2006 Rally Australia

October 2020 November 2011 2006 Rally Australia 19th Telstra Rally Australia 14 2006 World Rally Championship 2006 Rally of Turkey 2006 Rally New Zealand Dani Sordo on Bannister Central II 2006.jpg Dani Sordo during SS19. 26 October 29 2006 26 Gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR BP Ford World Rally Team 56 45 The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26 and 29 October 2006. Report Ford's Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, taking his first victory of his career. His teammate Marcus Grönholm was only the Fifth to mathematically give the world championship to Sébastien Loeb, who was out of this race due to injury. Grönholm hit a rock, resulting in him losing eleven minutes and falling to 55th place. In order to maintain his chances for the championship, Grönholm had to rise to at least third place, but he was only able to collect four points, so Loeb, who witnessed the rally from home, celebrated the championship with two more races left. Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:15:11.8 0.0 10 2 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:15:48.9 37.1 8 3 AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 3:19:10.4 3:58.6 6 4 ESP Xavier Pons ESP Carlos Del Barrio Citroën Xsara WRC 3:19:57.2 4:45.4 5 5 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:27:35.6 12:23.8 4 6 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:32:21.0 17:09.2 3 7 SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:32:54.7 17:42.9 2 8 AUS Dean Herridge AUS William Hayes Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:33:33.8 18:22.0 1 PWRC 1. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:32:21.0 0.0 10 2. SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:32:54.7 33.7 8 3. AUS Dean Herridge AUS William Hayes Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:33:33.8 1:12.8 6 4. FIN Aki Teiskonen FIN Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:42:31.1 10:10.1 5 5. RUS Sergey Uspenskiy RUS Dmitriy Yeremeyev Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:47:00.5 14:39.5 4 6. ITA Stefano Marrini ITA Tiziana Sandroni Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:51:18.5 18:57.5 3 7. JPN Toshi Arai GBR Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:00:12.6 27:51.6 2 Special Stages All dates and times are AWST (UTC+8). DayStageTimeNameLength (km)WinnerTimeRally leader 1(26/27 Oct) SS1 19:12 Perth City Super 1 2.00 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1:21.1 FIN Marcus Grönholm SS2 19:21 Perth City Super 2 2.00 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1:20.7 SS3 09:23 Murray North 1 15.92 AUS Chris Atkinson 8:55.4 AUS Chris Atkinson SS4 09:56 Murray South 1 20.12 AUS Chris Atkinson 11:34.9 SS5 10:36 Holyoake 3.13 AUS Chris Atkinson 1:53.4 SS6 11:49 Murray North 2 15.92 NOR Petter Solberg 8:50.0 FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS7 12:22 Murray South 2 20.12 NOR Petter Solberg 11:31.1 NOR Petter Solberg SS8 16:32 Beraking 1 22.84 FIN Marcus Grönholm 13:05.7 SS9 17:18 Flynns 1 18.78 FIN Marcus Grönholm 11:07.2 FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS10 19:25 Perth City Super 3 2.00 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1:22.6 SS11 19:34 Perth City Super 4 2.00 ESP Xavier Pons 1:22.2 2(28 Oct) SS12 09:20 Bannister North 1 17.70 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 8:34.7 SS13 09:52 Bannister Central 1 17.85 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:20.8 SS14 10:36 Bannister Loop 3.61 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1:57.5 SS15 11:55 Bannister North 2 17.70 FIN Marcus Grönholm 8:30.5 SS16 12:27 Bannister Central 2 17.85 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:15.0 SS17 16:32 Beraking 2 22.84 NOR Petter Solberg 12:34.5 SS18 17:18 Flynns 2 18.78 FIN Marcus Grönholm 10:48.1 SS19 19:25 Perth City Super 5 2.00 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1:21.8 SS20 19:34 Perth City Super 6 2.00 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1:21.5 3(29 Oct) SS21 07:03 Atkins 1 4.42 NOR Petter Solberg 3:06.1 SS22 07:33 Helena North 1 29.93 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 17:06.0 SS23 08:14 Helena South 1 17.30 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 8:57.8 SS24 11:03 Atkins 2 4.42 NOR Petter Solberg 3:01.3 SS25 11:33 Helena North 2 29.93 NOR Petter Solberg 16:59.1 SS26 12:14 Helena South 2 17.30 NOR Petter Solberg 8:55.9 External links Results at eWRC.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive Rally Australia, 2006 Australia Category:Rally Australia