# 2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

The 2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna (formally the 2nd Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia) was the fifth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 29 April and 1 May 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 13th win in the World Rally Championship.

## Background
### Entry list

| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
| World Rally Championship manufacturer entries ||||||
| 1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | M |
| 2 | François Duval | Stéphane Prévot | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | M |
| 3 | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | M |
| 4 | Roman Kresta | Jan Možný | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | M |
| 5 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | P |
| 6 | Chris Atkinson | Glenn Macneall | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | P |
| 7 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | P |
| 8 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | P |
| 9 | Harri Rovanperä | Risto Pietiläinen | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | P |
| 10 | Gianluigi Galli | Guido D'Amore | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | P |
| 11 | Armin Schwarz | Klaus Wicha | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | M |
| 12 | Janne Tuohino | Mikko Markkula | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | M |
| World Rally Championship entries ||||||
| 14 | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | M |
| 15 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | OMV World Rally Team | Citroën Xsara WRC | M |
| 16 | Antony Warmbold | Michael Orr | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | M |
| 18 | Daniel Carlsson | Mattias Andersson | Rally Team Olsbergs | Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 | P |
| 19 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Denis Giraudet | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | P |
| 20 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC '03 | M |
| 21 | Juuso Pykälistö | Mika Ovaskainen | OMV World Rally Team | Citroën Xsara WRC | M |
| 37 | Mark Higgins | Trevor Agnew | Mark Higgins | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | P |
| 32 | Xavier Pons | Oriol Julià Pascual | Bozian Racing | Peugeot 206 WRC | M |
| 21 | Tobias Johansson | Kaj Lindström | Rally Team Olsbergs | Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 | P |
| 26 | Nigel Heath | Steve Lancaster | Nigel Heath | Škoda Fabia WRC | P |
| 27 | Riccardo Errani | Stefano Casadio | Riccardo Errani | Škoda Octavia WRC | P |
| 28 | Giovanni Recordati | Freddy Delorme | Giovanni Recordati | Toyota Corolla WRC | — |
| JWRC entries ||||||
| 31 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Jonas Andersson | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| 32 | Guy Wilks | Phil Pugh | Guy Wilks | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| 33 | Kosti Katajamäki | Timo Alanne | Kosti Katajamäki | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| 34 | Mirco Baldacci | Giovanni Bernacchini | Mirco Baldacci | Fiat Punto S1600 | P |
| 35 | Kris Meeke | Chris Patterson | Kris Meeke | Citroën C2 S1600 | P |
| 36 | Urmo Aava | Kuldar Sikk | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| 37 | Alan Scorcioni | Silvio Stefanelli | Alan Scorcioni | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| 38 | Luca Betti | Giovanni Agnese | Luca Betti | Renault Clio S1600 | P |
| 39 | Luca Cecchettini | Massimo Daddoveri | Luca Cecchettini | Fiat Punto S1600 | P |
| 40 | Conrad Rautenbach | Carl Williamson | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën C2 S1600 | P |
| 41 | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | P |
| 42 | Pavel Valoušek | Pierangelo Scalvini | Pavel Valoušek | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| 43 | Martin Prokop | Petr Gross | Martin Prokop | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | P |
| Source: ||||||

### Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
| 1. leg — 137.82 km |||||
| 29 April | 08:53 | SS1 | Terranova 1 | 29.81 km |
| 29 April | 10:09 | SS2 | Crastazza 1 | 20.54 km |
| 29 April | 10:48 | SS3 | Mamone 1 | 18.56 km |
| 29 April | 14:24 | SS4 | Terranova 2 | 29.81 km |
| 29 April | 15:40 | SS5 | Crastazza 2 | 20.54 km |
| 29 April | 16:19 | SS6 | Mamone 2 | 18.56 km |
| 2. leg — 144.08 km |||||
| 30 April | 09:38 | SS7 | Loelle 1 | 30.72 km |
| 30 April | 10:34 | SS8 | Tandalò 1 | 38.77 km |
| 30 April | 14:09 | SS9 | Lovia Avra | 5.10 km |
| 30 April | 15:51 | SS10 | Loelle 2 | 30.72 km |
| 30 April | 16:47 | SS11 | Tandalò 2 | 38.77 km |
| 3. leg — 67.18 km |||||
| 1 May | 07:16 | SS12 | S. Giacomo 1 | 12.69 km |
| 1 May | 08:29 | SS13 | S. Bachisio 1 | 9.40 km |
| 1 May | 09:02 | SS14 | Bortigiadas 1 | 11.50 km |
| 1 May | 10:36 | SS15 | S. Bachisio 2 | 9.40 km |
| 1 May | 11:09 | SS16 | Bortigiadas 2 | 11.50 km |
| 1 May | 12:52 | SS17 | S. Giacomo 2 | 12.69 km |
| Source: |||||

## Results
### Overall

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:06:33.7 | | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 4:07:33.3 | +59.6 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:09:41.0 | +3:07.3 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:10:46.0 | +4:12.3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:15:03.0 | +8:29.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Roman Kresta | Jan Možný | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:16:02.9 | +9:29.2 | 3 |
| 7 | 16 | Antony Warmbold | Michael Orr | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:16:33.5 | +9:59.8 | 2 |
| 8 | 21 | Juuso Pykälistö | Mika Ovaskainen | OMV World Rally Team | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:16:54.9 | +10:21.2 | 1 |
| Source: |||||||||

### World Rally Cars
#### Classification

| Position | Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| Event | Class | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:06:33.7 | | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 4:07:33.3 | +59.6 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:09:41.0 | +3:07.3 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:10:46.0 | +4:12.3 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:15:03.0 | +8:29.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Roman Kresta | Jan Možný | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:16:02.9 | +9:29.2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | François Duval | Stéphane Prévot | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:20:03.5 | +13:29.8 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | 12 | Janne Tuohino | Mikko Markkula | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | 4:22:04.3 | +15:30.6 | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | 6 | Chris Atkinson | Glenn Macneall | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 4:38:33.3 | +31:59.6 | 0 |
| Retired SS14 | Retired SS14 | 9 | Harri Rovanperä | Risto Pietiläinen | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | Gearbox | Gearbox | 0 |
| Retired SS13 | Retired SS13 | 10 | Gianluigi Galli | Guido D'Amore | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | Gearbox | Gearbox | 0 |
| Retired SS12 | Retired SS12 | 11 | Armin Schwarz | Klaus Wicha | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | Excluded - illegal help | Excluded - illegal help | 0 |
| Source: ||||||||||

#### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS1 | Terranova 1 | 29.81 km | Marcus Grönholm | Peugeot 307 WRC | 21:47.9 | Marcus Grönholm |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS2 | Crastazza 1 | 20.54 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 13:22.8 | Marcus Grönholm |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS3 | Mamone 1 | 18.56 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 12:43.8 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS4 | Terranova 2 | 29.81 km | Marcus Grönholm | Peugeot 307 WRC | 21:15.1 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS5 | Crastazza 2 | 20.54 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 12:55.5 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS6 | Mamone 2 | 18.56 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 12:23.6 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS7 | Loelle 1 | 30.72 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 19:46.9 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS8 | Tandalò 1 | 38.77 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 28:09.0 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS9 | Lovia Avra | 5.10 km | Gianluigi Galli | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 3:40.1 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS10 | Loelle 2 | 30.72 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 19:33.8 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS11 | Tandalò 2 | 38.77 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 27:37.4 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS12 | S. Giacomo 1 | 12.69 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 10:31.6 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS13 | S. Bachisio 1 | 9.40 km | Marcus Grönholm | Peugeot 307 WRC | 8:13.0 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS14 | Bortigiadas 1 | 11.50 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 7:40.7 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS15 | S. Bachisio 2 | 9.40 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 8:00.9 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS16 | Bortigiadas 2 | 11.50 km | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 7:30.5 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS17 | S. Giacomo 2 | 12.69 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 10:23.1 | Sébastien Loeb |

#### Championship standings

| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | Manufacturers' championships |
| Pos. | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Loeb | 35 | 1 | Daniel Elena | 35 | | Marlboro Peugeot Total | 54 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | 34 | 1 | Phil Mills | 34 | | Citroën Total WRT | 43 |
| 3 | | Markko Märtin | 28 | | Michael Park | 28 | | Subaru World Rally Team | 36 |
| 4 | | Marcus Grönholm | 26 | | Timo Rautiainen | 26 | | BP Ford World Rally Team | 33 |
| 5 | | Toni Gardemeister | 24 | | Jakke Honkanen | 24 | | Mitsubishi Motors | 24 |

### Junior World Rally Championship
#### Classification

| Position | Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| Event | Class | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| 17 | 1 | 41 | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4:35:13.4 | | 10 |
| 19 | 2 | 36 | Urmo Aava | Kuldar Sikk | Urmo Aava | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 4:38:47.3 | +3:33.9 | 8 |
| 20 | 3 | 35 | Kris Meeke | Chris Patterson | Kris Meeke | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4:39:07.4 | +3:54.0 | 6 |
| 21 | 4 | 38 | Luca Betti | Giovanni Agnese | Luca Betti | Renault Clio S1600 | 4:43:57.9 | +8:44.5 | 5 |
| 22 | 5 | 31 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Jonas Andersson | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 4:53:48.0 | +18:34.6 | 4 |
| 23 | 6 | 32 | Guy Wilks | Phil Pugh | Guy Wilks | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 4:56:48.1 | +21:34.7 | 3 |
| 24 | 7 | 43 | Martin Prokop | Petr Gross | Martin Prokop | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 5:00:05.3 | +24:51.9 | 2 |
| 27 | 8 | 40 | Conrad Rautenbach | Carl Williamson | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën C2 S1600 | 5:03:31.7 | +28:18.3 | 1 |
| 28 | 9 | 42 | Pavel Valoušek | Pierangelo Scalvini | Pavel Valoušek | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 5:04:26.3 | +29:12.9 | 0 |
| Retired SS16 | Retired SS16 | 34 | Mirco Baldacci | Giovanni Bernacchini | Mirco Baldacci | Fiat Punto S1600 | Differential | Differential | 0 |
| Retired SS16 | Retired SS16 | 39 | Luca Cecchettini | Massimo Daddoveri | Luca Cecchettini | Fiat Punto S1600 | Differential | Differential | 0 |
| Retired SS13 | Retired SS13 | 33 | Kosti Katajamäki | Timo Alanne | Kosti Katajamäki | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | Accident | Accident | 0 |
| Retired SS12 | Retired SS12 | 37 | Alan Scorcioni | Silvio Stefanelli | Alan Scorcioni | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | Retired | Retired | 0 |
| Source: ||||||||||

#### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS1 | Terranova 1 | 29.81 km | Kosti Katajamäki | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 23:50.8 | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS2 | Crastazza 1 | 20.54 km | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 14:48.4 | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS3 | Mamone 1 | 18.56 km | Kris Meeke | Citroën C2 S1600 | 13:42.8 | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS4 | Terranova 2 | 29.81 km | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 23:29.2 | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS5 | Crastazza 2 | 20.54 km | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 14:27.2 | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 1. leg (29 Apr) | SS6 | Mamone 2 | 18.56 km | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 13:37.8 | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS7 | Loelle 1 | 30.72 km | Notional stage time | Notional stage time | Notional stage time | | Kosti Katajamäki |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS8 | Tandalò 1 | 38.77 km | Kris Meeke | Citroën C2 S1600 | 30:59.8 | Kris Meeke |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS9 | Lovia Avra | 5.10 km | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4:02.8 | Kris Meeke |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS10 | Loelle 2 | 30.72 km | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 21:32.3 | Kris Meeke |
| 2. leg (30 Apr) | SS11 | Tandalò 2 | 38.77 km | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | 30:41.9 | Dani Sordo |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS12 | S. Giacomo 1 | 12.69 km | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 11:42.7 | Dani Sordo |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS13 | S. Bachisio 1 | 9.40 km | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 8:54.2 | Dani Sordo |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS14 | Bortigiadas 1 | 11.50 km | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 8:25.6 | Dani Sordo |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS15 | S. Bachisio 2 | 9.40 km | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 8:38.0 | Dani Sordo |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS16 | Bortigiadas 2 | 11.50 km | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | 8:14.1 | Dani Sordo |
| 3. leg (1 May) | SS17 | S. Giacomo 2 | 12.69 km | Kris Meeke | Citroën C2 S1600 | 11:30.8 | Dani Sordo |

#### Championship standings

| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships |
| Pos. | Move | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Kris Meeke | 16 |
| 2 | 6 | Dani Sordo | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | Guy Wilks | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | Luca Betti | 9 |