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 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally Tarmac / Snow 20–22 January Production WRC
2 Sweden Swedish Rally Snow 3–5 February Junior WRC
3 Mexico Rally Mexico Gravel 3–5 March Production WRC
4 Spain Rally Catalunya Tarmac 24–26 March Junior WRC
5 France Tour de Corse Tarmac 7–9 April Junior WRC
6 Argentina Rally Argentina Gravel 28–30 April Junior WRC & Production WRC
7 Italy Rally d'Italia Sardegna Gravel 19–21 May Junior WRC
8 Greece Acropolis Rally Gravel 2–4 June Production WRC
9 Germany Rallye Deutschland Tarmac 11–13 August Junior WRC
10 Finland Rally Finland Gravel 17–20 August Junior WRC
11 Japan Rally Japan Gravel 1–3 September Production WRC
12 Cyprus Cyprus Rally Gravel 22–24 September Production WRC
13 Turkey Rally of Turkey Gravel 13–15 October Junior WRC
14 Australia Rally Australia Gravel 26–29 October Production WRC
15 New Zealand Rally New Zealand Gravel 17–19 November Production WRC
16 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB Gravel 1–3 December Junior WRC

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers 1
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
Belgium Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC BF 1 France Sébastien Loeb 1–12
United Kingdom Colin McRae 13
Spain Xavier Pons 14–16
2 1–8
Spain Daniel Sordo 9–16
United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 06 BF 3 Finland Marcus Grönholm All
4 Finland Mikko Hirvonen All
Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 P 5 Norway Petter Solberg All
6 France Stéphane Sarrazin 1, 4–5, 9
Australia Chris Atkinson 2–3, 6–8, 10–16
Manufacturers 2
Norway OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team Peugeot 307 WRC BF 7 Austria Manfred Stohl All
8 Norway Henning Solberg 1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04
Focus RS WRC 06
BF 9 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson All
10 Belgium Pieter Tsjoen 1
Finland Kosti Katajamäki 2, 7–8, 10, 13
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc 3, 6, 11–12, 14–15
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 4–5, 9, 16
Austria Red Bull Škoda Team Škoda Fabia WRC BF 11 France Gilles Panizzi 1, 4
Austria Andreas Aigner 2
Finland Harri Rovanperä 5, 7–8, 12–13, 16
Sweden Mattias Ekström 9
12 Austria Andreas Aigner 1, 4–5, 7–9, 12–13, 16
Sweden Mattias Ekström 2
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 P 14 Japan Toshihiro Arai 11
United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 BF 17 Argentina Juan Pablo Raies 12
19 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 16
23 Argentina Luís Pérez Companc 2, 7
Italy Gianluigi Galli Peugeot 307 WRC P 25 Italy Gianluigi Galli 5–7, 10
Italy Astra Racing BF 14 Finland Toni Gardemeister 1, 4–5
Citroën Xsara WRC 8–9, 12
France PH Sport BF 15 Finland Janne Tuohino 2, 10
Belgium Kronos Racing 26 Spain Daniel Sordo 1–8
Spain Xavier Pons 9–10, 12–13
United Kingdom MMSP LTD Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 PBF 14 Italy Gianluigi Galli 1–2
15 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 2, 10
18 Finland Jussi Välimäki 7–8, 10
22 Finland Juho Hänninen 10
Belgium First Motorsport Škoda Škoda Fabia WRC BF 15 Belgium François Duval 1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
Czech Republic Czech RT Škoda Kopecký 18 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
Sweden Rally Team Olsbergs Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 PBF 16 Sweden Thomas Radstrom 2
Turkey Red Devil Atolye Kazaz Impreza WRC 2004/5 19 Finland Kristian Sohlberg 2, 7, 10
Norway Adapta AS Impreza WRC 2003/4 20 Norway Mads Østberg 2, 10, 16
Australia Subaru Rally Team Australia Impreza WRC 2005 16 Australia Chris Atkinson 1, 4–5, 9
Italy Valentino Rossi 46 Italy Valentino Rossi 15
Republic of Ireland Tom Hogan Motors Ford Focus RS WRC BF 17 Republic of Ireland Gareth MacHale 1–4, 6–7, 9, 11, 16
France BSA Peugeot 307 WRC BF 19 France Alexandre Bengué 4–5
France Equipe de France FFSA 20 France Nicolas Vouilloz 5
Belgium Pieter Tsjoen Ford Focus RS WRC 22 Belgium Pieter Tsjoen 9
Switzerland Olivier Burri Peugeot Peugeot 307 WRC M 63 Switzerland Olivier Burri 1
Switzerland Philippe Roux Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC BF 65 Switzerland Philippe Roux 1, 5
Italy Riccardo Errani Škoda Škoda Octavia WRC P 66 Italy Riccardo Errani 1
Republic of Ireland Austin MacHale Ford Ford Focus RS WRC BF 67 Republic of Ireland Austin MacHale 1
Republic of Ireland Eamonn Boland Ford Ford Focus RS WRC M 68 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Boland 1
Sweden Jimmy Joge Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 19 Sweden Jimmy Joge 2
Norway Thomas Schie Ford Ford Focus RS WRC 20 Norway Thomas Schie 2
24 10
Norway Anders Grondal Subaru Subaru Impreza WRC 62 Norway Anders Grondal 2
Poland Cersanit Rally Team Subaru Subaru Impreza WRC 71 Poland Michał Sołowow 2
Italy Fabio Frisiero Toyota Toyota Corolla WRC 80 Italy Fabio Frisiero 2
Mexico Ricardo Trivino Peugeot Peugeot 206 WRC 16 Mexico 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 France PH Sport United Kingdom Kris Meeke United Kingdom Glenn Patterson Citroën C2 S1600 4–5, 9–10, 13, 16
42 France Julien Pressac France Gilles De Turckheim 4–5, 7
France Jacques Boyere 9–10, 13
55 France Brice Tirabassi France Jacques-Julien Renucci 4, 5, 7
France Fabrice Gordon 9
France Fabio Fiandino France Sabrina de Castelli Citroën C2 R2 10, 13
33 Japan Suzuki Sport Europe Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16
35 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson 2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
37 Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Italy Pierangelo Scalvini 2, 5, 7
Czech Republic Zdeněk Hrůza 9–10, 13
43 Estonia Jaan Mölder Germany Katrin Becker 16
48 United Kingdom Guy Wilks United Kingdom Phil Pugh 2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
36 Italy Autorel Sport Italy Luca Betti Italy Piercarlo Capolongo Renault Clio S1600 4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
39 France Barroso Sport Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom David Senior Renault Clio S1600 4–5, 7, 9–10, 13
41 France Renault Sport Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Renault Clio S1600 2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
51 Turkey Fatih Kara Turkey Cerm Bakancocuklari 4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
52 Belgium Bernd Casier Belgium Frédéric Miclotte 4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
43 United Kingdom M-Sport Estonia Jaan Mölder Germany Katrin Becker Ford Fiesta S1600 2, 6
Czech Republic JM Engineering Suzuki Ignis S1600 7, 10, 13
44 Poland Suzuki Shell Helix Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Jaroslaw Baran Suzuki Ignis S1600 2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
45 Slovakia Styllex Tuning Motorsport Slovakia Jozef Béreš Czech Republic Petr Starý Suzuki Ignis S1600 2, 4–5, 10, 13, 16
46 Italy Power Car Team Italy Andrea Cortinovis Italy Massimiliano Bosi Renault Clio RS 2, 4, 7, 10, 16
Italy Flavio Zanella 13
47 Italy Hawk Racing Club Italy Filippo Bordignon Italy James Bardini Opel Astra OPC 2, 10, 13
Italy Justin Bardini 4, 7, 16
49 Czech Republic Jipocar Czech National Team Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
50 Finland Clio Junior Team Finland Kalle Pinomäki Finland Mikko Markkula Renault Clio S1600 10
Renault Clio RS 2, 4–5, 9
Estonia Egon Kaur Estonia Avo Kristov 16
53 United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team United Kingdom Barry Clark United Kingdom Scott Martin Ford Fiesta ST 4–5, 7, 9–10, 16
54 Austria OMV Rally Team Germany Aaron Burkart Germany Jörg Bastuck Citroën C2 S1600 4
Germany Tanja Geilhausen 5, 7, 9, 13, 16
Additional guest entries
59 Sweden Suzuki Sweden Sweden Peter Zachrisson Sweden Jan Svanström Suzuki Ignis S1600 2
60 Sweden Johan Karlsson Motorsport Sweden Johan Karlsson Sweden Mattias Gustavsson Peugeot 206 RC 2
59 France Equipe de France FFSA France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud Renault Clio S1600 5
59 Finland Motor Stars Finland Matti Rantanen Finland Jan Lönegren Honda Civic Type-R 10
59 United Kingdom Dealer Team Suzuki United Kingdom James Wozencroft United Kingdom Robert Fagg Suzuki Ignis S1600 16
60 United Kingdom Tom Walster Rally Sport United Kingdom Tom Walster United Kingdom Paul Williams Ford Fiesta ST 16

PWRC entries

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

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 France Sébastien Loeb 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 112
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm 1 1 8 3 2 10 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 111
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 7 12 14 9 4 Ret 2 3 9 3 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 65
4 Austria Manfred Stohl 4 18 3 12 7 4 7 Ret 5 9 5 4 8 3 3 2 54
5 Spain Daniel Sordo 8 16 4 2 3 5 3 6 2 Ret DSQ Ret 7 23 5 7 49
6 Norway Petter Solberg Ret DSQ 2 7 11 2 9 7 Ret Ret 7 8 13 2 6 3 40
7 Spain Xavier Pons 9 7 Ret Ret 6 17 4 8 14 Ret DNS 7 4 4 4 5 32
8 Norway Henning Solberg Ret 8 5 7 Ret 5 4 6 3 Ret 12 11 25
9 Finland Toni Gardemeister 3 DNS DNS 4 4 5 20
10 Australia Chris Atkinson 6 11 7 11 13 6 10 11 8 13 4 9 6 9 Ret 6 20
11 Italy Gianluigi Galli Ret 4 9 3 Ret 5 15
12 France Alexandre Bengué 4 5 9
13 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 41 25 16 Ret 22 34 17 69 6 8 4 9
14 Finland Kosti Katajamäki 6 Ret 26 14 5 7
15 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 11 13 5 10 17 16 7 8 Ret 10 7
16 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 3 Ret 6
17 Finland Jussi Välimäki 5 9 7 6
18 France Stéphane Sarrazin 5 8 8 Ret 6
19 Belgium François Duval Ret 6 Ret 8 13 Ret 9 8 5
20 Sweden Thomas Rådström 5 4
21 Republic of Ireland Gareth MacHale 16 6 Ret 11 11 10 Ret Ret 3
22 Finland Kristian Sohlberg Ret 6 Ret 3
23 Austria Andreas Aigner 13 Ret 13 15 13 14 6 Ret 10 Ret 3
24 Finland Janne Tuohino 10 6 3
25 Japan Toshihiro Arai 9 30 21 6 22 Ret 30 3
26 San Marino Mirco Baldacci 11 21 20 46 7 18 Ret 2
27 Argentina Luís Pérez Companc 23 12 9 12 11 14 22 7 2
28 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 15 14 16 15 16 8 34 10 12 10 40 10 12 27 13 12 1
29 Japan Fumio Nutahara 17 Ret 8 11 26 21 1
30 Australia Dean Herridge 14 8 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRE
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
1 United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team 3 1 1 8 2 2 8 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 195
4 5 12 14 9 3 Ret 2 3 5 3 3 3 2 1 2 Ret
2 Belgium 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 6 4 Ret Ret 4 9 3 6 2 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 5 7
3 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 5 Ret Ret 2 3 6 2 5 5 Ret Ret 5 6 11 2 6 3 106
6 4 6 5 4 5 4 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 5 6 Ret 6
4 Norway OMV Peugeot Norway 7 3 9 3 3 4 Ret 5 4 7 3 3 2 88
8 Ret 5 4 5 Ret 4 4 5 3 Ret 8 9
5 United Kingdom 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
10 9 3 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 8 8 6 9 4 7 7 4
6 Austria Red Bull Škoda Team 11 7 Ret 6 7 8 9 6 Ret 9 8 24
12 8 Ret 7 8 7 10 4 Ret 8 Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRE
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
  • Ford secured the manufacturers' championship in New Zealand.

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Sweden Patrik Sandell 2 2 1 7 11 5 32
2 Estonia Urmo Aava 3 2 3 Ret 1 8 31
3 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 3 4 2 Ret Ret 29
4 United Kingdom Guy Wilks 9 1 8 1 4 11 26
5 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 6 3 2 9 11 2 25
6 Slovakia Jozef Béreš jun. 6 4 5 5 3 10 22
7 United Kingdom Kris Meeke 3 Ret 1 Ret 5 Ret 20
8 France Julien Pressac Ret 4 7 5 5 7 19
9 Estonia Jaan Mölder jr. 10 4 12 6 Ret 1 18
10 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 11 1 11 5 8 6 18
11 Belgium Bernd Casier 2 10 Ret 2 8 Ret 17
12 Germany Aaron Burkart Ret 7 5 6 12 3 15
13 Italy Luca Betti Ret Ret 6 8 2 12
14 France Brice Tirabassi 8 1 9 Ret 11
15 Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek jun. 4 Ret 14 3 12 13 11
16 Turkey Fatih Kara 7 6 Ret 7 9 Ret 7
17 Finland Matti Rantanen 3 6
18 United Kingdom Barry Clark Ret 9 15 10 9 4 5
19 Poland Michał Kościuszko 8 5 10 11 Ret 10 5
20 Finland Kalle Pinomäki 5 10 11 Ret 13 4
21 United Kingdom James Wozencroft 6 3
22 Sweden Peter Zachrisson 7 2
22 Italy Andrea Cortinovis 14 12 13 10 15 7 2
22 France Yoann Bonato 8 1
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
TUR
Turkey
GBR
United Kingdom
Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
MEX
Mexico
ARG
Argentina
GRC
Greece
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
 Pts 
1 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 2 1 1 5 7 40
2 Japan Fumio Nutahara 1 Ret 1 1 7 6 35
3 San Marino Mirco Baldacci 3 3 4 7 2 5 31
4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 5 9 6 9 1 1 27
5 Finland Aki Teiskonen Ret 3 4 2 4 Ret 24
6 Japan Toshihiro Arai 1 8 5 6 Ret 9 18
7 Poland Leszek Kuzaj 4 2 Ret 5 Ret 17
8 Italy Stefano Marrini 4 7 8 6 6 14
9 New Zealand Richard Mason 2 8
10 Russia Sergey Uspenskiy 5 9 9 5 8
11 United Arab Emirates Khalid Al-Qassimi 3 6
12 Australia Dean Herridge 3 6
13 Russia Alexander Dorosinskiy 3 6
14 United Kingdom Nigel Heath 4 11 Ret 8 6
15 Japan Takuma Kamada Ret 12 8 4 6
16 Italy Simone Campedelli 4 5
17 Czech Republic Štěpán Vojtěch 7 2
18 Mexico Francisco Name jr. 8 1
- Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Ret Ret 2 2 DSQ DSQ
- Argentina Marcos Ligato 6 6 7 3 Ret DSQ
- Argentina Sebastián Beltran Ret 5 10 10 DSQ DSQ
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
MEX
Mexico
ARG
Argentina
GRC
Greece
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

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 Starters Finishers
1 France/Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
(20–22 January) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:11:43.9 18 366.39 km 51 43
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 4:12:45.7
3 Finland Toni Gardemeister Peugeot 307 WRC 4:13:07.0
2 Sweden Swedish Rally
(3–5 February) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:09:01.9 19 349.02 km 63 51
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:32.8
3 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:11:58.7
3 Mexico Rally Mexico
(3–5 March) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:47:08.8 17 359.54 km 39 33
2 Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:47:57.7
3 Austria Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 3:51:47.9
4 Spain Rally Catalunya
(24–26 March) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:22:01.7 16 346.43 km 66 56
2 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën Xsara WRC 3:22:49.9
3 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:23:47.5
5 France Tour de Corse
(7–9 April) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:43:05.4 12 354.18 km 75 60
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:43:34.4
3 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën Xsara WRC 3:44:54.1
6 Argentina Rally Argentina
(28–30 April) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 4:06:51.3 22 351.44 km 68 57
2 Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 06 4:07:35.9
3 Italy Gianluigi Galli Peugeot 307 WRC 4:10:15.6
7 Italy Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(19–21 May) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:54:18.9 18 344.94 km 79 60
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:57:00.3
3 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën Xsara WRC 3:57:46.6
8 Greece Acropolis Rally
(2–4 June) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:56:26.8 18 355.62 km 84 69
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:58:53.2
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:00:10.2
9 Germany Rallye Deutschland
(11–13 August) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:28:34.1 19 351.55 km 73 56
2 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën Xsara WRC 3:29:07.9
3 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:53.3
10 Finland Rally Finland
(18–20 August) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2:52:50.3 21 351.61 km 101 68
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 2:53:57.0
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2:54:24.8
11 Japan Rally Japan
(1–3 September) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:22:20.4 27 345.72 km 87 78
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:22:26.0
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:25:06.9
12 Cyprus Cyprus Rally
(22–24 September) — Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 4:40:50.4 22 322.51 km 39 27
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:41:01.6
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:46:06.19
13 Turkey Rally of Turkey
(13–15 October) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:28:16.3 19 337.79 km 67 51
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:39.7
3 Norway Henning Solberg Peugeot 307 WRC 3:31:22.3
14 Australia Rally Australia
(27–29 October) — Results and report
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:15:11.8 26 348.51 km 56 45
2 Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:15:48.9
3 Austria Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 3:19:10.4
15 New Zealand Rally New Zealand
(17–19 November) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:02:30.7 17 354.21 km 44 37
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:03:26.7
3 Austria Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 4:05:10.0
16 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB
(1–3 December) — Results and report
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:20:24.8 17 355.92 km 111 82
2 Austria Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 3:22:0.3
3 Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:22:20.0

References

  1. Archived 2010-12-31 at the Wayback Machine Max Rally, accessed 8/5/2010
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