2004 Rally Mexico
1st Corona Rally Mexico
Round 3 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Mexico
Rally baseLeón
Dates runMarch 12, 2004 March 14, 2004
Stages15 (394.43 km; 245.09 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,040.67 km (646.64 miles)
Statistics
Crews54 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Markko Märtin
United Kingdom Michael Park
United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd.
Ford Focus RS WRC '03

The 2004 Rally Mexico (formally the 1st Corona Rally Mexico) was the third round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 12 March and 14 March 2004, and was based in León, Mexico. Ford's Markko Märtin won the race, his 3rd win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

Entry list

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 P
3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC M
5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
10 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
World Rally Championship entries
11 Germany Antony Warmbold United Kingdom Gemma Price United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
12 Finland Jussi Välimäki Finland Jakke Honkanen Finland Jussi Välimäki Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
14 Argentina Luís Pérez Companc Argentina Jose Maria Volta France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
PWRC entries
31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert P
33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
34 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom Gordon Noble United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI
36 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Jordi Barrabés Mexico Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
37 Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Björn Nilsson Sweden Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza WRX STI M
39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Sirkka Rautiainen Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Michael Gibson United Kingdom Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI
44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Steve Lancaster Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza STI
46 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Wodniak Poland Kuchar Team Poland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI M
47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII M
48 Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Y
49 Spain Sergio López-Fombona Spain Guifré Pujol Spain Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CST (UTC−6).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 108.03 km
12 March 10:33 SS1 Ortega La Esperanza 1 29.06 km
11:21 SS2 Santana Cubilete 22.61 km
14:16 SS3 Ibarrilla El Zauco 27.30 km
15:34 SS4 Ortega La Esperanza 2 29.06 km
Leg 2 154.34 km
13 March 08:55 SS5 Duarte Nvo Valle 1 25.58 km
09:43 SS6 Derramadero Chichimequillas 1 23.56 km
10:59 SS7 El Gigante El Zauco 1 28.03 km
13:57 SS8 Duarte Nvo Valle 2 25.58 km
14:45 SS9 Derramadero Chichimequillas 2 23.56 km
16:01 SS10 El Gigante El Zauco 2 28.03 km
Leg 3 132.06 km
14 March 07:17 SS11 Ibarrilla Mesa 1 30.47 km
08:14 SS12 Alfaro Nuevo Valle 1 27.85 km
08:57 SS13 Derramadero Comanjilla 15.42 km
11:18 SS14 Ibarrilla Mesa 2 30.47 km
12:15 SS15 Alfaro Nuevo Valle 2 27.85 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 4:06:46.2 10
2 8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 4:07:28.7 +42.5 8
3 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:08:07.1 +1:20.9 6
4 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:10:00.9 +3:14.7 5
5 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:10:22.4 +3:36.2 4
6 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:10:44.6 +3:58.4 3
7 12 Finland Jussi Välimäki Finland Jakke Honkanen Finland Jussi Välimäki Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:18:03.1 +11:16.9 2
8 9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 4:18:16.8 +11:30.6 1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 4:06:46.2 10
2 2 8 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 4:07:28.7 +42.5 8
3 3 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC 4:08:07.1 +1:20.9 6
4 4 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:10:00.9 +3:14.7 5
5 5 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 4:10:22.4 +3:36.2 4
6 6 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:10:44.6 +3:58.4 3
8 7 9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 4:18:16.8 +11:30.6 1
10 8 6 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 4:26:06.5 +19:20.3 0
Retired SS7 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total WRT Citroën Xsara WRC Oil sump 0
Retired SS6 10 Italy Gianluigi Galli Italy Guido D'Amore Japan Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Suspension 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (12 Mar) SS1 Ortega La Esperanza 1 29.06 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 16:38.7 Norway Petter Solberg
SS2 Santana Cubilete 22.61 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 12:25.6
SS3 Ibarrilla El Zauco 27.30 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 17:13.9
SS4 Ortega La Esperanza 2 29.06 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 16:22.9 France Sébastien Loeb
Leg 2 (13 Mar) SS5 Duarte Nvo Valle 1 25.58 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 18:30.3
SS6 Derramadero Chichimequillas 1 23.56 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 13:51.8
SS7 El Gigante El Zauco 1 28.03 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 19:22.8 Estonia Markko Märtin
SS8 Duarte Nvo Valle 2 25.58 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 18:32.8
SS9 Derramadero Chichimequillas 2 23.56 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 13:47.5
SS10 El Gigante El Zauco 2 28.03 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 19:12.6
Leg 3 (14 Mar) SS11 Ibarrilla Mesa 1 30.47 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 18:34.6
SS12 Alfaro Nuevo Valle 1 27.85 km Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 16:18.7
SS13 Derramadero Comanjilla 15.42 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 8:46.2
SS14 Ibarrilla Mesa 2 30.47 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 18:04.9
SS15 Alfaro Nuevo Valle 2 27.85 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 16:00.2

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 20 Monaco Daniel Elena 20 1 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 40
2 1 Estonia Markko Märtin 20 1 United Kingdom Michael Park 20 1 France Citroën Total WRT 30
3 1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 16 1 Finland Timo Rautiainen 16 France Marlboro Peugeot Total 21
4 1 Belgium François Duval 14 1 Belgium Stéphane Prévot 14 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 19
5 1 Norway Petter Solberg 13 1 United Kingdom Phil Mills 13 Japan Mitsubishi Motors 5

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
16 1 33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:26:44.9 10
17 2 31 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:28:51.2 +2:06.3 8
20 3 34 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom Gordon Noble United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:29:21.8 +2:36.9 6
22 4 32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Proton Pert Malaysia Proton Pert 4:30:51.7 +4:06.8 5
24 5 47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Xavier Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:32:30.4 +5:45.5 4
26 6 48 Japan Fumio Nutahara Japan Satoshi Hayashi Japan Advan-Piaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:34:06.1 +7:21.2 3
32 7 36 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Jordi Barrabés Mexico Triviño Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:41:13.6 +14:28.7 2
33 8 37 Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Björn Nilsson Sweden Joakim Roman Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:48:01.1 +21:16.2 1
Retired SS10 41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Sirkka Rautiainen Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0
Retired SS9 35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Argentina Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI Radiator 0
Retired SS9 46 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Wodniak Poland Kuchar Team Poland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Radiator 0
Retired SS5 39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI Accident 0
Retired SS5 40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Austria OMV World Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS5 49 Spain Sergio López-Fombona Spain Guifré Pujol Spain Ralliart Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Excluded 0
Retired SS3 44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Steve Lancaster Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza STI Gearbox 0
Retired SS1 42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Michael Gibson United Kingdom Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza STI Gearbox 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (12 Mar) SS1 Ortega La Esperanza 1 29.06 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 17:55.2 Japan Toshihiro Arai
SS2 Santana Cubilete 22.61 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:22.7 Spain Daniel Solà
SS3 Ibarrilla El Zauco 27.30 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 18:37.5
SS4 Ortega La Esperanza 2 29.06 km Finland Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 18:17.3
Leg 2 (13 Mar) SS5 Duarte Nvo Valle 1 25.58 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 19:59.7
SS6 Derramadero Chichimequillas 1 23.56 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 14:56.7
SS7 El Gigante El Zauco 1 28.03 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 21:04.3
SS8 Duarte Nvo Valle 2 25.58 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 19:58.0
SS9 Derramadero Chichimequillas 2 23.56 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 15:06.3
SS10 El Gigante El Zauco 2 28.03 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 20:56.0
Leg 3 (14 Mar) SS11 Ibarrilla Mesa 1 30.47 km Spain Daniel Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 20:15.6
SS12 Alfaro Nuevo Valle 1 27.85 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 17:45.1
SS13 Derramadero Comanjilla 15.42 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 9:34.6
SS14 Ibarrilla Mesa 2 30.47 km United Kingdom Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI 19:55.0
SS15 Alfaro Nuevo Valle 2 27.85 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza S10 WRC '04 17:28.1

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 2 Spain Daniel Solà 16
2 4 Japan Toshihiro Arai 11
3 2 Finland Jani Paasonen 10
4 2 United Kingdom Alister McRae 8
5 New entry United Kingdom Niall McShea 6

References

  1. "Rally Mexico". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  2. "Rally Mexico 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. "Rally Mexico 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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