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Rally Australia 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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| 407th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 16 of 16 |
| Official name: | Telstra Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 18th |
| Date: | from Thursday 10-Nov-2005 to Sunday 13-Nov-2005 |
| Rally HQ: | Perth, Western Australia; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Adrian Stafford |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 61 | |
| Starters: | 60 | |
| Finishers: | 43 | (71.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 26 | |
| Shortest: | 2.35 | km | (SS1 Perth City Super 1) |
| Longest: | 29.93 | km | (SS25 Helena North 2) |
| Slowest: | 88.49 | km/h | (SS10 Perth City Super 3) |
| Fastest: | 125.55 | km/h | (SS15 Bannister North 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 355.01 | km | (26.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 355.01 | km | (26.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 990.40 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,345.41 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 1st win and 11th podium for Francois Duval. |
| Second place was 15th podium for Harri Rovanpera. |
| Third place was 2nd podium for Manfred Stohl. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 26th win and win and third place were 64th to 65th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 75th podium for Mitsubishi. |
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Francois Duval was able to hold off challengers and take win after Loeb, Gronholm and Solberg all had retired.
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Mitsubishi ended the year like they started it, on podium. At one point even win looked possible for Rovanpera.
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Special citation belongs to Colin McRae who ran consistently on second and third place before he was forced out by faulty clutch.
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Related links
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Rally Catalunya 2005
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Monte Carlo 2006
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