2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

The 2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna (formally the 2nd Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia) was the fifth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 29 April and 1 May 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 13th win in the World Rally Championship. ^[1]

2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2nd Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia
Round 5 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Italy
Rally base	Olbia
Dates run	April 29, 2005 – May 1, 2005
Stages	17 (349.08 km; 216.91 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,130.17 km (702.26 miles)
Statistics
Crews	66 at start, 42 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC

Background

Entry list

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 Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	P
6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	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	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	P
11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
12	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	M
World Rally Championship entries
14	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
15	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
16	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
18	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
19	Stéphane Sarrazin	Denis Giraudet	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	P
20	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
21	Juuso Pykälistö	Mika Ovaskainen	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
37	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	Mark Higgins	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	P
32	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
21	Tobias Johansson	Kaj Lindström	Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
26	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	Nigel Heath	Škoda Fabia WRC	P
27	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Škoda Octavia WRC	P
28	Giovanni Recordati	Freddy Delorme	Giovanni Recordati	Toyota Corolla WRC	—
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	Fiat Punto S1600	P
40	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 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]

Itinerary

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

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
1. leg — 137.82 km
29 April	08:53	SS1	Terranova 1	29.81 km
	10:09	SS2	Crastazza 1	20.54 km
	10:48	SS3	Mamone 1	18.56 km
	14:24	SS4	Terranova 2	29.81 km
	15:40	SS5	Crastazza 2	20.54 km
	16:19	SS6	Mamone 2	18.56 km
2. leg — 144.08 km
30 April	09:38	SS7	Loelle 1	30.72 km
	10:34	SS8	Tandalò 1	38.77 km
	14:09	SS9	Lovia Avra	5.10 km
	15:51	SS10	Loelle 2	30.72 km
	16:47	SS11	Tandalò 2	38.77 km
3. leg — 67.18 km
1 May	07:16	SS12	S. Giacomo 1	12.69 km
	08:29	SS13	S. Bachisio 1	9.40 km
	09:02	SS14	Bortigiadas 1	11.50 km
	10:36	SS15	S. Bachisio 2	9.40 km
	11:09	SS16	Bortigiadas 2	11.50 km
	12:52	SS17	S. Giacomo 2	12.69 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:06:33.7		10
2	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	4:07:33.3	+59.6	8
3	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:09:41.0	+3:07.3	6
4	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:10:46.0	+4:12.3	5
5	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:15:03.0	+8:29.3	4
6	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:16:02.9	+9:29.2	3
7	16	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:16:33.5	+9:59.8	2
8	21	Juuso Pykälistö	Mika Ovaskainen	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:16:54.9	+10:21.2	1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

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	4:06:33.7		10
2	2	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	4:07:33.3	+59.6	8
3	3	7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:09:41.0	+3:07.3	6
4	4	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:10:46.0	+4:12.3	5
5	5	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:15:03.0	+8:29.3	4
6	6	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:16:02.9	+9:29.2	3
11	7	2	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:20:03.5	+13:29.8	0
13	8	12	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	4:22:04.3	+15:30.6	0
18	9	6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	4:38:33.3	+31:59.6	0
Retired SS14		9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	Gearbox		0
Retired SS13		10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	Gearbox		0
Retired SS12		11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	Excluded - illegal help		0
Source:[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (29 Apr)	SS1	Terranova 1	29.81 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	21:47.9	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	Crastazza 1	20.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:22.8
	SS3	Mamone 1	18.56 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:43.8	Sébastien Loeb
	SS4	Terranova 2	29.81 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	21:15.1
	SS5	Crastazza 2	20.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:55.5
	SS6	Mamone 2	18.56 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:23.6
2. leg (30 Apr)	SS7	Loelle 1	30.72 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	19:46.9
	SS8	Tandalò 1	38.77 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	28:09.0
	SS9	Lovia Avra	5.10 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:40.1
	SS10	Loelle 2	30.72 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	19:33.8
	SS11	Tandalò 2	38.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	27:37.4
3. leg (1 May)	SS12	S. Giacomo 1	12.69 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:31.6
	SS13	S. Bachisio 1	9.40 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	8:13.0
	SS14	Bortigiadas 1	11.50 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	7:40.7
	SS15	S. Bachisio 2	9.40 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	8:00.9
	SS16	Bortigiadas 2	11.50 km	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	7:30.5
	SS17	S. Giacomo 2	12.69 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	10:23.1

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		1	Sébastien Loeb	35		1	Daniel Elena	35			Marlboro Peugeot Total	54
2		1	Petter Solberg	34		1	Phil Mills	34			Citroën Total WRT	43
3			Markko Märtin	28			Michael Park	28			Subaru World Rally Team	36
4			Marcus Grönholm	26			Timo Rautiainen	26			BP Ford World Rally Team	33
5			Toni Gardemeister	24			Jakke Honkanen	24			Mitsubishi Motors	24

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
17	1	41	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	4:35:13.4		10
19	2	36	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Urmo Aava	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:38:47.3	+3:33.9	8
20	3	35	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	4:39:07.4	+3:54.0	6
21	4	38	Luca Betti	Giovanni Agnese	Luca Betti	Renault Clio S1600	4:43:57.9	+8:44.5	5
22	5	31	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:53:48.0	+18:34.6	4
23	6	32	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Guy Wilks	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:56:48.1	+21:34.7	3
24	7	43	Martin Prokop	Petr Gross	Martin Prokop	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:00:05.3	+24:51.9	2
27	8	40	Conrad Rautenbach	Carl Williamson	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 S1600	5:03:31.7	+28:18.3	1
28	9	42	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Pavel Valoušek	Suzuki Ignis S1600	5:04:26.3	+29:12.9	0
Retired SS16		34	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Mirco Baldacci	Fiat Punto S1600	Differential		0
Retired SS16		39	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Luca Cecchettini	Fiat Punto S1600	Differential		0
Retired SS13		33	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS12		37	Alan Scorcioni	Silvio Stefanelli	Alan Scorcioni	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Retired		0
Source:[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (29 Apr)	SS1	Terranova 1	29.81 km	Kosti Katajamäki	Suzuki Ignis S1600	23:50.8	Kosti Katajamäki
	SS2	Crastazza 1	20.54 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	14:48.4
	SS3	Mamone 1	18.56 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	13:42.8
	SS4	Terranova 2	29.81 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	23:29.2
	SS5	Crastazza 2	20.54 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	14:27.2
	SS6	Mamone 2	18.56 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	13:37.8
2. leg (30 Apr)	SS7	Loelle 1	30.72 km	Notional stage time
	SS8	Tandalò 1	38.77 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	30:59.8	Kris Meeke
	SS9	Lovia Avra	5.10 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	4:02.8
	SS10	Loelle 2	30.72 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	21:32.3
	SS11	Tandalò 2	38.77 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën C2 S1600	30:41.9	Dani Sordo
3. leg (1 May)	SS12	S. Giacomo 1	12.69 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	11:42.7
	SS13	S. Bachisio 1	9.40 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	8:54.2
	SS14	Bortigiadas 1	11.50 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	8:25.6
	SS15	S. Bachisio 2	9.40 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	8:38.0
	SS16	Bortigiadas 2	11.50 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	8:14.1
	SS17	S. Giacomo 2	12.69 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën C2 S1600	11:30.8

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1	2	Kris Meeke	16
2	6	Dani Sordo	15
3	2	Guy Wilks	15
4	2	Per-Gunnar Andersson	15
5	4	Luca Betti	9