2006 Cyprus Rally

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2006 Cyprus Rally
34th Cyprus Rally
Round 12 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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Chris Atkinson - 2006 Cyprus Rally 2.jpg
Chris Atkinson at the closing ceremony.
Dates runSeptember 22 – 24 2006
Stages22
Stage surfaceGravel
Results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
Belgium Kronos Total Citroën WRT
Crews40 at start, 27 at finish

The 2006 Cyprus Rally was the twelfth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 22-24, 2006. It was the last event of the season in which championship winner Sébastien Loeb competed due to injury; despite this, he still became 2006 Champion when his points total became unassailable in the fourteenth round, 2006 Rally Australia.

Results[]

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC 4:40:50.4 0.0 10
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:41:11.6 21.2 8
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:46:06.5 5:16.1 6
4 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 4:47:30.8 6:39.7 5
5 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Jakke Honkanen Citroën Xsara WRC 4:49:30.8 8:40.4 4
6 Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud Peugeot 307 WRC 4:55:30.4 14:40.0 3
7 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Citroën Xsara WRC 4:55:37.1 14:46.7 2
8 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 06 4:56:11.9 15:21.5 1
PWRC
1. Japan Fumio Nutahara United Kingdom Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5:10:43.3 0.0 10
2. Finland Finland Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5:15:00.8 4:17.5 8
3. United Arab Emirates Khalid al-Qassimi United Kingdom Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5:16:42.5 5:59.2 6
4. Italy Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 5:22:14.4 11:31.1 5
5. Qatar Nasser al-Attiyah United Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C 5:34:48.3 24:05.0 4
6. Japan Toshi Arai New Zealand Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5:43:47.9 33:04.6 3

Special Stages[]

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Day Stage Time Name Length (km) Winner Time Rally leader
1
(22 Sep)
SS1 09:43 Xyliatos 1 8.90 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7:43.3 Finland Marcus Grönholm
SS2 10:04 Kaspouras 1 10.17 Finland Marcus Grönholm 9:14.1
SS3 10:37 Asinou 1 25.61 Finland Marcus Grönholm 26:52.4
SS4 12:05 Kato Amiantos 1 11.86 Norway Petter Solberg 9:33.4
SS5 15:03 Xyliatos 2 8.90 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7:26.5
SS6 15:24 Kaspouras 2 10.17 France Sébastien Loeb 8:56.4
SS7 15:57 Asinou 2 25.61 France Sébastien Loeb 26:07.1
SS8 17:25 Kato Amiantos 2 11.86 France Sébastien Loeb 9:26.8
2
(23 Sep)
SS9 08:38 Kellaki 1 9.48 Finland Marcus Grönholm 8:01.4
SS10 09:16 Akrounta 1 7.98 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7:44.9
SS11 10:34 Foini 1 30.32 France Sébastien Loeb 26:20.8
SS12 11:32 Galatareia 1 13.32 France Sébastien Loeb 8:17.8
SS13 14:25 Kellaki 2 9.48 France Sébastien Loeb 8:01.7
SS14 15:03 Akrounta 2 7.98 France Sébastien Loeb 7:35.4 France Sébastien Loeb
SS15 16:21 Foini 2 30.32 France Sébastien Loeb 25:56.1
SS16 17:19 Galatareia 2 13.32 France Sébastien Loeb 8:09.7
3
(24 Sep)
SS17 08:54 Vavatsinia 1 25.23 France Sébastien Loeb 22:24.1
SS18 09:52 Machairas 1 12.93 Finland Marcus Grönholm 10:56.6
SS19 10:35 Lageia 8.98 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7:21.6
SS20 12:35 Down Town 3.40 Stage Cancelled
SS21 14:03 Vavatsinia 2 25.23 France Sébastien Loeb 23:19.8
SS22 14:56 Machairas 2 12.93 Finland Marcus Grönholm 10:48.8

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