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OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2004 counts for:
2004 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2004 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2004 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 385th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 16 |
| Official name: | OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland |
| Edition: | 23rd |
| Date: | from Thursday 19-Aug-2004 to Sunday 22-Aug-2004 |
| Rally HQ: | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 69 | |
| Starters: | 69 | |
| Finishers: | 41 | (59.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 6.24 | km | (SS17 St Wendel 1) |
| Longest: | 40.30 | km | (SS16 Panzerplatte Lang 2) |
| Slowest: | 94.47 | km/h | (SS19 Teufelskopf 1) |
| Fastest: | 115.85 | km/h | (SS21 St Wendeler Land 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 411.06 | km | (40.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 353.65 | km | (34.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 664.71 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,018.36 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 9th win and 17th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 6th podium for Francois Duval. |
| Third place was 93rd podium for Carlos Sainz. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 14th win and win and third place were 36th to 37th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 178th podium for Ford. |
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It takes a brutal looking maneuver to turn the car in uphill hairpin but that's all in a days work for Loeb.
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Loeb might be winner but young Duval used experience from similar roads of his native Belgium for most excellent effect.
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Perhaps conditions had something to do with Fabia's first stage win but Skoda has certainly improved.
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Related links
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Rally Finland 2004
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Rally Japan 2004
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