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Championship status
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Rally Japan 2005 counts for:

2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)

Facts
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 404th WRC rally 
 Round of season: 13 of 16 
 Official name: Rally Japan 
 Edition: 5th 
 Date: from Friday 30-Sep-2005 to Sunday 2-Oct-2005 
 Rally HQ: Obihiro, Hokkaido; Japan 
 Clerk of the Course: Ryuji Makita 
 Surface: Gravel 
 
 Entries: 90  
 Starters: 90  
 Finishers: 63 (70.0% of starters) 
 
 Stages: 26 
 Shortest: 2.10km(SS9 Satsunai 1)
 Longest: 50.06km(SS7 Kunneywa - Niueo 2)
 Slowest: 73.84km/h(SS13 Rikubetsu 3)
 Fastest: 118.78km/h(SS18 Nupri Pake)
 Planned stage distance: 350.18km(21.7% of total distance)
 Actual stage distance: 350.18km(21.7% of total distance)
 Road section distance: 1,264.66km
 Total distance: 1,614.84km
Milestones
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 DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS 
    Win was 18th win and 37th podium for Marcus Gronholm.
 Second place was 33rd podium for Sebastien Loeb. 
 Third place was 1st podium for Christopher Atkinson. 
 MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS 
    Win was 48th win and 126th podium for Peugeot.
    Second place was 60th podium for Citroen.
    Third place was 115th podium for Subaru.
Marcus Gronholm
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Even if Gronholm inherited the win after Solberg went off, it doesn't mean that Marcus would not have pushed hard. Click picture to see larger version in a pop-up window
Chris Atkinson
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In a rally filled with good performances by young drivers Chris Atkinson's first podium stood out. Click picture to see larger version in a pop-up window
Related links
Wales Rally GB 2005
Rallye de France 2005
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