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Rally New Zealand 2005 counts for:
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 395th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 4 of 16 |
| Official name: | Propecia Rally New Zealand |
| Edition: | 35th |
| Date: | from Friday 8-Apr-2005 to Sunday 10-Apr-2005 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Morrie Chandler |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 71 | |
| Starters: | 68 | |
| Finishers: | 42 | (61.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 2.10 | km | (SS15 Manukau Super 1) |
| Longest: | 31.73 | km | (SS14 Bull 2) |
| Slowest: | 82.94 | km/h | (SS18 Whaanga Coast 1) |
| Fastest: | 116.98 | km/h | (SS1 Parahi) |
| Planned stage distance: | 355.77 | km | (31.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 355.77 | km | (31.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 772.48 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,128.25 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 12th win and 24th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 31st podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Third place was 23rd podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 17th win and 47th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 118th podium for Peugeot. |
| | Third place was 110th podium for Subaru. |
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Superior performance over deciding stages ensured an exceptionally dominant win for Loeb, his first in New Zealand.
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Young Atkinson scored his first two stage wins and justified the faith put into him.
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Related links
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Rally Mexico 2005
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Sardinia 2005
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