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2005 Rally Of Turkey
The 2005 Rally of Turkey (formally the 6th Rally of Turkey) was the seventh round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over four days between 2 June and 5 June 2005, and was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, his 15th win in the World Rally Championship and a fourth consecutive win, equaling the record set by Timo Salonen in 1985. Background Entry list Itinerary All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). Results Overall World Rally Cars Classification Special stages Championship standings Production World Rally Championship Classification Special stages Championship standings References {{Rally of Turkey Turkey Rally of Turkey Rally Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Political demonstration, a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a North American school or college sporting event Sport ... June 2005 sports events in Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 World Rally Championship Season
The 2005 World Rally Championship was the 33rd season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on January 21 with the Monte-Carlo Rally and ended on November 13 with the Rally Australia. In the drivers' world championship, Citroën Total's Sébastien Loeb successfully defended his title, finishing a record 56 points ahead of Subaru's Petter Solberg and Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm. Loeb also set several other records during the season. He won ten world rallies, beating the previous record of six held by him (2004) and Didier Auriol (1992). He also took six consecutive wins, beating Timo Salonen's 20-year-old record of four. Peugeot's Markko Märtin retired after his co-driver Michael Park was fatally injured in their crash at the Wales Rally GB. Citroën took the manufacturers' title for the third year in a row, well ahead of Subaru and Ford. PSA Peugeot Citroën still went ahead with their plan to withdraw both Citroën and Peugeot from the series at the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Mills
Philip Lewis Mills (born 30 August 1963) is a Welsh rallying co-driver. He was winner of the 2003 World Rally Championship (WRC), as co-driver to Petter Solberg. Mills was born in Trefeglwys, Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo .... He has a place in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, as the first Welshman to win the Wales Rally. His first rally was in 1983, and his WRC debut in 1994. He joined Solberg in Ford in 1999, later moving with him to the Subaru World Rally Team. Mills lives with his partner Helen and their children in Powys. On 11 June 2010, Mills announced his immediate retirement from co-driving to concentrate on his motorsport preparation business. The 1–2 November, Mills returned to the WRC with Petter Solberg in the 2014 Rallye du Condroz w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralliart
Ralliart is the high-performance division of Mitsubishi Motors. It was responsible for development and preparation of the company's rally development of high-performance models and parts available to the public. Ralliart scaled down its business activities in April 2010,"Partial Cease of Business Activities along with Ralliart Inc's Business Scale Down" , announcement by Ralliart President Masao Taguchi, March 10, 2010 though the brand will continue to be used by Mitsubishi. Many regional licensees were set up previously. Ralliart Europe was established as Andrew Cowan Motorsports (ACMS) Ltd in 1983 by Andrew Cowan, a driver with the Mitsubishi team who had scored their first in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risto Pietiläinen
Risto () is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to: Estonia * Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist * Risto Joost (born 1980), conductor and operatic countertenor * Risto Kallaste (born 1971), footballer * Risto Kappet (born 1994), sim racing driver * Risto Kask (born 1985), civil servant and politician * Risto Kübar (born 1983), actor * Risto Lumi (born 1971), military colonel * Risto Mätas (born 1984), javelin thrower Finland * Risto Aaltonen (1939–2021), actor * Risto Ahti (born 1943), writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1994 * Risto Alapuro (1944–2022), sociologist * Risto Ankio (born 1937), athlete * Risto Asikainen (born 1958), record producer, songwriter and musician * Risto Björlin (born 1944), wrestler * Risto Dufva (born 1963), former professional ice hockey goaltender * Risto Hurme (born 1950), modern pentathlete and fenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harri Rovanperä
Harri "Rovis" Rovanperä (; born 8 April 1966) is a Finnish rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 1993 to 2006. He drove for SEAT (1997– 00), Peugeot (2001– 04), Mitsubishi (2005) and Red Bull Škoda Team (2006). Rovanperä was known as a loose surface specialist. He is the father of 2022 and 2023 World Rally Drivers' Champion Kalle Rovanperä. He was married to Tiina Rovanperä. Career Rovanperä won the small Group A Finnish Rally Championship title in 1995 at the wheel of an Opel Astra. After a few outings on his national World Rally Championship event Rally Finland, he was hired by SEAT to drive the SEAT Ibiza Kit Car, with which he won SEAT's third consecutive 2L World Rally Championship title in 1998. Next year in 1999, he took part in the top class World Rally Championship with the SEAT Córdoba WRC E2 finishing in the third place in the last event of the season at the 55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain. In 2001, he was hired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Park (co-driver)
Michael Steven Park (22 June 1966 – 18 September 2005) was a rally co-driver from Newent in Gloucestershire. He worked with former world champions Richard Burns and Colin McRae as a gravel note expert while co-driving for both David Higgins and Mark Higgins in the British national series. His big break, however, came when he teamed up with the emerging Estonian talent Markko Märtin as a privateer pairing in a Toyota Corolla WRC for the 2000 World Rally Championship season. After a number of strong performances, the pair were signed up by Subaru for 2001, before moving to Ford, where they evolved into one of the leading driver/co-driver combinations in the WRC. In 2003, they took two rally victories, in Greece and Finland, and improved on that figure with three wins in 2004 (Mexico, Corsica and Catalunya). Park died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident on the final leg of Wales Rally Great Britain when his Peugeot 307 WRC left the road and struck a tree. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markko Märtin
Markko Märtin (born 10 November 1975 in Tartu) is a retired rally driver from Estonia, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2000 until 2005. Career Märtin, as understudy to then-team mates Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz, rose to prominence with the Ford World Rally Team in the 2002 season. He was leading that year's Acropolis Rally Greece until he suffered two punctures and fell behind the more experienced McRae. He won the equivalent event in Greece the following year as well as being only the third driver in the history of the WRC to break the Nordic stranglehold on the Neste Rally Finland. In addition to this, Märtin was inaugural winner, again with Ford, of the Corona Rally Mexico in the 2004 season. He also won the tarmac rallies of Corsica and Catalunya in the same year. These victories were the last for the Märtin/ Michael Park partnership. For 2005 Märtin departed the team for former constructors' champion Peugeot and its 307 car. He and co-drive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peugeot 307 WRC
The Peugeot 307 WRC is a World Rally Car based on the Peugeot 307 road car. It was used by Peugeot Sport, Peugeot's factory team, and replaced the championship-winning 206 WRC from 2004 to 2005 in the World Rally Championship. Competition history The vehicle was plagued by transmission problems throughout its career, and the works team's drivers' driving styles did not suit the car's handling characteristics. In 2004, the car took seven podiums and a maiden win in Rally Finland, but it was not able to challenge for the championship as Marcus Grönholm finished fifth in the drivers' championship and Peugeot fourth in the manufacturers' championship. The 2005 season was more successful, and Peugeot was a serious challenger for the manufacturers' championship, leading the championship after round 10, but the challenge faded after Markko Märtin's retirement from rallying following the death of Martin's co-driver Michael Park during the 2005 Wales Rally of Great Britain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peugeot Sport
Peugeot Sport is the department of French carmaker Peugeot responsible for motorsport activities. History Beginnings in rallying Peugeot Sport was formed in 1981 under the name of Peugeot Talbot Sport, after Jean Todt, a World Rally Championship co-driver for Talbot driver Guy Fréquelin, was asked by Peugeot to create a sporting department for the PSA Peugeot Citroën group. The rally team, established at 8, rue Paul Bert, Boulogne-Billancourt (the sportscar racing team will leave those premises in July 1990 to go to Vélizy-Villacoublay) near Paris, France debuted its Group B Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 in the 1984 season, and took its first victory in Rally Finland in the hands of Ari Vatanen. In the 1985 season, Peugeot drivers Vatanen and Timo Salonen won seven out of the 12 rounds to give Peugeot its first manufacturers' title and Salonen the drivers' title. Vatanen had been seriously injured in an accident in Argentina in 1985, so was replaced by Juha Kankkunen for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Rautiainen (co-driver)
Timo Rautiainen (born 13 November 1964) is a Finland, Finnish former Rallying, rally co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Marcus Grönholm from 1995 World Rally Championship season, 1995 to 2007 World Rally Championship season, 2007. Rautiainen and Grönholm drove for Peugeot Sport, Peugeot (2000 World Rally Championship season, 2000–2005 World Rally Championship season, 05) and Ford World Rally Team, Ford (2006 World Rally Championship season, 2006-07) in the World Rally Championship, and won 30 world rallies and two List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions, drivers' world championship titles together. Rautiainen is married to Grönholm's sister. Rautiainen, along with Grönholm, appeared in the Amazing Race Suomi season 1, first season of ''Amazing Race Suomi'' where they finished fifth place. References External linksProfile at ewrc-results.com 1964 births Living people Finnish rally co-drivers World Rally Championship co-drivers Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus Ulf Johan "Bosse" Grönholm (born February 5, 1968) is a Finland, Finnish former rallying, rally and rallycross driver, being part of a family of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland lineage. His son, Niclas Grönholm, is an upcoming FIA World Rallycross Championship driver. Grönholm's nicknames are either "Bosse" (mainly in his native Finland and the Scandinavian countries) or "Magic Marcus". Grönholm is one of the most successful WRC drivers of all time, ranking third in rally wins (30), and winning two championships, in 2000 World Rally Championship season, 2000 and 2002 World Rally Championship season, 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to BP Ford World Rally Team, Ford for the 2006 World Rally Championship season, 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing out to Sébastien Loeb by one point. The next year he again placed second, four points behind Loeb. He and his co-driver Timo Rautiaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Macneall
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Glenn may refer to: Name or surname * Glenn (name) * John Glenn, U.S. astronaut Cultivars * Glenn (mango) * a 6-row barley variety Places In the United States: * Glenn, California * Glenn County, California * Glenn, Georgia, a settlement in Heard County * Glenn, Illinois * Glenn, Michigan * Glenn, Missouri * Glenn Highway in Alaska Organizations *Glenn Research Center, a NASA center in Cleveland, Ohio See also * New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle * * *Glen, a valley *Glen (other) A glen is a valley. Glen may also refer to: People * Glen (given name) * Glen (surname) Places * River Glen (other) or Glen River, in various countries Ireland * Glen, Ballyloughloe, a townland in Ballyloughloe civil parish, County We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
