2005 Rally New Zealand

2005 Rally New Zealand
*35º Propecia Rally New Zealand*
2005 Rally New Zealand; 35º Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 4 of the 2005 World Rally Championship
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Host country	New Zealand
Dates run	April 8 2005 – April 10 2005
Stages	20 (355.85 km; 221.11 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	51 at start, 45 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Xsara WRC

The 35º Propecia Rally New Zealand, the fourth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship season took place from April 8–10, 2005.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb^[1]	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC^[1]	3:34:51.6	0.0	10
2.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:35:41.4	49.8	8
3.	Petter Solberg^[1]	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 05	3:36:00.3	1:08.7	6
4.	François Duval^[1]	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:36:57.9	2:06.3	5
5.	Markko Märtin^[1]	Michael Park	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:38:00.7	3:09.1	4
6.	Toni Gardemeister^[1]	Jakke Honkanen	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:38:07.9	3:16.3	3
7.	Chris Atkinson	Glenn MacNeall	Subaru Impreza WRC 05	3:39:28.8	4:37.2	2
8.	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:41:42.1	6:50.5	1
PWRC
1.(13.)	Xavi Pons	Oriol Julià Pascual	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:50:00.3	0.0	10
2.(14.)	Toshi Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:50:17.3	17.0	8
3.(15.)	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:50:55.4	55.1	6
4.(16.)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:50:57.5	57.2	5
5.(18.)	Karamjit Singh	John Bennie	Proton Pert	3:53:58.7	3:58.4	4
6.(19.)	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:55:32.8	5:32.5	3
7.(20.)	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:56:20.5	6:20.2	2
8.(21.)	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:56:44.0	6:43.7	1

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (8 APR)	SS1	09:53	Parahi	25.32 km	Petter Solberg	12:59.5	116.94 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	10:46	Batley 1	19.32 km	Marcus Grönholm	10:30.7	110.28 km/h
	SS3	11:14	Waipu Gorge 1	11.23 km	Chris Atkinson	6:40.0	101.07 km/h
	SS4	11:37	Brooks 1	16.14 km	Marcus Grönholm	9:45.0	99.32 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS5	13:33	Batley 2	19.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:11.0	113.83 km/h
	SS6	14:01	Waipu Gorge 2	11.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:22.5	105.69 km/h
	SS7	14:24	Brooks 2	16.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:17.7	104.19 km/h
	SS8	14:54	Millbrook	10.44 km	Chris Atkinson	6:02.5	103.68 km/h
2 (9 APR)	SS9	09:23	Wairere	18.92 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:21.9	115.31 km/h
	SS10	10:01	Cassidy 1	15.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:07.3	103.73 km/h
	SS11	16:33	Bull 1	31.72 km	Petter Solberg	19:36.3	97.08 km/h
	SS12	13:03	Waipu Caves	21.35 km	Petter Solberg	11:39.5	109.88 km/h
	SS13	13:39	Cassidy 2	15.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:54.2	106.27 km/h
	SS14	14:02	Bull 2	31.72 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:58.7	100.28 km/h
	SS15	19:30	Manukau Super 1	2.90 km	Petter Solberg	1:23.5	125.03 km/h
	SS16	19:51	Manukau Super 2	1.72 km	Marcus Grönholm	1:23.9	124.43 km/h
3 (10 APR)	SS17	09:03	Te Hutewai	11.14 km	Marcus Grönholm	7:55.6	84.32 km/h
	SS18	09:26	Whaanga Coast 1	29.76 km	Marcus Grönholm	21:31.8	82.94 km/h
	SS19	11:03	Te Papatapu	16.62 km	Marcus Grönholm	10:51.3	91.87 km/h
	SS20	09:03	Whaanga Coast 2	29.76 km	Sébastien Loeb	20:44.7	86.07 km/h