2006 Monte Carlo Rally

2006 Monte Carlo Rally 74th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1 2006 World Rally Championship 2006 Swedish Rally MCO Monaco Casino 2005.jpg View of the casino - the official start place of the Monte Carlo Rally Monte Carlo January 20, 2006 January 22, 2006 18 366.39 1336.13 Tarmac / Ice / Snow FIN Marcus Grönholm GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 06 51 43 thumb|270px|Marcus Grönholm's car in the service park. The 2006 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 74th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2006 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 20 and 22 January 2006, and was won by Ford's Marcus Grönholm, his 19th win in the World Rally Championship.Monte Carlo Rally https://www.juwra.com/monte_carlo_2006.html 2 February 2022 Juwra.com Report The first event of the season saw many changes from the previous year. The new season saw just two full manufacturer teams compete (Ford and Subaru).https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4625034.stm Rally boss rejects talk of crisis 2006-01-18 2008-04-17 bbc.co.uk Citroën supported a semi works effort through the Kronos team. Stobart increased their profile by creating a team using old Fords. OMV Peugeot Norway used the Peugeot 307 while Skoda maintained their presence through a team sponsored by Red Bull. On the drivers front, Ford had a new lineup consisting of two time champion Marcus Grönholm and the promising young driver Mikko Hirvonen.Hirvonen confirms switch to Ford bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4450046.stm 2005-11-18 2008-04-26 Kronos used Citroëns twice world champion Sébastien Loeb alongside Xavier Pons.Loeb switches to Kronos for 2006 bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4408732.stm 2005-11-04 2008-04-26 Subaru retained Petter Solberg with Stéphane SarrazinSubaru keep asphalt ace Sarrazin bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4498574.stm 2005-12-05 2008-04-27 and Chris AtkinsonAtkinson extends his Subaru deal bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4455604.stm 2005-11-21 2008-04-27 due to share the second seat depending on the surface. Stobart used a mixture of drivers alongside Matthew Wilson in his first full year. Manfred Stohl and Henning Solberg used the previously unloved Peugeot 307s. There were no places for Markko Märtin who fired an angry broadside before the Monte Carlo Rally at the direction the sport was taking.Angry Martin wants rally overhaul bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4607950.stm 2006-01-12 2008-04-27 Toni Gardemeister lost his place at Ford along with Roman Kresta, both not doing enough to impress Malcolm Wilson during 2005. François Duval didn't find a seat after his erratic 2005 season, and there was still no place available for Colin McRae despite two promising performances for Skoda in 2005. Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:11:43.9 0.0 10 2. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC 4:12:45.7 1:01.8 8 3. FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen Peugeot 307 WRC 4:13:07.0 1:23.1 6 4. AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 4:13:26.2 1:42.3 5 5. FRA Stéphane Sarrazin BEL Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 4:15:04.1 3:20.2 4 6. AUS Chris Atkinson AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRC 05 4:16:46.3 5:02.4 3 7. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:18:03.4 6:19.5 2 8. ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën Xsara WRC 4:18:59.1 7:15.2 1 PCWRC 1.(17.) JPN Fumio Nutahara GBR Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:37:59.1 0.0 10 2.(21.) GBR David Higgins GBR Ross Butler Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:44:30.9 6:31.8 8 3.(29.) QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah GBR Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza 4:55:13.2 17:14.1 6 4.(39.) ITA Stefano Marrini ITA Tiziana Sandroni Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:08:59.1 31:00.0 5 5.(41.) FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5:12:08.5 34:09.4 4 Special stages All dates and times are CET (UTC+1). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1 (20 JAN) SS1 08:33 St Sauveur Sur Tinee - Beuil 1 22.22 km FRA S. Loeb 15:14.0 87.6 km/hFRA S. Loeb SS2 09:31 Guillaumes - Valberg 1 13.60 km FIN M. Grönholm 9:37.2 84.8 km/h SS3 10:19 Pierlas - Ilonse 1 23.22 km Cancelled SS4 14:25 St. Sauveur Sur Tinee - Beui 2 22.22 km FRA S. Loeb 14:43.9 90.5 km/h SS5 15:23 Guillaumes - Valberg 2 13.60 km BEL F. Duval 9:43.3 83.9 km/h SS6 16:11 Pierlas - Ilonse 2 23.22 km FIN M. Grönholm 18:47.6 74.1 km/h FIN M. Grönholm 2 (21 JAN) SS7 07:53 Sigale - Bif. D10/D110 22.54 km FRA S. Loeb 16:50.4 80.3 km/h SS8 09:06 St. Antonin - Toudon 1 20.22 km FRA S. Loeb 14:41.2 82.6 km/h SS9 10:19 La Tour Sur Tinee - Utelle 1 18.73 km FRA S. Loeb 15:41.5 71.6 km/h SS10 14:30 St. Antonin - Toudon 2 20.22 km FRA S. Loeb 14:21.2 84.5 km/h SS11 15:43 La Tour Sur Tinee - Utelle 2 18.73 km Cancelled SS12 16:38 La Bollene Vesubie - Sospel 1 31.25 km FRA S. Loeb 24:03.1 78.0 km/h 3 (22JAN) SS13 07:55 Col de Braus - La Cabanette 1 12.60 km FRA S. Loeb 12:16.2 61.6 km/h SS14 08:23 Col St. Roch - Lantosque 1 14.45 km FIN T. Gardemeister 11:20.0 76.5 km/h SS15 08:56 La Bollene Vesubie - Sospel 2 31.25 km FRA S. Loeb 24:07.0 77.7 km/h SS16 11:44 Col de Braus - La Cabanette 2 12.60 km FRA S. Loeb 11:38.5 64.9 km/h SS17 12:12 Col St. Roch - Lantosque 2 14.45 km AUT M. Stohl 10:56.4 79.3 km/h SS18 12:45 La Bollene Vesubie - Sospel 3 31.25 km AUT M. Stohl 23:02.8 81.4 km/h Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ESPSpain FRAFrance ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece GERGermany FINFinland JPNJapan CYPCyprus TURTurkey AUSAustralia NZLNew Zealand GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 1 10 2 France Sébastien Loeb 2 8 3 Finland Toni Gardemeister 3 6 4 Austria Manfred Stohl 4 5 5 France Stéphane Sarrazin 5 4 6 Australia Chris Atkinson 6 3 7 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 7 2 8 Spain Dani Sordo 8 1 Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ESPSpain FRAFrance ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece GERGermany FINFinland JPNJapan CYPCyprus TURTurkey AUSAustralia NZLNew Zealand GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  Manufacturers' championship Rank Manufacturer Event Totalpoints MONMonaco SWESweden MEXMexico ESPSpain FRAFrance ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece GERGermany FINFinland JPNJapan CYPCyprus TURTurkey AUSAustralia NZLNew Zealand GBRUnited Kingdom 1 BP Ford World Rally Team 14 14 2 Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team 11 11 3 OMV-Peugeot Norway 6 6 4 Subaru World Rally Team 5 5 5 Red Bull Škoda Team 3 3 6 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 0 0 References External links Results at eWRC.com Results from the official site: WRC.com Results on RallyBase.nl Monte Carlo 2006 Rally Monte