2004 World Rally Championship

The 2004 World Rally Championship was the 32nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 16 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën Xsara WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Markko Märtin. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

2004 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Sébastien Loeb
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Citroën

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2003

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2005

Sébastien Loeb (pictured in 2014) won his first WRC drivers' championship

Defending champion Petter Solberg (pictured in 2017) was runner-up

Citroën secured their second manufacturers' championship

The video game WRC 4: The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship was based on this season.

Calendar

The 2004 championship was contested over Sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class
1	23 January	25 January	72nd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	389.12 km	JWRC
2	6 February	8 February	53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	394.80 km	PWRC
3	12 March	14 March	1st Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	15	394.43 km	PWRC
4	15 April	18 April	35th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	23	395.50 km	PWRC
5	14 May	16 May	32nd Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	18	326.68 km	None
6	3 June	6 June	51st Acropolis Rally of Greece	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	22	377.13 km	JWRC
7	24 June	27 June	5th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	17	383.33 km	JWRC
8	15 July	18 July	24th CTI Movil Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	26	382.63 km	PWRC
9	6 August	8 August	54th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	22	382.71 km	JWRC
10	20 August	22 August	23rd OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	24	411.06 km	PWRC
11	3 September	5 September	4th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	27	387.50 km	None
12	16 September	19 September	60th Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	19	394.03 km	JWRC
13	1 October	3 October	1st Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	19	383.23 km	JWRC
14	15 October	17 October	48th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	387.80 km	PWRC
15	29 October	31 October	40th Rally Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rally de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	20	384.08 km	JWRC
16	11 November	14 November	17th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	25	388.25 km	PWRC
Sources:[1]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer teams
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC2003/4	P	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
				2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
Citroën Total	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
				4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	1-15
Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot	307 WRC	M	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	1–2, 15
					Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	3–9, 11–13, 16
					Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	10, 14
				9	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	10, 14
				14	Sebastian Lindholm	Tomi Tuominen	9
				15	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	12
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Focus RS WRC 03/04	M	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	All
				8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	1, 3–8, 10, 12–16
						Philippe Droeven	11
					Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	2, 9
				11	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	All
				15	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	2, 9
				19	Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	10
				22	Jari Viita	Timo Hantunen	2, 4, 9
Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC04	M	9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1–10, 15
				10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido d'Amore	1, 3, 7
					Kristian Sohlberg	Kaj Lindström	2, 4–5, 8–9
					Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	6, 10, 15
				14	Gianluigi Galli	Guido d'Amore	15

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Fabia WRC	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	6, 9–10, 12–15
			Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	6, 9–10, 12–15
			Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	15
			Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	10
			Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	9, 12
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Nicolas Vouilloz	David Fiorini	1
				Denis Giraudet	6, 10, 12–15
			Miguel Campos	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1, 5
			Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2, 4–5, 7, 9, 12–13
			Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	2, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 14
			Luís Pérez Companc	Jose Maria Volta	3, 5, 8, 13
			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	6, 12
Equipe de France FFSA			Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero	1, 10, 14
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Olivier Burri	Jean-Philippe Patthey	1
Dom Buckley Motorsport			Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	1, 15
ADR Motorsport			Alistair Ginley	Rory Kennedy	5–7, 9–10, 12
Equipe de France FFSA			Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	10, 14–15
Aimont Racing Team			Andrea Navarra	Simona Fedeli	13
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	1
			Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	1, 3, 5–6
			Jozef Béreš Jr.	Petr Starý	1–2, 6
			Kristian Kolberg	Ola Fløene	2
			Thomas Kolberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2
Hyundai Assan Motorsports			Murat Akdilek	Caglar Suren	7
			Ender Alkoclar	Ismet Özbakir	7
Supset	Ford	Focus RS WRC	Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	5–7
JM Engineering			Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	6
M-Sport			Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson	12
			Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	12
Citroën Kronos Racing Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	Juuso Pykälistö	Mika Ovaskainen	9, 13

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Suzuki Sport	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
32		Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
33		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
35		Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
43		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila		9, 12–13, 15
45		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
34	Sab Motorsport	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
36	McRae Motorsport	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 6–7, 9
			David Senior		12–13
				Citroën C2 S1600	15
37	Autorel Sport	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
38	Astra Racing	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Ford Puma S1600	1
				Ford Fiesta S1600	6–7
43		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila		6–7
				Ford Puma S1600	1
39	Renault Sport	Nicolas Bernardi	Denis Giraudet	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
51		Larry Cols	Filip Goddé		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
40	Citroën Total	Guerlain Chicherit	Michel Perin	Citroën Saxo S1600	1
			Mattiheu Baumel		6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
41	Risbridger Motorsport	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	MG ZR S1600	1
				Renault Clio S1600	6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
42	Power Car Team	Mathieu Biasion	Eric Domenech	Renault Clio S1600	9, 12–13
	H.F. Grifone SRL			Fiat Punto S1600	6–7
			Philippe Coquard		1
44		Alan Scorcioni	Massimo Daddoveri		1, 6–7, 9
			Silvio Stefanelli		12
			Fulvio Florean		13, 15
47		Luca Tabaton	Gisella Rovegno		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
46	RACC Motor Sport	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
				Renault Clio S1600	15
48	Team Birkbeck Rallysport	Conrad Rautenbach	Peter Marsh	Ford Puma S1600	1
			Timothy Sturla	Opel Corsa S1600	6–7
			Mark Jones		9, 12
				Suzuki Ignis S1600	13
				Citroën Saxo S1600	15
49	Meteco Corse	Luca Betti	Michele Rosso	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 7
			Paolo del Grande		6, 9
			Michele Rosso	Fiat Punto S1600	12–13
			Paolo del Grande		15
50	Prospeed Motorsport	Oliver Marshall	Craig Parry	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Subaru Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 8, 10, 16
32	Petronas EON Racing Team	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert	2–4, 8, 10, 16
33	Ralliart Italy	Daniel Solá	Xavier Amigò	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 14, 16
43		Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore		2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
34	Syms	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3–4
			Michael Orr		8, 10, 14, 16
35	Top Run SRL	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 16
			Jorge Del Buono		3–4
			Diego Curletto		8, 14
42		Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson		2–4, 8, 14, 16
45		Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese		2–4, 8, 14, 16
36	Triviño Racing	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barradés	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 8, 10, 14
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4
37	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Ragnar Spjuth	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
38	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Georgi Geradzhiev	Nikola Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
39	R.E.D World Rally Team	Alister McRae	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
40	OMV World Rally Team	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 16
41		Jani Paasonen	Sirkka Rautiainen		2–4, 8, 10, 16
50		Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
44	Autotek Motorsport	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Steve Lancaster	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–3
			Chris Patterson		4, 8, 14, 16
46	Kuchar Team Poland	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciek Wodniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 10, 14, 16
47	Ralliart Spain	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 14, 16
49		Sergio Fombona	Guifré Pujol		2–4, 8, 10, 14
48	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3–4, 8, 10, 14, 16

Results and standings

Rally results

The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds.

Rd.	Rally	Overall Winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 39 Renault Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Nicolas Bernardi Denis Giraudet
2	Sweden	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	No. 41 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Jani Paasonen Sirkka Rautiainen	N/A
3	Mexico	No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	No. 33 Ralliart Italia	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '03	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	Daniel Solá Xavier Amigò	N/A
4	New Zealand	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	No. 40 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor	N/A
5	Cyprus	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	N/A
6	Greece	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
7	Turkey	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 45 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
8	Argentina	No. 4 Citroën Total WRT	No. 41 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Carlos Sainz Marc Martí	Jani Paasonen Jani Vainikka	N/A
9	Finland	No. 5 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	No. 45 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Peugeot 307 WRC	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
10	Germany	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
11	Japan	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	N/A
12	Britain	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
13	Italy	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 45 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
14	France	No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '04	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
15	Spain	No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	N/A	No. 39 Renault Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '04	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	N/A	Nicolas Bernardi Jean-Marc Fortin
16	Australia	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
Source:[2]

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 1 118 2 Petter Solberg 7 3 4 1 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 5 5 Ret 82 3 Markko Märtin 2 7 1 3 2 Ret 24 Ret 2 4 3 3 Ret 1 1 Ret 79 4 Carlos Sainz Ret 5 3 6 3 19 4 1 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 WD 73 5 Marcus Grönholm 4 2 6 2 DSQ Ret 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret 7 4 2 Ret 62 6 François Duval 3 Ret 2 18 Ret 4 5 3 7 2 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 3 53 7 Mikko Hirvonen Ret 9 5 7 5 Ret 6 4 Ret 8 7 7 Ret 10 8 4 29 8 Harri Rovanperä 10 5 DSQ 3 Ret 5 Ret 6 6 Ret 2 28 9 Janne Tuohino 4 6 7 7 5 Ret 16 10 Freddy Loix 5 Ret 6 7 Ret 9 11 Stéphane Sarrazin 9 6 4 8 12 Daniel Carlsson 8 8 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 11 6 13 Gilles Panizzi 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 11 Ret 12 6 14 Andrea Navarra 4 5 15 Gianluigi Galli Ret 24 Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 5 16 Chris Atkinson Ret 33 12 5 4 17 Cédric Robert 5 Ret 4 18 Manfred Stohl Ret Ret 10 6 12 32 8 Ret 4 19 Henning Solberg 6 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 3 20 Jani Paasonen 16 Ret 14 10 6 20 Ret Ret 3 21 Daniel Solà 20 11 Ret Ret DSQ Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 22 Xavier Pons Ret 46 16 16 16 Ret Ret 28 15 24 Ret 12 Ret 6 3 23 Luís Pérez Companc Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 24 Toni Gardemeister Ret 8 7 22 Ret 9 9 3 25 Antony Warmbold Ret 15 9 19 Ret 9 8 9 Ret 13 8 10 8 20 13 14 3 26 Alistair Ginley 7 11 Ret 15 Ret 12 2 27 Jussi Välimäki 11 7 Ret Ret 26 14 2 28 Cody Crocker 11 14 7 2 29 Armin Schwarz Ret 12 11 Ret Ret 8 11 1 30 Toshi Arai 26 13 15 Ret 18 9 8 1 31 Olivier Burri 8 1 32 Miguel Campos Ret 8 1 33 Aris Vovos 8 1 34 Gabriel Pozzo 8 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS  Pts  Sources:[3][4]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

• Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Tour de Corse.^[5]

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS Points 1 Citroën 3 1 1 Ret 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 1 194 4 Ret 5 3 6 3 6 4 1 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 WD 2 Ford 7 2 7 1 3 2 Ret 8 Ret 2 4 3 3 Ret 1 1 Ret 143 8 3 4 2 8 Ret 4 5 3 5 2 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 3 3 Subaru 1 7 3 4 1 4 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 5 4 Ret 122 2 Ret 7 5 7 5 Ret 6 4 Ret 6 7 7 Ret 6 5 4 4 Peugeot 5 4 2 6 2 DSQ Ret 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret 5 4 2 Ret 101 6 5 Ret 8 5 DSQ 3 Ret 5 Ret 5 6 6 Ret Ret Ret 2 5 Mitsubishi 9 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 6 6 Ret 17 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS Points Sources:[3][4]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

• Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Tour de Corse.^[5]

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON GRE TUR FIN GBR ITA ESP  Pts  1 Per-Gunnar Andersson 8 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 2 39 2 Nicolas Bernardi 1 2 Ret 3 Ret 6 1 37 3 Guy Wilks Ret 1 3 Ret 1 2 Ret 34 4 Kosti Katajamäki Ret Ret 2 2 3 4 5 31 5 Mirco Baldacci 6 Ret 6 4 Ret 3 3 23 6 Larry Cols 5 4 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 21 7 Kris Meeke 3 Ret Ret Ret 2 7 6 19 8 Urmo Aava 2 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 16 9 Xavi Pons Ret 3 Ret 7 5 Ret Ret 12 10 Alessandro Broccoli 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 7 11 Oliver Marshall Ret 5 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 12 Guerlain Chicherit Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 13 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 5 14 Alan Scorcioni Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 10 7 4 15 Luca Cecchettini 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 16 Luca Betti Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 10 3 17 Conrad Rautenbach Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 11 2 18 Luca Tabaton Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 - Mathieu Biasion 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret - - Natalie Barratt Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret - - Abdo Feghali Ret - Pos. Driver MON GRE TUR FIN GBR ITA ESP Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE MEX NZL ARG GER FRA AUS  Pts  1 Niall McShea 3 Ret 4 2 2 3 35 2 Toshihiro Arai Ret 2 5 Ret 4 2 30 3 Jani Paasonen 1 Ret 4 1 5 Ret 29 4 Xavier Pons 15 5 6 Ret 1 1 1 27 5 Alister McRae 2 Ret 3 3 3 Ret 26 6 Manfred Stohl Ret Ret 1 2 10 Ret 18 7 Nasser Al-Attiyah 7 Ret 7 3 7 5 17 8 Daniel Solà 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 9 Fumio Nutahara 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 4 13 10 Tomasz Kuchar 4 Ret Ret 6 8 11 Karamjit Singh 10 4 8 Ret 6 Ret 8 12 Marcos Ligato Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 13 Sebastian Vollak 13 Ret Ret 7 10 6 6 14 Sergio Fombona 8 Ret 9 5 Ret Ret 5 15 Fabio Frisiero 14 Ret 7 Ret 9 7 5 16 Mark Higgins Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 5 17 Gianluigi Galli 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 18 Georgi Geradzhiev 11 10 6 8 Ret Ret 4 19 Ricardo Triviño 12 7 11 Ret 9 8 3 20 Joakim Roman 9 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 Pos. Driver SWE MEX NZL ARG GER FRA AUS Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Monte Carlo Rally (23–25 January) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:03.0	15	389.12 km	43	20
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:15.6
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:22.6
2	Swedish Rally (6–8 February) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:26:17.7	19	394.80 km	70	49
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:27:04.1
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003	3:27:39.2
3	Rally Mexico (12–14 March) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:06:46.2	15	394.43 km	54	26
		2	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:07:28.7
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:08:07.1
4	Rally New Zealand (15–18 April) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:02:29.5	23	395.50 km	58	35
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:02:35.4
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:55.1
5	Cyprus Rally (14–16 May) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:58:44.5	18	326.68 km	37	21
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:59:38.5
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:59:53.6
6	Acropolis Rally (3–6 June) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:39:06.2	22	377.13 km	72	33
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:39:24.6
		3	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:39:34.5
7	Rally of Turkey (24–27 June) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:48:26.8	17	383.33 km	63	32
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:48:53.0
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:49:03.5
8	Rally Argentina (15–18 July) — Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:23:11.1	26	376.65 km	69	29
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:24:43.5
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:27:34.5
9	Rally Finland (6–8 August) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:07:16.1	22	382.17 km	68	34
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:07:50.8
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:00.6
10	Rallye Deutschland (20–22 August) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:57.4	24	411.06 km	69	41
		2	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:26.5
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:06.9
11	Rally Japan (3–5 September) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:43:50.6	27	386.68 km	83	53
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:45:03.9
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.9
12	Wales Rally GB (16–19 September) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:42:39.5	19	394.03 km	83	42
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:42:45.8
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.2
13	Rally d'Italia Sardegna (1–3 October) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:43:47.9	19	383.23 km	67	29
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:45:55.8
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:47:08.8
14	Tour de Corse (15–17 October) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:11:51.4	12	387.80 km	53	35
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:13:53.4
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:14:46.7
15	Rally Catalunya (29–31 October) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:40:43.8	20	384.08 km	52	36
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:07.0
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:41:21.5
16	Rally Australia (11–14 November) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:39:46.8	25	388.25 km	62	29
		2	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:41.9
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:43:27.0