# 2004 Tour de Corse

The 2004 Tour de Corse (formally the 48. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France) was the fourteenth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship season. The race was held over three days between 15 October and 17 October 2004, and was based in Ajaccio, France. Ford's Markko Märtin won the race, his 4th win in the World Rally Championship.

## Background
### Entry list

| 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 |
| World Rally Championship entries ||||||
| 9 | Freddy Loix | Sven Smeets | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | M |
| 11 | Toni Gardemeister | Paavo Lukander | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | M |
| 12 | Armin Schwarz | Manfred Hiemer | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | M |
| 20 | Daniel Carlsson | Matthias Andersson | Bozian Racing | Peugeot 206 WRC | M |
| 21 | Nicolas Vouilloz | Denis Giraudet | Bozian Racing | Peugeot 206 WRC | M |
| 22 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Patrick Pivato | Equipe de France FFSA | Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 | M |
| 23 | Alexandre Bengué | Caroline Escudero-Bengué | Equipe de France FFSA | Peugeot 206 WRC | M |
| 24 | Antony Warmbold | Gemma Price | Antony Warmbold | Ford Focus RS WRC '02 | M |
| 64 | Alain Vauthier | François Ravault | Alain Vauthier | Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 | — |
| 68 | José Micheli | Marie-Josée Cardi | José Micheli | Toyota Corolla WRC | — |
| PWRC entries ||||||
| 33 | Daniel Solà | Xavier Amigò | Daniel Solà | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | P |
| 34 | Niall McShea | Gordon Noble | Niall McShea | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | — |
| 35 | Marcos Ligato | Diego Curletto | Marcos Ligato | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | — |
| 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 |
| 42 | Mark Higgins | Michael Gibson | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza STI | — |
| 43 | Gianluigi Galli | Guido D'Amore | Gianluigi Galli | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | P |
| 44 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | — |
| 45 | Fabio Frisiero | Giovanni Agnese | Fabio Frisiero | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | — |
| 46 | Tomasz Kuchar | Jakub Gerber | Tomasz Kuchar | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | M |
| 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: ||||||

### Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
| Leg 1 — 121.34 km |||||
| 15 October | 09:18 | SS1 | Ampaza — Col St Eustache 1 | 32.89 km |
| 15 October | 10:11 | SS2 | Aullene — Arbellara 1 | 27.78 km |
| 15 October | 14:32 | SS3 | Ampaza — Col St Eustache 2 | 32.89 km |
| 15 October | 15:25 | SS4 | Aullene — Arbellara 2 | 27.78 km |
| Leg 2 — 154.36 km |||||
| 16 October | 09:23 | SS5 | Vico — Col de Sarzoggiu 1 | 36.24 km |
| 16 October | 11:11 | SS6 | Peri — Bastelica 1 | 40.94 km |
| 16 October | 16:02 | SS7 | Vico — Col de Sarzoggiu 2 | 36.24 km |
| 16 October | 16:50 | SS8 | Peri — Bastelica 2 | 40.94 km |
| Leg 3 — 112.10 km |||||
| 17 October | 08:30 | SS9 | Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1 | 24.24 km |
| 17 October | 09:16 | SS10 | Pont de Calzola — Agosta 1 | 31.81 km |
| 17 October | 12:12 | SS11 | Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2 | 24.24 km |
| 17 October | 12:55 | SS12 | Pont de Calzola — Agosta 2 | 31.81 km |
| Source: |||||

## Results
### Overall

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:11:51.4 | | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:13:53.4 | +2:02.0 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | Carlos Sainz | Marc Martí | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:14:46.7 | +2:55.3 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:15:20.5 | +3:29.1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 | 4:16:57.7 | +5:06.3 | 4 |
| 6 | 22 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Patrick Pivato | Equipe de France FFSA | Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 | 4:19:00.5 | +7:09.1 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | Freddy Loix | Sven Smeets | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:20:12.6 | +8:21.2 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | Armin Schwarz | Manfred Hiemer | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia WRC | 4:20:59.7 | +9:08.3 | 1 |

### 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 | 7 | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 4:11:51.4 | | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:13:53.4 | +2:02.0 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Carlos Sainz | Marc Martí | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4:14:46.7 | +2:55.3 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | 4:15:20.5 | +3:29.1 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 | 4:16:57.7 | +5:06.3 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 | 4:23:49.6 | +11:58.2 | 0 |
| Retired SS9 | Retired SS9 | 8 | François Duval | Stéphane Prévot | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | Engine | Engine | 0 |
| Retired SS5 | Retired SS5 | 6 | Cédric Robert | Gérald Bedon | Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | Accident | Accident | 0 |

#### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS1 | Ampaza — Col St Eustache 1 | 32.89 km | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 21:43.2 | François Duval |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS2 | Aullene — Arbellara 1 | 27.78 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 16:28.6 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS3 | Ampaza — Col St Eustache 2 | 32.89 km | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 21:10.3 | François Duval |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS4 | Aullene — Arbellara 2 | 27.78 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën Xsara WRC | 16:07.7 | François Duval |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS5 | Vico — Col de Sarzoggiu 1 | 36.24 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 25:49.0 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS6 | Peri — Bastelica 1 | 40.94 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 27:01.6 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS7 | Vico — Col de Sarzoggiu 2 | 36.24 km | François Duval | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 25:58.5 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS8 | Peri — Bastelica 2 | 40.94 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 27:37.0 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS9 | Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1 | 24.24 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 | 15:20.7 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS10 | Pont de Calzola — Agosta 1 | 31.81 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 19:36.4 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS11 | Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2 | 24.24 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 15:00.5 | Markko Märtin |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS12 | Pont de Calzola — Agosta 2 | 31.81 km | Markko Märtin | Ford Focus RS WRC '04 | 19:08.0 | Markko Märtin |

#### Championship standings

* Bold text indicates 2004 World Champions.
| 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 | 108 | | Daniel Elena | 108 | | Citroën Total WRT | 178 |
| 2 | | Petter Solberg | 78 | | Phil Mills | 78 | | Ford Motor Co. Ltd. | 127 |
| 3 | 1 | Markko Märtin | 69 | 1 | Michael Park | 69 | | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 108 |
| 4 | 1 | Carlos Sainz | 67 | 1 | Marc Martí | 67 | | Marlboro Peugeot Total | 85 |
| 5 | | Marcus Grönholm | 54 | | Timo Rautiainen | 54 | | Mitsubishi Motors | 17 |

### 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 |
| 12 | 1 | 47 | Xavier Pons | Oriol Julià | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 4:37:17.9 | | 10 |
| 14 | 2 | 34 | Niall McShea | Gordon Noble | Niall McShea | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 4:38:16.7 | +58.8 | 8 |
| 15 | 3 | 39 | Alister McRae | David Senior | R.E.D World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 4:39:00.2 | +1:42.3 | 6 |
| 16 | 4 | 42 | Mark Higgins | Michael Gibson | Mark Higgins | Subaru Impreza STI | 4:42:10.7 | +4:52.8 | 5 |
| 18 | 5 | 48 | Fumio Nutahara | Satoshi Hayashi | Advan-Piaa Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 4:45:14.7 | +7:56.8 | 4 |
| 19 | 6 | 46 | Tomasz Kuchar | Jakub Gerber | Tomasz Kuchar | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | 4:45:40.2 | +8:22.3 | 3 |
| 22 | 7 | 44 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 4:49:24.2 | +12:06.3 | 2 |
| 23 | 8 | 36 | Ricardo Triviño | Jordi Barrabés | Triviño Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 4:50:11.2 | +12:53.3 | 1 |
| 25 | 9 | 45 | Fabio Frisiero | Giovanni Agnese | Fabio Frisiero | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 5:01:05.6 | +23:47.7 | 0 |
| 27 | 10 | 50 | Sebastian Vollak | Michael Kölbach | OMV World Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | 5:15:55.2 | +38:37.3 | 0 |
| Retired SS12 | Retired SS12 | 49 | Sergio López-Fombona | Guifré Pujol | Ralliart Spain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Accident | Accident | 0 |
| Retired SS5 | Retired SS5 | 37 | Joakim Roman | Anders Wallbom | Joakim Roman | Subaru Impreza STI | Retired | Retired | 0 |
| Retired SS3 | Retired SS3 | 35 | Marcos Ligato | Diego Curletto | Marcos Ligato | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | Driveshaft | Driveshaft | 0 |
| Retired SS3 | Retired SS3 | 38 | Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. | Nikola Popov | Racing Team Bulgartabac | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | Gearbox | Gearbox | 0 |
| Retired SS2 | Retired SS2 | 33 | Daniel Solà | Xavier Amigò | Daniel Solà | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | Gearbox | Gearbox | 0 |
| Retired SS1 | Retired SS1 | 43 | Gianluigi Galli | Guido D'Amore | Gianluigi Galli | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | Engine | Engine | 0 |

#### Special stages

| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Class leaders |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS1 | Ampaza — Col St Eustache 1 | 32.89 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 23:48.4 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS2 | Aullene — Arbellara 1 | 27.78 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 18:19.2 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS3 | Ampaza — Col St Eustache 2 | 32.89 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 22:58.9 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 1 (15 Oct) | SS4 | Aullene — Arbellara 2 | 27.78 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 17:51.5 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS5 | Vico — Col de Sarzoggiu 1 | 36.24 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 28:21.1 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS6 | Peri — Bastelica 1 | 40.94 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 29:47.9 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS7 | Vico — Col de Sarzoggiu 2 | 36.24 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 28:18.8 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 2 (16 Oct) | SS8 | Peri — Bastelica 2 | 40.94 km | Xavier Pons | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 30:14.7 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS9 | Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1 | 24.24 km | Alister McRae | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 16:36.9 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS10 | Pont de Calzola — Agosta 1 | 31.81 km | Niall McShea | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 21:21.2 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS11 | Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2 | 24.24 km | Niall McShea | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 16:27.5 | Xavier Pons |
| Leg 3 (17 Oct) | SS12 | Pont de Calzola — Agosta 2 | 31.81 km | Niall McShea | Subaru Impreza STI N10 | 21:08.6 | Xavier Pons |

#### Championship standings

| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships | Drivers' championships |
| Pos. | Move | Driver | Points |
| 1 | | Jani Paasonen | 29 |
| 2 | 4 | Xavier Pons | 27 |
| 3 | 1 | Niall McShea | 27 |
| 4 | 2 | Alister McRae | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | Toshihiro Arai | 20 |