2004 Rally New Zealand

2004 Rally New Zealand
*35th Propecia Rally New Zealand*
2004 Rally New Zealand; 35th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 4 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	New Zealand
Rally base	Auckland
Dates run	April 15, 2004 – April 18, 2004
Stages	23 (395.5 km; 245.8 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,398.36 km (868.90 miles)
Statistics
Crews	58 at start, 35 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Petter Solberg; Phil Mills; 555 Subaru World Rally Team; Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04

The 2004 Rally New Zealand (formally the 35th Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the fourth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 15 April and 18 April 2004, and was based in Auckland, New Zealand. Subaru's Petter Solberg won the race, his 6th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	P
3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
6	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	M
9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
10	Kristian Sohlberg	Kaj Lindström	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
World Rally Championship entries
11	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
12	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
14	Jari Viita	Timo Hantunen	M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
15	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
67	Kevin Holmes	Damon McLachlan	Stumpy Holmes Rallysport	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
76	Malcolm Stewart	Mike Fletcher	S.M.S.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI TME	—
77	Dermott Malley	Patrick Malley	Rally Drive NZ	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	—
80	Bruce Warburton	Damon McLachlan	Provision	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
82	Hideaki Ito	Akira Kojima	Hideaki Ito	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
83	David Langford-Smith	Alan Hind	David Langford-Smith	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
PWRC entries
31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	P
32	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert	P
33	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
34	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza STI S10	P
35	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Marcos Ligato	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
36	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barrabés	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
37	Joakim Roman	Björn Nilsson	Joakim Roman	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	M
38	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	—
39	Alister McRae	David Senior	R.E.D World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	P
40	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
41	Jani Paasonen	Sirkka Rautiainen	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
42	Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI	—
43	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
44	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
45	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
46	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Wodniak	Tomasz Kuchar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	M
47	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	M
48	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Y
49	Sergio López-Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
50	Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	P
Source:^[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 141.92 km
15 April	19:25	SS1	Manukau Super 1	2.10 km
15 April	19:55	SS2	Manukau Super 2	2.10 km
16 April	10:13	SS3	Wairere 1	18.90 km
	10:51	SS4	Cassidy	15.78 km
	11:14	SS5	Bull	31.73 km
	13:13	SS6	Wairere 2	18.90 km
	13:51	SS7	Possum (Cassidy-Bull)	48.21 km
	19:25	SS8	Manukau Super 3	2.10 km
	19:46	SS9	Manukau Super 4	2.10 km
Leg 2 — 138.84 km
17 April	11:23	SS10	Parahi 1	25.18 km
	12:16	SS11	Batley 1	16.97 km
	12:44	SS12	Waipu Gorge 1	11.24 km
	13:07	SS13	Brooks 1	16.03 km
	15:13	SS14	Parahi 2	25.18 km
	16:06	SS15	Batley 2	16.97 km
	16:34	SS16	Waipu Gorge 2	11.24 km
	16:57	SS17	Brooks 2	16.03 km
Leg 3 — 114.74 km
18 April	09:54	SS18	Te Hutewai 1	11.15 km
	10:17	SS19	Te Papatapu 1	16.62 km
	10:45	SS20	Whaanga Coast 1	29.60 km
	12:28	SS21	Te Hutewai 2	11.15 km
	12:51	SS22	Te Papatapu 2	16.62 km
	13:19	SS23	Whaanga Coast 2	29.60 km
Source:^[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:02:29.5		10
2	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:02:35.4	+5.9	8
3	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:02:55.1	+25.6	6
4	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:34.7	+1:05.2	5
5	6	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:04:53.2	+2:23.7	4
6	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:05:38.4	+3:08.9	3
7	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:08:12.0	+5:42.5	2
8	12	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:15:53.3	+13:23.8	1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:02:29.5		10
2	2	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:02:35.4	+5.9	8
3	3	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:02:55.1	+25.6	6
4	4	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:34.7	+1:05.2	5
5	5	6	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:04:53.2	+2:23.7	4
6	6	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:05:38.4	+3:08.9	3
7	7	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	4:08:12.0	+5:42.5	2
18	8	8	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	4:26:02.3	+23:32.8	0
Retired SS2		9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Electronical		0
Retired SS2		10	Kristian Sohlberg	Kaj Lindström	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Electronical		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (15 Apr)	SS1	Manukau Super 1	2.10 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	1:24.5	Markko Märtin
Leg 1 (15 Apr)	SS2	Manukau Super 2	2.10 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	1:22.4	Petter Solberg
Leg 1 (16 Apr)	SS3	Wairere 1	18.90 km	Petter Solberg Marcus Grönholm	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 Peugeot 307 WRC	10:42.5
	SS4	Cassidy	15.78 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	9:13.7
	SS5	Bull	31.73 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	19:55.6	Marcus Grönholm
	SS6	Wairere 2	18.90 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	10:27.2	Petter Solberg
	SS7	Possum (Cassidy-Bull)	48.21 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	28:55.9	Harri Rovanperä
	SS8	Manukau Super 3	2.10 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	1:24.8	Petter Solberg
	SS9	Manukau Super 4	2.10 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	1:24.0
Leg 2 (17 Apr)	SS10	Parahi 1	25.18 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	12:57.2
	SS11	Batley 1	16.97 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	9:23.1
	SS12	Waipu Gorge 1	11.24 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	6:36.6
	SS13	Brooks 1	16.03 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '04	9:47.3
	SS14	Parahi 2	25.18 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	12:41.2
	SS15	Batley 2	16.97 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	9:08.3
	SS16	Waipu Gorge 2	11.24 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	6:26.3
	SS17	Brooks 2	16.03 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	9:34.4
Leg 3 (18 Apr)	SS18	Te Hutewai 1	11.15 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	7:52.4
	SS19	Te Papatapu 1	16.62 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	10:54.7
	SS20	Whaanga Coast 1	29.60 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	21:31.4	Marcus Grönholm
	SS21	Te Hutewai 2	11.15 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	7:46.0	Marcus Grönholm
	SS22	Te Papatapu 2	16.62 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	10:43.5	Petter Solberg
	SS23	Whaanga Coast 2	29.60 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	20:47.1	Petter Solberg

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Markko Märtin	26	1	Michael Park	26		Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	47
2	1	Sébastien Loeb	25	1	Daniel Elena	25		Citroën Total WRT	38
3		Marcus Grönholm	24		Timo Rautiainen	24		Marlboro Peugeot Total	33
4	1	Petter Solberg	23	1	Phil Mills	23		555 Subaru World Rally Team	31
5	1	François Duval	14	1	Stéphane Prévot	14		Mitsubishi Motors	5

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
10	1	40	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:18:53.3		10
12	2	35	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Marcos Ligato	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:20:09.6	+1:16.3	8
13	3	39	Alister McRae	David Senior	R.E.D World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:20:28.3	+1:35.0	6
14	4	41	Jani Paasonen	Sirkka Rautiainen	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:20:44.1	+1:50.8	5
15	5	31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:20:52.1	+1:58.8	4
16	6	47	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Xavier Pons	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:23:20.4	+4:27.1	3
20	7	44	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:27:33.9	+8:40.6	2
21	8	32	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert	4:27:53.2	+8:59.9	1
23	9	49	Sergio López-Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:33:29.7	+14:36.4	0
27	10	38	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4:38:06.3	+19:13.0	0
30	11	36	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barrabés	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:51:02.6	+32:09.3	0
Retired SS23		37	Joakim Roman	Björn Nilsson	Joakim Roman	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Brakes		0
Retired SS21		34	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza STI S10	Accident		0
Retired SS20		33	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Accident		0
Retired SS18		50	Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Over time limit		0
Retired SS13		42	Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson	Mark Higgins	Subaru Impreza STI	Fire		0
Retired SS6		48	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	Accident		0
Retired SS5		43	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Accident		0
Retired SS3		46	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Wodniak	Tomasz Kuchar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Fuel pump		0
Retired SS1		45	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Fabio Frisiero	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (15 Apr)	SS1	Manukau Super 1	2.10 km	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	1:31.2	Fumio Nutahara
Leg 1 (15 Apr)	SS2	Manukau Super 2	2.10 km	Jani Paasonen Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1:29.6	Fumio Nutahara
Leg 1 (16 Apr)	SS3	Wairere 1	18.90 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	11:23.4	Gianluigi Galli
	SS4	Cassidy	15.78 km	Marcos Ligato	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	9:50.8	Manfred Stohl
	SS5	Bull	31.73 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	21:08.6
	SS6	Wairere 2	18.90 km	Marcos Ligato	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	11:06.6
	SS7	Possum (Cassidy-Bull)	48.21 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	30:52.6
	SS8	Manukau Super 3	2.10 km	Niall McShea	Subaru Impreza STI S10	1:24.8
	SS9	Manukau Super 4	2.10 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1:31.9
Leg 2 (17 Apr)	SS10	Parahi 1	25.18 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	13:51.4
	SS11	Batley 1	16.97 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	9:55.5
	SS12	Waipu Gorge 1	11.24 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	7:00.2
	SS13	Brooks 1	16.03 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	10:21.3
	SS14	Parahi 2	25.18 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	13:42.1	Daniel Solà
	SS15	Batley 2	16.97 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	9:54.8
	SS16	Waipu Gorge 2	11.24 km	Daniel Solà	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	6:56.7
	SS17	Brooks 2	16.03 km	Alister McRae	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	10:15.0
Leg 3 (18 Apr)	SS18	Te Hutewai 1	11.15 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	8:20.7
	SS19	Te Papatapu 1	16.62 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	11:31.5
	SS20	Whaanga Coast 1	29.60 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	22:36.7	Manfred Stohl
	SS21	Te Hutewai 2	11.15 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:11.6
	SS22	Te Papatapu 2	16.62 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	11:24.2
	SS23	Whaanga Coast 2	29.60 km	Alister McRae	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	22:15.3

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1		Daniel Solà	16
2		Toshihiro Arai	15
3		Jani Paasonen	15
4		Alister McRae	14
5		Manfred Stohl	10

References

^ "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
^ "Rally New Zealand 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "Rally New Zealand 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 17 September 2021.

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[2004-NewZealand-1] "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-09-16.

[rmdrivers_2004-2] "Rally New Zealand 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[sr_2004-3] "Rally New Zealand 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 17 September 2021.

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