	Ruwertal 2	17.84 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	11:10.4
	SS6	Dhrontal 2	21.04 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12:59.4	Xavier Pons
	SS7	Moselwein 2	18.18 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	11:49.8
	SS8	Peterberg 2	10.45 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	6:33.5
Leg 2 (21 Aug)	SS9	Bosenberg 1	17.11 km	Notional stage time
	SS10	Erzweiler 1	20.00 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	13:13.6
	SS11	Panzerplatte Sprint 1	8.30 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	5:13.0
	SS12	Panzerplatte Lang 1	40.30 km	Notional stage time
	SS13	Bosenberg 2	17.11 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	10:38.3	Gianluigi Galli
	SS14	Erzweiler 2	20.00 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	13:04.4
	SS15	Panzerplatte Sprint 2	8.30 km	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	5:17.4
	SS16	Panzerplatte Lang 2	40.30 km	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	26:20.4	Xavier Pons
	SS17	St. Wendel 1	6.24 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:53.0
Leg 3 (22 Aug)	SS18	St. Wendeler Land 1	14.80 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8:31.4
	SS19	Teufelskopf 1	17.53 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12:10.6
	SS20	Birkenfelder Land 1	13.74 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8:55.4
	SS21	St. Wendeler Land 2	14.80 km	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	8:26.2
	SS22	Teufelskopf 2	17.53 km	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	11:54.3
	SS23	Birkenfelder Land 2	13.74 km	Alister McRae	Subaru Impreza STI N10	8:40.2
	SS24	St. Wendel 2	6.24 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:46.6

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Jani Paasonen	29
2	3	Alister McRae	20
3	1	Toshihiro Arai	20
4	2	Niall McShea	19
5	3	Manfred Stohl	18