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Rallye Catalunya 2005 counts for:
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 406th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 15 of 16 |
| Official name: | RallyRACC - Catalunya - Costa Daurada |
| Edition: | 41st |
| Date: | from Friday 28-Oct-2005 to Sunday 30-Oct-2005 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Aman Barfull |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 66 | |
| Starters: | 58 | |
| Finishers: | 40 | (69.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 15 | |
| Shortest: | 11.27 | km | (SS10 Riudecanyes 1) |
| Longest: | 28.48 | km | (SS13 Colldejou 2) |
| Slowest: | 88.66 | km/h | (SS10 Riudecanyes 1) |
| Fastest: | 114.88 | km/h | (SS6 El Montmell 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 358.75 | km | (27.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 338.74 | km | (26.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 963.10 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,301.84 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 20th win and 35th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 10th podium for Francois Duval. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 25th win and 1-2 win were 62nd to 63rd podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 188th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb scored his 20th win, bringing him equal with Didier Auriol in number of WRC wins. Incidentally, also Auriol scored his 20th win in Catalunya.
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Final leg saw fantastic battle between two privateers, Mikko Hirvonen (pictured) and Xavier Pons. In the end Hirvonen was faster, but only by 1.2 seconds.
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Related links
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Rallye de France 2005
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Rally Australia 2005
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