World Rally Championship
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The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a series of automobile rally races across the world, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The first WRC took place in 1973 .
WRC Today
The Championship currently features 16 rallies and production-based 2.0 L Turbocharged 4WD cars built to World Rally Car regulations racing across tarmac, gravel and snow. Current cars in the championship include the Citroën Xsara , Ford Focus RS , Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution , Peugeot 307 , Skoda Fabia , and Subaru Impreza .
For 2004 through 2006, the championship rallies include Monte Carlo , Sweden , Mexico , New Zealand , Cyprus , Greece ,Turkey , Argentina , Finland , Germany , Japan , Great Britain , Italy , France , Spain , and Australia . Both Japan and Mexico were new events for 2004.
2005 Rally Winners
Rally Name
Start Date
Podium Drivers (Nationality)
Podium Cars
Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo January 21 , 2005
Sébastien Loeb (France )
Toni Gardemeister (Finland )
Gilles Panizzi (France )
Citroën Xsara
Ford Focus RS
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
Uddeholm Swedish Rally February 11 , 2005
Petter Solberg (Norway )
Markko Märtin (Estonia )
Toni Gardemeister (Finland )
Subaru Impreza
Peugeot 307
Ford Focus RS
Corona Rally Mexico March 11 , 2005
Petter Solberg (Norway )
Marcus Grönholm (Finland )
Markko Märtin (Estonia )
Subaru Impreza
Peugeot 307
Peugeot 307
Propecia Rally of New Zealand April 8 , 2005
Sébastien Loeb (France )
Marcus Grönholm (Finland )
Petter Solberg (Norway )
Citroën Xsara
Peugeot 307
Subaru Impreza
Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia April 29 , 2005
Sébastien Loeb (France )
Petter Solberg (Norway )
Marcus Grönholm (Finland )
Citroën Xsara
Subaru Impreza
Peugeot 307
The Cyprus Rally May 13 , 2005
Sébastien Loeb (France )
Manfred Stohl (Austria )
Markko Märtin (Estonia )
Citroën Xsara
Citroën Xsara
Peugeot 307
Rally of Turkey June 3 , 2005
Sébastien Loeb (France )
Petter Solberg (Norway )
Marcus Grönholm (Finland )
Citroën Xsara
Subaru Impreza
Peugeot 307
Acropolis Rally Greece June 24 , 2005
Rally Argentina July 15 , 2005
Neste Rally Finland August 5 , 2005
OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland August 25 , 2005
Wales Rally Great Britain September 16 , 2005
Rally Japan September 30 , 2005
Rallye de France October 21 , 2005
Rally Catalunya/Rally de Espana October 28 , 2005
Telstra Rally Australia November 11 , 2005
2004 Rally Winners
Citroën driver, Sébastien Loeb , secured both the driver's and manufacturer's championship titles in France .
WRC History
External links
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