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2006 World Rally Championship

34th season in the FIA World Rally Championship

Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion: Ford 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.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class	1
19 January	22 January	MON 74th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	18	366.39 km	PWRC
3 February	5 February	SWE 55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally	nowrap	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	349.02 km	JWRC
3 March	5 March	MEX 3rd Corona Rally Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	17	359.54 km	PWRC
24 March	26 March	nowrap	ESP 42nd RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada	Salou, Catalonia	Tarmac	16	346.43 km	JWRC
7 April	9 April	FRA 50th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	12	354.18 km	JWRC
27 April	30 April	ARG 26th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	22	351.44 km	JWRC/PWRC
19 May	21 May	ITA 3rd Rally d'Italia Sardinia	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	18	344.90 km	JWRC
2 June	4 June	GRC 53rd BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece	Athens	Gravel	18	355.62 km	PWRC
11 August	13 August	GER 25th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	19	349.11 km	JWRC
18 August	20 August	FIN 56th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	21	351.61 km	JWRC
1 September	3 September	JPN 6th Rally Japan	Obihiro, Hokkaido	Gravel	27	345.72 km	PWRC
nowrap	22 September	nowrap	24 September	CYP 34th Cyprus Rally	Lemesos, Limassol District	Gravel	22	322.51 km	PWRC
13 October	15 October	TUR 7th Rally of Turkey	Kemer, Antalya Province	Gravel	19	337.79 km	JWRC
27 October	29 October	AUS 19th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	26	348.51 km	PWRC
17 November	19 November	NZL 37th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Hamilton, Waikato	Gravel	17	354.21 km	PWRC
1 December	3 December	GBR 62nd Wales Rally GB	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	355.92 km	JWRC
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers
Xsara WRC	BEL Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team		1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Monaco Daniel Elena	1–12†
GBR Colin McRae	UK Nicky Grist	13
ESP Xavier Pons	ESP Carlos del Barrio	14–16
2	1–8
ESP Daniel Sordo	ESP Marc Martí	9–16
Focus RS WRC 06	GBR BP Ford World Rally Team		3	FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	All
4	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	All
Impreza WRC 2006	JPN Subaru World Rally Team		5	NOR Petter Solberg	UK Phil Mills	All
6	FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	nowrap	BEL Stéphane Prévot	1, 4–5, 9
AUS Chris Atkinson	AUS Glenn Macneall	2–3, 6–8, 10–16
307 WRC	NOR OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team		7	AUT Manfred Stohl	AUT Ilka Minor	All
8	NOR Henning Solberg	NOR Cato Menkerud	nowrap	1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
Focus RS WRC 04
1-10, 12-13
Focus RS WRC 06
11, 14-16	GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team		9	GBR Matthew Wilson	UK Michael Orr	All
10	BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Eddy Chevaillier	1
FIN Kosti Katajamäki	FIN Timo Alanne	2, 7–8, 10, 13
nowrap	ARG Luis Pérez Companc	nowrap	ARG Jose Maria Volta	nowrap	3, 6, 11–12, 14–15
FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Miikka Anttila	4–5, 9, 16
Fabia WRC	AUT Red Bull Škoda Team		11	FRA Gilles Panizzi	FRA Herve Panizzi	1, 4
AUT Andreas Aigner	DEU Klaus Wicha	2
FIN Harri Rovanperä	FIN Risto Pietilanien	5, 7–8, 12–13, 16
SWE Mattias Ekström	SWE Stefan Bergman	9
12	AUT Andreas Aigner	DEU Klaus Wicha	nowrap	1, 4–5, 7–9, 12–13, 16
SWE Mattias Ekström	SWE Stefan Bergman	2

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers
Xsara WRC	BEL Kronos Racing		ESP Daniel Sordo	ESP Marc Martí	1–8
ESP Xavier Pons	ESP Carlos del Barrio	9–13
FRA PH Sport		FIN Janne Tuohino	FIN Risto Pietiläinen	2, 10
ITA Astra Racing		FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Jakke Honkanen	8–9, 12
Focus RS WRC 04	GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team		nowrap	ARG Luis Pérez Companc	ARG José María Volta	2, 7
ARG Juan Pablo Raies	nowrap	ARG Jorge Pérez-Companc	12
NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene	16
NOR Thomas Schie		NOR Thomas Schie	SWE Göran Bergsten	2, 10
GBR Steve Perez		GBR Steve Perez	GBR Steve Harris	4
BEL Pieter Tsjoen		BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Eddy Chevaillier	9
GBR Mark Higgins		GBR Mark Higgins	IRL Rory Kennedy	16
IRL Tom Hogan Motors		IRL Gareth MacHale	IRL Paul Nagle	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11
Focus RS WRC 03	16
IRL Austin MacHale	IRL Brian Murphy	1
IRL Eamonn Boland		IRL Eamonn Boland	IRL Francis Regan	1
Focus RS WRC 02	GRE Emmanuel Stefanis		GRE Emmanuel Stefanis	GRE Konstantinos Stefanis	8
GBR Dave Weston Jr.		GBR Dave Weston Jr.	GBR Aled Davies	16
Focus RS WRC 01	TUR Ford Rallyesport Turkey		TUR Mehmet Besler	TUR Ozden Yilmaz	13
TUR Adnan Sarihan	TUR Bahadir Gücenmez	13
TUR Emre Yurdakul	TUR Afsin Baydar	13
nowrap	Hyundai Accent WRC3	RSA Stephen Simpson		RSA Stephen Simpson	GBR Patrick Walsh	16
Lancer WRC 05	GBR MMSP LTD
ITA Gianluigi Galli	nowrap	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	1–2
SWE Daniel Carlsson	SWE Bosse Holmstrand	2, 10
FIN Jussi Välimäki	FIN Jarkko Kalliolepo	7–8, 10
FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Jarkko Kalliolepo	10
307 WRC	ITA Astra Racing		FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Jakke Honkanen	1, 4–5
SUI Olivier Burri		SUI Olivier Burri	SWI Christopher Hofmann	1
FRA BSA		FRA Alexandre Bengué	FRA Caroline Escudero	4–5
ITA Gianluigi Galli		ITA Gianluigi Galli	nowrap	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	5–7, 10
FRA Equipe de France FFSA		FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	FRA Jacques Boyere	5
CZE Štěpán Vojtěch		CZE Štěpán Vojtěch	CZE Michal Ernst	9
206 WRC	SUI Philippe Roux		SUI Philippe Roux	SWI Eric Jordan	1, 5
SWE Peugeot Sport Sweden		SWE Jimmy Joge	SWE Mattias Andersson	2
MEX Ricardo Triviño		MEX Ricardo Triviño	ESP Sergio Salom	3
CZE Štěpán Vojtěch		CZE Štěpán Vojtěch	CZE Michal Ernst	4
FRA José Micheli		FRA José Micheli	FRA Marielle Maccioni	5
nowrap	Cordoba WRC Evo3	ESP Jordi Zurita		ESP Jordi Zurita	ESP Manel Muñoz	4
Fabia WRC	BEL First Motorsport Škoda		BEL François Duval	FRA Patrick Pivato	1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
CZE Czech RT Škoda Kopecký		CZE Jan Kopecký	CZE Filip Schovánek	nowrap	1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
DEU Skoda Auto Deutschland		DEU Matthias Kahle	DEU Peter Göbel	9
Octavia WRC Evo3	ITA Riccardo Errani		ITA Riccardo Errani	ITA Stefano Casadio	1
FIN Jukka Ketomäki		FIN Jukka Ketomäki	FIN Kai Risberg	10
Impreza WRC 2006	JPN Subaru World Rally Team		JPN Toshihiro Arai	NZ Tony Sircombe	11
Impreza WRC 2005	AUS Subaru Rally Team Australia		AUS Chris Atkinson	AUS Glenn Macneall	1, 4–5, 9
POL Cersanit Rally Team		POL Michał Sołowow	POL Maciek Baran	2
GRE Aris Vovos		GRE Aris Vovos	GRE Loris Meletopoulos	8
TUR Ercan Kazaz		TUR Ercan Kazaz	TUR Serdar Kurbanzade	13
ITA Valentino Rossi		ITA Valentino Rossi	ITA Carlo Cassina	15
TUR Red Devil Atolye Kazaz		FIN Kristian Sohlberg	FIN Tomi Tuominen	7
FIN Risto Pietiläinen	10
Impreza WRC 2004	FIN Kaj Lindström	2
SWE Rally Team Olsbergs		SWE Thomas Rådström	SWE Jörgen Skallman	2
NOR Anders Grøndal		NOR Anders Grøndal	NOR Trond-Inge Østbye	2
NED Mark van Eldik		NED Mark van Eldik	BEL Erwin Mombaerts	9
GBR Gareth Jones		GBR Gareth Jones	IRL David Moynihan	9
NOR Adapta AS		NOR Mads Østberg	NOR Ole Unnerud	16
Impreza WRC 2003	10
NOR Ragnar Engen	2
IRL Kevin Barrett		IRL Kevin Barrett	IRL Barry Goodman	4
Corolla WRC	ITA Fabio Frisiero		ITA Fabio Frisiero	ITA Simone Scattolin	2
DEN Poulsen Motorsport		DEN Kristian Poulsen	DEN Ole Fredriksen	9
NED Wevers Sport		NED Erik Wevers	BEL Filip Goddé	9
FIN Jari-Matti Latvala		FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Asko Sairanen	10

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.

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
32	FRA PH Sport	GBR Kris Meeke	GBR Glenn Patterson	Citroën C2 S1600	4–5, 9–10, 13, 16
42	FRA Julien Pressac	FRA Gilles De Turckheim	4–5, 7
FRA Jacques Boyere	9–10, 13
55	FRA Brice Tirabassi	FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci	4, 5, 7
FRA Fabrice Gordon	9
FRA Fabio Fiandino	FRA Sabrina de Castelli	Citroën C2 R2	10, 13
33	JPN Suzuki Sport Europe	EST Urmo Aava	EST Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16
35	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson	SWE Jonas Andersson	2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
37	CZE Pavel Valoušek	ITA Pierangelo Scalvini	2, 5, 7
CZE Zdeněk Hrůza	9–10, 13
43	EST Jaan Mölder	DEU Katrin Becker	16
48	GBR Guy Wilks	GBR Phil Pugh	2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
36	ITA Autorel Sport	ITA Luca Betti	ITA Piercarlo Capolongo	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
39	FRA Barroso Sport	ZWE Conrad Rautenbach	GBR David Senior	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9–10, 13
41	FRA Renault Sport	SWE Patrik Sandell	SWE Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
51	TUR Fatih Kara	TUR Cerm Bakancocuklari	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
52	BEL Bernd Casier	BEL Frédéric Miclotte	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
43	GBR M-Sport	EST Jaan Mölder	DEU Katrin Becker	Ford Fiesta S1600	2, 6
CZE JM Engineering	Suzuki Ignis S1600	7, 10, 13
44	POL Suzuki Shell Helix	POL Michał Kościuszko	POL Jaroslaw Baran	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
45	SVK Styllex Tuning Motorsport	SVK Jozef Béreš	CZE Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4–5, 10, 13, 16
46	ITA Power Car Team	ITA Andrea Cortinovis	ITA Massimiliano Bosi	Renault Clio RS	2, 4, 7, 10, 16
ITA Flavio Zanella	13
47	ITA Hawk Racing Club	ITA Filippo Bordignon	ITA James Bardini	Opel Astra OPC	2, 10, 13
ITA Justin Bardini	4, 7, 16
49	CZE Jipocar Czech National Team	CZE Martin Prokop	CZE Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
50	FIN Clio Junior Team	FIN Kalle Pinomäki	FIN Mikko Markkula	Renault Clio S1600	10
Renault Clio RS	2, 4–5, 9
EST Egon Kaur	EST Avo Kristov	16
53	GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	GBR Barry Clark	GBR Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta ST	4–5, 7, 9–10, 16
54	AUT OMV Rally Team	DEU Aaron Burkart	DEU Jörg Bastuck	Citroën C2 S1600	4
DEU Tanja Geilhausen	5, 7, 9, 13, 16
59	SWE Suzuki Sweden	SWE Peter Zachrisson	SWE Jan Svanström	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2
60	SWE Johan Karlsson Motorsport	SWE Johan Karlsson	SWE Mattias Gustavsson	Peugeot 206 RC	2
59	FRA Equipe de France FFSA	FRA Yoann Bonato	FRA Benjamin Boulloud	Renault Clio S1600	5
59	FIN Motor Stars	FIN Matti Rantanen	FIN Jan Lönegren	Honda Civic Type-R	10
59	GBR Dealer Team Suzuki	GBR James Wozencroft	GBR Robert Fagg	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16
60	GBR Tom Walster Rally Sport	GBR Tom Walster	GBR Paul Williams	Ford Fiesta ST	16

PWRC entries

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

Results and standings

Rally results

The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds.

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners
MON Monte Carlo	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	JPN No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally Team	N/A	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	JPN Fumio Nutahara
GBR Daniel Barritt	N/A
SWE Sweden	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	JPN No. 35 Suzuki Sport	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	JPN Suzuki Swift S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	N/A	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson
SWE Jonas Andersson
MEX Mexico	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	JPN No. 31 Subaru Team Arai	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
ESP Spain	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	CZE No. 49 Jipocar Czech National Team	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	CZE Martin Prokop
CZE Jan Tománek
FRA France	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	FRA No. 41 PH Sport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	FRA Brice Tirabassi
FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci
ARG Argentina	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	GBR No. 39 QMMF	JPN No. 148 Suzuki Sport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12	JPN Suzuki Swift S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah
GBR Chris Patterson	GBR Guy Wilks
GBR Phil Pugh
ITA Italy	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	FRA No. 41 Renault Sport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Renault Clio S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	SWE Patrik Sandell
SWE Emil Axelsson
GRC Greece	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	GBR No. 39 QMMF	N/A	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah
GBR Chris Patterson	N/A
GER Germany	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	N/A	FRA No. 32 PH Sport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën C2 S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	GBR Kris Meeke
GBR Glenn Patterson
FIN Finland	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	JPN No. 48 Suzuki Sport	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	JPN Suzuki Swift S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	N/A	GBR Guy Wilks
GBR Phil Pugh
JPN Japan	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	JPN No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally Team	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	JPN Fumio Nutahara
GBR Daniel Barritt	N/A
CYP Cyprus	BEL No. 1 Kronos Racing	JPN No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally Team	N/A	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	JPN Fumio Nutahara
GBR Daniel Barritt	N/A
TUR Turkey	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	JPN No. 33 Suzuki Sport	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	JPN Suzuki Swift S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	N/A	EST Urmo Aava
EST Kuldar Sikk
AUS Australia	GBR No. 4 BP Ford World Rally Team	ITA No. 37 Motoring Club	N/A	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
FIN Mikko Hirvonen
FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala
FIN Miikka Anttila	N/A
NZL New Zealand	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	ITA No. 37 Motoring Club	N/A	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala
FIN Miikka Anttila	N/A
GBR Britain	GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally Team	N/A	JPN No. 43 Suzuki Sport	Report
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06	N/A	JPN Suzuki Swift S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	N/A	EST Jaan Mölder jr.
GER Katrin Becker
Source:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	ARG
ARG	ITA
ITA	GRC
GRC	GER
DEU	FIN
FIN	JPN
JPN	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	AUS
AUS	NZL
NZL	GBR
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	ARG
ARG	ITA
ITA	GRC
GRC	GER
DEU	FIN
FIN	JPN
JPN	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	AUS
AUS	NZL
NZL	GBR
GBR	Pts
FRA Sébastien Loeb	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1					112
FIN Marcus Grönholm	1	1	8	3	2	10	Ret	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	111
FIN Mikko Hirvonen	7	12	14	9	4	Ret	2	3	9	3	3	3	2	1	2	Ret	65
AUT Manfred Stohl	4	18	3	12	7	4	7	Ret	5	9	5	4	8	3	3	2	54
ESP Daniel Sordo	8	16	4	2	3	5	3	6	2	Ret	DSQ	Ret	7	23	5	7	49
NOR Petter Solberg	Ret	DSQ	2	7	11	2	9	7	Ret	Ret	7	8	13	2	6	3	40
ESP Xavier Pons	9	7	Ret	Ret	6	17	4	8	14	Ret	DNS	7	4	4	4	5	32
NOR Henning Solberg	Ret	8	5			7	Ret	5		4		6	3	Ret	12	11	25
FIN Toni Gardemeister	3				DNS	DNS		4	4			5					20
AUS Chris Atkinson	6	11	7	11	13	6	10	11	8	13	4	9	6	9	Ret	6	20
ITA Gianluigi Galli	Ret	4			9	3	Ret			5							15
FRA Alexandre Bengué				4	5												9
FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	41		25	16	Ret			22	34	17	69			6	8	4	9
FIN Kosti Katajamäki		6					Ret	26		14			5				7
CZE Jan Kopecký	11	13		5	10		17	16	7	8			Ret			10	7
SWE Daniel Carlsson		3								Ret							6
FIN Jussi Välimäki							5	9		7							6
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	5			8	8				Ret								6
BEL François Duval	Ret			6	Ret		8	13	Ret				9			8	5
SWE Thomas Rådström		5															4
IRL Gareth MacHale	16		6	Ret		11	11		10		Ret					Ret	3
FIN Kristian Sohlberg		Ret					6			Ret							3
AUT Andreas Aigner	13	Ret		13	15		13	14	6			Ret	10			Ret	3
FIN Janne Tuohino		10								6							3
JPN Toshihiro Arai			9			30		21			6	22		Ret	30		3
SMR Mirco Baldacci			11			21		20			46			7	18	Ret	2
ARG Luís Pérez Companc		23	12			9	12				11	14		22	7		2
GBR Matthew Wilson	15	14	16	15	16	8	34	10	12	10	40	10	12	27	13	12	1
JPN Fumio Nutahara	17		Ret								8	11		26	21		1
AUS Dean Herridge											14			8			1

Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Australia.

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	ARG
ARG	ITA
ITA	GRE
GRC	GER
DEU	FIN
FIN	JPN
JPN	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	AUS
AUS	NZL
NZL	GBR
GBR	Points	1	195	2	166	3	106	4	88	5	44	6	24	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	MEX
MEX	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	ARG
ARG	ITA
ITA	GRE
GRC	GER
DEU	FIN
FIN	JPN
JPN	CYP
CYP	TUR
TUR	AUS
AUS	NZL
NZL	GBR
GBR	Points
GBR BP Ford World Rally Team	3	1	1	8	2	2	8	Ret	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	1	1
4	5	12	14	9	3	Ret	2	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	2	Ret
BEL Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	Ret	4	4	5
2	6	4	Ret	Ret	4	9	3	6	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	5	7
JPN Subaru World Rally Team	5	Ret	Ret	2	3	6	2	5	5	Ret	Ret	5	6	11	2	6	3
6	4	6	5	4	5	4	6	8	Ret	7	4	7	5	6	Ret	6
NOR OMV Peugeot Norway	7	3	9	3			3	4	Ret		5		4	7	3	3	2
8	Ret	5	4			5	Ret	4		4		5	3	Ret	8	9
GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	9	10	8	9	8	9	6	9	7	7	6	7	8	10	9	9	10
10	9	3	7	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	8	8	6	9	4	7	7	4
AUT Red Bull Škoda Team	11	7	Ret		6	7		8	9	6			Ret	9			8
12	8	Ret		7	8		7	10	4			Ret	8			Ret

Ford secured the manufacturers' championship in New Zealand.

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	SWE
SWE	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	ARG
ARG	ITA
ITA	GER
DEU	FIN
FIN	TUR
TUR	GBR
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	Pos.	Driver	SWE
SWE	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	ARG
ARG	ITA
ITA	GER
DEU	FIN
FIN	TUR
TUR	GBR
GBR	Pts
SWE Patrik Sandell	2			2	1		7	11	5	32
EST Urmo Aava	3		2		3		Ret	1	8	31
SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson	1			3	4		2	Ret	Ret	29
GBR Guy Wilks	9			1	8		1	4	11	26
ZWE Conrad Rautenbach		6	3		2	9	11	2		25
SVK Jozef Béreš jun.	6	4	5				5	3	10	22
GBR Kris Meeke		3	Ret			1	Ret	5	Ret	20
FRA Julien Pressac		Ret	4		7	5	5	7		19
EST Jaan Mölder jr.	10			4	12		6	Ret	1	18
CZE Martin Prokop	11	1			11	5	8	6		18
BEL Bernd Casier		2	10		Ret	2		8	Ret	17
DEU Aaron Burkart		Ret	7		5	6		12	3	15
ITA Luca Betti		Ret	Ret		6	8			2	12
FRA Brice Tirabassi		8	1		9	Ret				11
CZE Pavel Valoušek jun.	4		Ret		14	3	12	13		11
TUR Fatih Kara		7	6		Ret	7		9	Ret	7
FIN Matti Rantanen							3			6
GBR Barry Clark		Ret	9		15	10	9		4	5
POL Michał Kościuszko	8	5			10	11	Ret	10		5
FIN Kalle Pinomäki	5	10	11			Ret	13			4
GBR James Wozencroft									6	3
SWE Peter Zachrisson	7									2
ITA Andrea Cortinovis	14		12		13		10	15	7	2
FRA Yoann Bonato			8							1

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	MEX
MEX	ARG
ARG	GRC
GRC	JPN
JPN	CYP
CYP	AUS
AUS	NZL
NZL	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	-	-	-	Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	MEX
MEX	ARG
ARG	GRC
GRC	JPN
JPN	CYP
CYP	AUS
AUS	NZL
NZL	Pts
QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	3	2	1	1		5		7	40
JPN Fumio Nutahara	1	Ret			1	1	7	6	35
SMR Mirco Baldacci		3	3	4	7		2	5	31
FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	5	9		6	9		1	1	27
FIN Aki Teiskonen			Ret	3	4	2	4	Ret	24
JPN Toshihiro Arai		1	8	5		6	Ret	9	18
POL Leszek Kuzaj		4	2	Ret	5			Ret	17
ITA Stefano Marrini	4		7	8	6		6		14
NZL Richard Mason								2	8
RUS Sergey Uspenskiy		5	9	9			5		8
ARE Khalid Al-Qassimi						3			6
AUS Dean Herridge							3		6
RUS Alexander Dorosinskiy								3	6
GBR Nigel Heath			4	11		Ret		8	6
JPN Takuma Kamada			Ret	12	8			4	6
ITA Simone Campedelli						4			5
CZE Štěpán Vojtěch		7							2
MEX Francisco Name jr.		8							1
ARG Gabriel Pozzo		Ret	Ret	2	2		DSQ		DSQ
ARG Marcos Ligato		6	6	7	3		Ret		DSQ
ARG Sebastián Beltran		Ret	5	10	10		DSQ		DSQ

Events

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

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers	Statistics	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length
1	FRA/MCO Monte Carlo Rally
(20–22 January) — Results and report	1	nowrap	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:11:43.9	18	366.39 km	51	43
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:45.7
3	FIN Toni Gardemeister	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:13:07.0
2	SWE Swedish Rally
(3–5 February) — Results and report	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:09:01.9	19	349.02 km	63	51
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:32.8
3	SWE Daniel Carlsson	nowrap	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:11:58.7
3	MEX Rally Mexico
(3–5 March) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:47:08.8	17	359.54 km	39	33
2	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:47:57.7
3	AUT Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:51:47.9
4	ESP Rally Catalunya
(24–26 March) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:01.7	16	346.43 km	66	56
2	ESP Dani Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:49.9
3	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:23:47.5
5	FRA Tour de Corse
(7–9 April) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:43:05.4	12	354.18 km	75	60
2	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:43:34.4
3	ESP Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:44:54.1
6	ARG Rally Argentina
(28–30 April) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:06:51.3	22	351.44 km	68	57
2	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	4:07:35.9
3	ITA Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:10:15.6
7	ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(19–21 May) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:54:18.9	18	344.94 km	79	60
2	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:57:00.3
3	ESP Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:57:46.6
8	GRC Acropolis Rally
(2–4 June) — Results and report	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:56:26.8	18	355.62 km	84	69
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:58:53.2
3	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:10.2
9	DEU Rallye Deutschland
(11–13 August) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:28:34.1	19	351.55 km	73	56
2	ESP Dani Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:29:07.9
3	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:53.3
10	FIN Rally Finland
(18–20 August) — Results and report	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:52:50.3	21	351.61 km	101	68
2	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:53:57.0
3	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:54:24.8
11	JPN Rally Japan
(1–3 September) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:20.4	27	345.72 km	87	78
2	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:22:26.0
3	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:25:06.9
12	CYP Cyprus Rally
(22–24 September) — Results and report	1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:40:50.4	22	322.51 km	39	27
2	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:41:01.6
3	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:46:06.19
13	TUR Rally of Turkey
(13–15 October) — Results and report	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:28:16.3	19	337.79 km	67	51
2	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:39.7
3	NOR Henning Solberg	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:31:22.3
14	AUS Rally Australia
(27–29 October) — Results and report	1	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:15:11.8	26	348.51 km	56	45
2	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:15:48.9
3	AUT Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:19:10.4
15	NZL Rally New Zealand
(17–19 November) — Results and report	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:02:30.7	17	354.21 km	44	37
2	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:03:26.7
3	AUT Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:10.0
16	GBR Wales Rally GB
(1–3 December) — Results and report	1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:20:24.8	17	355.92 km	111	82
2	AUT Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:22:0.3
3	NOR Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:22:20.0

References

"Juwra 2006 WRC calnedar".
[http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/loeb_reveals_slow_recovery_from_2006_arm_break/] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-12-31 Max Rally, accessed 8/5/2010)
"WRC season 2006".
(29 October 2006). "Hirvonen wins Rally but Loeb takes title". [[ABC News (Australia).
(19 November 2006). "Gronholm leads Ford to victory". [[RTÉ Sport]].

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