2006 Rally New Zealand

2006 Rally New Zealand
*36th Propecia Rally New Zealand*
2006 Rally New Zealand; 36th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 15 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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Dates run	17 – 19 November 2006
Stages	17
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	43 at start, 37 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Finland Marcus Grönholm; United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team

The 2006 Propecia Rally New Zealand was the penultimate round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 17 and 19 November 2006.

Marcus Grönholm won and teammate Mikko Hirvonen placed second, sealed the Ford's first manufacturers’ world title since 1979.^[1]

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Finland Marcus Grönholm	Finland Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:02:30.7	0.0	10
2	Finland Mikko Hirvonen	Finland Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:03:26.7	56.0	8
3	Austria Manfred Stohl	Austria Ilka Minor	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:10.0	2:39.3	6
4	Spain Xavier Pons	Spain Carlos Del Barrio	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:05:26.8	2:56.1	5
5	Spain Dani Sordo	Spain Marc Marti	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:05:51.4	3:20.7	4
6	Norway Petter Solberg	United Kingdom Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	4:07:27.8	4:57.1	3
7	Argentina Luís Pérez Companc	Argentina José María Volta	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:13:22.3	10:51.6	2
8	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Finland Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:18:53.1	16:22.4	1
PWRC
1.	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Finland Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:18:53.1	0.0	10
2.	New Zealand Richard Mason	New Zealand Sara Mason-Randall	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:22:50.7	3:57.6	8
3.	Russia Alexander Dorosinskiy	Russia Dmitriy Yeremeyev	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	4:34:39.9	15:46.8	6
4.	Japan Takuma Kamada	France Denis Giraudet	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:35:39.2	16:46.1	5
5.	San Marino Mirco Baldacci	Italy Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:37:45.1	18:52.0	4
6.	Japan Fumio Nutahara	United Kingdom Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:41:37.1	22:44.0	3
7.	Qatar Nasser al-Attiyah	United Kingdom Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	4:47:41.9	28:48.8	2
8.	United Kingdom Nigel Heath	United Kingdom Steve Lancaster	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:54:58.3	36:05.2	1

Source:^[2]

All dates and times are NZDT (UTC+13).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (17 Nov)	SS1	09:33	Pirongia West 1	20.38	Finland Marcus Grönholm	15:09.7	Finland Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	10:31	Te Koraha 1	43.88	Finland Marcus Grönholm	29:44.7
	SS3	14:50	Pirongia West 2	20.38	Finland Marcus Grönholm	14:53.6
	SS4	15:48	Te Koraha 2	43.88	Finland Marcus Grönholm	29:10.2
	SS5	18:00	Mystery Creek Super Special 1	3.14	Finland Marcus Grönholm	2:59.8
2 (18 Nov)	SS6	09:23	Port Waikato	18.18	Finland Marcus Grönholm	10:25.3
	SS7	10:01	Klondyke	13.88	Australia Chris Atkinson	11:18.9
	SS8	10:34	Wairamarama	31.58	Australia Chris Atkinson	22:23.3
	SS9	15:18	Te Akauth South	31.82	Finland Marcus Grönholm	18:37.4
	SS10	16:01	Te Akauth North	32.64	Finland Mikko Hirvonen	18:08.2
	SS11	19:34	Mystery Creek Super Special 2	3.14	Finland Marcus Grönholm	2:59.5
3 (19 Nov)	SS12	07:38	Maungatawhiri 1	6.69	Finland Marcus Grönholm	3:40.6
	SS13	08:06	Te Hutewai 1	11.23	Finland Marcus Grönholm	7:56.2
	SS14	08:34	Whaanga Coast 1	29.82	Finland Marcus Grönholm	21:38.1
	SS15	12:03	Maungatawhiri 2	6.69	Finland Marcus Grönholm	3:37.5
	SS16	12:31	Te Hutewai 2	11.23	Finland Marcus Grönholm Spain Xavier Pons	7:57.7
	SS17	12:59	Whaanga Coast 2	29.82	Spain Xavier Pons	21:09.7^[2]