2005 Swedish Rally

The 54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2005 World Rally Championship season took place from February 11–13, 2005.

2005 Swedish Rally 54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Karlstad
Dates run	February 11 – 13 2005
Stages	20 (335.49 km; 208.46 miles)
Stage surface	Ice/Snow covered Gravel
Overall distance	1,748.16 km (1,086.26 miles)
Statistics
Crews	69 at start, 46 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Petter Solberg Subaru World Rally Team

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 04	3:00:52.1	0.0	10
2.	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:03:03.2	2:11.1	8
3.	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:04:06.8	3:14.7	6
4.	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:04:18.5	3:26.4	5
5.	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:04:21.9	3:29.8	4
6.	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:04:34.6	3:42.5	3
7.	Gigi Galli	Guido d'Amore	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:04:56.1	4:04.0	2
8.	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:05:31.7	4:39.6	1
PWRC
1.(17.)	Toshi Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:15:51.9	0.0	10
2.(31.)	Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:33:40.9	17:49.0	8
3.(32.)	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:34:05.6	18:13.7	6
4.(38.)	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julia Pascual	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:46:50.2	30:58.3	5
5.(43.)	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3:54:47.0	38:55.1	4
6.(46.)	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:16:24.1	1:00:32.2	3

Retirements

• Sébastien Loeb - engine (SS19)
• Marcus Grönholm - accident (SS16)
• Mikko Hirvonen - electrical (SS18)

Special stages

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (11 FEB)	SS1	09:00	Likenas 1	21.78 km	Petter Solberg	12:16.3	106.5 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	10:23	Hara 1	11.31 km	Petter Solberg	6:03.1	112.1 km/h
	SS3	11:05	Torntorp 1	19.20 km	Marcus Grönholm	9:45.8	118.0 km/h	Marcus Grönholm
	SS4	13:46	Likenas 2	21.78 km	Marcus Grönholm	12:06.7	107.9 km/h
	SS5	15:09	Hara 2	11.31 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:55.7	114.5 km/h
	SS6	15:51	Torntorp 2	19.20 km	Gigi Galli	9:47.6	117.6 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS7	17:10	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.86 km	Sébastien Loeb	2:05.1	53.5 km/h	Marcus Grönholm
2 (12 FEB)	SS8	07:59	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:55.6	114.1 km/h
	SS9	08:48	Vargasen 1	24.79 km	Petter Solberg	13:45.2	108.1 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS10	11:23	Fredriksberg	20.12 km	Marcus Grönholm	11:26.3	105.5 km/h
	SS11	12:12	Lejen	26.39 km	Marcus Grönholm	13:25.4	118.0 km/h	Marcus Grönholm
	SS12	15:00	Sundsjon 2	20.78 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:37.8	117.3 km/h
	SS13	15:49	Vargasen 2	24.79 km	Petter Solberg	13:36.0	109.4 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS14	17:13	Hagfors Sprint 2	1.86 km	Petter Solberg	2:01.9	54.9 km/h
3 (13 FEB)	SS15	08:08	Lesjofors 1	10.17 km	Petter Solberg	5:32.2	110.2 km/h
	SS16	08:41	Rammen 1	23.35 km	Markko Märtin	11:58.0	117.1 km/h
	SS17	09:30	Malta 1	11.25 km	Markko Märtin	5:35.5	120.7 km/h
	SS18	11:43	Lesjofors 2	10.17 km	Daniel Carlsson	5:31.8	110.3 km/h
	SS19	12:16	Rammen 2	23.35 km	Daniel Carlsson	11:44.1	119.4 km/h
	SS20	13:05	Malta 2	11.25 km	Harri Rovanperä	5:34.9	120.9 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS  Pts  1 Toni Gardemeister 2 3 14 2 Markko Märtin 4 2 13 3 Sébastien Loeb 1 Ret. 10 Petter Solberg Ret. 1 10 5 Harri Rovanperä 4 7 7 6 Gilles Panizzi 3 6 7 Marcus Grönholm 5 Ret. 4 Henning Solberg 5 4 9 Manfred Stohl 6 3 Daniel Carlsson 6 3 11 Gianluigi Galli 7 2 Roman Kresta 8 8 2 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP 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)

External links

• Results at eWRC.com