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Rally Finland 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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| 401st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 16 |
| Official name: | Neste Rally Finland |
| Edition: | 55th |
| Date: | from Thursday 4-Aug-2005 to Sunday 7-Aug-2005 |
| Rally HQ: | Jyvaskyla, Central Finland; Finland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kai Tarkiainen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 84 | |
| Starters: | 76 | |
| Finishers: | 49 | (64.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 2.06 | km | (SS1 SSS Killeri 1) |
| Longest: | 40.96 | km | (SS16 Moksi-Leustu) |
| Slowest: | 89.35 | km/h | (SS1 SSS Killeri 1) |
| Fastest: | 129.54 | km/h | (SS14 Ouninpohja Lansi 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 355.59 | km | (26.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 355.59 | km | (26.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,008.36 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,363.95 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 17th win and 35th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Second place was 30th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Third place was 18th podium for Markko Martin. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 47th win and win and third place were 123rd to 124th podiums for Peugeot. |
| | Second place was 55th podium for Citroen. |
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As Gronholm's only problem was his co-driver's injured back, he had to take jumps a little more carefully than the other drivers.
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Hirvonen had no such problems and was able to drive flat out, almost matching his former team-mate Petter Solberg.
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Related links
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Rally Argentina 2005
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Deutschland 2005
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