| 2006 Rally Finland | |
| Native Name: | 56th Neste Oil Rally Finland |
| Round: | 10 |
| Season No: | 16 |
| Championship: | 2006 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2006 Rallye Deutschland |
| Next Round: | 2006 Rally Japan |
| Rallybase: | Jyväskylä |
| Startdate: | 17 |
| Enddate: | 20 August 2006 |
| Stages: | 21 |
| Stagekm: | 351.61 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 1,172.73 |
| Overallkm: | 1,524.34 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Marcus Gronholm |
| Codriver1: | Timo Rautiainen |
| Team1: |  BP Ford World Rally Team |
| Time1: | 2:52:50.3 |
| Driverj: | Guy Wilks |
| Codriverj: | Phil Pugh |
| Teamj: |  Suzuki Sport Europe |
| Timej: | 3:16:05.7 |
| Crewsreg: | 101 |
| Teamsstart: | 101 |
| Teamsfinish: | 68 |
The 2006 Neste Oil Rally Finland was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 17 and 20 August 2006. It marked the 56th running of the Rally Finland, and was the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season.[2] The event was also the seventh round of the 2006 Junior WRC. The 2006 event was based in the city of Jyväskylä in Finland and was contested over twenty one special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 351.61km (218.48 miles).
Sebastien Loeb, along with Kronos Citroën World Rally Team were the defending rally winners, leading championship rival Marcus Gronholm in the championship by 33 points. Red Bull Škoda Team would miss the event.
Gronholm and co-driver Timo Rautiainen won the rally, their first win since the 2006 Acropolis Rally and their fourth win of the season.[3]
The following crews were set to enter the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship and its support category, the Junior WRC, as well as privateer entries that were not registered to score points in the manufacturer's championship. Twenty seven were entered under World Rally Car regulations, as were eighteen in the Junior WRC category.[4]
| 14 | Xavier Pons | Carlos del Barrio |  Kronos Racing | Citroën Xsara WRC |
| 15 |  Daniel Carlsson | Tomas Thorszelius | MMSP LTD | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 |
| 16 |  Jan Kopecký | Filip Schovánek | Czech RT Škoda Kopecký | Škoda Fabia WRC |
| 18 | Jussi Välimäki | Jarkko Kalliolepo | MMSP LTD | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 |
| 19 | Kristian Sohlberg | Risto Pietiläinen |  Red Devil Atolye Kazaz | Subaru Impreza S11 WRC 05 |
| 20 | Janne Tuohino | Mikko Markkula |  PH Sport | Citroën Xsara WRC |
| 21 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Asko Sairanen |  Motoring Club | Toyota Corolla WRC |
| 22 | Juho Hänninen | Marko Sallinen | MMSP LTD | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 |
| 24 |  Thomas Schie | Göran Bergsten | Thomas Schie | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 |
| 25 | Gianluigi Galli | Giovanni Bernacchini | Gianluigi Galli | Peugeot 307 WRC |
| 26 | Jukka Ketomäki | Kai Risberg | Jukka Ketomäki | Skoda Octavia WRC |
| 27 | Mads Østberg | Ole Kristian Unnerud | Adapta AS | Subaru Impreza S9 WRC 03 |
| 79 | Fabrizio de Sanctis | Iuri Rosignoli | Fabrizio de Sanctis | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
| 82 |  Igor Sokolov | Vasily Mirkotan | Syrus Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
| 86 | Mika Jokela | Tapio Järvinen | Mika Jokela | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII |
| 87 | Pekka Savela | Pasi Lahtinen | Pekka Savela | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
| 94 | Tapio Vuokila | Jari Jaakola | Tapio Vuokila | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI |
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Jozef Béreš