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Wales Rally GB 2005 counts for:
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 403rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 12 of 16 |
| Official name: | Wales Rally GB |
| Edition: | 61st |
| Date: | from Friday 16-Sep-2005 to Sunday 18-Sep-2005 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Fred Gallagher |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 87 | |
| Starters: | 80 | |
| Finishers: | 56 | (70.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 1.10 | km | (SS13 Cardiff) |
| Longest: | 29.39 | km | (SS16 Resolfen 2) |
| Slowest: | 62.07 | km/h | (SS13 Cardiff) |
| Fastest: | 119.97 | km/h | (SS14 Resolfen 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 354.22 | km | (30.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 269.99 | km | (23.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 898.03 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,168.02 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and 27th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| Second place was 9th podium for Francois Duval. |
| Third place was 32nd podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 47th win and 114th podium for Subaru. |
| | Second and third places were 58th to 59th podiums for Citroen. |
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Co-driver Michael Park was killed when Markko Martin's Peugeot crashed into a tree on stage 15.
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Petter won when Loeb took penalties in order to avoid winning and clinching his championship title in sad circumstancies.
(Photo: SWRT)
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Colin McRae made a comeback in wheel of second official Skoda Fabia WRC. The battle between Colin and his protege Kris Meeke was intense.
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Related links
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Deutschland 2005
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Rally Japan 2005
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