Ford and Gardemeister Lead World Rally Championship

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Sebastien Loeb's Citroen retired in the final stages of the rally with a certain second place in sight. Loeb retains WRC favouritism despite failing to take points.

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Toni Gardemeister and Jakke Honkanen finished third in a Ford Focus and went into the outr...

Harri Rovanpera's Mitsubishi came home fourth in Sweden to keep him in contention

Marcus Gronholm's Peugeot was involved in a gargantuan battle for the lead before retiring...

Marko Martin's Peugeot came home in second to leave him just one point off the championshi...

Mitsubishi's 'Gigi” Galli came home seventh.

Petter Solberg in action on SS6 during leg two, Rally Monte Carlo 2005.

Article Summary

February 14, 2005 The World Rally Championship took an interesting turn at the Rally of Sweden this weekend with WRC favourite Sebastien Loeb (Citroen) and Swedish event favourite Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot) were both forced into retirement while battling for podium positions. Subaru's Petter Solberg sealed his first victory in the event by 2min 11.1sec but the big news was that Ford's Toni Gardemeister took the World Rally Championship lead with a third place finish and Ford now leads both the drivers' and manufacturers' standings in the World Rally Championship.

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