2004 Rally Finland

2004 Rally Finland
54th Neste Rally Finland
Round 9 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen celebrating their victory.
Host country Finland
Rally baseJyväskylä
Dates runAugust 6, 2004 – August 8, 2004
Stages22 (382.71 km; 237.80 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,577.16 km (980.00 miles)
Statistics
Crews68 at start, 34 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Marcus Grönholm
Timo Rautiainen
Marlboro Peugeot Total

The 2004 Rally Finland (formally the 54th Neste Rally Finland) was the ninth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship season and was held between 6 and 8 August 2004. The rally was based in Jyväskylä. Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm won the race, his 16th 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 Janne Tuohino Jukka Aho 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 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
12 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
14 Sebastian Lindholm Tomi Tuominen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
15 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 M
16 Jani Paasonen Jani Vainikka Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC M
17 Daniel Carlsson Matthias Andersson Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
18 Henning Solberg Cato Menkerud Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
19 Alistair Ginley Rory Kennedy Alistair Ginley Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
20 Antony Warmbold Gemma Price Antony Warmbold Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
21 Juuso Pykälistö Mika Ovaskainen Kronos Racing Citroën Xsara WRC —
22 Jari Viita Timo Hantunen Jari Viita Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
65 Tamás Tagai Róbert Tagai Tamás Tagai Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 P
85 Fabrizio De Sanctis Enrico Zoppi Fabrizio De Sanctis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
JWRC entries
31 Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
32 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
33 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
34 Alessandro Broccoli Giovanni Agnese Sab Motorsport Fiat Punto S1600 P
35 Kosti Katajamäki Timo Alanne Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
36 Kris Meeke Chris Patterson McRae Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 P
37 Luca Cecchettini Nicola Arena Autorel Sport Renault Clio S1600 P
39 Nicolas Bernardi Jean-Marc Fortin Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 P
40 Guerlain Chicherit Mathieu Baumel Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 P
41 Natalie Barratt Carl Williamson Risbridger Motorsport Renault Clio S1600 P
42 Mathieu Biasion Eric Domenech Power Car Team Renault Clio S1600 P
43 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
44 Alan Scorcioni Massimo Daddoveri H.F. Grifone SRL Fiat Punto S1600 P
45 Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 P
46 Xavier Pons Oriol Julià Pascual RACC Motor Sport Fiat Punto S1600 P
47 Luca Tabaton Gisella Rovegno H.F. Grifone SRL Fiat Punto S1600 P
48 Conrad Rautenbach Mark Jones Birkbeck Rallysport Opel Corsa S1600 P
49 Luca Betti Paolo Del Grande Meteco Corse Peugeot 206 S1600 P
50 Oliver Marshall Craig Parry Prospeed Motorsport Renault Clio S1600 P
51 Larry Cols Filip Goddé Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 P
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 119.65 km
6 August 08:34 SS1 Kuohu 1 7.76 km
08:57 SS2 Parkkola 1 14.95 km
09:38 SS3 Mökkiperä 1 13.96 km
12:44 SS4 Lankamaa 24.86 km
13:32 SS5 Laukaa 11.82 km
14:27 SS6 Ruuhimäki 7.57 km
16:40 SS7 Kuohu 2 7.76 km
17:03 SS8 Parkkola 2 14.95 km
17:44 SS9 Mökkiperä 2 13.96 km
19:26 SS10 Killeri 1 2.06 km
Leg 2 — 167.80 km
7 August 07:06 SS11 Vaheri 24.15 km
08:19 SS12 Ouninpohja 1 33.24 km
11:43 SS13 Urria 10.00 km
13:06 SS14 Ouninpohja 2 33.24 km
14:14 SS15 Ehikki 11.34 km
17:20 SS16 Moksi — Leustu 40.96 km
18:32 SS17 Himos 12.81 km
20:40 SS18 Killeri 2 2.06 km
Leg 3 — 98.50 km
8 August 08:36 SS19 Jukojärvi 1 22.31 km
09:07 SS20 Kruununperä 1 25.32 km
12:28 SS21 Jukojärvi 2 22.31 km
12:59 SS22 Kruununperä 2 25.32 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 5 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:07:16.1 10
2 7 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:07:50.8 +34.7 8
3 4 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:00.6 +1:44.5 6
4 3 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:39.4 +2:23.3 5
5 8 Janne Tuohino Jukka Aho Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:09:52.8 +2:36.7 4
6 16 Jani Paasonen Jani Vainikka Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 3:11:52.3 +4:36.2 3
7 15 François Duval Stéphane Prévot Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:13:07.1 +5:51.0 2
8 12 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC 3:13:19.3 +6:03.2 1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 5 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:07:16.1 10
2 2 7 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:07:50.8 +34.7 8
3 3 4 Carlos Sainz Marc Martí Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:00.6 +1:44.5 6
4 4 3 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:39.4 +2:23.3 5
5 5 8 Janne Tuohino Jukka Aho Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '04 3:09:52.8 +2:36.7 4
11 6 9 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 3:14:49.1 +7:33.0 0
Retired SS14 10 Kristian Sohlberg Kaj Lindström Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Accident 0
Retired SS10 2 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 Accident 0
Retired SS7 6 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Accident 0
Retired SS4 1 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 Accident 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (6 Aug) SS1 Kuohu 1 7.76 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 3:41.6 Harri Rovanperä
SS2 Parkkola 1 14.95 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 7:26.8
SS3 Mökkiperä 1 13.96 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 6:51.2
SS4 Lankamaa 24.86 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:04.1
SS5 Laukaa 11.82 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 307 WRC 5:44.3
SS6 Ruuhimäki 7.57 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 3:57.1 Marcus Grönholm
SS7 Kuohu 2 7.76 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 3:39.4
SS8 Parkkola 2 14.95 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 7:20.8
SS9 Mökkiperä 2 13.96 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 6:47.6
SS10 Killeri 1 2.06 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 1:18.7
Leg 2 (7 Aug) SS11 Vaheri 24.15 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:04.5
SS12 Ouninpohja 1 33.24 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 15:29.8
SS13 Urria 10.00 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:42.3
SS14 Ouninpohja 2 33.24 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 15:18.5
SS15 Ehikki 11.34 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 5:21.7
SS16 Moksi — Leustu 40.96 km Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 20:30.2
SS17 Himos 12.81 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 7:06.4
SS18 Killeri 2 2.06 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '04 1:19.1
Leg 3 (8 Aug) SS19 Jukojärvi 1 22.31 km Mikko Hirvonen Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 10:46.0
SS20 Kruununperä 1 25.32 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 11:53.6
SS21 Jukojärvi 2 22.31 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 10:36.1
SS22 Kruununperä 2 25.32 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 11:54.3

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Sébastien Loeb 66 Daniel Elena 66 Citroën Total WRT 109
2 Petter Solberg 44 Phil Mills 44 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 83
3 Markko Märtin 42 Michael Park 42 555 Subaru World Rally Team 64
4 1 Marcus Grönholm 42 1 Timo Rautiainen 42 Marlboro Peugeot Total 61
5 1 Carlos Sainz 40 1 Marc Martí 40 Mitsubishi Motors 17

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
16 1 45 Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:29:11.6 10
17 2 35 Kosti Katajamäki Timo Alanne Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:29:24.9 +13.3 8
19 3 39 Nicolas Bernardi Jean-Marc Fortin Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 3:32:17.3 +3:05.7 6
20 4 31 Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Bernacchini Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:32:28.6 +3:17.0 5
23 5 32 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:34:00.8 +4:49.2 4
24 6 51 Larry Cols Filip Goddé Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 3:34:48.6 +5:37.0 3
28 7 46 Xavier Pons Oriol Julià Pascual RACC Motor Sport Fiat Punto S1600 3:42:19.7 +13:08.1 2
31 8 37 Luca Cecchettini Nicola Arena Autorel Sport Renault Clio S1600 3:43:31.8 +14:20.2 1
32 9 42 Mathieu Biasion Eric Domenech Power Car Team Renault Clio S1600 3:46:03.3 +16:51.7 0
34 10 41 Natalie Barratt Carl Williamson Risbridger Motorsport Renault Clio S1600 3:53:25.1 +24:13.5 0
Retired SS19 49 Luca Betti Paolo Del Grande Meteco Corse Peugeot 206 S1600 Engine 0
Retired SS15 44 Alan Scorcioni Massimo Daddoveri H.F. Grifone SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS12 50 Oliver Marshall Craig Parry Prospeed Motorsport Renault Clio S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS11 47 Luca Tabaton Gisella Rovegno H.F. Grifone SRL Fiat Punto S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS10 48 Conrad Rautenbach Mark Jones Birkbeck Rallysport Opel Corsa S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS9 34 Alessandro Broccoli Giovanni Agnese Sab Motorsport Fiat Punto S1600 Engine 0
Retired SS9 36 Kris Meeke Chris Patterson McRae Motorsport Opel Corsa S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS8 40 Guerlain Chicherit Mathieu Baumel Citroën Total Citroën Saxo S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS7 33 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident 0
Retired SS3 43 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Suzuki Sport Suzuki Ignis S1600 Accident 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (6 Aug) SS1 Kuohu 1 7.76 km Kris Meeke Opel Corsa S1600 4:09.3 Kris Meeke
SS2 Parkkola 1 14.95 km Kris Meeke Opel Corsa S1600 8:15.0
SS3 Mökkiperä 1 13.96 km Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis S1600 7:43.2
SS4 Lankamaa 24.86 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 13:36.2 Per-Gunnar Andersson
SS5 Laukaa 11.82 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 6:23.5
SS6 Ruuhimäki 7.57 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 4:28.6
SS7 Kuohu 2 7.76 km Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 4:08.3
SS8 Parkkola 2 14.95 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 8:11.1
SS9 Mökkiperä 2 13.96 km Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 7:39.8
SS10 Killeri 1 2.06 km Mirco Baldacci Suzuki Ignis S1600 1:27.0
Leg 2 (7 Aug) SS11 Vaheri 24.15 km Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 13:20.0
SS12 Ouninpohja 1 33.24 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 17:12.5
SS13 Urria 10.00 km Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:18.2
SS14 Ouninpohja 2 33.24 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 17:01.6
SS15 Ehikki 11.34 km Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 5:57.7 Kosti Katajamäki
SS16 Moksi — Leustu 40.96 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 23:02.5 Per-Gunnar Andersson
SS17 Himos 12.81 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 8:00.3
SS18 Killeri 2 2.06 km Larry Cols Renault Clio S1600 1:27.4
Leg 3 (8 Aug) SS19 Jukojärvi 1 22.31 km Kosti Katajamäki Suzuki Ignis S1600 12:07.8 Kosti Katajamäki
SS20 Kruununperä 1 25.32 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 13:30.2 Per-Gunnar Andersson
SS21 Jukojärvi 2 22.31 km Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 11:57.8
SS22 Kruununperä 2 25.32 km Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis S1600 13:22.1

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Nicolas Bernardi 24
2 2 Per-Gunnar Andersson 21
3 1 Guy Wilks 16
4 2 Kosti Katajamäki 16
5 2 Urmo Aava 16

References

  1. ^ "Finland Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  2. ^ "Rally Finland 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Rally Finland 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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