2004 World Rally Championship

2004 World Rally Championship
2004 World Rally Championship
Champions
World Drivers' Champion	Sébastien Loeb
World Manufacturers' Champion	Citroën
Seasons
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 World Rally Championship was the 32nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 16 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën Xsara WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Markko Märtin. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

The video game WRC 4: The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship was based on this season.

Calendar

The 2004 championship was contested over Sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class
1	23 January	25 January	72nd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	389.12 km	JWRC
2	6 February	8 February	53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	394.80 km	PWRC
3	12 March	14 March	1st Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	15	394.43 km	PWRC
4	15 April	18 April	35th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	23	395.50 km	PWRC
5	14 May	16 May	32nd Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	18	326.68 km	None
6	3 June	6 June	51st Acropolis Rally of Greece	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	22	377.13 km	JWRC
7	24 June	27 June	5th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	17	383.33 km	JWRC
8	15 July	18 July	24th CTI Movil Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	26	382.63 km	PWRC
9	6 August	8 August	54th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	22	382.71 km	JWRC
10	20 August	22 August	23rd OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	24	411.06 km	PWRC
11	3 September	5 September	4th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	27	387.50 km	None
12	16 September	19 September	60th Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	19	394.03 km	JWRC
13	1 October	3 October	1st Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	19	383.23 km	JWRC
14	15 October	17 October	48th Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	387.80 km	PWRC
15	29 October	31 October	40th Rally Catalunya – Costa Brava – Rally de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	20	384.08 km	JWRC
16	11 November	14 November	17th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	25	388.25 km	PWRC
Sources:^[1]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers
Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Drivers	Rounds
Subaru	Impreza WRC 03 1–2 Impreza WRC 04 3–16	555 Subaru World Rally Team	P	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
Subaru	Impreza WRC 03 1–2 Impreza WRC 04 3–16	555 Subaru World Rally Team	P	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Citroën Total	M	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Citroën Total	M	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	1–15
Peugeot	307 WRC	Marlboro Peugeot Total	M	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	1–2, 15
					Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	3–9, 11–13, 16
					Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	10, 14
				9	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	10, 14
				14	Sebastian Lindholm	Tomi Tuominen	9
				15	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	12
Ford	Focus RS WRC 03 1–3 Focus RS WRC 04 4–16	Ford Motor Co Ltd	M	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	All
				8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	1, 3–8, 10, 12–16
					François Duval	Philippe Droeven	11
					Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	2, 9
				11	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	2
				15	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	9
Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 04	Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports	M	9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1–10, 15
				10	Gianluigi Galli	Guido d'Amore	1, 3, 7
					Kristian Sohlberg	Kaj Lindström	2, 4–5, 8–9
					Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	6, 10, 15
				14	Gianluigi Galli	Guido d'Amore	15

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers	Co-Drivers	Rounds
Škoda	Fabia WRC	Škoda Motorsport	M	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	6, 9–10, 12–15
				Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	6, 9–10, 12–15
				Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	15
				Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	10
				Jani Paasonen	Jani Vainikka	9, 12
Peugeot	206 WRC	Bozian Racing	MP	Nicolas Vouilloz	David Fiorini	1
				Nicolas Vouilloz	Denis Giraudet	6, 10, 12–15
				Miguel Campos	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1, 5
				Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2, 4–5, 7, 9, 12–13
				Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	2, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 14
				Luís Pérez Companc	Jose Maria Volta	3, 5, 8, 13
				Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	6, 12
		Equipe de France FFSA	M	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero	1, 10, 14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 03	Equipe de France FFSA	M	Stéphane Sarrazin	Patrick Pivato	10, 14–15
	Impreza WRC 03	Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	P	Olivier Burri	Jean-Philippe Patthey	1
	Impreza WRC 01	Dom Buckley Motorsport	P	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	1
	Impreza WRC 03	Dom Buckley Motorsport		Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	15
		ADR Motorsport		Alistair Ginley	Rory Kennedy	5–7, 9–10, 12
		Aimont Racing Team		Andrea Navarra	Simona Fedeli	13
Hyundai	Accent WRC	Hyundai World Rally Team	M	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	1
				Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	1, 3, 5–6
				Jozef Béreš Jr.	Petr Starý	1–2, 6
				Kristian Kolberg	Ola Fløene	2
				Thomas Kolberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2
		Hyundai Assan Motorsports		Murat Akdilek	Caglar Suren	7
		Hyundai Assan Motorsports		Ender Alkoclar	Ismet Özbakir	7
Ford	Focus RS WRC 03	Jussi Välimäki	M	Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	10
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Citroën Kronos Racing Team	M	Juuso Pykälistö	Mika Ovaskainen	9, 13
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Ford Motor Co Ltd	M	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	1, 3–4
		Supset		Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	5–12
		JM Engineering		Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	6
	Focus WRC 01	M-Sport	M	Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson	12
	Focus WRC 02			Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	12
	Focus WRC 02			Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	2, 5
	Focus RS WRC 03			Jari Viita	Timo Hantunen	2, 4
	Focus WRC 02	Antony Warmbold		Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	6–16
	Focus WRC 02	Philippe Roux	P	Philippe Roux	Paul Corthay	1
Škoda	Octavia WRC	Riccardo Errani	P	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	1
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Thomas Schie	M	Thomas Schie	Ragnar Engen	2
Ford	Focus RS WRC 03	Jari Viita	M	Jari Viita	Timo Hantunen	9
	Focus WRC 01	Ioannis Papadimitriou		Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	5
	Focus RS WRC 03	Ioannis Papadimitriou		Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	6
	Focus RS WRC 03	Armodios Vovos		Armodios Vovos	"El-Em"	6
	Focus WRC 01	Serkan Yazici	P	Serkan Yazici	Can Okan	7
	Focus WRC 01	Adnan Sarihan		Adnan Sarihan	Orhan Celen	7
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3	Tamás Tagai	P	Tamás Tagai	Róbert Tagai	9
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Armin Kremer	M	Armin Kremer	Fred Berßen	10
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Pieter Tsjoen	M	Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	10
Ford	Focus WRC 02	Dougi Hall		Dougi Hall	Steve Egglestone	12
Hyundai	Accent WRC3	Craig Middleton		Craig Middleton	Robin Hernaman	12
Hyundai	Accent WRC	Steve Petch		Steve Petch	John Richardson	12
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo3	Constantin Aur		Constantin Aur	Adrian Berghea	12
SEAT	Córdoba WRC	Dan Gîrtofan		Dan Gîrtofan	Dorin Pulpea	12
Hyundai	Accent WRC3	Nigel Heath		Nigel Heath	Alec Cooper	12
Hyundai	Accent WRC3	Yorgo Philippedes		Yorgo Philippedes	Mark Andrews	12
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Balázs Benik		Balázs Benik	Bence Rácz	13
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Pier Lorenzo Zanchi		Pier Lorenzo Zanchi	Dario D'Esposito	13
Subaru	Impreza WRC 01	Alain Vauthier		Alain Vauthier	François Ravault	14
Toyota	Corolla WRC	José Micheli		José Micheli	Marie-Josée Cardi	14
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Donie O'Sullivan		Donie O'Sullivan	Paul Nagle	15
Subaru	Impreza WRC 03	Paddy White		Paddy White	Bruno Brissart	15
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Massimo Beltrami		Massimo Beltrami	Fabio Ceschino	15

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Suzuki Sport	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Bernacchini	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
32		Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
33		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
35		Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
43		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila		9, 12–13, 15
45		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
34	Sab Motorsport	Alessandro Broccoli	Giovanni Agnese	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
36	McRae Motorsport	Kris Meeke	Chris Patterson	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 6–7, 9
			David Senior	Opel Corsa S1600	12–13
			David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	15
37	Autorel Sport	Luca Cecchettini	Nicola Arena	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
38	Astra Racing	Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Ford Puma S1600	1
38		Abdo Feghali	Joseph Matar	Ford Fiesta S1600	6–7
43		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta S1600	6–7
43		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Puma S1600	1
39	Renault Sport	Nicolas Bernardi	Denis Giraudet	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
51	Renault Sport	Larry Cols	Filip Goddé	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
40	Citroën Total	Guerlain Chicherit	Michel Perin	Citroën Saxo S1600	1
40	Citroën Total	Guerlain Chicherit	Mattiheu Baumel	Citroën Saxo S1600	6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
41	Risbridger Motorsport	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	MG ZR S1600	1
41	Risbridger Motorsport	Natalie Barratt	Carl Williamson	Renault Clio S1600	6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
42	Power Car Team	Mathieu Biasion	Eric Domenech	Renault Clio S1600	9, 12–13
	H.F. Grifone SRL		Eric Domenech	Fiat Punto S1600	6–7
			Philippe Coquard		1
44		Alan Scorcioni	Massimo Daddoveri		1, 6–7, 9
			Silvio Stefanelli		12
			Fulvio Florean		13, 15
47		Luca Tabaton	Gisella Rovegno		1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
46	RACC Motor Sport	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
46	RACC Motor Sport	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Renault Clio S1600	15
48	Team Birkbeck Rallysport	Conrad Rautenbach	Peter Marsh	Ford Puma S1600	1
			Timothy Sturla	Opel Corsa S1600	6–7
			Mark Jones	Opel Corsa S1600	9, 12
				Suzuki Ignis S1600	13
				Citroën Saxo S1600	15
49	Meteco Corse	Luca Betti	Michele Rosso	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 7
			Paolo del Grande	Peugeot 206 S1600	6, 9
			Michele Rosso	Fiat Punto S1600	12–13
			Paolo del Grande	Fiat Punto S1600	15
50	Prospeed Motorsport	Oliver Marshall	Craig Parry	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Subaru Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 8, 10, 16
32	Petronas EON Racing Team	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert	2–4, 8, 10, 16
33	Ralliart Italy	Daniel Solá	Xavier Amigò	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 14, 16
43	Ralliart Italy	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
34	Syms	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3–4
34	Syms	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	8, 10, 14, 16
35	Top Run SRL	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 16
			Jorge Del Buono		3–4
			Diego Curletto		8, 14
42		Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson		2–4, 8, 14, 16
45		Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese		2–4, 8, 14, 16
36	Triviño Racing	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barradés	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 8, 10, 14
36	Triviño Racing	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barradés	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4
37	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Ragnar Spjuth	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
38	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Georgi Geradzhiev	Nikola Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
39	R.E.D World Rally Team	Alister McRae	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
40	OMV World Rally Team	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 16
41		Jani Paasonen	Sirkka Rautiainen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 16
50		Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
44	Autotek Motorsport	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Steve Lancaster	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–3
44	Autotek Motorsport	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4, 8, 14, 16
46	Kuchar Team Poland	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciek Wodniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 10, 14, 16
47	Ralliart Spain	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 14, 16
49	Ralliart Spain	Sergio Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 14
48	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3–4, 8, 10, 14, 16

Results and standings

Rally results

The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds.

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 39 Renault Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Nicolas Bernardi Denis Giraudet
2	Sweden	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	No. 41 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Jani Paasonen Sirkka Rautiainen	N/A
3	Mexico	No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	No. 33 Ralliart Italia	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '03	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	Daniel Solá Xavier Amigò	N/A
4	New Zealand	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	No. 40 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor	N/A
5	Cyprus	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	N/A
6	Greece	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
7	Turkey	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	No. 45 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
8	Argentina	No. 4 Citroën Total WRT	No. 41 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
		Carlos Sainz Marc Martí	Jani Paasonen Jani Vainikka	N/A
9	Finland	No. 5 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	No. 45 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Peugeot 307 WRC	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
10	Germany	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
11	Japan	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	N/A
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	N/A
12	Britain	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
13	Italy	No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	No. 45 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	Suzuki Ignis S1600
		Petter Solberg Phil Mills	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
14	France	No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '04	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
15	Spain	No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	N/A	No. 39 Renault Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '04	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Markko Märtin Michael Park	N/A	Nicolas Bernardi Jean-Marc Fortin
16	Australia	No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Xavier Pons Oriol Julià	N/A
Source:^[2]

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS	Pts
1	Sébastien Loeb	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	Ret	1	118
2	Petter Solberg	7	3	4	1	4	1	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	5	5	Ret	82
3	Markko Märtin	2	7	1	3	2	Ret	24	Ret	2	4	3	3	Ret	1	1	Ret	79
4	Carlos Sainz	Ret	5	3	6	3	19	4	1	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	WD	73
5	Marcus Grönholm	4	2	6	2	DSQ	Ret	2	Ret	1	Ret	4	Ret	7	4	2	Ret	62
6	François Duval	3	Ret	2	18	Ret	4	5	3	7	2	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	3	53
7	Mikko Hirvonen	Ret	9	5	7	5	Ret	6	4	Ret	8	7	7	Ret	10	8	4	29
8	Harri Rovanperä			10	5	DSQ	3	Ret	5	Ret		6	6	Ret			2	28
9	Janne Tuohino		4			6	7	7		5			Ret					16
10	Freddy Loix	5	Ret								6				7	Ret		9
11	Stéphane Sarrazin										9				6	4		8
12	Daniel Carlsson		8		8		5	Ret		9	Ret		Ret		11			6
13	Gilles Panizzi	6	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	11	Ret					12		6
14	Andrea Navarra													4				5
15	Gianluigi Galli	Ret	24	Ret	Ret			10	Ret	14	Ret			6	Ret	7	Ret	5
16	Chris Atkinson				Ret					33		12					5	4
17	Cédric Robert										5				Ret			4
18	Manfred Stohl		Ret	Ret	10		6		12		32		8				Ret	4
19	Henning Solberg		6		Ret	Ret		Ret		10			11	Ret				3
20	Jani Paasonen		16	Ret	14				10	6	20		Ret				Ret	3
21	Daniel Solà		20	11	Ret		Ret		DSQ		Ret				Ret	6	Ret	3
22	Xavier Pons	Ret	46	16	16		16	Ret	Ret	28	15		24	Ret	12	Ret	6	3
23	Luís Pérez Companc			Ret		Ret			6					Ret				3
24	Toni Gardemeister						Ret			8	7		22	Ret	9	9		3
25	Antony Warmbold	Ret	15	9	19	Ret	9	8	9	Ret	13	8	10	8	20	13	14	3
26	Alistair Ginley					7	11	Ret		15	Ret		12					2
27	Jussi Välimäki	11		7		Ret	Ret			26	14							2
28	Cody Crocker				11							14					7	2
29	Armin Schwarz						Ret			12	11		Ret	Ret	8	11		1
30	Toshi Arai		26	13	15				Ret		18	9					8	1
31	Olivier Burri	8																1
32	Miguel Campos	Ret				8												1
33	Aris Vovos						8											1
34	Gabriel Pozzo								8									1
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS	Pts
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Tour de Corse.^[5]

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS	Points
1	Citroën	3	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	Ret	1	194
1	Citroën	4	Ret	5	3	6	3	6	4	1	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	WD	194
2	Ford	7	2	7	1	3	2	Ret	8	Ret	2	4	3	3	Ret	1	1	Ret	143
2	Ford	8	3	4	2	8	Ret	4	5	3	5	2	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	3	143
3	Subaru	1	7	3	4	1	4	1	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	5	4	Ret	122
3	Subaru	2	Ret	7	5	7	5	Ret	6	4	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	6	5	4	122
4	Peugeot	5	4	2	6	2	DSQ	Ret	2	Ret	1	Ret	4	Ret	5	4	2	Ret	101
4	Peugeot	6	5	Ret	8	5	DSQ	3	Ret	5	Ret	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	101
5	Mitsubishi	9	6	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	6	6	Ret							17
5	Mitsubishi	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret							17
Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS	Points
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Tour de Corse.^[5]

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	GRE	TUR	FIN	GBR	ITA	ESP	Pts
1	Per-Gunnar Andersson	8	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	2	39
2	Nicolas Bernardi	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	6	1	37
3	Guy Wilks	Ret	1	3	Ret	1	2	Ret	34
4	Kosti Katajamäki	Ret	Ret	2	2	3	4	5	31
5	Mirco Baldacci	6	Ret	6	4	Ret	3	3	23
6	Larry Cols	5	4	Ret	6	Ret	5	4	21
7	Kris Meeke	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	7	6	19
8	Urmo Aava	2	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	16
9	Xavi Pons	Ret	3	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	12
10	Alessandro Broccoli	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7
11	Oliver Marshall	Ret	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
12	Guerlain Chicherit	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
13	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	5
14	Alan Scorcioni	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	10	7	4
15	Luca Cecchettini	7	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		3
16	Luca Betti	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	3
17	Conrad Rautenbach	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	2
18	Luca Tabaton	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
–	Mathieu Biasion	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret		–
–	Natalie Barratt	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret	–
–	Abdo Feghali	Ret							–
Pos.	Driver	MON	GRE	TUR	FIN	GBR	ITA	ESP	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	SWE	MEX	NZL	ARG	GER	FRA	AUS	Pts
1	Niall McShea		3	Ret	4	2	2	3	35
2	Toshihiro Arai	Ret	2	5	Ret	4		2	30
3	Jani Paasonen	1	Ret	4	1	5		Ret	29
4	Xavier Pons	15	5	6	Ret	1	1	1	27
5	Alister McRae	2	Ret	3		3	3	Ret	26
6	Manfred Stohl	Ret	Ret	1	2	10		Ret	18
7	Nasser Al-Attiyah	7	Ret	7	3		7	5	17
8	Daniel Solà	3	1	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	16
9	Fumio Nutahara		6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	4	13
10	Tomasz Kuchar	4	Ret	Ret			6		8
11	Karamjit Singh	10	4	8	Ret	6		Ret	8
12	Marcos Ligato	Ret	Ret	2	Ret		Ret	Ret	8
13	Sebastian Vollak	13		Ret	Ret	7	10	6	6
14	Sergio Fombona	8	Ret	9	5	Ret	Ret		5
15	Fabio Frisiero	14		Ret	7	Ret	9	7	5
16	Mark Higgins	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		4	Ret	5
17	Gianluigi Galli	5		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
18	Georgi Geradzhiev	11		10	6	8	Ret	Ret	4
19	Ricardo Triviño	12	7	11	Ret	9	8		3
20	Joakim Roman	9	8	Ret		Ret	Ret		1
Pos.	Driver	SWE	MEX	NZL	ARG	GER	FRA	AUS	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

Colour	Rally Surface
Gold	Gravel
Silver	Tarmac
Blue	Snow/Ice
Bronze	Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Monte Carlo Rally (23–25 January) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:03.0	15	389.12 km	43	20
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:15.6
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:22.6

2	Swedish Rally (6–8 February) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:26:17.7	19	394.80 km	70	49
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:27:04.1
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003	3:27:39.2

3	Rally Mexico (12–14 March) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:06:46.2	15	394.43 km	54	26
		2	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:07:28.7
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:08:07.1

4	Rally New Zealand (15–18 April) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:02:29.5	23	395.50 km	58	35
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:02:35.4
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:55.1

5	Cyprus Rally (14–16 May) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:58:44.5	18	326.68 km	37	21
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:59:38.5
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:59:53.6

6	Acropolis Rally (3–6 June) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:39:06.2	22	377.13 km	72	33
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:39:24.6
		3	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:39:34.5

7	Rally of Turkey (24–27 June) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:48:26.8	17	383.33 km	63	32
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:48:53.0
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:49:03.5

8	Rally Argentina (15–18 July) — Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:23:11.1	26	376.65 km	69	29
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:24:43.5
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:27:34.5

9	Rally Finland (6–8 August) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:07:16.1	22	382.17 km	68	34
		2	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:07:50.8
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:00.6

10	Rallye Deutschland (20–22 August) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:57.4	24	411.06 km	69	41
		2	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:26.5
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:06.9

11	Rally Japan (3–5 September) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:43:50.6	27	386.68 km	83	53
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:45:03.9
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.9

12	Wales Rally GB (16–19 September) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:42:39.5	19	394.03 km	83	42
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:42:45.8
		3	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.2

13	Rally d'Italia Sardegna (1–3 October) — Results and report	1	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:43:47.9	19	383.23 km	67	29
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:45:55.8
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:47:08.8

14	Tour de Corse (15–17 October) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:11:51.4	12	387.80 km	53	35
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:13:53.4
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:14:46.7

15	Rally Catalunya (29–31 October) — Results and report	1	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:40:43.8	20	384.08 km	52	36
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:07.0
		3	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:41:21.5

16	Rally Australia (11–14 November) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:39:46.8	25	388.25 km	62	29
		2	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:41.9
		3	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:43:27.0

References

↑ "WRC calendar 2004". Juwra. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
↑ "WRC season 2004". eWRC. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
1 2 "Season 2004 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
1 2 "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
1 2 "Martin's Tour de Corse win hands WRC title to Loeb". Motorsport.com. 20 October 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 2004 at ewrc-results.com

[1] "WRC calendar 2004". Juwra. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

[2] "WRC season 2004". eWRC. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2004Juwra-3] 1 2 "Season 2004 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

[2004Standings-4] 1 2 "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 2004". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

[TourDeCorseMCOM-5] 1 2 "Martin's Tour de Corse win hands WRC title to Loeb". Motorsport.com. 20 October 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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