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2005 Wales Rally GB
61st Wales Rally GB
Round 12 of the 2005 World Rally Championship
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Harri Rovanperä
Host country GBR
Rally baseCardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Dates runSeptember 15, 2005 – September 18, 2005
Stages12 (354.22 km; 220.10 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,168.02 km (725.77 miles)
Statistics
Crews80 at start, 56 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerNorway Petter Solberg (driver)
United Kingdom Phil Mills (co-driver)
Japan Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05

The 2005 Wales Rally GB (formally known as 61st Wales Rally GB) was the 12th round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 15 and 18 September 2005, and operated out of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Michael Park (left) died during SS15 of the event, prompting Markko Märtin (right) to retire from rallying scene.

This rally saw the death of Markko Märtin's co-driver Michael Park of Peugeot after Märtin's 307 lost control and traction, causing it to go off-road and crash into a tree at Stage 15 of the rally. Peugeot decided to withdraw Marcus Grönholm from the event due to the accident.

Race organizers cancelled the rally's final two stages, when Sébastien Loeb, who was in the lead, decided to take a time penalty that gave Petter Solberg the victory in the race. Loeb’s victory would have earned him the 2005 world championship, but he decided he did not want to win the title in such tragic circumstances. As a result, Loeb deliberately opted to check in to the final time control late to incur a two-minute penalty which dropped him to third overall.

Competitors returned to Cardiff to a subdued victory ceremony, where the traditional champagne-spraying ceremony was cancelled and a minute's silence was held.[1]

Statistics

Entry list

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
2 Belgium François Duval Belgium Sven Smeets France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Peugeot racer killed during Wales rally". Espn.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "2005 Wales Rally GB Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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