2006 World Rally Championship

The 2006 World Rally Championship was the 34th season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on January 20 with the 74th Monte Carlo Rally where Finland's Marcus Grönholm, in a Ford Focus RS WRC, took the win ahead of France's Sébastien Loeb. After the Swedish Rally ended with the same top-two, Loeb and Kronos Citroën went on to win five rallies in a row. Despite an injury in a mountain-biking accident before the Rally of Turkey, forcing Loeb to miss last four rallies, he secured his third drivers' title, whereas Ford won their first manufacturers' title since 1979.

2006 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Sébastien Loeb
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Ford

Previous

2005

Next

2007

Rule changes

In an attempt to cut costs, new regulations required mechanical front and rear differentials, while the central differential remained active. Active suspension and water injections were also prohibited. Cars entered by a manufacturer had to be equipped with the same engine for two rallies; further limitations were imposed on the changing of some parts, including suspension, steering, turbochargers and gearboxes.

For 2006 manufacturer is understood to mean a manufacturer, a team designated by a manufacturer, or a privateer team taking part with a single make of car.

Two categories were created to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:

Manufacturer 1 (M1)

• undertakes to take part in all the rallies of the Championship
• must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2006 Appendix J
• must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship
• In order to score points in the Championship, a Manufacturer 1 must take part with two cars of the same make in the 16 rallies of the calendar

Manufacturer 2 (M2)

• undertakes to take part in 10 or more Championship rallies which it has nominated
• cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2006 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2006
• cannot enter a driver who has been classified among the first six in the final classification of the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers in the last five years
• In order to score points in the Championship, a Manufacturer 2 must take part with two cars of the same make in 10 or more rallies it nominated on registering for the Championship. The Manufacturer can only score points in the events it nominated on registering

Calendar

The 2006 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Round	Rally	Surface	Dates	Support classes
1	Monte Carlo Rally	Tarmac / Snow	20–22 January	Production WRC
2	Swedish Rally	Snow	3–5 February	Junior WRC
3	Rally Mexico	Gravel	3–5 March	Production WRC
4	Rally Catalunya	Tarmac	24–26 March	Junior WRC
5	Tour de Corse	Tarmac	7–9 April	Junior WRC
6	Rally Argentina	Gravel	28–30 April	Junior WRC & Production WRC
7	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Gravel	19–21 May	Junior WRC
8	Acropolis Rally	Gravel	2–4 June	Production WRC
9	Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	11–13 August	Junior WRC
10	Rally Finland	Gravel	17–20 August	Junior WRC
11	Rally Japan	Gravel	1–3 September	Production WRC
12	Cyprus Rally	Gravel	22–24 September	Production WRC
13	Rally of Turkey	Gravel	13–15 October	Junior WRC
14	Rally Australia	Gravel	26–29 October	Production WRC
15	Rally New Zealand	Gravel	17–19 November	Production WRC
16	Wales Rally GB	Gravel	1–3 December	Junior WRC

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers 1
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Driver	Rounds
Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	BF	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	1–12†
					Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	13
					Xavier Pons	Carlos del Barrio	14–16
				2			1–8
					Daniel Sordo	Marc Martí	9–16
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06	BF	3	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				4	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	P	5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
				6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Stéphane Prévot	1, 4–5, 9
					Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	2–3, 6–8, 10–16
Manufacturers 2
OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	7	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	All
				8	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04 Focus RS WRC 06	BF	9	Matthew Wilson	Michael Orr	All
				10	Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	1
					Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	2, 7–8, 10, 13
					Luís Pérez Companc	Jose Maria Volta	3, 6, 11–12, 14–15
					Jari-Matti Latvala		4–5, 9, 16
Red Bull Škoda Team	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	11	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1, 4
					Andreas Aigner	Klaus Wicha	2
					Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietilanien	5, 7–8, 12–13, 16
					Mattias Ekström		9
				12	Andreas Aigner	Klaus Wicha	1, 4–5, 7–9, 12–13, 16
					Mattias Ekström		2
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	P	14	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	11
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04	BF	17	Juan Pablo Raies		12
				19	Andreas Mikkelsen		16
				23	Luís Pérez Companc		2, 7
Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot	307 WRC	P	25	Gianluigi Galli		5–7, 10
Astra Racing			BF	14	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	1, 4–5
	Citroën	Xsara WRC					8–9, 12
PH Sport			BF	15	Janne Tuohino		2, 10
Kronos Racing				26	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	1–8
					Xavier Pons	Carlos del Barrio	9–10, 12–13
MMSP LTD	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 05	PBF	14	Gianluigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	1–2
				15	Daniel Carlsson	Bosse Holmstrand	2, 10
				18	Jussi Välimäki		7–8, 10
				22	Juho Hänninen		10
First Motorsport Škoda	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	15	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
Czech RT Škoda Kopecký				18	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovanek	1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2004	PBF	16	Thomas Radstrom	Jorgen Skallman	2
Red Devil Atolye Kazaz		Impreza WRC 2004/5		19	Kristian Sohlberg		2, 7, 10
Adapta AS		Impreza WRC 2003/4		20	Mads Østberg		2, 10, 16
Subaru Rally Team Australia		Impreza WRC 2005		16	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	1, 4–5, 9
Valentino Rossi				46	Valentino Rossi		15
Tom Hogan Motors	Ford	Focus RS WRC	BF	17	Gareth MacHale	Paul Nagle	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11, 16
BSA	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	19	Alexandre Bengué		4–5
Equipe de France FFSA				20	Nicolas Vouilloz		5
Pieter Tsjoen	Ford	Focus RS WRC		22	Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	9
Olivier Burri	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC	M	63	Olivier Burri	Christopher Hofmann	1
Philippe Roux	Peugeot	Peugeot 206 WRC	BF	65	Philippe Roux	Eric Jordan	1, 5
Riccardo Errani	Škoda	Škoda Octavia WRC	P	66	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	1
Austin MacHale	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	BF	67	Austin MacHale	Brian Murphy	1
Eamonn Boland	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	M	68	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	1
Jimmy Joge	Peugeot	Peugeot 206 WRC		19	Jimmy Joge	Mattias Andersson	2
Thomas Schie	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC		20	Thomas Schie		2
				24			10
Anders Grondal	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC		62	Anders Grondal		2
Cersanit Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC		71	Michał Sołowow		2
Fabio Frisiero	Toyota	Toyota Corolla WRC		80	Fabio Frisiero		2
Ricardo Trivino	Peugeot	Peugeot 206 WRC		16	Ricardo Trivino	"Salom Checo"	3

Notes

This is the first season without Carlos Sainz since 1986.

^† Sebastien Loeb broke his arm before Rally Turkey and missed the remainder of the season.^[1]

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
32	PH Sport	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	Citroën C2 S1600	4–5, 9–10, 13, 16
42		Julien Pressac	Gilles De Turckheim		4–5, 7
			Jacques Boyere		9–10, 13
55		Brice Tirabassi	Jacques-Julien Renucci		4, 5, 7
			Fabrice Gordon		9
		Fabio Fiandino	Sabrina de Castelli	Citroën C2 R2	10, 13
33	Suzuki Sport Europe	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16
35		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson		2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
37		Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini		2, 5, 7
			Zdeněk Hrůza		9–10, 13
43		Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker		16
48		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh		2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
36	Autorel Sport	Luca Betti	Piercarlo Capolongo	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
39	Barroso Sport	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9–10, 13
41	Renault Sport	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
51		Fatih Kara	Cerm Bakancocuklari		4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
52		Bernd Casier	Frédéric Miclotte		4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
43	M-Sport	Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker	Ford Fiesta S1600	2, 6
	JM Engineering			Suzuki Ignis S1600	7, 10, 13
44	Suzuki Shell Helix	Michał Kościuszko	Jaroslaw Baran	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
45	Styllex Tuning Motorsport	Jozef Béreš	Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4–5, 10, 13, 16
46	Power Car Team	Andrea Cortinovis	Massimiliano Bosi	Renault Clio RS	2, 4, 7, 10, 16
			Flavio Zanella		13
47	Hawk Racing Club	Filippo Bordignon	James Bardini	Opel Astra OPC	2, 10, 13
			Justin Bardini		4, 7, 16
49	Jipocar Czech National Team	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
50	Clio Junior Team	Kalle Pinomäki	Mikko Markkula	Renault Clio S1600	10
				Renault Clio RS	2, 4–5, 9
		Egon Kaur	Avo Kristov		16
53	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Barry Clark	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta ST	4–5, 7, 9–10, 16
54	OMV Rally Team	Aaron Burkart	Jörg Bastuck	Citroën C2 S1600	4
			Tanja Geilhausen		5, 7, 9, 13, 16
Additional guest entries
59	Suzuki Sweden	Peter Zachrisson	Jan Svanström	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2
60	Johan Karlsson Motorsport	Johan Karlsson	Mattias Gustavsson	Peugeot 206 RC	2
59	Equipe de France FFSA	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Renault Clio S1600	5
59	Motor Stars	Matti Rantanen	Jan Lönegren	Honda Civic Type-R	10
59	Dealer Team Suzuki	James Wozencroft	Robert Fagg	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16
60	Tom Walster Rally Sport	Tom Walster	Paul Williams	Ford Fiesta ST	16

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Subaru Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 12, 14–15
32	Tango Rally Team	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
34		Sebastián Beltran	Ricardo Rojas		3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
35		Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo		3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
33	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1, 3, 11–12, 14–15
37	Mitsubishi Paris West Team	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
37	Motoring Club	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	1, 3, 8, 11, 14–15
38	Syms Rally Team	Leszek Kuzaj	Maciek Szczepaniak	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
45		Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen		6, 8, 11–12, 14–15
39	QMMF	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15
40	Errani Team Group	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1, 6, 11
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	8, 14
		Simone Campedelli	Danilo Fappani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12
41	Subaru Team Quasys	Takuma Kamada	Hakaru Ichino	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6, 8
			Denis Giraudet		11, 15
		Khalid Al Qassimi	Nicky Beech		12
		Dean Herridge	Bill Hayes		14
42	Subaru Rally Team Russia	Sergey Uspenskiy	Dmitry Eremeev	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 14
		Alexander Dorosinskiy			15
		Loris Baldacci	Dario D'Esposito		11
43	OMV CEE World Rally Team	Andrej Jereb	Miran Kacin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	8
		Jasen Popov	Dilian Popov		14
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	1
		Štěpán Vojtěch	Michal Ernst		3
		Aaron Burkart	Tanja Geilhausen		12
		Natalie Barratt	Dale Moscatt		15
44	Mellors Eliot Motorsport	David Higgins	Ross Butler	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1
			Ieuan Thomas		8
46	PSM Motorsport	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6, 8, 11–12, 14
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	15
Additional guest entries
59	Subaru Rally Team USA	Travis Pastrana	Christian Edstrom	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
60	Francisco Name	Francisco Name	Armando Zapata	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3
59	ALALamias Team	Panayiotis Hatzitsopanis	Nikolaos Petropoulos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8
60	Eko Racing Team	Dimitris Nassoulas	Mihalis Patrikoussis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8
59	Andreas Tsouloftas	Andreas Tsouloftas	Savvas Laos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	12
60	Spyros Pavlides	Spyros Pavlides	Theodoros Vassiliades	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12
59	Richard Mason Motorsport	Richard Mason	Sara Mason	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15
60	Winger Subaru/Subaru NZ	Chris West	Garry Cowan	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 112 2 Marcus Grönholm 1 1 8 3 2 10 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 111 3 Mikko Hirvonen 7 12 14 9 4 Ret 2 3 9 3 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 65 4 Manfred Stohl 4 18 3 12 7 4 7 Ret 5 9 5 4 8 3 3 2 54 5 Daniel Sordo 8 16 4 2 3 5 3 6 2 Ret DSQ Ret 7 23 5 7 49 6 Petter Solberg Ret DSQ 2 7 11 2 9 7 Ret Ret 7 8 13 2 6 3 40 7 Xavier Pons 9 7 Ret Ret 6 17 4 8 14 Ret DNS 7 4 4 4 5 32 8 Henning Solberg Ret 8 5 7 Ret 5 4 6 3 Ret 12 11 25 9 Toni Gardemeister 3 DNS DNS 4 4 5 20 10 Chris Atkinson 6 11 7 11 13 6 10 11 8 13 4 9 6 9 Ret 6 20 11 Gianluigi Galli Ret 4 9 3 Ret 5 15 12 Alexandre Bengué 4 5 9 13 Jari-Matti Latvala 41 25 16 Ret 22 34 17 69 6 8 4 9 14 Kosti Katajamäki 6 Ret 26 14 5 7 15 Jan Kopecký 11 13 5 10 17 16 7 8 Ret 10 7 16 Daniel Carlsson 3 Ret 6 17 Jussi Välimäki 5 9 7 6 18 Stéphane Sarrazin 5 8 8 Ret 6 19 François Duval Ret 6 Ret 8 13 Ret 9 8 5 20 Thomas Rådström 5 4 21 Gareth MacHale 16 6 Ret 11 11 10 Ret Ret 3 22 Kristian Sohlberg Ret 6 Ret 3 23 Andreas Aigner 13 Ret 13 15 13 14 6 Ret 10 Ret 3 24 Janne Tuohino 10 6 3 25 Toshihiro Arai 9 30 21 6 22 Ret 30 3 26 Mirco Baldacci 11 21 20 46 7 18 Ret 2 27 Luís Pérez Companc 23 12 9 12 11 14 22 7 2 28 Matthew Wilson 15 14 16 15 16 8 34 10 12 10 40 10 12 27 13 12 1 29 Fumio Nutahara 17 Ret 8 11 26 21 1 30 Dean Herridge 14 8 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

• Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Australia.^[2]

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR Points 1 BP Ford World Rally Team 3 1 1 8 2 2 8 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 195 4 5 12 14 9 3 Ret 2 3 5 3 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 2 Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 Ret 4 4 5 166 2 6 4 Ret Ret 4 9 3 6 2 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 5 7 3 Subaru World Rally Team 5 Ret Ret 2 3 6 2 5 5 Ret Ret 5 6 11 2 6 3 106 6 4 6 5 4 5 4 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 5 6 Ret 6 4 OMV Peugeot Norway 7 3 9 3 3 4 Ret 5 4 7 3 3 2 88 8 Ret 5 4 5 Ret 4 4 5 3 Ret 8 9 5 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 9 10 8 9 8 9 6 9 7 7 6 7 8 10 9 9 10 44 10 9 3 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 8 8 6 9 4 7 7 4 6 Red Bull Škoda Team 11 7 Ret 6 7 8 9 6 Ret 9 8 24 12 8 Ret 7 8 7 10 4 Ret 8 Ret Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

• Ford secured the manufacturers' championship in New Zealand.^[3]

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE ESP FRA ARG ITA GER FIN TUR GBR  Pts  1 Patrik Sandell 2 2 1 7 11 5 32 2 Urmo Aava 3 2 3 Ret 1 8 31 3 Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 3 4 2 Ret Ret 29 4 Guy Wilks 9 1 8 1 4 11 26 5 Conrad Rautenbach 6 3 2 9 11 2 25 6 Jozef Béreš jun. 6 4 5 5 3 10 22 7 Kris Meeke 3 Ret 1 Ret 5 Ret 20 8 Julien Pressac Ret 4 7 5 5 7 19 9 Jaan Mölder jr. 10 4 12 6 Ret 1 18 10 Martin Prokop 11 1 11 5 8 6 18 11 Bernd Casier 2 10 Ret 2 8 Ret 17 12 Aaron Burkart Ret 7 5 6 12 3 15 13 Luca Betti Ret Ret 6 8 2 12 14 Brice Tirabassi 8 1 9 Ret 11 15 Pavel Valoušek jun. 4 Ret 14 3 12 13 11 16 Fatih Kara 7 6 Ret 7 9 Ret 7 17 Matti Rantanen 3 6 18 Barry Clark Ret 9 15 10 9 4 5 19 Michał Kościuszko 8 5 10 11 Ret 10 5 20 Kalle Pinomäki 5 10 11 Ret 13 4 21 James Wozencroft 6 3 22 Peter Zachrisson 7 2 22 Andrea Cortinovis 14 12 13 10 15 7 2 22 Yoann Bonato 8 1 Pos. Driver SWE ESP FRA ARG ITA GER FIN TUR GBR Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON MEX ARG GRC JPN CYP AUS NZL  Pts  1 Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 2 1 1 5 7 40 2 Fumio Nutahara 1 Ret 1 1 7 6 35 3 Mirco Baldacci 3 3 4 7 2 5 31 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 5 9 6 9 1 1 27 5 Aki Teiskonen Ret 3 4 2 4 Ret 24 6 Toshihiro Arai 1 8 5 6 Ret 9 18 7 Leszek Kuzaj 4 2 Ret 5 Ret 17 8 Stefano Marrini 4 7 8 6 6 14 9 Richard Mason 2 8 10 Sergey Uspenskiy 5 9 9 5 8 11 Khalid Al-Qassimi 3 6 12 Dean Herridge 3 6 13 Alexander Dorosinskiy 3 6 14 Nigel Heath 4 11 Ret 8 6 15 Takuma Kamada Ret 12 8 4 6 16 Simone Campedelli 4 5 17 Štěpán Vojtěch 7 2 18 Francisco Name jr. 8 1 - Gabriel Pozzo Ret Ret 2 2 DSQ DSQ - Marcos Ligato 6 6 7 3 Ret DSQ - Sebastián Beltran Ret 5 10 10 DSQ DSQ Pos. Driver MON MEX ARG GRC JPN CYP AUS NZL Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

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	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	/ Monte Carlo Rally (20–22 January) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:11:43.9	18	366.39 km	51	43
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:45.7
		3	Toni Gardemeister	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:13:07.0
2	Swedish Rally (3–5 February) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:09:01.9	19	349.02 km	63	51
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:32.8
		3	Daniel Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:11:58.7
3	Rally Mexico (3–5 March) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:47:08.8	17	359.54 km	39	33
		2	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:47:57.7
		3	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:51:47.9
4	Rally Catalunya (24–26 March) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:01.7	16	346.43 km	66	56
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:49.9
		3	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:23:47.5
5	Tour de Corse (7–9 April) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:43:05.4	12	354.18 km	75	60
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:43:34.4
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:44:54.1
6	Rally Argentina (28–30 April) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:06:51.3	22	351.44 km	68	57
		2	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	4:07:35.9
		3	Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:10:15.6
7	Rally d'Italia Sardegna (19–21 May) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:54:18.9	18	344.94 km	79	60
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:57:00.3
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:57:46.6
8	Acropolis Rally (2–4 June) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:56:26.8	18	355.62 km	84	69
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:58:53.2
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:10.2
9	Rallye Deutschland (11–13 August) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:28:34.1	19	351.55 km	73	56
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:29:07.9
		3	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:53.3
10	Rally Finland (18–20 August) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:52:50.3	21	351.61 km	101	68
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:53:57.0
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:54:24.8
11	Rally Japan (1–3 September) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:20.4	27	345.72 km	87	78
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:22:26.0
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:25:06.9
12	Cyprus Rally (22–24 September) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:40:50.4	22	322.51 km	39	27
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:41:01.6
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:46:06.19
13	Rally of Turkey (13–15 October) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:28:16.3	19	337.79 km	67	51
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:39.7
		3	Henning Solberg	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:31:22.3
14	Rally Australia (27–29 October) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:15:11.8	26	348.51 km	56	45
		2	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:15:48.9
		3	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:19:10.4
15	Rally New Zealand (17–19 November) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:02:30.7	17	354.21 km	44	37
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:03:26.7
		3	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:10.0
16	Wales Rally GB (1–3 December) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:20:24.8	17	355.92 km	111	82
		2	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:22:0.3
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:22:20.0

References

1. Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine Max Rally, accessed 8/5/2010
2. "Hirvonen wins Rally but Loeb takes title". ABC News. Reuters. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
3. "Gronholm leads Ford to victory". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 2006 at ewrc-results.com