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.

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, North America, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Round	Dates	Rally	Support class
1	23–25 January	Monte Carlo Rally	JWRC
2	6–8 February	Swedish Rally	PWRC
3	12–14 March	Rally Mexico	PWRC
4	15–18 April	Rally New Zealand	PWRC
5	13–16 May	Cyprus Rally	none
6	3–6 June	Acropolis Rally	JWRC
7	24–27 June	Rally of Turkey	JWRC
8	15–18 July	Rally Argentina	PWRC
9	6–8 August	Rally Finland	JWRC
10	20–22 August	Rallye Deutschland	PWRC
11	3–5 September	Rally Japan	none
12	16–19 September	Wales Rally GB	JWRC
13	30 September-3 October	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	JWRC
14	15–17 October	Tour de Corse	PWRC
15	29–31 October	Rally Catalunya	JWRC
16	11–14 November	Rally Australia	PWRC

Teams and drivers[]

Manufacturer teams
Team	Constructor	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	All
Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot	307 WRC	M	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				6	Freddy Loix		1–2, 15
					Harri Rovanperä		3–9, 11–13, 16
							10, 14
				9	Freddy Loix		10, 14
				14	Sebastian Lindholm		9
				15	Daniel Carlsson		12
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Focus RS WRC 03/04	M	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	All
				8	François Duval		1, 3–8, 10, 12–16
							11
					Janne Tuohino		2, 9
				11	Antony Warmbold		All
				15	François Duval		2, 9
				19	Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	10
				22			2, 4, 9
Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC04	M	9	Gilles Panizzi		1–10, 15
				10	Gianluigi Galli		1, 3, 7
					Kristian Sohlberg		2, 4–5, 8–9
					Daniel Solà		6, 10, 15
				14	Gianluigi Galli		15

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Fabia WRC	Armin Schwarz		6, 9–10, 12–15
			Toni Gardemeister		6, 9–10, 12–15
			Jan Kopecký		15
			Roman Kresta		10
			Jani Paasonen		9, 12
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Nicolas Vouilloz		1
				Denis Giraudet	6, 10, 12–15
			Miguel Campos		1, 5
			Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2, 4–5, 7, 9, 12–13
			Daniel Carlsson		2, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 14
			Luís Pérez Companc		3, 5, 8, 13
			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	6, 12
Equipe de France FFSA			Alexandre Bengué		1, 10, 14
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Olivier Burri		1
Dom Buckley Motorsport					1, 15
ADR Motorsport			Alistair Ginley		5–7, 9–10, 12
Equipe de France FFSA			Stéphane Sarrazin		10, 14–15
Aimont Racing Team			Andrea Navarra		13
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	Roman Kresta		1
			Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	1, 3, 5–6
					1–2, 6
				Ola Fløene	2
					2
Hyundai Assan Motorsports					7
					7
Supset	Ford	Focus RS WRC	Janne Tuohino		5–7
JM Engineering			Roman Kresta		6
M-Sport			Mark Higgins		12
			Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	12
Citroën Kronos Racing Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	Juuso Pykälistö		9, 13

JWRC entries[]

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Suzuki Sport	Mirco Baldacci		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			1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
35		Kosti Katajamäki			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				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				Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
38				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					1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
40	Citroën Total	Guerlain Chicherit	Michel Perin	Citroën Saxo S1600	1
					6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
41		Natalie Barratt		MG ZR S1600	1
				Renault Clio S1600	6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
42				Renault Clio S1600	9, 12–13
				Fiat Punto S1600	6–7
					1
44					1, 6–7, 9
					12
					13, 15
47					1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
46		Xavier Pons		Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
				Renault Clio S1600	15
48		Conrad Rautenbach		Ford Puma S1600	1
				Opel Corsa S1600	6–7
					9, 12
				Suzuki Ignis S1600	13
				Citroën Saxo S1600	15
49		Luca Betti		Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 7
					6, 9
				Fiat Punto S1600	12–13
					15
50		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		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 8, 10, 16
32	Petronas EON Racing Team	Karamjit Singh		Proton Pert	2–4, 8, 10, 16
33	Ralliart Italy	Daniel Solá		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 14, 16
43		Gianluigi Galli			2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
34	Syms	Niall McShea		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3–4
					8, 10, 14, 16
35	Top Run SRL	Marcos Ligato		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–3, 8, 14, 16
					4
42		Mark Higgins			2–4, 8, 14, 16
45					2–4, 8, 14, 16
36	Triviño Racing	Ricardo Triviño		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 8, 10, 14
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4
37				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
38				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
39		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			2–4, 8, 10, 16
50				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
44	Autotek Motorsport	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–3
			Chris Patterson		4, 8, 14, 16
46	Kuchar Team Poland	Tomasz Kuchar		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 10, 14, 16
47	Ralliart Spain	Xavier Pons		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 14, 16
49					2–4, 8, 10, 14
48		Fumio Nutahara		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3–4, 8, 10, 14, 16

Results and standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON SWE NZL CYP TUR ARG FIN GER GBR 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 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 NZL CYP TUR ARG FIN GER GBR AUS  Pts

hideKey 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)

Manufacturers' championship[]

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE NZL CYP TUR ARG FIN GER GBR 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 6 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 NZL CYP TUR ARG FIN GER GBR AUS Points

hideKey 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)

JWRC Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON TUR FIN GBR  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 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 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 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 10 7 4 15 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 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 1 - 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret - - Natalie Barratt Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret - - Ret - Pos. Driver MON TUR FIN GBR Pts

hideKey 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[]

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) —	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) —	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) —	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) —	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) —	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) —	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

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