# 2005 Cyprus Rally

The 2005 Cyprus Rally (formally the 33rd Cyprus Rally) was the sixth round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 13 May and 15 May 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 14th win in the World Rally Championship and a third consecutive win in 2005.

## 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 | Gilles Panizzi | Hervé Panizzi | 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 | Antony Warmbold | Michael Orr | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | M |
| 16 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | OMV World Rally Team | Citroën Xsara WRC | M |
| 17 | Daniel Carlsson | Mattias Andersson | Bozian Racing | Peugeot 206 WRC | P |
| 18 | Balázs Benik | Attila Vinoczai | Balázs Benik | Ford Focus WRC '02 | — |
| 19 | Giovanni Recordati | Freddy Delorme | Giovanni Recordati | Toyota Corolla WRC | M |
| PWRC entries ||||||
| 31 | Toshihiro Arai | Tony Sircombe | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | P |
| 32 | Xavier Pons | Oriol Julià Pascual | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | M |
| 33 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | P |
| 34 | Fumio Nutahara | Satoshi Hayashi | Advan-Piaa Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Y |
| 35 | Karamjit Singh | John Bennie | Proton Pert Malaysia | Proton Pert Evo VII | — |
| 36 | Marcos Ligato | Rubén García | Subaru Argentina Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | — |
| 37 | Mark Higgins | Trevor Agnew | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | P |
| 38 | Fabio Frisiero | Giovanni Agnese | Fabio Frisiero | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | P |
| 40 | Gabriel Pozzo | Daniel Stillo | Subaru Argentina Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | P |
| 41 | Natalie Barratt | Carl Williamson | OMV World Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | P |
| 42 | Federico Villagra | Javier Villagra | Federico Villagra | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | S |
| 44 | Sebastián Beltrán | Edgardo Galindo | Subaru Argentina Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | P |
| 45 | Riccardo Errani | Stefano Casadio | Riccardo Errani | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | P |
| 48 | Luis Ignacio Rosselot | Ricardo Rojas | Luis Ignacio Rosselot | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | — |
| 49 | Hamed Al-Wahaibi | David Senior | Oman Arab World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI | — |
| 51 | Brice Tirabassi | Mathieu Baumel | Brice Tirabassi | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | P |
| Source: ||||||

### Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
| 1. leg — 121.78 km |||||
| 13 May | 09:38 | SS1 | Lagoudera 1 | 38.32 km |
| 13 May | 10:46 | SS2 | Kourdali 1 | 15.00 km |
| 13 May | 11:24 | SS3 | Asinou 1 | 7.57 km |
| 13 May | 14:37 | SS4 | Lagoudera 2 | 38.32 km |
| 13 May | 15:45 | SS5 | Kourdali 2 | 15.00 km |
| 13 May | 16:23 | SS6 | Asinou 2 | 7.57 km |
| 2. leg — 109.56 km |||||
| 14 May | 08:48 | SS7 | Platres 1 | 11.12 km |
| 14 May | 09:31 | SS8 | Foini 1 | 30.33 km |
| 14 May | 10:29 | SS9 | Galatareia 1 | 13.33 km |
| 14 May | 13:52 | SS10 | Platres 2 | 11.12 km |
| 14 May | 14:35 | SS11 | Foini 2 | 30.33 km |
| 14 May | 15:33 | SS12 | Galatareia 2 | 13.33 km |
| 3. leg — 95.34 km |||||
| 15 May | 07:18 | SS13 | Vavatsinia 1 | 25.24 km |
| 15 May | 08:16 | SS14 | Macheras 1 | 12.94 km |
| 15 May | 09:04 | SS15 | Kellaki 1 | 9.49 km |
| 15 May | 11:52 | SS16 | Vavatsinia 2 | 25.24 km |
| 15 May | 12:50 | SS17 | Macheras 2 | 12.94 km |
| 15 May | 13:38 | SS18 | Kellaki 2 | 9.49 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 | 5:02:29.4 | | 10 |
| 2 | 16 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | OMV World Rally Team | Citroën Xsara WRC | 5:06:38.9 | +4:09.5 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 5:07:11.3 | +4:41.9 | 6 |
| 4 | 14 | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 5:07:45.1 | +5:15.7 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 5:10:06.7 | +7:37.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | Roman Kresta | Jan Možný | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 5:12:46.8 | +10:17.4 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | Harri Rovanperä | Risto Pietiläinen | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 5:14:48.1 | +12:18.7 | 2 |
| 8 | 17 | Daniel Carlsson | Mattias Andersson | Bozian Racing | Peugeot 206 WRC | 5:18:32.6 | +16:03.2 | 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 | 5:02:29.4 | | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 5:07:11.3 | +4:41.9 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 5:10:06.7 | +7:37.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Roman Kresta | Jan Možný | BP Ford World Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 5:12:46.8 | +10:17.4 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 | Harri Rovanperä | Risto Pietiläinen | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 5:14:48.1 | +12:18.7 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | 12 | Janne Tuohino | Mikko Markkula | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | 5:19:15.7 | +16:46.3 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | Chris Atkinson | Glenn Macneall | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 5:29:30.9 | +27:01.5 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 10 | Gilles Panizzi | Hervé Panizzi | Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 5:34:09.8 | +31:40.4 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | 11 | Armin Schwarz | Klaus Wicha | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | 5:37:02.6 | +34:33.2 | 0 |
| Retired SS11 | Retired SS11 | 2 | François Duval | Stéphane Prévot | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | Fire | Fire | 0 |
| Retired SS7 | Retired SS7 | 5 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | Electrical | Electrical | 0 |
| Retired SS7 | Retired SS7 | 7 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | Mechanical | Mechanical | 0 |
| Source: ||||||||||

#### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS1 | Lagoudera 1 | 38.32 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC '05 | 36:58.9 | Petter Solberg |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS2 | Kourdali 1 | 15.00 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 16:29.3 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS3 | Asinou 1 | 7.57 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 7:41.7 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS4 | Lagoudera 2 | 38.32 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 35:56.8 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS5 | Kourdali 2 | 15.00 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 16:28.3 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS6 | Asinou 2 | 7.57 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 7:33.1 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS7 | Platres 1 | 11.12 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 9:11.2 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS8 | Foini 1 | 30.33 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 27:31.4 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS9 | Galatareia 1 | 13.33 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 10:47.0 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS10 | Platres 2 | 11.12 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 8:58.0 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS11 | Foini 2 | 30.33 km | Sébastien Loeb Toni Gardemeister | Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 27:05.8 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS12 | Galatareia 2 | 13.33 km | Sébastien Loeb Gilles Panizzi | Citroën Xsara WRC Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 10:49.7 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS13 | Vavatsinia 1 | 25.24 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 23:31.3 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS14 | Macheras 1 | 12.94 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 11:33.8 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS15 | Kellaki 1 | 9.49 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 8:26.5 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS16 | Vavatsinia 2 | 25.24 km | Toni Gardemeister | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 23:17.7 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS17 | Macheras 2 | 12.94 km | Markko Märtin | Peugeot 307 WRC | 11:19.3 | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS18 | Kellaki 2 | 9.49 km | Toni Gardemeister | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 8:30.5 | 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 | | Sébastien Loeb | 45 | | Daniel Elena | 45 | | Marlboro Peugeot Total | 62 |
| 2 | | Petter Solberg | 34 | | Phil Mills | 34 | | Citroën Total WRT | 53 |
| 3 | | Markko Märtin | 34 | | Michael Park | 34 | 1 | BP Ford World Rally Team | 44 |
| 4 | 1 | Toni Gardemeister | 28 | 1 | Jakke Honkanen | 28 | 1 | Subaru World Rally Team | 38 |
| 5 | 1 | Marcus Grönholm | 26 | 1 | Timo Rautiainen | 26 | | Mitsubishi Motors | 29 |

### Production 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 |
| 1 | 1 | 51 | Brice Tirabassi | Mathieu Baumel | Brice Tirabassi | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 5:34:38.2 | | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 44 | Sebastián Beltrán | Edgardo Galindo | Subaru Argentina Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 5:39:04.1 | +4:25.9 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 36 | Marcos Ligato | Rubén García | Subaru Argentina Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 5:41:51.1 | +7:12.9 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 40 | Gabriel Pozzo | Daniel Stillo | Subaru Argentina Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 5:42:02.2 | +7:24.0 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 33 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 5:42:56.5 | +8:18.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | 34 | Fumio Nutahara | Satoshi Hayashi | Advan-Piaa Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 5:48:59.8 | +14:21.6 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | 31 | Toshihiro Arai | Tony Sircombe | Subaru Team Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 5:49:06.9 | +14:28.7 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | 42 | Federico Villagra | Javier Villagra | Federico Villagra | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 6:01:30.0 | +26:51.8 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | 45 | Riccardo Errani | Stefano Casadio | Riccardo Errani | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 6:05:37.7 | +30:59.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 32 | Xavier Pons | Oriol Julià Pascual | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 6:26:36.9 | +51:58.7 | 0 |
| Retired SS16 | Retired SS16 | 38 | Fabio Frisiero | Giovanni Agnese | Fabio Frisiero | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | Mechanical | Mechanical | 0 |
| Retired SS16 | Retired SS16 | 41 | Natalie Barratt | Carl Williamson | OMV World Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Accident | Accident | 0 |
| Retired SS16 | Retired SS16 | 49 | Hamed Al-Wahaibi | David Senior | Oman Arab World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI | Steering | Steering | 0 |
| Retired SS15 | Retired SS15 | 35 | Karamjit Singh | John Bennie | Proton Pert Malaysia | Proton Pert Evo VII | Accident | Accident | 0 |
| Retired SS4 | Retired SS4 | 37 | Mark Higgins | Trevor Agnew | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | Fire | Fire | 0 |
| Retired SS1 | Retired SS1 | 48 | Luis Ignacio Rosselot | Ricardo Rojas | Luis Ignacio Rosselot | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Engine | Engine | 0 |
| Source: ||||||||||

#### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS1 | Lagoudera 1 | 38.32 km | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 39:06.6 | Mark Higgins |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS2 | Kourdali 1 | 15.00 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 17:32.6 | Mark Higgins |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS3 | Asinou 1 | 7.57 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 8:02.7 | Mark Higgins |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS4 | Lagoudera 2 | 38.32 km | Brice Tirabassi | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 40:19.2 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS5 | Kourdali 2 | 15.00 km | Federico Villagra | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 18:14.4 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 1. leg (13 May) | SS6 | Asinou 2 | 7.57 km | Fumio Nutahara | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 8:24.4 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS7 | Platres 1 | 11.12 km | Toshihiro Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 9:41.4 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS8 | Foini 1 | 30.33 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 28:54.2 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS9 | Galatareia 1 | 13.33 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 11:28.5 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS10 | Platres 2 | 11.12 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 9:33.6 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS11 | Foini 2 | 30.33 km | Notional stage time | Notional stage time | Notional stage time | | Brice Tirabassi |
| 2. leg (14 May) | SS12 | Galatareia 2 | 13.33 km | Notional stage time | Notional stage time | Notional stage time | | Brice Tirabassi |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS13 | Vavatsinia 1 | 25.24 km | Gabriel Pozzo | Subaru Impreza STI N11 Spec C | 24:40.0 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS14 | Macheras 1 | 12.94 km | Toshihiro Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 11:57.4 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS15 | Kellaki 1 | 9.49 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 8:51.4 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS16 | Vavatsinia 2 | 25.24 km | Toshihiro Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 24:35.0 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS17 | Macheras 2 | 12.94 km | Toshihiro Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 11:51.1 | Brice Tirabassi |
| 3. leg (15 May) | SS18 | Kellaki 2 | 9.49 km | Toshihiro Arai | Subaru Impreza STI N11 | 8:52.9 | Brice Tirabassi |

#### Championship standings

| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships |
| Pos. | Move | Driver | Points |
| 1 | | Toshihiro Arai | 20 |
| 2 | | Xavier Pons | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | Marcos Ligato | 12 |
| 4 | 8 | Brice Tirabassi | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | 9 |