2005 Rally México

2005 Rally México 19º Corona Rally México
Round 3 of the 2005 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León
Dates run	March 11, 2005 – March 13, 2005
Stages	14 (356.76 km; 221.68 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	929.64 km (577.65 miles)
Statistics
Crews	38 at start, 28 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Petter Solberg Subaru World Rally Team

The 19º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2005 World Rally Championship season took place from March 11–13, 2005.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 05	3:41:06.2	0.0	10
2.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:40.7	34.5	8
3.	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:42:44.5	1:38.3	6
4.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:44:57.3	3:51.1	5
5.	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:45:04.3	3:58.1	4
6.	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:11.8	4:05.6	3
7.	Antony Warmbold	Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:47:07.2	6:01.0	2
8.	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:47:07.9	6:01.7	1
JWRC
1.(11.)	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:03:00.1	0.0	10
2.(14.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:12:04.4	9:04.3	8
3.(17.)	Luca Cecchettini	Massimo Daddoveri	Fiat Punto S1600	4:30:12.1	27:12.0	6
4.(19.)	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:39:22.1	36:22.0	5

Retirements

• François Duval - mechanical (SS14)
• Daniel Solà - accident (SS11)
• Chris Atkinson - accident (SS14)
• Roman Kresta - suspension (SS9)

Special stages

All dates and times are CST (UTC−6).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (11 MAR)	SS1	09:07	Ibarrilla - El Zauco 1	22.55 km	Petter Solberg	13:25.4	100.8 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	10:25	Ortega - La Esperanza 1	29.50 km	Marcus Grönholm	17:00.0	104.1 km/h
	SS3	11:16	Santana - Cubilete 1	21.79 km	Markko Märtin	11:47.7	110.8 km/h
	SS4	14:08	Ibarrilla - El Zauco 2	22.55 km	Petter Solberg	13:11.2	102.6 km/h
	SS5	15:26	Ortega - La Esperanza 2	29.50 km	Petter Solberg	16:33.7	106.9 km/h
	SS6	16:17	Santana - Cubilete 2	21.79 km	Marcus Grönholm	11:44.6	111.3 km/h
2 (21 MAR)	SS7	09:43	El Zauco - Mesa 1	25.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:43.5	91.3 km/h
	SS8	11:06	Duarte - Otates 1	24.22 km	Marcus Grönholm	18:11.5	79.9 km/h
	SS9	12:17	Derramadero - Chichimequillas 1	23.55 km	Petter Solberg	14:03.1	100.6 km/h
	SS10	15:10	El Zauco - Mesa 2	25.45 km	Petter Solberg	16:28.5	92.7 km/h
	SS11	16:33	Duarte - Otates 2	24.22 km	Petter Solberg	18:00.0	80.7 km/h
	SS12	17:24	Derramadero - Chicimequillas 2	23.55 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:49.9	102.2 km/h
3 (13 MAR)	SS13	09:17	Comanjilla - Chicimequillas	18.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:08.8	108.0 km/h
	SS14	10:25	Alfaro - El Establo	44.38 km	Sébastien Loeb	28:29.1	93.5 km/h

External links

• Results at eWRC.com