| 2006 Rally México | |
| Native Name: | 20º Corona Rally México |
| Round: | 3 |
| Championship: | 2006 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2006 Swedish Rally |
| Next Round: | 2006 Rally Catalunya |
| Rallybase: | Leon |
| Startdate: | March 3 |
| Enddate: | 5 2006 |
| Stages: | 17 |
| Stagekm: | 359.54 |
| Overallkm: | 1002.47 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Sébastien Loeb |
| Team1: |  Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team |
| Teamsstart: | 39 |
| Teamsfinish: | 34 |
The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006.
The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb. After a spirited battle with Petter Solberg over the first two days - that saw both drivers suffering problems(Loeb losing power steering on stage 13 and Solberg's Subaru colliding with a dog)[1] - Loeb eventually pulled clear to give the Belgian Kronos team their first WRC victory. Marcus Grönholm had a less successful event, suffering a crash on day one[2] and having to rejoin the rally on day two under Superally rules.Despite a twenty-minute penalty, he managed to pick up a point for eighth place. Manfred Stohl collected the final podium place with his Peugeot 307.[3]
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRC | |||||||
| 1. | Sébastien Loeb |  Daniel Elena | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3:47:08.8 | 0.0 | 10 | |
| 2. |  Petter Solberg |  Phil Mills | Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 | 3:47:57.7 | 48.9 | 8 | |
| 3. |  Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | Peugeot 307 WRC | 3:51:47.9 | 4:39.1 | 6 | |
| 4. |  Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3:52:36.5 | 5:27.7 | 5 | |
| 5. | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | Peugeot 307 WRC | 3:59:44.2 | 12:35.4 | 4 | |
| 6. |  Gareth MacHale | Paul Nagle | Ford Focus RS WRC 04 | 4:03:11.1 | 16:02.3 | 3 | |
| 7. |  Chris Atkinson | Glenn MacNeall | Subaru Impreza WRC2006 | 4:07:48.3 | 20:39.5 | 2 | |
| 8. |  Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | 4:08:53.0 | 21:44.2 | 1 | |
| PCWRC | |||||||
| 1.(9.) |  Toshi Arai |  Tony Sircombe | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:09:43.4 | 0.0 | 10 | |
| 2.(10.) |  Nasser Al-Attiyah | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:10:32.3 | 48.9 | 8 | |
| 3.(11.) |  Mirco Baldacci |  Giovanni Agnese | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:15:32.6 | 5:49.2 | 6 | |
| 4.(13.) |  Leszek Kuzaj | Maciej Szczepaniak | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:19:29.6 | 9:46.2 | 5 | |
| 5.(15.) |  Sergey Uspenski | Dmitri Yeremeyev | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 4:24:30.6 | 14:47.2 | 4 | |
| 6.(17.) |  Marcos Ligato | Rubén García | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4:32:38.1 | 22:54.7 | 3 | |
| 7.(18.) |  Štěpán Vojtěch | Michal Ernst | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 4:35:30.2 | 25:46.8 | 2 | |
| 8.(21.) |  Francisco Name | Armando Zapata | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | 4:56:54.7 | 47:11.3 | 1 | |
Xavier Pons - engine (SS8) Fumio Nutahara - excluded (SS7) Sebastián Beltrán - accident (SS8) Gabriel Pozzo - differential (SS8)All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (3 MAR) | SS1 | 09:37 | Ibarrilla 1 | 22.40 km | P. Solberg | 13:17.3 | 101.2 km/h | align=left rowspan=7 | P. Solberg |
| SS2 | 11:00 | Guanajuato 1 | 28.87 km | P. Solberg | 16:56.4 | 102.3 km/h | |||
| SS3 | 11:51 | El Cubilete 1 | 21.61 km | P. Solberg | 12:06.8 | 107.0 km/h | |||
| SS4 | 14:28 | Ibarrilla 2 | 22.40 km | P. Solberg | 13:17.0 | 101.2 km/h | |||
| SS5 | 15:51 | Guanajuato 2 | 28.87 km | S. Loeb | 16:33.9 | 104.6 km/h | |||
| SS6 | 16:42 | El Cubilete 2 | 21.61 km | S. Loeb | 11:45.4 | 110.3 km/h | |||
| SS7 | 19:17 | Nextel Superspecial 1 | 4.42 km | M. Stohl | 3:21.6 | 78.9 km/h | |||
| 2 (4 MAR) | SS8 | 10:08 | El Zauco 1 | 25.22 km | S. Loeb | 16:30.4 | 91.7 km/h | S. Loeb | |
| SS9 | 11:26 | Duarte 1 | 23.75 km | P. Solberg | 18:07.4 | 78.6 km/h | align=left rowspan=3 | P. Solberg | |
| SS10 | 12:17 | Derramadero 1 | 23.27 km | S. Loeb | 14:03.6 | 99.3 km/h | |||
| SS11 | 15:10 | El Zauco 2 | 25.22 km | S. Loeb | 16:21.4 | 92.6 km/h | |||
| SS12 | 16:28 | Duarte 2 | 23.75 km | S. Loeb | 17:44.0 | 80.4 km/h | align=left rowspan=6 | S. Loeb | |
| SS13 | 17:19 | Derramadero 2 | 23.27 km | S. Loeb | 13:50.1 | 100.9 km/h | |||
| SS14 | 19:49 | Nextel Superspecial 2 | 4.42 km | S. Loeb | 3:21.7 | 78.9 km/h | |||
| 3 (5 MAR) | SS15 | 08:28 | Leon | 37.99 km | S. Loeb | 25:32.1 | 89.3 km/h | ||
| SS16 | 10:11 | Silao | 18.01 km | P. Solberg | 10:20.8 | 104.4 km/h | |||
| SS17 | 11:26 | Nextel Superspecial 3 | 4.42 km | M. Stohl | 3:17.0 | 80.8 km/h |
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| Rank | Manufacturer | Event | Total points | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MON | SWE | MEX | ESP | FRA | ARG | ITA | GRC | GER | FIN | JPN | CYP | TUR | AUS | NZL | GBR | ||||
| 1 | Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team | 11 | 13 | 10 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | BP Ford World Rally Team | 14 | 12 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | OMV-Peugeot Norway | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Subaru World Rally Team | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Red Bull Škoda Team | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||