title: 2005 Swedish Rally
text: # 2005 Swedish Rally
  
  The 54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2005 World Rally Championship season took place from February 11–13, 2005.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | WRC |||||||
  | 1. | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru Impreza WRC 04 | 3:00:52.1 | 0.0 | 10 |
  | 2. | Markko Märtin | Michael Park | Peugeot 307 WRC | 3:03:03.2 | 2:11.1 | 8 |
  | 3. | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | 3:04:06.8 | 3:14.7 | 6 |
  | 4. | Harri Rovanperä | Risto Pietiläinen | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 3:04:18.5 | 3:26.4 | 5 |
  | 5. | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | 3:04:21.9 | 3:29.8 | 4 |
  | 6. | Daniel Carlsson | Mattias Andersson | Peugeot 307 WRC | 3:04:34.6 | 3:42.5 | 3 |
  | 7. | Gigi Galli | Guido d'Amore | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | 3:04:56.1 | 4:04.0 | 2 |
  | 8. | Roman Kresta | Jan Tománek | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | 3:05:31.7 | 4:39.6 | 1 |
  | PWRC |||||||
  | 1.(17.) | Toshi Arai | Tony Sircombe | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:15:51.9 | 0.0 | 10 |
  | 2.(31.) | Angelo Medeghini | Barbara Capoferri | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:33:40.9 | 17:49.0 | 8 |
  | 3.(32.) | Fabio Frisiero | Giovanni Agnese | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:34:05.6 | 18:13.7 | 6 |
  | 4.(38.) | Xavier Pons | Oriol Julia Pascual | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:46:50.2 | 30:58.3 | 5 |
  | 5.(43.) | Fumio Nutahara | Satoshi Hayashi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:54:47.0 | 38:55.1 | 4 |
  | 6.(46.) | Riccardo Errani | Stefano Casadio | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 4:16:24.1 | 1:00:32.2 | 3 |
  
  ## Retirements
  
  * Sébastien Loeb - engine (SS19)
  * Marcus Grönholm - accident (SS16)
  * Mikko Hirvonen - electrical (SS18)
  
  ## Special stages
  
  All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).
  
  | Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS1 | 09:00 | Likenas 1 | 21.78 km | Petter Solberg | 12:16.3 | 106.5 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS2 | 10:23 | Hara 1 | 11.31 km | Petter Solberg | 6:03.1 | 112.1 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS3 | 11:05 | Torntorp 1 | 19.20 km | Marcus Grönholm | 9:45.8 | 118.0 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS4 | 13:46 | Likenas 2 | 21.78 km | Marcus Grönholm | 12:06.7 | 107.9 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS5 | 15:09 | Hara 2 | 11.31 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5:55.7 | 114.5 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS6 | 15:51 | Torntorp 2 | 19.20 km | Gigi Galli | 9:47.6 | 117.6 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 1 (11 FEB) | SS7 | 17:10 | Hagfors Sprint 1 | 1.86 km | Sébastien Loeb | 2:05.1 | 53.5 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS8 | 07:59 | Sundsjon 1 | 20.78 km | Sébastien Loeb | 10:55.6 | 114.1 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS9 | 08:48 | Vargasen 1 | 24.79 km | Petter Solberg | 13:45.2 | 108.1 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS10 | 11:23 | Fredriksberg | 20.12 km | Marcus Grönholm | 11:26.3 | 105.5 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS11 | 12:12 | Lejen | 26.39 km | Marcus Grönholm | 13:25.4 | 118.0 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS12 | 15:00 | Sundsjon 2 | 20.78 km | Sébastien Loeb | 10:37.8 | 117.3 km/h | Marcus Grönholm |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS13 | 15:49 | Vargasen 2 | 24.79 km | Petter Solberg | 13:36.0 | 109.4 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 2 (12 FEB) | SS14 | 17:13 | Hagfors Sprint 2 | 1.86 km | Petter Solberg | 2:01.9 | 54.9 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 3 (13 FEB) | SS15 | 08:08 | Lesjofors 1 | 10.17 km | Petter Solberg | 5:32.2 | 110.2 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 3 (13 FEB) | SS16 | 08:41 | Rammen 1 | 23.35 km | Markko Märtin | 11:58.0 | 117.1 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 3 (13 FEB) | SS17 | 09:30 | Malta 1 | 11.25 km | Markko Märtin | 5:35.5 | 120.7 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 3 (13 FEB) | SS18 | 11:43 | Lesjofors 2 | 10.17 km | Daniel Carlsson | 5:31.8 | 110.3 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 3 (13 FEB) | SS19 | 12:16 | Rammen 2 | 23.35 km | Daniel Carlsson | 11:44.1 | 119.4 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  | 3 (13 FEB) | SS20 | 13:05 | Malta 2 | 11.25 km | Harri Rovanperä | 5:34.9 | 120.9 km/h | Petter Solberg |
  
  ## Championship standings after the event
  
  ### Drivers' championship
  
  | Pos | Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Toni Gardemeister | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 |
  | 2 | Markko Märtin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
  | 3 | Sébastien Loeb | 1 | Ret. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
  | 3 | Petter Solberg | Ret. | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
  | 5 | Harri Rovanperä | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
  | 6 | Gilles Panizzi | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
  | 7 | Marcus Grönholm | 5 | Ret. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
  | 7 | Henning Solberg | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
  | 9 | Manfred Stohl | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
  | 9 | Daniel Carlsson | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
  | 11 | Gianluigi Galli | | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
  | 11 | Roman Kresta | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
  | Pos | Driver | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS | Pts |
  
  Key :
  
  | Colour | Result |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | Winner |
  | Silver | 2nd place |
  | Bronze | 3rd place |
  | Green | Points finish |
  | Blue | Non-points finish |
  | Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
  | Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
  | Black | Excluded (EX) |
  | Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
  | White | Did not start (DNS) |
  | White | Cancelled (C) |
  | Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |
  