Miniatures of Juan Manuel Fangio and a flying Tommi Makinen

Australia 2005


LOEB, SOLBERG AND GRONHOLM ALL CRASHED OUT LEAVING FRANCOIS DUVAL TO SCORE HIS MAIDEN W.R.C. VICTORY WITH HARRI ROVANPERRA 2ND AND MANFRED STOHL 3RD. COLIN MCRAE IN THE SKODA WAS FIGHTING ROVANPERRA FOR THAT SECOND PLACE UNTIL A CHANGE OF CLUTCH BY THE MECHANICS AT THE VERY LAST SERVICE TOOK TOO LONG AND HE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE REMAINING STAGES - TRULY A SHAME FOR THE WHOLE TEAM




RESULT
1. Francois Duval / Citroen
2. Harri Rovanperra / Mitsubishi
3. Manfred Stohl / Citroen
4. Chris Atkinson / Skoda
5. Gigi Galli / Mitsubishi
6. Roman Kresta / Ford
7. Daniel Sola / Ford
8. Armin Schwarz / Skoda

 

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Drivers :
Sebastien Loeb 127
Petter Solberg 71
=Marcus Grönholm 71
Toni Gardemeister 58
Markko Märtin 53
Francois Duval 47
Harri Rovanperrä 39
Roman Kresta 29

Constructors :
Citroën 188
Peugeot 135
Ford 104
Subaru 97
Mitsubishi 76
Skoda 21

Rally Results posted by
David Little
14th November 2005

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