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Rally Japan 2005 counts for:
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 404th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally Japan |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Date: | from Friday 30-Sep-2005 to Sunday 2-Oct-2005 |
| Rally HQ: | Obihiro, Hokkaido; Japan |
| Clerk of the Course: | Ryuji Makita |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 90 | |
| Starters: | 90 | |
| Finishers: | 63 | (70.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 26 | |
| Shortest: | 2.10 | km | (SS9 Satsunai 1) |
| Longest: | 50.06 | km | (SS7 Kunneywa - Niueo 2) |
| Slowest: | 73.84 | km/h | (SS13 Rikubetsu 3) |
| Fastest: | 118.78 | km/h | (SS18 Nupri Pake) |
| Planned stage distance: | 350.18 | km | (21.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 350.18 | km | (21.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,264.66 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,614.84 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 18th win and 37th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Second place was 33rd podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Christopher Atkinson. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 48th win and 126th podium for Peugeot. |
| | Second place was 60th podium for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 115th podium for Subaru. |
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Even if Gronholm inherited the win after Solberg went off, it doesn't mean that Marcus would not have pushed hard.
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In a rally filled with good performances by young drivers Chris Atkinson's first podium stood out.
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Related links
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Wales Rally GB 2005
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Rallye de France 2005
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