2006 World Rally Championship Explained

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, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.

Round	Rally	Surface	Dates	Support classes
1	Monte Carlo Rally	nowrap	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	nowrap	Junior WRC & Production WRC
7	nowrap	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	nowrap	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	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Driver	Rounds
Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC		1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	1–12^†
					Colin McRae		13
					Xavier Pons		14–16
				2	Xavier Pons		1–8
				2	Daniel Sordo		9–16
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06		3	Marcus Grönholm		All
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06		4	Mikko Hirvonen		All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006		5	Petter Solberg		All
				6	Stéphane Sarrazin		1, 4–5, 9
				6	Chris Atkinson		2–3, 6–8, 10–16
Manufacturers 2
OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	Peugeot	307 WRC		7	Manfred Stohl		All
OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	Peugeot	307 WRC		8			1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04 Focus RS WRC 06		9	Matthew Wilson		All
				10	Pieter Tsjoen		1
					Kosti Katajamäki		2, 7–8, 10, 13
					nowrap	Luís Pérez Companc		3, 6, 11–12, 14–15
					Jari-Matti Latvala		4–5, 9, 16
Red Bull Škoda Team	Škoda	Fabia WRC		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
				12	Mattias Ekström		2
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006		14	Toshihiro Arai		11
	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04		17	Juan Pablo Raies		12
				19	Andreas Mikkelsen		16
				23	Luís Pérez Companc		2, 7
Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot	307 WRC		25	Gianluigi Galli		5–7, 10
Astra Racing	Peugeot	307 WRC		14	Toni Gardemeister		1, 4–5
Astra Racing	Citroën	Xsara WRC		14	Toni Gardemeister		8–9, 12
PH Sport				15	Janne Tuohino		2, 10
Kronos Racing				26	Daniel Sordo		1–8
Kronos Racing				Xavier Pons		9–10, 12–13
MMSP LTD	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 05		14	Gianluigi Galli		1–2
				15	Daniel Carlsson		2, 10
				18	Jussi Välimäki		7–8, 10
				22	Juho Hänninen		10
First Motorsport Škoda	Škoda	Fabia WRC		15	François Duval		1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
	Škoda	Fabia WRC		18	Jan Kopecký		1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2004		16	Thomas Radstrom		2
Red Devil Atolye Kazaz		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		Impreza WRC 2005		46	Valentino Rossi		15
Tom Hogan Motors	Ford	Focus RS WRC		17	Gareth MacHale		1–4, 6–7, 9, 11, 16
BSA	Peugeot	307 WRC		19	Alexandre Bengué		4–5
Equipe de France FFSA	Peugeot	307 WRC		20	Nicolas Vouilloz		5
Pieter Tsjoen	Ford	Focus RS WRC		22	Pieter Tsjoen		9
Olivier Burri	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC		63	Olivier Burri		1
Philippe Roux	Peugeot	Peugeot 206 WRC		65	Philippe Roux		1, 5
Riccardo Errani	Škoda	Škoda Octavia WRC		66	Riccardo Errani		1
Austin MacHale	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC		67	Austin MacHale		1
Eamonn Boland	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC		68	Eamonn Boland		1
Jimmy Joge	Peugeot	Peugeot 206 WRC		19	Jimmy Joge		2
Thomas Schie	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC		20	Thomas Schie		2
Thomas Schie	Ford	Ford Focus RS WRC		24	Thomas Schie		10
Anders Grondal	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC		62	Anders Grondal		2
Cersanit Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC		71	Michał Sołowow		2
Fabio Frisiero	Toyota	Toyota Corolla WRC		80	Fabio Frisiero		2
Ricardo Trivino	Peugeot	Peugeot 206 WRC		16	Ricardo Trivino		3

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		Julien Pressac	Gilles De Turckheim		4–5, 7
42		Julien Pressac	Jacques Boyere		9–10, 13
55		Brice Tirabassi	Jacques-Julien Renucci		4, 5, 7
		Brice Tirabassi	Fabrice Gordon		9
		Fabio Fiandino	Sabrina de Castelli	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	Pierangelo Scalvini		2, 5, 7
37		Pavel Valoušek	Zdeněk Hrůza		9–10, 13
43		Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker		16
48		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh		2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
36	Autorel Sport	Luca Betti	Piercarlo Capolongo	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
39	Barroso Sport	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		Fatih Kara	Cerm Bakancocuklari		4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
52		Bernd Casier	Frédéric Miclotte		4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
43	M-Sport	Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker	Ford Fiesta S1600	2, 6
43	JM Engineering	Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker	Suzuki Ignis S1600	7, 10, 13
44	Suzuki Shell Helix	Michał Kościuszko	Jaroslaw Baran	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
45	Styllex Tuning Motorsport	Jozef Béreš	Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4–5, 10, 13, 16
46	Power Car Team	Andrea Cortinovis	Massimiliano Bosi	Renault Clio RS	2, 4, 7, 10, 16
46	Power Car Team	Andrea Cortinovis	Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio RS	13
47	Hawk Racing Club	Filippo Bordignon	James Bardini	Opel Astra OPC	2, 10, 13
47	Hawk Racing Club	Filippo Bordignon	Justin Bardini	Opel Astra OPC	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	Kalle Pinomäki	Mikko Markkula	Renault Clio S1600	10
		Kalle Pinomäki	Mikko Markkula	Renault Clio RS	2, 4–5, 9
		Egon Kaur	Avo Kristov	Renault Clio RS	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
54	OMV Rally Team	Aaron Burkart	Tanja Geilhausen	Citroën C2 S1600	5, 7, 9, 13, 16
Additional guest entries
59	Suzuki Sweden	Peter Zachrisson	Jan Svanström	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2
60	Johan Karlsson Motorsport	Johan Karlsson	Mattias Gustavsson	Peugeot 206 RC	2
59	Equipe de France FFSA	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Renault Clio S1600	5
59	Motor Stars	Matti Rantanen	Jan Lönegren	Honda Civic Type-R	10
59	Dealer Team Suzuki	James Wozencroft	Robert Fagg	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16
60	Tom Walster Rally Sport	Tom Walster	Paul Williams	Ford Fiesta ST	16

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Subaru Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 12, 14–15
32	Tango Rally Team	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
34		Sebastián Beltran	Ricardo Rojas		3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
35		Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo		3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
33	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1, 3, 11–12, 14–15
37	Mitsubishi Paris West Team	Mirco Baldacci	Giovanni Agnese	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
37	Motoring Club	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	1, 3, 8, 11, 14–15
38	Syms Rally Team	Leszek Kuzaj	Maciek Szczepaniak	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 11, 14–15
45	Syms Rally Team	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6, 8, 11–12, 14–15
39	QMMF	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 15
40	Errani Team Group	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1, 6, 11
		Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	8, 14
		Simone Campedelli	Danilo Fappani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	12
41	Subaru Team Quasys	Takuma Kamada	Hakaru Ichino	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6, 8
		Takuma Kamada	Denis Giraudet		11, 15
		Khalid Al Qassimi	Nicky Beech		12
		Dean Herridge	Bill Hayes		14
42	Subaru Rally Team Russia	Sergey Uspenskiy	Dmitry Eremeev	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3, 6, 8, 14
		Alexander Dorosinskiy	Dmitry Eremeev		15
		Loris Baldacci	Dario D'Esposito		11
43	OMV CEE World Rally Team	Andrej Jereb	Miran Kacin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	8
		Jasen Popov	Dilian Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	14
		Jasen Popov	Dilian Popov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	1
		Štěpán Vojtěch	Michal Ernst		3
		Aaron Burkart	Tanja Geilhausen		12
		Natalie Barratt	Dale Moscatt		15
44	Mellors Eliot Motorsport	David Higgins	Ross Butler	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	1
44	Mellors Eliot Motorsport	David Higgins	Ieuan Thomas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8
46	PSM Motorsport	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6, 8, 11–12, 14
46	PSM Motorsport	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	15
Additional guest entries
59	Subaru Rally Team USA	Travis Pastrana	Christian Edstrom	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
60	Francisco Name	Francisco Name	Armando Zapata	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3
59	ALALamias Team	Panayiotis Hatzitsopanis	Nikolaos Petropoulos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	8
60	Eko Racing Team	Dimitris Nassoulas	Mihalis Patrikoussis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8
59	Andreas Tsouloftas	Andreas Tsouloftas	Savvas Laos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	12
60	Spyros Pavlides	Spyros Pavlides	Theodoros Vassiliades	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12
59	Richard Mason Motorsport	Richard Mason	Sara Mason	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15
60	Winger Subaru/Subaru NZ	Chris West	Garry Cowan	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

	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	align=left nowrap	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
	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRC	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR	Pts

Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Australia.^[2]

Manufacturers' championship

	Manufacturer		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	8	2	2	8	Ret	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	195
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	4	5	12	14	9	3	Ret	2	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	2	Ret	195
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	Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	2	6	4	Ret	Ret	4	9	3	6	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	5	7	166
3	Subaru World Rally Team	5	Ret	Ret	2	3	6	2	5	5	Ret	Ret	5	6	11	2	6	3	106
3	Subaru World Rally Team	6	4	6	5	4	5	4	6	8	Ret	7	4	7	5	6	Ret	6	106
4	OMV Peugeot Norway	7	3	9	3			3	4	Ret		5		4	7	3	3	2	88
4	OMV Peugeot Norway	8	Ret	5	4			5	Ret	4		4		5	3	Ret	8	9	88
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
5	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	10	9	3	7	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	8	8	6	9	4	7	7	4	44
6	Red Bull Škoda Team	11	7	Ret		6	7		8	9	6			Ret	9			8	24
6	Red Bull Škoda Team	12	8	Ret		7	8		7	10	4			Ret	8			Ret	24
	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR	Points

Ford secured the manufacturers' championship in New Zealand.^[3]

JWRC Drivers' championship

	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	align=left nowrap	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	Julien Pressac		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	Bernd Casier		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	Pavel Valoušek jun.	4		Ret		14	3	12	13		11
16	Fatih Kara		7	6		Ret	7		9	Ret	7
17	Matti Rantanen							3			6
18	Barry Clark		Ret	9		15	10	9		4	5
19	Michał Kościuszko	8	5			10	11	Ret	10		5
20	Kalle Pinomäki	5	10	11			Ret	13			4
21	James Wozencroft									6	3
22	Peter Zachrisson	7									2
22	Andrea Cortinovis	14		12		13		10	15	7	2
22	Yoann Bonato			8							1
	Driver	SWE	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GER	FIN	TUR	GBR	Pts

PWRC Drivers' championship

	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	Aki Teiskonen			Ret	3	4	2	4	Ret	24
6	Toshihiro Arai		1	8	5		6	Ret	9	18
7	Leszek Kuzaj		4	2	Ret	5			Ret	17
8	Stefano Marrini	4		7	8	6		6		14
9	Richard Mason								2	8
10	Sergey Uspenskiy		5	9	9			5		8
11	Khalid Al-Qassimi						3			6
12	Dean Herridge							3		6
13	align=left nowrap	Alexander Dorosinskiy								3	6
14	Nigel Heath			4	11		Ret		8	6
15	Takuma Kamada			Ret	12	8			4	6
16	Simone Campedelli						4			5
17	Štěpán Vojtěch		7							2
18	Francisco Name jr.		8							1
-	Gabriel Pozzo		Ret	Ret	2	2		DSQ		DSQ
-	Marcos Ligato		6	6	7	3		Ret		DSQ
-	Sebastián Beltran		Ret	5	10	10		DSQ		DSQ
	Driver	MON	MEX	ARG	GRC	JPN	CYP	AUS	NZL	Pts

Events

Colour	Rally Surface
Gold	Gravel
Silver	Tarmac
Blue	Snow/Ice
Bronze	Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	/ Monte Carlo Rally (20–22 January) — *Results and report*	1	nowrap	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	nowrap	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

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 2006 at ewrc-results.com

Notes and References

http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/loeb_reveals_slow_recovery_from_2006_arm_break/
News: Hirvonen wins Rally but Loeb takes title. ABC News. Reuters. 29 October 2006. 9 April 2024.
News: Gronholm leads Ford to victory. RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2006. 9 April 2024.