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2004 World Rally Championship

32nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion: Citroën thumb|Sébastien Loeb (pictured in 2014) won his first WRC drivers' championship thumb|Defending champion Petter Solberg (pictured in 2017) was runner-up

Citroën secured their second manufacturers' championship

The 2004 World Rally Championship was the 32nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 16 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën Xsara WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Markko Märtin. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

The video game WRC 4: The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship was based on this season.

Calendar

The 2004 championship was contested over Sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
23 January	25 January	MON 72nd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	389.12 km	JWRC
6 February	8 February	SWE 53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	394.80 km	PWRC
12 March	14 March	MEX 1st Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	15	394.43 km	PWRC
15 April	18 April	NZL 35th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	23	395.50 km	PWRC
14 May	16 May	CYP 32nd Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	18	326.68 km	None
3 June	6 June	GRC 51st Acropolis Rally of Greece	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	22	377.13 km	JWRC
24 June	27 June	TUR 5th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	17	383.33 km	JWRC
15 July	18 July	ARG 24th CTI Movil Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	26	382.63 km	PWRC
6 August	8 August	FIN 54th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	22	382.71 km	JWRC
20 August	22 August	GER 23rd OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	24	411.06 km	PWRC
3 September	5 September	JPN 4th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	27	387.50 km	None
16 September	19 September	GBR 60th Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	19	394.03 km	JWRC
1 October	3 October	ITA 1st Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	19	383.23 km	JWRC
15 October	17 October	FRA 48th Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	387.80 km	PWRC
29 October	31 October	ESP 40th Rally Catalunya – Costa Brava – Rally de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	20	384.08 km	JWRC
11 November	14 November	AUS 17th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	25	388.25 km	PWRC
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers
Impreza WRC 03 1–2	JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team		1	NOR Petter Solberg	GBR Phil Mills	All
2	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	All
Xsara WRC	FRA Citroën Total		3	FRA Sébastien Loeb	MCO Daniel Elena	All
4	ESP Carlos Sainz	ESP Marc Martí	1–15
307 WRC	FRA Marlboro Peugeot Total		5	FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	All
6	BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Sven Smeets	1–2, 15
FIN Harri Rovanperä	FIN Risto Pietiläinen	3–9, 11–13, 16
FRA Cédric Robert	FRA Gérald Bedon	10, 14
9	BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Sven Smeets	10, 14
14	FIN Sebastian Lindholm	FIN Tomi Tuominen	9
15	SWE Daniel Carlsson	SWE Mattias Andersson	12
Focus RS WRC 03 1–3 Focus RS WRC 04 4–16	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd		7	EST Markko Märtin	GBR Michael Park	All
8	BEL François Duval	BEL Stéphane Prévot	1, 3–8, 10, 12–16
BEL Philippe Droeven	11
FIN Janne Tuohino	FIN Jukka Aho	2, 9
11	BEL François Duval	BEL Stéphane Prévot	2
15	BEL François Duval	BEL Stéphane Prévot	9
Lancer WRC 04	JPN Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports		9	FRA Gilles Panizzi	FRA Hervé Panizzi	1–10, 15
10	ITA Gianluigi Galli	ITA Guido d'Amore	1, 3, 7
FIN Kristian Sohlberg	FIN Kaj Lindström	2, 4–5, 8–9
ESP Daniel Solà	ESP Xavier Amigò	6, 10, 15
14	ITA Gianluigi Galli	ITA Guido d'Amore	15

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers
Fabia WRC	CZE Škoda Motorsport		DEU Armin Schwarz	DEU Manfred Hiemer	6, 9–10, 12–15
FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Paavo Lukander	6, 9–10, 12–15
CZE Jan Kopecký	CZE Filip Schovánek	15
CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Jan Tománek	10
FIN Jani Paasonen	FIN Jani Vainikka	9, 12
206 WRC	FRA Bozian Racing		FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	FRA David Fiorini	1
FRA Denis Giraudet	6, 10, 12–15
PRT Miguel Campos	PRT Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1, 5
NOR Henning Solberg	NOR Cato Menkerud	2, 4–5, 7, 9, 12–13
SWE Daniel Carlsson	SWE Mattias Andersson	2, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 14
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	ARG Jose Maria Volta	3, 5, 8, 13
AUT Manfred Stohl	AUT Ilka Minor	6, 12
FRA Equipe de France FFSA		FRA Alexandre Bengué	FRA Caroline Escudero	1, 10, 14
Impreza WRC 03	FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Patrick Pivato	10, 14–15
SWI Scuderia Chicco d'Oro		SWI Olivier Burri	SWI Jean-Philippe Patthey	1
Impreza WRC 01	GBR Dom Buckley Motorsport		IRL Eamonn Boland	IRL Francis Regan	1
Impreza WRC 03	15
GBR ADR Motorsport	GBR Alistair Ginley	IRL Rory Kennedy	5–7, 9–10, 12
ITA Aimont Racing Team	ITA Andrea Navarra	ITA Simona Fedeli	13
Accent WRC	KOR Hyundai World Rally Team		Czech Roman Kresta	Czech Jan Tománek	1
FIN Jussi Välimäki	FIN Jakke Honkanen	1, 3, 5–6
SVK Jozef Béreš Jr.	CZE Petr Starý	1–2, 6
NOR Kristian Kolberg	NOR Ola Fløene	2
NOR Thomas Kolberg	NOR Ole Kristian Unnerud	2
TUR Hyundai Assan Motorsports		TUR Murat Akdilek	TUR Caglar Suren	7
TUR Ender Alkoclar	TUR Ismet Özbakir	7
Focus RS WRC 03	FIN Jussi Välimäki		FIN Jussi Välimäki	FIN Jakke Honkanen	10
Xsara WRC	BEL Citroën Kronos Racing Team		FIN Juuso Pykälistö	FIN Mika Ovaskainen	9, 13
Focus WRC 02	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd		DEU Antony Warmbold	GBR Gemma Price	1, 3–4
FIN Supset	FIN Janne Tuohino	FIN Jukka Aho	5–12
CZE JM Engineering	CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Jan Tománek	6
Focus WRC 01	GBR M-Sport		GBR Mark Higgins	GBR Michael Gibson	12
Focus WRC 02	GBR Matthew Wilson	GBR Scott Martin	12
DEU Antony Warmbold	GBR Gemma Price	2, 5
Focus RS WRC 03	FIN Jari Viita	FIN Timo Hantunen	2, 4
Focus WRC 02	DEU Antony Warmbold	DEU Antony Warmbold	GBR Gemma Price	6–16
Switzerland Philippe Roux		Switzerland Philippe Roux	Switzerland Paul Corthay	1
Octavia WRC	Italy Riccardo Errani		Italy Riccardo Errani	Italy Stefano Casadio	1
Corolla WRC	Norway Thomas Schie		Norway Thomas Schie	Norway Ragnar Engen	2
Focus RS WRC 03	FIN Jari Viita		FIN Jari Viita	FIN Timo Hantunen	9
Focus WRC 01	Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou		Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou	GBR Allan Harryman	5
Focus RS WRC 03	6
Greece Armodios Vovos		Greece Armodios Vovos	Greece "El-Em"	6
Focus WRC 01	Turkey Serkan Yazici		Turkey Serkan Yazici	Turkey Can Okan	7
Turkey Adnan Sarihan		Turkey Adnan Sarihan	Turkey Orhan Celen	7
Octavia WRC Evo3	Hungary Tamás Tagai		Hungary Tamás Tagai	Hungary Róbert Tagai	9
Corolla WRC	DEU Armin Kremer		DEU Armin Kremer	DEU Fred Berßen	10
BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Eddy Chevaillier	10
Focus WRC 02	GBR Dougi Hall		GBR Dougi Hall	GBR Steve Egglestone	12
Accent WRC3	GBR Craig Middleton		GBR Craig Middleton	GBR Robin Hernaman	12
Accent WRC	GBR Steve Petch		GBR Steve Petch	GBR John Richardson	12
Octavia WRC Evo3	Romania Constantin Aur		Romania Constantin Aur	Romania Adrian Berghea	12
Córdoba WRC	Romania Dan Gîrtofan		Romania Dan Gîrtofan	Romania Dorin Pulpea	12
Accent WRC3	GBR Nigel Heath		GBR Nigel Heath	GBR Alec Cooper	12
Greece Yorgo Philippedes		Greece Yorgo Philippedes	GBR Mark Andrews	12
Focus WRC 01	Hungary Balázs Benik		Hungary Balázs Benik	Hungary Bence Rácz	13
Corolla WRC	Italy Pier Lorenzo Zanchi		Italy Pier Lorenzo Zanchi	Italy Dario D'Esposito	13
Impreza WRC 01	France Alain Vauthier		France Alain Vauthier	France François Ravault	14
Corolla WRC	France José Micheli		France José Micheli	France Marie-Josée Cardi	14
Focus WRC 01	Ireland Donie O'Sullivan		Ireland Donie O'Sullivan	Ireland Paul Nagle	15
Impreza WRC 03	Ireland Paddy White		Ireland Paddy White	France Bruno Brissart	15
Corolla WRC	SWI Massimo Beltrami		SWI Massimo Beltrami	Italy Fabio Ceschino	15

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	JPN Suzuki Sport	SMR Mirco Baldacci	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
32	EST Urmo Aava	EST Kuldar Sikk	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
33	GBR Guy Wilks	GBR Phil Pugh	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
35	FIN Kosti Katajamäki	FIN Timo Alanne	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
43	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Miikka Anttila	9, 12–13, 15
45	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson	SWE Jonas Andersson	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
34	SMR Sab Motorsport	SMR Alessandro Broccoli	ITA Giovanni Agnese	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
36	GBR McRae Motorsport	GBR Kris Meeke	GBR Chris Patterson	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 6–7, 9
GBR David Senior	12–13
Citroën C2 S1600	15
37	ITA Autorel Sport	ITA Luca Cecchettini	ITA Nicola Arena	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
38	ITA Astra Racing	LBN Abdo Feghali	LBN Joseph Matar	Ford Puma S1600	1
Ford Fiesta S1600	6–7
43	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Miikka Anttila	6–7
Ford Puma S1600	1
39	FRA Renault Sport	FRA Nicolas Bernardi	FRA Denis Giraudet	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
51	BEL Larry Cols	BEL Filip Goddé	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
40	FRA Citroën Total	FRA Guerlain Chicherit	FRA Michel Perin	Citroën Saxo S1600	1
FRA Mattiheu Baumel	6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
41	GBR Risbridger Motorsport	GBR Natalie Barratt	GBR Carl Williamson	MG ZR S1600	1
Renault Clio S1600	6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
42	ITA Power Car Team	FRA Mathieu Biasion	FRA Eric Domenech	Renault Clio S1600	9, 12–13
ITA H.F. Grifone SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	6–7
FRA Philippe Coquard	1
44	ITA Alan Scorcioni	ITA Massimo Daddoveri	1, 6–7, 9
SMR Silvio Stefanelli	12
ITA Fulvio Florean	13, 15
47	ITA Luca Tabaton	ITA Gisella Rovegno	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15
46	ESP RACC Motor Sport	ESP Xavier Pons	ESP Oriol Julià	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13
Renault Clio S1600	15
48	GBR Team Birkbeck Rallysport	ZWE Conrad Rautenbach	ZWE Peter Marsh	Ford Puma S1600	1
GBR Timothy Sturla	Opel Corsa S1600	6–7
GBR Mark Jones	9, 12
Suzuki Ignis S1600	13
Citroën Saxo S1600	15
49	ITA Meteco Corse	ITA Luca Betti	ITA Michele Rosso	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 7
ITA Paolo del Grande	6, 9
ITA Michele Rosso	Fiat Punto S1600	12–13
ITA Paolo del Grande	15
50	GBR Prospeed Motorsport	GBR Oliver Marshall	GBR Craig Parry	Renault Clio S1600	1, 6–7, 9, 12–13, 15

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	JPN Subaru Team Arai	JPN Toshihiro Arai	NZL Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 8, 10, 16
32	MYS Petronas EON Racing Team	MYS Karamjit Singh	MYS Allen Oh	Proton Pert	2–4, 8, 10, 16
33	ITA Ralliart Italy	ESP Daniel Solá	ESP Xavier Amigò	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 14, 16
43	ITA Gianluigi Galli	ITA Guido D'Amore	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
34	JPN Syms	GBR Niall McShea	GBR Gordon Noble	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3–4
GBR Michael Orr	8, 10, 14, 16
35	ITA Top Run SRL	ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén Garcia	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 16
ARG Jorge Del Buono	3–4
ARG Diego Curletto	8, 14
42	GBR Mark Higgins	GBR Michael Gibson	2–4, 8, 14, 16
45	ITA Fabio Frisiero	ITA Giovanni Agnese	2–4, 8, 14, 16
36	MEX Triviño Racing	MEX Ricardo Triviño	ESP Jordi Barradés	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 8, 10, 14
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	4
37	SWE Millbrooks World Rally Team	SWE Joakim Roman	SWE Ragnar Spjuth	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
38	BUL Racing Team Bulgartabac	BUL Georgi Geradzhiev	BUL Nikola Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
39	GBR R.E.D World Rally Team	GBR Alister McRae	GBR David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 10, 14, 16
40	AUT OMV World Rally Team	AUT Manfred Stohl	AUT Ilka Minor	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 16
41	FIN Jani Paasonen	FIN Sirkka Rautiainen	2–4, 8, 10, 16
50	GER Sebastian Vollak	GER Michael Kölbach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16
44	GBR Autotek Motorsport	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	GBR Steve Lancaster	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–3
GBR Chris Patterson	4, 8, 14, 16
46	POL Kuchar Team Poland	POL Tomasz Kuchar	POL Maciek Wodniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 10, 14, 16
47	ESP Ralliart Spain	ESP Xavier Pons	ESP Oriol Julià	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–4, 8, 10, 14, 16
49	ESP Sergio Fombona	ESP Guifré Pujol	2–4, 8, 10, 14
48	JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team	JPN Fumio Nutahara	JPN Satoshi Hayashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	3–4, 8, 10, 14, 16

Results and standings

Rally results

The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds.

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners
MON Monte Carlo	FRA No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	FRA No. 39 Renault Sport	[Report](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Renault Clio S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	FRA Nicolas Bernardi
FRA Denis Giraudet
SWE Sweden	FRA No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	AUT No. 41 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	[Report](2004-swedish-rally)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	FIN Jani Paasonen
FIN Sirkka Rautiainen	N/A
MEX Mexico	USA No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	ITA No. 33 Ralliart Italia	N/A	[Report](2004-rally-mexico)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '03	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
EST Markko Märtin
GBR Michael Park	ESP Daniel Solá
ESP Xavier Amigò	N/A
NZL New Zealand	JPN No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	AUT No. 40 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	[Report](2004-rally-new-zealand)
JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	AUT Manfred Stohl
AUT Ilka Minor	N/A
CYP Cyprus	FRA No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	N/A	[Report](2004-cyprus-rally)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	N/A
GRC Greece	JPN No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	JPN No. 33 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2004-acropolis-rally)
JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	GBR Guy Wilks
GBR Phil Pugh
TUR Turkey	FRA No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	N/A	JPN No. 45 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2004-rally-of-turkey)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson
SWE Jonas Andersson
ARG Argentina	FRA No. 4 Citroën Total WRT	AUT No. 41 OMV World Rally Team	N/A	[Report](2004-rally-argentina)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
ESP Carlos Sainz
ESP Marc Martí	FIN Jani Paasonen
FIN Jani Vainikka	N/A
FIN Finland	FRA No. 5 Marlboro Peugeot Total	N/A	JPN No. 45 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2004-rally-finland)
FRA Peugeot 307 WRC	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	N/A	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson
SWE Jonas Andersson
GER Germany	FRA No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	ESP No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	[Report](2004-rallye-deutschland)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	ESP Xavier Pons
ESP Oriol Julià	N/A
JPN Japan	JPN No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	N/A	[Report](2004-rally-japan)
JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	N/A
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	N/A
GBR Britain	JPN No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	JPN No. 33 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2004-wales-rally-gb)
JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	GBR Guy Wilks
GBR Phil Pugh
ITA Italy	JPN No. 1 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	JPN No. 45 Suzuki Sport	[Report](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
JPN Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04	N/A	JPN Suzuki Ignis S1600
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson
SWE Jonas Andersson
FRA France	USA No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	ESP No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	[Report](2004-tour-de-corse)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '04	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
EST Markko Märtin
GBR Michael Park	ESP Xavier Pons
ESP Oriol Julià	N/A
ESP Spain	USA No. 7 Ford Motor Co. Ltd	N/A	FRA No. 39 Renault Sport	[Report](2004-rally-catalunya)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '04	N/A	FRA Renault Clio S1600
EST Markko Märtin
GBR Michael Park	N/A	FRA Nicolas Bernardi
BEL Jean-Marc Fortin
AUS Australia	FRA No. 3 Citroën Total WRT	ESP No. 47 Ralliart Spain	N/A	[Report](2004-rally-australia)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	ESP Xavier Pons
ESP Oriol Julià	N/A
Source:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[MON](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
MCO	[SWE](2004-swedish-rally)
SWE	[MEX](2004-rally-mexico)
MEX	[NZL](2004-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[CYP](2004-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GRE](2004-acropolis-rally)
GRC	[TUR](2004-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[ARG](2004-rally-argentina)
ARG	[FIN](2004-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2004-rallye-deutschland)
DEU	[JPN](2004-rally-japan)
JPN	[GBR](2004-rally-gb)
GBR	[ITA](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
ITA	[FRA](2004-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2004-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[AUS](2004-rally-australia)
AUS	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	Pos.	Driver	[MON](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
MCO	[SWE](2004-swedish-rally)
SWE	[MEX](2004-rally-mexico)
MEX	[NZL](2004-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[CYP](2004-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GRE](2004-acropolis-rally)
GRC	[TUR](2004-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[ARG](2004-rally-argentina)
ARG	[FIN](2004-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2004-rallye-deutschland)
DEU	[JPN](2004-rally-japan)
JPN	[GBR](2004-rally-gb)
GBR	[ITA](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
ITA	[FRA](2004-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2004-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[AUS](2004-rally-australia)
AUS	Pts
FRA Sébastien Loeb	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	Ret	1	118
NOR Petter Solberg	7	3	4	1	4	1	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	5	5	Ret	82
EST Markko Märtin	2	7	1	3	2	Ret	24	Ret	2	4	3	3	Ret	1	1	Ret	79
ESP Carlos Sainz	Ret	5	3	6	3	19	4	1	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	WD	73
FIN Marcus Grönholm	4	2	6	2	DSQ	Ret	2	Ret	1	Ret	4	Ret	7	4	2	Ret	62
BEL François Duval	3	Ret	2	18	Ret	4	5	3	7	2	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	3	53
FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ret	9	5	7	5	Ret	6	4	Ret	8	7	7	Ret	10	8	4	29
FIN Harri Rovanperä			10	5	DSQ	3	Ret	5	Ret		6	6	Ret			2	28
FIN Janne Tuohino		4			6	7	7		5			Ret					16
BEL Freddy Loix	5	Ret								6				7	Ret		9
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin										9				6	4		8
SWE Daniel Carlsson		8		8		5	Ret		9	Ret		Ret		11			6
FRA Gilles Panizzi	6	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	11	Ret					12		6
ITA Andrea Navarra													4				5
ITA Gianluigi Galli	Ret	24	Ret	Ret			10	Ret	14	Ret			6	Ret	7	Ret	5
AUS Chris Atkinson				Ret					33		12					5	4
FRA Cédric Robert										5				Ret			4
AUT Manfred Stohl		Ret	Ret	10		6		12		32		8				Ret	4
NOR Henning Solberg		6		Ret	Ret		Ret		10			11	Ret				3
FIN Jani Paasonen		16	Ret	14				10	6	20		Ret				Ret	3
ESP Daniel Solà		20	11	Ret		Ret		DSQ		Ret				Ret	6	Ret	3
ESP Xavier Pons	Ret	46	16	16		16	Ret	Ret	28	15		24	Ret	12	Ret	6	3
ARG Luís Pérez Companc			Ret		Ret			6					Ret				3
FIN Toni Gardemeister						Ret			8	7		22	Ret	9	9		3
DEU Antony Warmbold	Ret	15	9	19	Ret	9	8	9	Ret	13	8	10	8	20	13	14	3
GBR Alistair Ginley					7	11	Ret		15	Ret		12					2
FIN Jussi Välimäki	11		7		Ret	Ret			26	14							2
AUS Cody Crocker				11							14					7	2
DEU Armin Schwarz						Ret			12	11		Ret	Ret	8	11		1
JPN Toshi Arai		26	13	15				Ret		18	9					8	1
CHE Olivier Burri	8																1
PRT Miguel Campos	Ret				8												1
GRC Aris Vovos						8											1
ARG Gabriel Pozzo								8									1
Sources:

Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Tour de Corse.

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
MCO	[SWE](2004-swedish-rally)
SWE	[MEX](2004-rally-mexico)
MEX	[NZL](2004-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[CYP](2004-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GRE](2004-acropolis-rally)
GRC	[TUR](2004-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[ARG](2004-rally-argentina)
ARG	[FIN](2004-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2004-rallye-deutschland)
DEU	[JPN](2004-rally-japan)
JPN	[GBR](2004-rally-gb)
GBR	[ITA](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
ITA	[FRA](2004-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2004-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[AUS](2004-rally-australia)
AUS	Points	1	194	2	143	3	122	4	101	5	17	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
MCO	[SWE](2004-swedish-rally)
SWE	[MEX](2004-rally-mexico)
MEX	[NZL](2004-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[CYP](2004-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[GRE](2004-acropolis-rally)
GRC	[TUR](2004-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[ARG](2004-rally-argentina)
ARG	[FIN](2004-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2004-rallye-deutschland)
DEU	[JPN](2004-rally-japan)
JPN	[GBR](2004-rally-gb)
GBR	[ITA](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
ITA	[FRA](2004-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2004-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[AUS](2004-rally-australia)
AUS	Points
FRA Citroën	3	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	Ret	1
4	Ret	5	3	6	3	6	4	1	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	WD
GBR Ford	7	2	7	1	3	2	Ret	8	Ret	2	4	3	3	Ret	1	1	Ret
8	3	4	2	8	Ret	4	5	3	5	2	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	3
JPN Subaru	1	7	3	4	1	4	1	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	5	4	Ret
2	Ret	7	5	7	5	Ret	6	4	Ret	6	7	7	Ret	6	5	4
FRA Peugeot	5	4	2	6	2	DSQ	Ret	2	Ret	1	Ret	4	Ret	5	4	2	Ret
6	5	Ret	8	5	DSQ	3	Ret	5	Ret	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
JPN Mitsubishi	9	6	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	6	6	Ret
10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret
Sources:

Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Tour de Corse.

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[MON](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
MCO	[GRE](2004-acropolis-rally)
GRC	[TUR](2004-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[FIN](2004-rally-finland)
FIN	[GBR](2004-rally-gb)
GBR	[ITA](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
ITA	[ESP](2004-rally-catalunya)
ESP	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	–	–	–	Pos.	Driver	[MON](2004-monte-carlo-rally)
MCO	[GRE](2004-acropolis-rally)
GRC	[TUR](2004-rally-of-turkey)
TUR	[FIN](2004-rally-finland)
FIN	[GBR](2004-rally-gb)
GBR	[ITA](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)
ITA	[ESP](2004-rally-catalunya)
ESP	Pts
SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson	8	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	2	39
FRA Nicolas Bernardi	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	6	1	37
GBR Guy Wilks	Ret	1	3	Ret	1	2	Ret	34
FIN Kosti Katajamäki	Ret	Ret	2	2	3	4	5	31
SMR Mirco Baldacci	6	Ret	6	4	Ret	3	3	23
BEL Larry Cols	5	4	Ret	6	Ret	5	4	21
GBR Kris Meeke	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	7	6	19
EST Urmo Aava	2	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	16
ESP Xavi Pons	Ret	3	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	12
SMR Alessandro Broccoli	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7
GBR Oliver Marshall	Ret	5	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
FRA Guerlain Chicherit	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	5
ITA Alan Scorcioni	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	10	7	4
ITA Luca Cecchettini	7	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		3
ITA Luca Betti	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	3
ZWE Conrad Rautenbach	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	2
ITA Luca Tabaton	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
FRA Mathieu Biasion	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret		–
GBR Natalie Barratt	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret	–
LBN Abdo Feghali	Ret							–

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[SWE](2004-swedish-rally)
SWE	[MEX](2004-rally-mexico)
MEX	[NZL](2004-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2004-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GER](2004-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[FRA](2004-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[AUS](2004-rally-australia)
AUS	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Driver	[SWE](2004-swedish-rally)
SWE	[MEX](2004-rally-mexico)
MEX	[NZL](2004-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[ARG](2004-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GER](2004-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[FRA](2004-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[AUS](2004-rally-australia)
AUS	Pts
GBR Niall McShea		3	Ret	4	2	2	3	35
JPN Toshihiro Arai	Ret	2	5	Ret	4		2	30
FIN Jani Paasonen	1	Ret	4	1	5		Ret	29
ESP Xavier Pons	15	5	6	Ret	1	1	1	27
GBR Alister McRae	2	Ret	3		3	3	Ret	26
AUT Manfred Stohl	Ret	Ret	1	2	10		Ret	18
QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	7	Ret	7	3		7	5	17
ESP Daniel Solà	3	1	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	16
JPN Fumio Nutahara		6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	4	13
POL Tomasz Kuchar	4	Ret	Ret			6		8
MYS Karamjit Singh	10	4	8	Ret	6		Ret	8
ARG Marcos Ligato	Ret	Ret	2	Ret		Ret	Ret	8
GER Sebastian Vollak	13		Ret	Ret	7	10	6	6
ESP Sergio Fombona	8	Ret	9	5	Ret	Ret		5
ITA Fabio Frisiero	14		Ret	7	Ret	9	7	5
GBR Mark Higgins	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		4	Ret	5
ITA Gianluigi Galli	5		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
BUL Georgi Geradzhiev	11		10	6	8	Ret	Ret	4
MEX Ricardo Triviño	12	7	11	Ret	9	8		3
SWE Joakim Roman	9	8	Ret		Ret	Ret		1

Events

Colour	Rally Surface
Gold	Gravel
Silver	Tarmac
Blue	Snow/Ice
Bronze	Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers	Statistics	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages
1	MCO Monte Carlo Rally
(23–25 January) — *[Results and report](2004-monte-carlo-rally)*	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:03.0	15	389.12 km	43	20
2	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:15.6
3	BEL François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:13:22.6
2	SWE Swedish Rally
(6–8 February) — *[Results and report](2004-swedish-rally)*	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:26:17.7	19	394.80 km	70	49
2	nowrap	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:27:04.1
3	NOR Petter Solberg	nowrap	Subaru Impreza WRC 2003	3:27:39.2
3	MEX Rally Mexico
(12–14 March) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-mexico)*	1	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:06:46.2	15	394.43 km	54	26
2	BEL François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 03	4:07:28.7
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:08:07.1
4	NZL Rally New Zealand
(15–18 April) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-new-zealand)*	1	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:02:29.5	23	395.50 km	58	35
2	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:02:35.4
3	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:55.1
5	CYP Cyprus Rally
(14–16 May) — *[Results and report](2004-cyprus-rally)*	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:58:44.5	18	326.68 km	37	21
2	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:59:38.5
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:59:53.6
6	GRC Acropolis Rally
(3–6 June) — *[Results and report](2004-acropolis-rally)*	1	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:39:06.2	22	377.13 km	72	33
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:39:24.6
3	FIN Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:39:34.5
7	TUR Rally of Turkey
(24–27 June) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-of-turkey)*	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:48:26.8	17	383.33 km	63	32
2	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:48:53.0
3	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:49:03.5
8	ARG Rally Argentina
(15–18 July) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-argentina)*	1	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:23:11.1	26	376.65 km	69	29
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:24:43.5
3	BEL François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:27:34.5
9	FIN Rally Finland
(6–8 August) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-finland)*	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:07:16.1	22	382.17 km	68	34
2	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:07:50.8
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:00.6
10	DEU Rallye Deutschland
(20–22 August) — *[Results and report](2004-rallye-deutschland)*	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:57.4	24	411.06 km	69	41
2	BEL François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:02:26.5
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:06.9
11	JPN Rally Japan
(3–5 September) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-japan)*	1	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:43:50.6	27	386.68 km	83	53
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:45:03.9
3	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.9
12	GBR Wales Rally GB
(16–19 September) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-gb)*	1	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	3:42:39.5	19	394.03 km	83	42
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:42:45.8
3	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:45:33.2
13	ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(1–3 October) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-d-italia-sardegna)*	1	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 2004	4:43:47.9	19	383.23 km	67	29
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:45:55.8
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:47:08.8
14	FRA Tour de Corse
(15–17 October) — *[Results and report](2004-tour-de-corse)*	1	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:11:51.4	12	387.80 km	53	35
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:13:53.4
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:14:46.7
15	ESP Rally Catalunya
(29–31 October) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-catalunya)*	1	EST Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:40:43.8	20	384.08 km	52	36
2	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:07.0
3	ESP Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:41:21.5
16	AUS Rally Australia
(11–14 November) — *[Results and report](2004-rally-australia)*	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:39:46.8	25	388.25 km	62	29
2	FIN Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:41:41.9
3	BEL François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:43:27.0

References

"WRC calendar 2004".
"WRC season 2004".
"Season 2004 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
"FIA World Rally Championship Standings 2004". Motorsport Stats.
(20 October 2004). "Martin's Tour de Corse win hands WRC title to Loeb". [[Motorsport.com]].

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