Conrad Rautenbach

Conrad Rautenbach

Rautenbach at the 2007 Rally GB.
Personal information
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Born	(1984-11-12) 12 November 1984
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2004–2009
Teams	Citroën Sport Technologies, Citroën Junior Team
Rallies	56
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Total points	15
First rally	2004 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally	2009 Rally GB

Conrad Rautenbach (born 12 November 1984) is a rally driver from Zimbabwe who competed in the World Rally Championship for the Citroën Junior Team along with his co-driver Daniel Barritt. He won the African Rally Championship twice, in 2007 and 2011.

Career

Rautenbach at the 2008 Tour de Corse.

He drove for the privately run PH Sport team with Urmo Aava in a Citroën C4 WRC for the 2008 season, where he achieved points finishes on two occasions, an 8th at Rally Turkey and a best result of 4th at the Rally Argentina. However, he also had some bizarre moments in 2008, not least of which the now infamous collision with Sébastien Loeb at the Jordan Rally where both cars managed to collide head-on forcing both to retire instantly.

Rautenbach at the 2009 Rally Finland.

For 2009 Rautenbach joined the Citroën Junior Team where he continued to campaign in a Citroën C4 WRC. On Rally Ireland, the first event of the season, Rautenbach had a promising first day, setting stage times consistently in the top eight, and ended the day in fifth place. However an off early on day two saw him slip down the standings, eventually finishing 18th in the rally. 2009 has continued to be an inconsistent season for Rautenbach, with retirements in Rally Norway, Rally Portugal and Rally Argentina, however, he did achieve points finishes at the Cyprus Rally and the Acropolis Rally, finishing 6th and 5th respectively. He did not get a seat for the next season and has not competed in WRC since.

Due to a lack of funding in 2010, Rautenbach only competed in the South African National Rally Championship with a Ford Fiesta S2000. He returned to the African championship in 2011, winning it for the second time.

His father, Billy Rautenbach, is also a former rally driver.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2004	Conrad Rautenbach	Ford Puma S1600	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP												NC	0
		Opel Corsa S1600						GRE Ret	TUR 22	ARG	FIN Ret	GER	JPN	GBR Ret
		Suzuki Ignis S1600													ITA Ret	FRA
		Citroën Saxo S1600															ESP 33	AUS
2005	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Saxo S1600	MON	SWE	MEX Ret	NZL													NC	0
		Citroën C2 S1600					ITA 27	CYP	TUR	GRE 28	ARG	FIN 40	GER Ret	GBR	JPN	FRA 20	ESP Ret	AUS
2006	Conrad Rautenbach	Renault Clio S1600	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP 25	FRA 18	ARG	ITA 16		GER 33	FIN 43	JPN	CYP	TUR 17	AUS	NZL		NC	0
		Subaru Impreza WRX STI								GRE 34								GBR 64
2007	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 S1600	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR 34	ARG	ITA Ret	GRE	FIN 23	GER 14	NZL	ESP 23	FRA 26	JPN	IRE		NC	0
		Citroën Xsara WRC																GBR Ret
2008	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON Ret	SWE 16															15th	6
		Citroën C4 WRC			MEX 15	ARG 4	JOR 26	ITA 13	GRE 10	TUR 8	FIN 10	GER 13	NZL Ret	ESP Ret	FRA 14	JPN Ret	GBR 15
2009	Citroën Junior Team	Citroën C4 WRC	IRE 18	NOR Ret	CYP 6	POR Ret	ARG Ret	ITA Ret	GRE 5	POL 8	FIN Ret	AUS Ret	ESP 11	GBR 8					10th	9

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2004	Conrad Rautenbach	Ford Puma S1600	MON Ret									17th	2
		Opel Corsa S1600		GRE Ret	TUR 7	FIN Ret	GBR Ret
		Suzuki Ignis S1600						ITA Ret
		Citroën Saxo S1600							ESP 11
2005	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Saxo S1600	MON	MEX Ret								12th	7
		Citroën C2 S1600			ITA 8	GRE 8	FIN 8	GER Ret	FRA 5	ESP Ret
2006	Conrad Rautenbach	Renault Clio S1600	SWE	ESP 6	FRA 3	ARG	ITA 2	GER 9	FIN 11	TUR 2	GBR	5th	25
2007	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 S1600	NOR	POR 10	ITA Ret	FIN 4	GER 3	ESP 5	FRA 8			8th	16

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2017	Cars	Toyota	9th	0
2020	UTV	PH-Sport	4th	0

External links

• Media related to Conrad Rautenbach at Wikimedia Commons
• Rallybase.nl profile
• Official website