2006 Rally Finland

2006 Rally Finland
*56th Neste Oil Rally Finland*
2006 Rally Finland; 56th Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round 10 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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	Sébastien Loeb coming into service.
Dates run	August 17 – 20 2006
Stages	21
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	101 at start, 68 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm; BP Ford World Rally Team

The 2006 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 17–20, 2006.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:52:50.3	0.0	10
2	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:53:57.0	1:06.7	8
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:54:24.8	1:34.5	6
4	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Peugeot 307 WRC	2:56:48.1	3:57.8	5
5	Gigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	Peugeot 307 WRC	2:58:30.2	5:39.9	4
6	Janne Tuohino	Mikko Markkula	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:58:55.3	6:05.0	3
7	Jussi Välimäki	Jarkko Kalliolepo	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	2:59:45.7	6:55.4	2
8	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:03:05.3	10:15.0	1
JWRC
1.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:16:05.7	0.0	10
2.	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:18:43.2	2:37.5	8
3.	Matti Rantanen	Jan Lönegren	Honda Civic Type-R	3:24:51.6	8:45.9	6
4.	Julien Pressac	Jacques Boyerre	Citroën C2 S1600	3:25:30.1	9:24.4	5
5.	Jozef Béreš	Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	3:29:25.5	13:19.8	4
6.	Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker	Suzuki Ignis S1600	3:30:54.2	14:48.5	3
7.	Patrik Sandell	Amil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	3:32:46.5	16:40.8	2
8.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3:34:59.9	18:54.2	1

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (17/18 Aug)	SS1	20:00	Killeri 1	2.00	Sébastien Loeb	1:21.4	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	09:21	Lankamaa	24.97	Marcus Grönholm	11:59.7	Marcus Grönholm
	SS3	10:09	Laukaa	11.81	Marcus Grönholm	5:40.8
	SS4	11:04	Ruuhimaki	7.57	Marcus Grönholm	3:57.2
	SS5	13:08	Vellipohja 1	36.38	Sébastien Loeb	17:51.9
	SS6	14:17	Mokkipera 1	12.60	Sébastien Loeb	6:11.2
	SS7	16:36	Vellipohja 2	36.38	Marcus Grönholm	18:05.8
	SS8	17:45	Mokkipera 2	12.60	Sébastien Loeb	6:20.1
	SS9	20:00	Killeri 2	2.00	Marcus Grönholm	1:21.6
2 (19 Aug)	SS10	07:06	Vaheri	19.90	Marcus Grönholm	9:47.6
	SS11	08:20	Ouninpohja Lansi 1	13.97	Sébastien Loeb	6:33.0
	SS12	08:43	Ouninpohja Ita 1	16.54	Marcus Grönholm	7:51.7
	SS13	11:44	Urria	10.00	Marcus Grönholm	4:40.8
	SS14	13:07	Ouninpohja Lansi 2	13.97	Marcus Grönholm	6:30.7
	SS15	13:30	Ouninpohja Ita 2	16.54	Marcus Grönholm	7:51.8
	SS16	16:48	Moksi-Leustu	40.95	Marcus Grönholm	20:25.6
	SS17	18:04	Himos	12.97	Marcus Grönholm	7:09.1
3 (20 Aug)	SS18	09:14	Kuohu 1	7.80	Mikko Hirvonen	3:42.4
	SS19	10:27	Jukojarvi 1	22.30	Mikko Hirvonen	10:46.6
	SS20	11:45	Kuohu 2	7.80	Mikko Hirvonen	3:42.6
	SS21	12:58	Jukojarvi 2	22.30	Mikko Hirvonen	10:39.5