2006 Rally New Zealand Explained

2006 Rally New Zealand
Native Name:	36th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round:	15
Championship:	2006 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2006 Rally Australia
Next Round:	2006 Wales Rally GB
Startdate:	17
Enddate:	19 November 2006
Stages:	17
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Marcus Grönholm
Team1:	BP Ford World Rally Team
Teamsstart:	43
Teamsfinish:	37

The 2006 Propecia Rally New Zealand was the penultimate round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 17 and 19 November 2006.

Marcus Grönholm won and teammate Mikko Hirvonen placed second, sealed the Ford's first manufacturers’ world title since .^[1]

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:02:30.7	0.0	10
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:03:26.7	56.0	8
3	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:10.0	2:39.3	6
4	Xavier Pons	Carlos Del Barrio	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:05:26.8	2:56.1	5
5	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:05:51.4	3:20.7	4
6	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	4:07:27.8	4:57.1	3
7	Luís Pérez Companc	José María Volta	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:13:22.3	10:51.6	2
8	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:18:53.1	16:22.4	1
PWRC
1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:18:53.1	0.0	10
2.	Richard Mason	Sara Mason-Randall	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:22:50.7	3:57.6	8
3.	Alexander Dorosinskiy	Dmitriy Yeremeyev	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	4:34:39.9	15:46.8	6
4.	Takuma Kamada	Denis Giraudet	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:35:39.2	16:46.1	5
5.	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:37:45.1	18:52.0	4
6.	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:41:37.1	22:44.0	3
7.	Nasser al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	4:47:41.9	28:48.8	2
8.	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:54:58.3	36:05.2	1

Source:^[2]

All dates and times are NZDT (UTC+13).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (17 Nov)	SS1	09:33	Pirongia West 1	20.38	Marcus Grönholm	15:09.7	align=left rowspan=17	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	10:31	Te Koraha 1	43.88	Marcus Grönholm	29:44.7
	SS3	14:50	Pirongia West 2	20.38	Marcus Grönholm	14:53.6
	SS4	15:48	Te Koraha 2	43.88	Marcus Grönholm	29:10.2
	SS5	18:00	Mystery Creek Super Special 1	3.14	Marcus Grönholm	2:59.8
2 (18 Nov)	SS6	09:23	Port Waikato	18.18	Marcus Grönholm	10:25.3
	SS7	10:01	Klondyke	13.88	Chris Atkinson	11:18.9
	SS8	10:34	Wairamarama	31.58	Chris Atkinson	22:23.3
	SS9	15:18	Te Akauth South	31.82	Marcus Grönholm	18:37.4
	SS10	16:01	Te Akauth North	32.64	Mikko Hirvonen	18:08.2
	SS11	19:34	Mystery Creek Super Special 2	3.14	Marcus Grönholm	2:59.5
3 (19 Nov)	SS12	07:38	Maungatawhiri 1	6.69	Marcus Grönholm	3:40.6
	SS13	08:06	Te Hutewai 1	11.23	Marcus Grönholm	7:56.2
	SS14	08:34	Whaanga Coast 1	29.82	Marcus Grönholm	21:38.1
	SS15	12:03	Maungatawhiri 2	6.69	Marcus Grönholm	3:37.5
	SS16	12:31	Te Hutewai 2	11.23	Marcus Grönholm Xavier Pons	7:57.7
	SS17	12:59	Whaanga Coast 2	29.82	Xavier Pons	21:09.7

Seven time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi competed in his first rally since 2002 Rally GB.