2006 World Rally Championship

2006 World Rally Championship
Champions
World Drivers' Champion	Sébastien Loeb
World Manufacturers' Champion	Ford

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.

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.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class
1	19 January	22 January	74th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	18	366.39 km	PWRC
2	3 February	5 February	55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	349.02 km	JWRC
3	3 March	5 March	3rd Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	17	359.54 km	PWRC
4	24 March	26 March	42nd RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada	Salou, Catalonia	Tarmac	16	346.43 km	JWRC
5	7 April	9 April	50th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	354.18 km	JWRC
6	27 April	30 April	26th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	22	351.44 km	JWRC/PWRC
7	19 May	21 May	3rd Rally d'Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	18	344.90 km	JWRC
8	2 June	4 June	53rd BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece	Athens	Gravel	18	355.62 km	PWRC
9	11 August	13 August	25th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	19	349.11 km	JWRC
10	18 August	20 August	56th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	21	351.61 km	JWRC
11	1 September	3 September	6th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	27	345.72 km	PWRC
12	22 September	24 September	34th Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	22	322.51 km	PWRC
13	13 October	15 October	7th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	19	337.79 km	JWRC
14	27 October	29 October	19th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	26	348.51 km	PWRC
15	17 November	19 November	37th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Hamilton, Waikato	Gravel	17	354.21 km	PWRC
16	1 December	3 December	62nd Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	355.92 km	JWRC
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers
Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-driver	Rounds
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	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
Ford	Focus RS WRC 06	BP Ford World Rally Team	BF	3	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				4	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	Subaru World Rally Team	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
Peugeot	307 WRC	OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	BF	7	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	All
				8	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
Ford	Focus RS WRC 04 1-10, 12-13 Focus RS WRC 06 11, 14-16	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	BF	9	Matthew Wilson	Michael Orr	All
				10	Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	1
					Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	2, 7–8, 10, 13
					Luis Pérez Companc	Jose Maria Volta	3, 6, 11–12, 14–15
					Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	4–5, 9, 16
Škoda	Fabia WRC	Red Bull Škoda Team	BF	11	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1, 4
					Andreas Aigner	Timo Gottschalk	2
					Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietilanien	5, 7–8, 12–13, 16
					Mattias Ekström	Jonas Andersson	9
				12	Andreas Aigner	Timo Gottschalk	1, 4–5, 7
						Klaus Wicha	8-9, 12–13, 16
					Mattias Ekström	Stefan Bergman	2

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Kronos Racing	BF	Daniel Sordo	Marc Martí	1–8
				Xavier Pons	Carlos del Barrio	9–13
		PH Sport	BF	Janne Tuohino	Risto Pietiläinen	2
					Mikko Markkula	10
		Astra Racing	BF	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	8–9, 12
Ford	Focus RS WRC 04	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	BF	Luis Pérez Companc	José María Volta	2, 7
				Juan Pablo Raies	Jorge Pérez-Companc	12
				Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	16
		Thomas Schie		Thomas Schie	Göran Bergsten	2, 10
		Steve Perez		Steve Perez	Steve Harris	4
		Pieter Tsjoen		Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	9
		Mark Higgins		Mark Higgins	Rory Kennedy	16
		Tom Hogan Motors	BF	Gareth MacHale	Paul Nagle	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11
	Focus RS WRC 03					16
				Austin MacHale	Brian Murphy	1
		Eamonn Boland	M	Eamonn Boland	Francis Regan	1
	Focus RS WRC 02	Emmanuel Stefanis		Emmanuel Stefanis	Konstantinos Stefanis	8
		Dave Weston Jr.		Dave Weston Jr.	Aled Davies	16
	Focus RS WRC 01	Ford Rallyesport Turkey		Mehmet Besler	Ozden Yilmaz	13
				Adnan Sarihan	Bahadir Gücenmez	13
				Emre Yurdakul	Afsin Baydar	13
Hyundai	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Stephen Simpson		Stephen Simpson	Patrick Walsh	16
Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 05	MMSP LTD	P BF	Gianluigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	1–2
				Daniel Carlsson	Bosse Holmstrand	2
					Tomas Thorszelius	10
				Jussi Välimäki	Jarkko Kalliolepo	7–8, 10
				Juho Hänninen	Marko Sallinen	10
Peugeot	307 WRC	Astra Racing	BF	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	1, 4–5
		Olivier Burri	M	Olivier Burri	Christopher Hofmann	1
		BSA	BF	Alexandre Bengué	Caroline Escudero	4–5
		Gianluigi Galli	P	Gianluigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	5–7, 10
		Equipe de France FFSA	BF	Nicolas Vouilloz	Jacques Boyere	5
		Štěpán Vojtěch		Štěpán Vojtěch	Michal Ernst	9
	206 WRC	Philippe Roux	BF	Philippe Roux	Eric Jordan	1, 5
		Peugeot Sport Sweden		Jimmy Joge	Mattias Andersson	2
		Ricardo Triviño		Ricardo Triviño	Sergio Salom	3
		Štěpán Vojtěch		Štěpán Vojtěch	Michal Ernst	4
		José Micheli		José Micheli	Marielle Maccioni	5
SEAT	Cordoba WRC Evo3	Jordi Zurita		Jordi Zurita	Manel Muñoz	4
Škoda	Fabia WRC	First Motorsport Škoda	BF	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
		Czech RT Škoda Kopecký	BF	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
		Skoda Auto Deutschland	BF	Matthias Kahle	Peter Göbel	9
	Octavia WRC Evo3	Riccardo Errani	P	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	1
		Jukka Ketomäki		Jukka Ketomäki	Kai Risberg	10
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	Subaru World Rally Team	P	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	11
	Impreza WRC 2005	Subaru Rally Team Australia	P	Chris Atkinson	Glenn Macneall	1, 4–5, 9
		Cersanit Rally Team		Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	2
		Aris Vovos		Aris Vovos	Loris Meletopoulos	8
		Ercan Kazaz		Ercan Kazaz	Serdar Kurbanzade	13
		Valentino Rossi	P	Valentino Rossi	Carlo Cassina	15
		Red Devil Atolye Kazaz		Kristian Sohlberg	Tomi Tuominen	7
					Risto Pietiläinen	10
	Impreza WRC 2004				Kaj Lindström	2
		Rally Team Olsbergs		Thomas Rådström	Jörgen Skallman	2
		Anders Grøndal		Anders Grøndal	Trond-Inge Østbye	2
		Mark van Eldik		Mark van Eldik	Erwin Mombaerts	9
		Gareth Jones		Gareth Jones	David Moynihan	9
		Adapta AS		Mads Østberg	Ole Unnerud	16
	Impreza WRC 2003					10
					Ragnar Engen	2
		Kevin Barrett		Kevin Barrett	Barry Goodman	4
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Fabio Frisiero		Fabio Frisiero	Simone Scattolin	2
		Poulsen Motorsport		Kristian Poulsen	Ole Fredriksen	9
		Wevers Sport		Erik Wevers	Filip Goddé	9
		Jari-Matti Latvala		Jari-Matti Latvala	Asko Sairanen	10

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.

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 García	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

Rally results

The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds.

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Fumio Nutahara Daniel Barritt	N/A
2	Sweden	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	No. 35 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	Suzuki Swift S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson
3	Mexico	No. 1 Kronos Racing	No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe	N/A
4	Spain	No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	No. 49 Jipocar Czech National Team	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Martin Prokop Jan Tománek
5	France	No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	No. 41 PH Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci
6	Argentina	No. 1 Kronos Racing	No. 39 QMMF	No. 148 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Subaru Impreza STi N12	Suzuki Swift S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
7	Italy	No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	No. 41 Renault Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Renault Clio S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson
8	Greece	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	No. 39 QMMF	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson	N/A
9	Germany	No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	No. 32 PH Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	Citroën C2 S1600
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	N/A	Kris Meeke Glenn Patterson
10	Finland	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	No. 48 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	Suzuki Swift S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Guy Wilks Phil Pugh
11	Japan	No. 1 Kronos Racing	No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Fumio Nutahara Daniel Barritt	N/A
12	Cyprus	No. 1 Kronos Racing	No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A
		Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Fumio Nutahara Daniel Barritt	N/A
13	Turkey	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	Suzuki Swift S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk
14	Australia	No. 4 BP Ford World Rally Team	No. 37 Motoring Club	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
		Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	N/A
15	New Zealand	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	No. 37 Motoring Club	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	N/A
16	Britain	No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	No. 43 Suzuki Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	Suzuki Swift S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	N/A	Jaan Mölder jr. Katrin Becker
Source:

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.

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 7 6 5 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.

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

External links

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