2006 World Rally Championship

2006 World Rally Championship
World Drivers' Champion: Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion: Ford
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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, North America, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Round	Rally	Surface	Dates	Support classes
1	Monte Carlo Rally	Tarmac / Snow	20–22 January	Production WRC
2	Swedish Rally	Snow	3–5 February	Junior WRC
3	Rally Mexico	Gravel	3–5 March	Production WRC
4	Rally Catalunya	Tarmac	24–26 March	Junior WRC
5	Tour de Corse	Tarmac	7–9 April	Junior WRC
6	Rally Argentina	Gravel	28–30 April	Junior WRC & Production WRC
7	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Gravel	19–21 May	Junior WRC
8	Acropolis Rally	Gravel	2–4 June	Production WRC
9	Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	11–13 August	Junior WRC
10	Rally Finland	Gravel	17–20 August	Junior WRC
11	Rally Japan	Gravel	1–3 September	Production WRC
12	Cyprus Rally	Gravel	22–24 September	Production WRC
13	Rally of Turkey	Gravel	13–15 October	Junior WRC
14	Rally Australia	Gravel	26–29 October	Production WRC
15	Rally New Zealand	Gravel	17–19 November	Production WRC
16	Wales Rally GB	Gravel	1–3 December	Junior WRC

Teams and drivers[]

Manufacturers 1
Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	BF	1	Sébastien Loeb	1–12†
					Colin McRae	13
					Xavier Pons	14–16
				2		1–8
					Daniel Sordo	9–16
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06	BF	3	Marcus Grönholm	All
				4	Mikko Hirvonen	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	P	5	Petter Solberg	All
				6	Stéphane Sarrazin	1, 4–5, 9
					Chris Atkinson	2–3, 6–8, 10–16
Manufacturers 2
OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	7	Manfred Stohl	All
				8	Henning Solberg	1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04 Focus RS WRC 06	BF	9	Matthew Wilson	All
				10		1
					Kosti Katajamäki	2, 7–8, 10, 13
					Luís Pérez Companc	3, 6, 11–12, 14–15
					Jari-Matti Latvala	4–5, 9, 16
Red Bull Škoda Team	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	11	Gilles Panizzi	1, 4
					Andreas Aigner	2
					Harri Rovanperä	5, 7–8, 12–13, 16
					Mattias Ekström	9
				12	Andreas Aigner	1, 4–5, 7–9, 12–13, 16
					Mattias Ekström	2
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	P	14	Toshihiro Arai	11
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04	BF	17	Juan Pablo Raies	12
				19	Andreas Mikkelsen	16
				23	Luís Pérez Companc	2, 7
Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot	307 WRC	P	25	Gianluigi Galli	5–7, 10
			BF	14	Toni Gardemeister	1, 4–5
	Citroën	Xsara WRC				8–9, 12
PH Sport			BF	15	Janne Tuohino	2, 10
Kronos Racing				14	Daniel Sordo	1–8
					Xavier Pons	9–10, 12–13
MMSP LTD	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 05	'P'BF	14	Gianluigi Galli	1–2
				15	Daniel Carlsson	2, 10
				18	Jussi Välimäki	7–8, 10
				22	Juho Hänninen	10
	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	15	François Duval	1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
Czech RT Škoda Kopecký				18	Jan Kopecký	1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2004	'P'BF	16	Thomas Radstrom	2
		Impreza WRC 2004/5		19	Kristian Sohlberg	2, 7, 10
Adapta AS		Impreza WRC 2003/4		20	Mads Østberg	2, 10, 16
Subaru Rally Team Australia		Impreza WRC 2005		16	Chris Atkinson	1, 4–5, 9
Valentino Rossi				46	Valentino Rossi	15
	Ford	Focus RS WRC	BF	17	Gareth MacHale	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11, 16
	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	19	Alexandre Bengué	4–5
Equipe de France FFSA				20	Nicolas Vouilloz	5

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.^[1]

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					4–5, 7
					9–10, 13
55		Brice Tirabassi			4, 5, 7
					9
				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			2, 5, 7
					9–10, 13
43		Jaan Mölder			16
48		Guy Wilks			2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
36		Luca Betti		Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
39		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					4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
52					4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
43	M-Sport	Jaan Mölder		Ford Fiesta S1600	2, 6
				Suzuki Ignis S1600	7, 10, 13
44		Michał Kościuszko		Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
45		Jozef Béreš		Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4–5, 10, 13, 16
46				Renault Clio RS	2, 4, 7, 10, 16
					13
47				Opel Astra OPC	2, 10, 13
					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			Renault Clio S1600	10
				Renault Clio RS	2, 4–5, 9
		Egon Kaur			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
					5, 7, 9, 13, 16
Additional guest entries
59	Suzuki Sweden			Suzuki Ignis S1600	2
60	Johan Karlsson Motorsport	Johan Karlsson		Peugeot 206 RC	2
59	Equipe de France FFSA	Yoann Bonato		Renault Clio S1600	5
59		Matti Rantanen		Honda Civic Type-R	10
59	Dealer Team Suzuki			Suzuki Ignis S1600	16
60				Ford Fiesta ST	16

PWRC entries[]

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Subaru Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 12, 14–15
32		Marcos Ligato		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
34					3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
35		Gabriel Pozzo			3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
33		Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1, 3, 11–12, 14–15
37		Mirco Baldacci		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
37		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	1, 3, 8, 11, 14–15
38				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
45					6, 8, 11–12, 14–15
39		Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15
40				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1, 6, 11
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	8, 14
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12
41				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6, 8
			Denis Giraudet		11, 15
		Khalid Al Qassimi			12
		Dean Herridge			14
42				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 14
		Alexander Dorosinskiy			15
					11
43	OMV CEE World Rally Team			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	8
					14
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	1
		Štěpán Vojtěch			3
		Aaron Burkart			12
		Natalie Barratt			15
44		David Higgins		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1
					8
46		Nigel Heath		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				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3
59				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8
60				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8
59				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	12
60				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12
59				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15
60				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15

Results and standings[]

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

hideKey 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)

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 6 2 2 8 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 195 4 5 7 8 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

hideKey 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)

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 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 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 4 Ret 14 3 12 13 11 16 7 6 Ret 7 9 Ret 7 17 Matti Rantanen 3 6 18 Barry Clark Ret 9 15 10 9 4 5 19 Michal Kosciuszko 8 5 10 11 Ret 10 5 20 5 10 11 Ret 13 4 21 6 3 22 7 2 22 14 12 13 10 15 7 2 22 Yoann Bonato 8 1 Pos. Driver SWE ESP FRA ARG ITA GER FIN TUR GBR Pts

hideKey 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 Ret 3 4 2 4 Ret 24 6 Toshihiro Arai 1 8 5 6 Ret 9 18 7 4 2 Ret 5 Ret 17 8 4 7 8 6 6 14 9 2 8 10 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 Ret 12 8 4 6 16 4 5 17 Štěpán Vojtěch 7 2 18 8 1 - Gabriel Pozzo Ret Ret 2 2 DSQ DSQ - Marcos Ligato 6 6 7 3 Ret DSQ - Ret 5 10 10 DSQ DSQ Pos. Driver MON MEX ARG GRC JPN CYP AUS NZL Pts

hideKey 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

References[]

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External links[]

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