2006 World Rally Championship season

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

Rule changes banned active differentials as well as water injection, as well as mandating that teams must re-use cars and engines on selected ‘pairs’ of events.[1]

[edit] Points

2006 Manufacturers Championship Points
Rank Manufacturer Event Total
Flag of Monaco Flag of Sweden Flag of Mexico Flag of Spain Flag of France Flag of Argentina Flag of Italy Flag of Greece Flag of Germany Flag of Finland Flag of Japan Flag of Cyprus Flag of Turkey Flag of Australia Flag of New Zealand Flag of the United Kingdom
1 BP Ford World Rally Team 14 12 4 12 14 1 8 16 10 16 14 14 18 14 18 10 195
2 Kronos Total Citroën 11 13 10 10 15 10 16 11 18 8 10 10 3 5 9 6 166
3 Subaru World Rally Team 5 3 12 11 7 13 7 5 0 2 9 5 4 11 3 6 103
4 OMV Peugeot Norway 6 4 11 0 0 10 5 5 0 9 0 9 8 6 7 8 88
5 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 0 7 2 1 0 5 0 2 3 4 5 1 5 2 2 5 44
6 Red Bull Škoda 3 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 1 - - 1 24
2006 World Rally Car Championship Points
Rank Driver Event Total
Flag of Monaco Flag of Sweden Flag of Mexico Flag of Spain Flag of France Flag of Argentina Flag of Italy Flag of Greece Flag of Germany Flag of Finland Flag of Japan Flag of Cyprus Flag of Turkey Flag of Australia Flag of New Zealand Flag of the United Kingdom
1 Flag of France Sébastien Loeb 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 8 10 8 10 10 - - - - 112
2 Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm 10 10 1 6 8 0 0 10 6 10 8 8 10 4 10 10 111
3 Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen 2 0 0 0 5 0 8 6 0 6 6 6 8 10 8 - 65
4 Flag of Austria Manfred Stohl 5 0 6 0 2 5 2 0 4 0 4 5 1 6 6 8 54
5 Flag of Spain Dani Sordo 1 0 5 8 6 4 6 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 49
6 Flag of Norway Petter Solberg 0 0 8 2 0 8 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 8 3 6 40
7 Flag of Spain Xavier Pons 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 - 2 5 5 5 4 32
8 Flag of Norway Henning Solberg 0 1 4 - - 2 0 4 0 5 - 3 6 0 - - 25
9 Flag of Finland Toni Gardemeister 6 - - 0 - - - 5 5 0 - 4 0 - - - 20
10 Flag of Australia Chris Atkinson 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 - 3 20
11 Flag of Italy Gigi Galli 0 5 - - 0 6 0 - - 4 - - - - - - 15
12 Flag of France Alex Bengué 0 - - 5 4 - - 0 - - - - - - - - 9
13 Flag of Finland Jari-Matti Latvala - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 5 9
14 Flag of Finland Kosti Katajamäki - 3 - - - - 0 0 - 0 - - 4 - - - 7
15 Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 0 0 - 4 0 - 0 0 2 1 - - 0 - - - 7
16 Flag of Sweden Daniel Carlsson - 6 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 6
17 Flag of Finland Jussi Valimäki - - - - - - 4 0 - 2 - - - - - - 6
18 Flag of France Stéphane Sarrazin 4 - - 1 1 - - - 0 - - - - - - - 6
19 Flag of Sweden Thomas Rådström - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
20 Flag of Belgium Francois Duval 0 - - 3 0 - 1 0 0 - - - 0 - - 1 5
21 Flag of Ireland Gareth MacHale 0 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 3
22 Flag of Austria Andreas Aigner 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 3 - - 0 0 - - - 3
23 Flag of Finland Janne Tuohino - 0 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
24 Flag of Japan Toshi Arai - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 3
25 Flag of Finland Kristian Sohlberg - 0 - - - - 3 - - 0 - - - - - - 3
26 Flag of Argentina Luis Perez Companc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
27 Flag of San Marino Mirco Baldacci - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
28 Flag of the United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 1
29 Flag of Japan Fumio Nutahara 0 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1
30 Flag of Australia Dean Herridge - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1

[edit] Events

Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time)		 Podium Cars
74ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo— Results 20 January-22 January
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:11m:43.9s)
  2. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (4h:12m:45.7s)
  3. Flag of Finland Toni Gardemeister (4h:13m:07.0s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Citroën Xsara
  3. Peugeot 307
55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally— Results 3 February-5 February
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:09m:01.9s)
  2. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:09m:32.8s)
  3. Flag of Sweden Daniel Carlsson (3h:11m:58.7s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Citroën Xsara
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
20º Corona Rally México— Results 3 March-5 March
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:47m:08.8s)
  2. Flag of Norway Petter Solberg (3h:47m:57.7s)
  3. Flag of Austria Manfred Stohl (3h:51m:47.9s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Subaru Impreza
  3. Peugeot 307
42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada— Results 24 March-26 March
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:22m:01.7s)
  2. Flag of Spain Dani Sordo (3h:22m:49.9s)
  3. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:47.5s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Citroën Xsara
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
50ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 7 April-9 April
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:43m:05.4s)
  2. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:43m:34.4s)
  3. Flag of Spain Dani Sordo (3h:44m:54.1s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  3. Citroën Xsara
26º Rally Argentina 28 April-30 April
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:51.3s)
  2. Flag of Norway Petter Solberg (4h:07m:35.9s)
  3. Flag of Italy Gianluigi Galli (4h:10m:15.6s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Subaru Impreza
  3. Peugeot 307
3º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia 19 May-21 May
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:54m:18.9s)
  2. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (3h:57m:00.3s)
  3. Flag of Spain Dani Sordo (3h:57m:46.6s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  3. Citroën Xsara
53rd Acropolis Rally 2 June-4 June
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:56m:26.8s)
  2. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:58m:53.2s)
  3. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (4h:00m:10.2s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Citroën Xsara
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
25. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland 11 August-13 August
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:28m:34.1s)
  2. Flag of Spain Dani Sordo (3h:29m:07.9s)
  3. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:30m:53.3s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Citroën Xsara
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
56th Neste Oil Rally Finland 18 August-20 August
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (2h:52m:50.3s)
  2. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (2h:53m:57.0s)
  3. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (2h:54m:24.8s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Citroën Xsara
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
3rd Rally Japan 1 September-3 September
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (3h:22m:20.4s)
  2. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:22m:26.0s)
  3. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (3h:25m:06.9s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
34th Cyprus Rally 22 September-24 September
  1. Flag of France Sébastien Loeb (4h:40m:50.4s)
  2. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:41m:01.6s)
  3. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (4h:46m:06.19s)
  1. Citroën Xsara
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
7th Rally of Turkey 13 October-15 October
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:28m:16.3s)
  2. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (3h:30m:39.7s)
  3. Flag of Norway Henning Solberg (3h:31m:22.3s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  3. Peugeot 307
19th Telstra Rally Australia 27 October-29 October
  1. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (3h:15m:11.8s)
  2. Flag of Norway Petter Solberg (3h:15m:48.9s)
  3. Flag of Austria Manfred Stohl (3h:19m:10.4s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Subaru Impreza
  3. Peugeot 307
36th Propecia Rally New Zealand 17 November-19 November
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:02m:30.7s)
  2. Flag of Finland Mikko Hirvonen (4h:03m:26.7s)
  3. Flag of Austria Manfred Stohl (4h:05m:10.0s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  3. Peugeot 307
62nd Wales Rally of Great Britain 1 December-3 December
  1. Flag of Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:20m:24.8s)
  2. Flag of Austria Manfred Stohl (3h:22m:0.3s)
  3. Flag of Norway Petter Solberg (3h:22m:20.0s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 06
  2. Peugeot 307
  3. Subaru Impreza

[edit] References

  1. ^ Subaru World Rally Team
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