2006 Rally of Turkey explained

2006 Rally of Turkey
Native Name:7th Rally of Turkey
Round:13
Championship:2006 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:2006 Cyprus Rally
Next Round:2006 Rally Australia
Startdate:October 13
Enddate:15 2006
Stages:21
Surface:Gravel
Driver1: Marcus Grönholm
Team1: BP Ford World Rally Team
Teamsstart:66
Teamsfinish:51

The 2006 Rally of Turkey was the thirteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between October 15–17, 2006. It was the last WRC event that the late Colin McRae competed in. He retired on the final stage with a mechanical problem.

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1 Marcus Grönholm Timo RautiainenFord Focus RS WRC 063:28:16.30.010
2 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo LehtinenFord Focus RS WRC 063:30:39.72:23.48
3 Henning Solberg Cato MenkerudPeugeot 307 WRC3:31:22.33:06.06
4 Xavier Pons Carlos Del BarrioCitroën Xsara WRC3:31:43.73:27.45
5 Kosti Katajamäki Timo AlanneFord Focus RS WRC 043:31:44.83:28.54
6 Chris Atkinson Glenn MacNeallSubaru Impreza WRC3:31:52.83:36.53
7 Dani Sordo Marc MartiCitroën Xsara WRC3:32:41.14:24.82
8 Manfred Stohl Ilka MinorPeugeot 307 WRC3:32:46.64:30.31
JWRC
1. Urmo Aava Kuldar SikkSuzuki Swift S16004:02:06.50.010
2. Conrad Rautenbach David SeniorRenault Clio S16004:02:37.230.78
3. Jozef Béreš Petr StarýSuzuki Ignis S16004:02:46.039.56
4. Guy Wilks Phil PughSuzuki Swift S16004:04:16.62:10.15
5. Kris Meeke Glenn PattersonCitroën C2 S16004:05:20.93:14.44
6. Martin Prokop Jan TománekCitroën C2 S16004:07:55.05:48.53
7. Julien Pressac Jacques BoyereCitroën C2 S16004:12:23.010:16.52
8. Bernd Casier Frédéric MiclotteRenault Clio S16004:15:10.913:04.41

Special stages

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

DayStageTimeNameLength (km)WinnerTimeRally leader
1
(13 Oct)
SS107:58Perge 122.43Stage Cancelled
SS208:41Myra 124.14Stage Cancelled
SS309:24Kumluca 19.89 Marcus Grönholm7:42.7 Marcus Grönholm
SS412:22Perge 222.43Stage Cancelled
SS513:05Mrya 224.14 Marcus Grönholm8:54.0
SS613:48Kumluca 29.89 Marcus Grönholm7:21.3
SS716:11Tekirova 15.50 Petter Solberg4:46.5
SS817:09Phaselis29.28 Petter Solberg24:17.1
SS919:22Akdeniz University 15.19 Petter Solberg4:12.6
2
(14 Oct)
SS1008:33Kemer 120.50 Petter Solberg14:54.9
SS1109:21Silyon 127.36 Marcus Grönholm20:55.9
SS1212:04Kemer 220.50 Marcus Grönholm14:26.7
SS1312:52Silyon 227.36 Mikko Hirvonen20:21.4
SS14 16:00Chimera 116.90 Petter Solberg12:22.5
SS1516:58Phaselis 229.28 Dani Sordo24:52.3
SS1619:11Akdeniz University 25.19 Mikko Hirvonen4:06.5
3
(15 Oct)
SS1709:48Tekirova 25.50 François Duval4:11.5
SS1810:31Chimera 216.90 Petter Solberg12:06.9
SS1911:19Olympos28.54 Petter Solberg21:47.3

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