Ford's Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, taking his first victory of his career.

His teammate Marcus Grönholm was only the Fifth to mathematically give the world championship to Sébastien Loeb, who was out of this race due to injury.

Grönholm hit a rock, resulting in him losing eleven minutes and falling to 55th place.

In order to maintain his chances for the championship, Grönholm had to rise to at least third place, but he was only able to collect four points, so Loeb, who witnessed the rally from home, celebrated the championship with two more races left.

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