2005 Cyprus Rally

2005 Cyprus Rally
*33rd Cyprus Rally*
2005 Cyprus Rally; 33rd Cyprus Rally
Round 6 of the 2005 World Rally Championship season
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	Rally winning pair Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena on the podium.
Host country	Cyprus
Rally base	Limassol
Dates run	May 13, 2005 – May 15, 2005
Stages	18 (326.68 km; 202.99 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,063.92 km (661.09 miles)
Statistics
Crews	52 at start, 39 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Daniel Elena; Citroën Total WRT; Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2005 Cyprus Rally (formally the 33rd Cyprus Rally) was the sixth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The car rally was held over three days between 13 May and 15 May 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 14th win in the World Rally Championship and a third consecutive win in 2005.

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	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	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	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
16	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
17	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	P
18	Balázs Benik	Attila Vinoczai	Balázs Benik	Ford Focus WRC '02	N/a
19	Giovanni Recordati	Freddy Delorme	Giovanni Recordati	Toyota Corolla WRC	M
PWRC entries
31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	P
32	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	M
33	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
34	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Y
35	Karamjit Singh	John Bennie	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert Evo VII	N/a
36	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11	N/a
37	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
38	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
40	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
42	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	Federico Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	S
44	Sebastián Beltrán	Edgardo Galindo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
45	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
48	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Ricardo Rojas	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/a
49	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	David Senior	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI	N/a
51	Brice Tirabassi	Mathieu Baumel	Brice Tirabassi	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	P
Source:

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
1. leg — 121.78 km
13 May	09:38	SS1	Lagoudera 1	38.32 km
	10:46	SS2	Kourdali 1	15.00 km
	11:24	SS3	Asinou 1	7.57 km
	14:37	SS4	Lagoudera 2	38.32 km
	15:45	SS5	Kourdali 2	15.00 km
	16:23	SS6	Asinou 2	7.57 km
2. leg — 109.56 km
14 May	08:48	SS7	Platres 1	11.12 km
	09:31	SS8	Foini 1	30.33 km
	10:29	SS9	Galatareia 1	13.33 km
	13:52	SS10	Platres 2	11.12 km
	14:35	SS11	Foini 2	30.33 km
	15:33	SS12	Galatareia 2	13.33 km
3. leg — 95.34 km
15 May	07:18	SS13	Vavatsinia 1	25.24 km
	08:16	SS14	Macheras 1	12.94 km
	09:04	SS15	Kellaki 1	9.49 km
	11:52	SS16	Vavatsinia 2	25.24 km
	12:50	SS17	Macheras 2	12.94 km
	13:38	SS18	Kellaki 2	9.49 km
Source:

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:02:29.4		10
2	16	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:06:38.9	+4:09.5	8
3	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	5:07:11.3	+4:41.9	6
4	14	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	5:07:45.1	+5:15.7	5
5	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	5:10:06.7	+7:37.3	4
6	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	5:12:46.8	+10:17.4	3
7	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	5:14:48.1	+12:18.7	2
8	17	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	5:18:32.6	+16:03.2	1
Source:

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:02:29.4		10
3	2	8	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	5:07:11.3	+4:41.9	6
5	3	3	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	5:10:06.7	+7:37.3	4
6	4	4	Roman Kresta	Jan Možný	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	5:12:46.8	+10:17.4	3
7	5	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	5:14:48.1	+12:18.7	2
9	6	12	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	5:19:15.7	+16:46.3	0
10	7	6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	5:29:30.9	+27:01.5	0
11	8	10	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	5:34:09.8	+31:40.4	0
13	9	11	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia WRC	5:37:02.6	+34:33.2	0
Retired SS11		2	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	Fire		0
Retired SS7		5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	Electrical		0
Retired SS7		7	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	Mechanical		0
Source:

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (13 May)	SS1	Lagoudera 1	38.32 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05	36:58.9	Petter Solberg
	SS2	Kourdali 1	15.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	16:29.3	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	Asinou 1	7.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:41.7
	SS4	Lagoudera 2	38.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	35:56.8
	SS5	Kourdali 2	15.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	16:28.3
	SS6	Asinou 2	7.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:33.1
2. leg (14 May)	SS7	Platres 1	11.12 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	9:11.2
	SS8	Foini 1	30.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	27:31.4
	SS9	Galatareia 1	13.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:47.0
	SS10	Platres 2	11.12 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	8:58.0
	SS11	Foini 2	30.33 km	Sébastien Loeb Toni Gardemeister	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC '04	27:05.8
	SS12	Galatareia 2	13.33 km	Sébastien Loeb Gilles Panizzi	Citroën Xsara WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	10:49.7
3. leg (15 May)	SS13	Vavatsinia 1	25.24 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	23:31.3
	SS14	Macheras 1	12.94 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	11:33.8
	SS15	Kellaki 1	9.49 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	8:26.5
	SS16	Vavatsinia 2	25.24 km	Toni Gardemeister	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	23:17.7
	SS17	Macheras 2	12.94 km	Markko Märtin	Peugeot 307 WRC	11:19.3
	SS18	Kellaki 2	9.49 km	Toni Gardemeister	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	8:30.5

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Sébastien Loeb	45		Daniel Elena	45		Marlboro Peugeot Total	62
2		Petter Solberg	34		Phil Mills	34		Citroën Total WRT	53
3		Markko Märtin	34		Michael Park	34	1	BP Ford World Rally Team	44
4	1	Toni Gardemeister	28	1	Jakke Honkanen	28	1	Subaru World Rally Team	38
5	1	Marcus Grönholm	26	1	Timo Rautiainen	26		Mitsubishi Motors	29

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	51	Brice Tirabassi	Mathieu Baumel	Brice Tirabassi	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	5:34:38.2		10
2	2	44	Sebastián Beltrán	Edgardo Galindo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	5:39:04.1	+4:25.9	8
3	3	36	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11	5:41:51.1	+7:12.9	6
4	4	40	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Subaru Argentina Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	5:42:02.2	+7:24.0	5
5	5	33	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	5:42:56.5	+8:18.3	4
6	6	34	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	5:48:59.8	+14:21.6	3
7	7	31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	5:49:06.9	+14:28.7	2
8	8	42	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	Federico Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	6:01:30.0	+26:51.8	1
9	9	45	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	6:05:37.7	+30:59.5	0
10	10	32	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	6:26:36.9	+51:58.7	0
Retired SS16		38	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	Mechanical		0
Retired SS16		41	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Accident		0
Retired SS16		49	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	David Senior	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STI	Steering		0
Retired SS15		35	Karamjit Singh	John Bennie	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert Evo VII	Accident		0
Retired SS4		37	Mark Higgins	Trevor Agnew	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	Fire		0
Retired SS1		48	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Ricardo Rojas	Luis Ignacio Rosselot	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Engine		0
Source:

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
1. leg (13 May)	SS1	Lagoudera 1	38.32 km	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	39:06.6	Mark Higgins
	SS2	Kourdali 1	15.00 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	17:32.6
	SS3	Asinou 1	7.57 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	8:02.7
	SS4	Lagoudera 2	38.32 km	Brice Tirabassi	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	40:19.2	Brice Tirabassi
	SS5	Kourdali 2	15.00 km	Federico Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	18:14.4
	SS6	Asinou 2	7.57 km	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8:24.4
2. leg (14 May)	SS7	Platres 1	11.12 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	9:41.4
	SS8	Foini 1	30.33 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	28:54.2
	SS9	Galatareia 1	13.33 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	11:28.5
	SS10	Platres 2	11.12 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	9:33.6
	SS11	Foini 2	30.33 km	Notional stage time
	SS12	Galatareia 2	13.33 km	Notional stage time
3. leg (15 May)	SS13	Vavatsinia 1	25.24 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C	24:40.0
	SS14	Macheras 1	12.94 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	11:57.4
	SS15	Kellaki 1	9.49 km	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8:51.4
	SS16	Vavatsinia 2	25.24 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	24:35.0
	SS17	Macheras 2	12.94 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	11:51.1
	SS18	Kellaki 2	9.49 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza STI N11	8:52.9

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1		Toshihiro Arai	20
2		Xavier Pons	15
3	2	Marcos Ligato	12
4	8	Brice Tirabassi	10
5	2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	9

References

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[cypdrivers_2005-2] "Cyprus Rally 2005 Entry List". Retrieved 12 February 2025.

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