2004 Rallye Deutschland

The 2004 Rallye Deutschland (formally the 23. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland) was the tenth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship season. The race was held over three days between 20 August and 22 August 2004, and was based in Trier, Germany. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 9th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2004 Rallye Deutschland
23. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Germany
Rally baseTrier
Dates runAugust 20, 2004 – August 22, 2004
Stages24 (411.06 km; 255.42 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac
Overall distance1,018.36 km (632.78 miles)
Statistics
Crews69 at start, 41 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
Monaco Daniel Elena
France Citroën Total
Citroën Xsara WRC

Background

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Entry list

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No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
2   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
3   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
4   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
5   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
6   Cédric Robert   Gérald Bedon   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
7   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
8   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
9   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
10   Daniel Solà   Xavier Amigò   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
World Rally Championship entries
11   Armin Schwarz   Manfred Hiemer   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
12   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
14   Daniel Carlsson   Matthias Andersson   Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
15   Antony Warmbold   Gemma Price   Antony Warmbold Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
16   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
17   Roman Kresta   Jan Tománek   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
18   Armin Kremer   Fred Berssen   Armin Kremer Toyota Corolla WRC M
19   Jussi Välimäki   Jakke Honkanen   Jussi Välimäki Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
20   Nicolas Vouilloz   Denis Giraudet   Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
21   Stéphane Sarrazin   Patrick Pivato   Equipe de France FFSA Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 M
22   Alexandre Bengué   Caroline Escudero-Bengué   Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC M
23   Pieter Tsjoen   Eddy Chevaillier   Pieter Tsjoen Toyota Corolla WRC M
24   Ginley Alistair   Rory Kennedy   Ginley Alistair Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
PWRC entries
31   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
32   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert P
34   Niall McShea   Gordon Noble   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI
36   Ricardo Triviño   Jordi Barrabés   Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
37   Joakim Roman   Anders Wallbom   Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza STI M
38   Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.   Nikola Popov   Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
39   Alister McRae   David Senior   R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N10 P
40   Manfred Stohl   Ilka Minor   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
41   Jani Paasonen   Jani Vainikka   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
43   Gianluigi Galli   Guido D'Amore   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII P
45   Fabio Frisiero   Giovanni Agnese   Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI
47   Xavier Pons   Oriol Julià   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII M
48   Fumio Nutahara   Satoshi Hayashi   Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Y
49   Sergio López-Fombona   Guifré Pujol   Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
50   Sebastian Vollak   Michael Kölbach   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
Source:[2]

Itinerary

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All dates and times are CEST (UTC 2).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 135.02 km
20 August 09:53 SS1 Ruwertal 1 17.84 km
10:33 SS2 Dhrontal 1 21.04 km
11:16 SS3 Moselwein 1 18.18 km
12:29 SS4 Peterberg 1 10.45 km
14:50 SS5 Ruwertal 2 17.84 km
15:30 SS6 Dhrontal 2 21.04 km
16:13 SS7 Moselwein 2 18.18 km
17:26 SS8 Peterberg 2 10.45 km
Leg 2 — 177.66 km
21 August 09:33 SS9 Bosenberg 1 17.11 km
10:33 SS10 Erzweiler 1 20.00 km
11:08 SS11 Panzerplatte Sprint 1 8.30 km
11:46 SS12 Panzerplatte Lang 1 40.30 km
14:32 SS13 Bosenberg 2 17.11 km
15:32 SS14 Erzweiler 2 20.00 km
16:07 SS15 Panzerplatte Sprint 2 8.30 km
16:45 SS16 Panzerplatte Lang 2 40.30 km
19:36 SS17 St. Wendel 1 6.24 km
Leg 3 — 98.38 km
22 August 07:20 SS18 St. Wendeler Land 1 14.80 km
07:49 SS19 Teufelskopf 1 17.53 km
08:30 SS20 Birkenfelder Land 1 13.74 km
09:54 SS21 St. Wendeler Land 2 14.80 km
10:23 SS22 Teufelskopf 2 17.53 km
11:04 SS23 Birkenfelder Land 2 13.74 km
12:02 SS24 St. Wendel 2 6.24 km
Source:[3]

Results

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Overall

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Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 3   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:01:57.4 10
2 8   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:02:26.5 29.1 8
3 4   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:06.9 1:09.5 6
4 7   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:04:37.8 2:40.4 5
5 6   Cédric Robert   Gérald Bedon   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:05:27.5 3:30.1 4
6 16   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:06:03.4 4:06.0 3
7 12   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 4:07:41.6 5:44.2 2
8 2   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:08:38.5 6:41.1 1

World Rally Cars

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 3   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:01:57.4 10
2 2 8   François Duval   Stéphane Prévot   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:02:26.5 29.1 8
3 3 4   Carlos Sainz   Marc Martí   Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:06.9 1:09.5 6
4 4 7   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:04:37.8 2:40.4 5
5 5 6   Cédric Robert   Gérald Bedon   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:05:27.5 3:30.1 4
8 6 2   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:08:38.5 6:41.1 1
Retired SS12 1   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 Accident 0
Retired SS9 9   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Accident 0
Retired SS2 10   Daniel Solà   Xavier Amigò   Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Accident 0
Retired SS1 5   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Accident 0

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (20 Aug) SS1 Ruwertal 1 17.84 km   Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 10:51.7   Carlos Sainz
SS2 Dhrontal 1 21.04 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 11:57.7   Sébastien Loeb
SS3 Moselwein 1 18.18 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 10:42.3
SS4 Peterberg 1 10.45 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 5:58.6
SS5 Ruwertal 2 17.84 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:15.1
SS6 Dhrontal 2 21.04 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 11:37.8
SS7 Moselwein 2 18.18 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:41.3
SS8 Peterberg 2 10.45 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 5:55.4
Leg 2 (21 Aug) SS9 Bosenberg 1 17.11 km Notional stage time
SS10 Erzweiler 1 20.00 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 12:13.4
SS11 Panzerplatte Sprint 1 8.30 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 4:46.6
SS12 Panzerplatte Lang 1 40.30 km Notional stage time
SS13 Bosenberg 2 17.11 km   Armin Schwarz Škoda Fabia WRC 9:36.6
SS14 Erzweiler 2 20.00 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 12:15.3
SS15 Panzerplatte Sprint 2 8.30 km   Freddy Loix Peugeot 307 WRC 4:45.6
SS16 Panzerplatte Lang 2 40.30 km   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 24:22.8
SS17 St. Wendel 1 6.24 km   Cédric Robert Peugeot 307 WRC 3:29.2
Leg 3 (22 Aug) SS18 St. Wendeler Land 1 14.80 km   Freddy Loix Peugeot 307 WRC 7:46.3
SS19 Teufelskopf 1 17.53 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 11:08.0
SS20 Birkenfelder Land 1 13.74 km   Cédric Robert Peugeot 307 WRC 8:04.8
SS21 St. Wendeler Land 2 14.80 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 7:39.9
SS22 Teufelskopf 2 17.53 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '04 10:56.8
SS23 Birkenfelder Land 2 13.74 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 8:00.2
SS24 St. Wendel 2 6.24 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 3:22.4

Championship standings

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Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1     Sébastien Loeb 76     Daniel Elena 76     Citroën Total WRT 125
2   1   Markko Märtin 47   1   Michael Park 47     Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 96
3   2   Carlos Sainz 46   2   Marc Martí 46     555 Subaru World Rally Team 67
4   2   Petter Solberg 44   2   Phil Mills 44     Marlboro Peugeot Total 65
5   1   Marcus Grönholm 42   1   Timo Rautiainen 42     Mitsubishi Motors 17

Production World Rally Championship

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
15 1 47   Xavier Pons   Oriol Julià   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:24:11.4 10
16 2 34   Niall McShea   Gordon Noble   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza STI 4:24:41.8 30.4 8
17 3 39   Alister McRae   David Senior   R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza STI N10 4:25:57.0 1:45.6 6
18 4 31   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:26:03.4 1:52.0 5
20 5 41   Jani Paasonen   Jani Vainikka   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:28:29.3 4:17.9 4
22 6 32   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert 4:30:34.6 6:23.2 3
25 7 50   Sebastian Vollak   Michael Kölbach   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:34:22.3 10:10.9 2
29 8 38   Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.   Nikola Popov   Racing Team Bulgartabac Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:45:47.9 21:36.5 1
31 9 36   Ricardo Triviño   Jordi Barrabés   Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:50:28.5 26:17.1 0
32 10 40   Manfred Stohl   Ilka Minor   OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:52:16.7 28:05.3 0
Retired SS20 45   Fabio Frisiero   Giovanni Agnese   Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI Gearbox 0
Retired SS16 43   Gianluigi Galli   Guido D'Amore   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Accident 0
Retired SS4 37   Joakim Roman   Anders Wallbom   Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza STI Gearbox 0
Retired SS3 48   Fumio Nutahara   Satoshi Hayashi   Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Gearbox 0
Retired SS3 49   Sergio López-Fombona   Guifré Pujol   Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Gearbox 0

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (20 Aug) SS1 Ruwertal 1 17.84 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 11:52.2   Gianluigi Galli
SS2 Dhrontal 1 21.04 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 13:20.8
SS3 Moselwein 1 18.18 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12:04.4
SS4 Peterberg 1 10.45 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6:36.3
SS5 Ruwertal 2 17.84 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 11:10.4
SS6 Dhrontal 2 21.04 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12:59.4   Xavier Pons
SS7 Moselwein 2 18.18 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 11:49.8
SS8 Peterberg 2 10.45 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 6:33.5
Leg 2 (21 Aug) SS9 Bosenberg 1 17.11 km Notional stage time
SS10 Erzweiler 1 20.00 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 13:13.6
SS11 Panzerplatte Sprint 1 8.30 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 5:13.0
SS12 Panzerplatte Lang 1 40.30 km Notional stage time
SS13 Bosenberg 2 17.11 km   Gianluigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 10:38.3   Gianluigi Galli
SS14 Erzweiler 2 20.00 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 13:04.4
SS15 Panzerplatte Sprint 2 8.30 km   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5:17.4
SS16 Panzerplatte Lang 2 40.30 km   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI 26:20.4   Xavier Pons
SS17 St. Wendel 1 6.24 km   Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:53.0
Leg 3 (22 Aug) SS18 St. Wendeler Land 1 14.80 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 8:31.4
SS19 Teufelskopf 1 17.53 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 12:10.6
SS20 Birkenfelder Land 1 13.74 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 8:55.4
SS21 St. Wendeler Land 2 14.80 km   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI 8:26.2
SS22 Teufelskopf 2 17.53 km   Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI 11:54.3
SS23 Birkenfelder Land 2 13.74 km   Alister McRae Subaru Impreza STI N10 8:40.2
SS24 St. Wendel 2 6.24 km   Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3:46.6

Championship standings

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Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1     Jani Paasonen 29
2   3   Alister McRae 20
3   1   Toshihiro Arai 20
4   2   Niall McShea 19
5   3   Manfred Stohl 18

References

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  1. ^ "Deutschland Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  2. ^ "Rallye Deutschland 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Rallye Deutschland 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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