2006 World Rally Championship

34th season in the FIA World Rally Championship December 2021 2006 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion Ford 2005 2007 thumb|Sébastien Loeb secured his third WRC drivers' championship. 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 dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceSupport class119 January22 JanuaryMON 74th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloMonte CarloMixed18366.39 kmPWRC23 February5 FebruarySWE 55th Uddeholm Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow19349.02 kmJWRC33 March5 MarchMEX 3rd Corona Rally MexicoLeón, GuanajuatoGravel17359.54 kmPWRC424 March26 MarchESP 42nd RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa DauradaSalou, CataloniaTarmac16346.43 kmJWRC57 April9 AprilFRA 50th Tour de Corse - Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac12354.18 kmJWRC627 April30 AprilARG 26th Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel22351.44 kmJWRC/PWRC719 May21 MayITA 3rd Rally d'Italia SardiniaOlbia, SardiniaGravel18344.90 kmJWRC82 June4 JuneGRC 53rd BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of GreeceAthensGravel18355.62 kmPWRC911 August13 AugustGER 25th OMV ADAC Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac19349.11 kmJWRC1018 August20 AugustFIN 56th Neste Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel21351.61 kmJWRC111 September3 SeptemberJPN 6th Rally JapanObihiro, HokkaidoGravel27345.72 kmPWRC1222 September24 SeptemberCYP 34th Cyprus RallyLemesos, Limassol DistrictGravel22322.51 kmPWRC1313 October15 OctoberTUR 7th Rally of TurkeyKemer, Antalya ProvinceGravel19337.79 kmJWRC1427 October29 OctoberAUS 19th Telstra Rally AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaGravel26348.51 kmPWRC1517 November19 NovemberNZL 37th Propecia Rally New ZealandHamilton, WaikatoGravel17354.21 kmPWRC161 December3 DecemberGBR 62nd Wales Rally GBCardiff, WalesGravel17355.92 kmJWRCSources: Juwra 2006 WRC calnedar https://www.juwra.com/calendar_2006.html 4 January 2025 Juwra Teams and drivers Manufacturers Manufacturer Car Team Tyre No Drivers Co-driver Rounds Citroën Xsara WRC BEL Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team BF Goodrich 1 FRA Sébastien LoebMonaco Daniel Elena 1–12†GBR Colin McRaeUK Nicky Grist 13 ESP Xavier PonsESP Carlos del Barrio 14–16 2 1–8ESP Daniel SordoESP Marc Martí 9–16 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team BF Goodrich 3 FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo Rautiainen All 4FIN Mikko HirvonenFIN Jarmo Lehtinen All Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 JPN Subaru World Rally Team Pirelli 5 NOR Petter SolbergUK Phil Mills All 6FRA Stéphane SarrazinBEL Stéphane Prévot 1, 4–5, 9AUS Chris AtkinsonAUS Glenn Macneall 2–3, 6–8, 10–16 Manufacturers 2 Peugeot 307 WRC NOR OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team BF Goodrich 7 AUT Manfred StohlAUT Ilka Minor All 8NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud 1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16 Ford Focus RS WRC 041-10, 12-13Focus RS WRC 0611, 14-16 GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team BF Goodrich 9 GBR Matthew Wilson UK Michael Orr All 10BEL Pieter TsjoenBEL Eddy Chevaillier 1FIN Kosti KatajamäkiFIN Timo Alanne 2, 7–8, 10, 13 ARG Luis Pérez Companc ARG Jose Maria Volta 3, 6, 11–12, 14–15FIN Jari-Matti LatvalaFIN Miikka Anttila 4–5, 9, 16 Škoda Fabia WRC AUT Red Bull Škoda Team BF Goodrich 11FRA Gilles PanizziFRA Herve Panizzi 1, 4AUT Andreas AignerDEU Timo Gottschalk 2FIN Harri RovanperäFIN Risto Pietilanien 5, 7–8, 12–13, 16SWE Mattias EkströmSWE Jonas Andersson 9 12AUT Andreas AignerDEU Timo Gottschalk 1, 4–5, 7DEU Klaus Wicha8-9, 12–13, 16SWE Mattias EkströmSWE Stefan Bergman 2 World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points Manufacturer Car Team Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Citroën Xsara WRC BEL Kronos Racing BF Goodrich ESP Daniel Sordo ESP Marc Martí 1–8 ESP Xavier Pons ESP Carlos del Barrio 9–13FRA PH Sport BF Goodrich FIN Janne Tuohino FIN Risto Pietiläinen 2 FIN Mikko Markkula10ITA Astra Racing BF GoodrichFIN Toni GardemeisterFIN Jakke Honkanen 8–9, 12 Ford Focus RS WRC 04 GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team BF GoodrichARG Luis Pérez CompancARG José María Volta 2, 7ARG Juan Pablo RaiesARG Jorge Pérez-Companc 12NOR Andreas MikkelsenNOR Ola Fløene 16NOR Thomas Schie NOR Thomas SchieSWE Göran Bergsten 2, 10GBR Steve Perez GBR Steve PerezGBR Steve Harris 4BEL Pieter Tsjoen BEL Pieter TsjoenBEL Eddy Chevaillier 9GBR Mark Higgins GBR Mark HigginsIRL Rory Kennedy 16 IRL Tom Hogan Motors BF Goodrich IRL Gareth MacHale IRL Paul Nagle 1–4, 6–7, 9, 11 Focus RS WRC 03 16IRL Austin MacHaleIRL Brian Murphy 1IRL Eamonn Boland MichelinIRL Eamonn BolandIRL Francis Regan 1 Focus RS WRC 02GRE Emmanuel Stefanis GRE Emmanuel StefanisGRE Konstantinos Stefanis 8GBR Dave Weston Jr. GBR Dave Weston Jr.GBR Aled Davies 16 Focus RS WRC 01 TUR Ford Rallyesport Turkey TUR Mehmet BeslerTUR Ozden Yilmaz 13TUR Adnan SarihanTUR Bahadir Gücenmez 13TUR Emre YurdakulTUR Afsin Baydar 13 Hyundai Accent WRC3 RSA Stephen Simpson RSA Stephen Simpson GBR Patrick Walsh 16 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 GBR MMSP LTD PirelliBF GoodrichITA Gianluigi GalliITA Giovanni Bernacchini 1–2SWE Daniel CarlssonSWE Bosse Holmstrand 2SWE Tomas Thorszelius 10FIN Jussi VälimäkiFIN Jarkko Kalliolepo 7–8, 10FIN Juho HänninenFIN Marko Sallinen 10 Peugeot 307 WRCITA Astra Racing BF GoodrichFIN Toni GardemeisterFIN Jakke Honkanen 1, 4–5SUI Olivier Burri MichelinSUI Olivier BurriSWI Christopher Hofmann 1FRA BSA BF GoodrichFRA Alexandre BenguéFRA Caroline Escudero 4–5ITA Gianluigi Galli PirelliITA Gianluigi GalliITA Giovanni Bernacchini 5–7, 10FRA Equipe de France FFSA BF GoodrichFRA Nicolas VouillozFRA Jacques Boyere 5CZE Štěpán Vojtěch CZE Štěpán VojtěchCZE Michal Ernst 9 206 WRCSUI Philippe Roux BF GoodrichSUI Philippe RouxSWI Eric Jordan 1, 5SWE Peugeot Sport SwedenSWE Jimmy JogeSWE Mattias Andersson 2MEX Ricardo Triviño MEX Ricardo TriviñoESP Sergio Salom 3CZE Štěpán Vojtěch CZE Štěpán VojtěchCZE Michal Ernst 4FRA José Micheli FRA José MicheliFRA Marielle Maccioni 5 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3ESP Jordi ZuritaESP Jordi ZuritaESP Manel Muñoz 4 Škoda Fabia WRCBEL First Motorsport Škoda BF GoodrichBEL François DuvalFRA Patrick Pivato 1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16CZE Czech RT Škoda Kopecký BF GoodrichCZE Jan KopeckýCZE Filip Schovánek 1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16DEU Skoda Auto Deutschland BF GoodrichDEU Matthias KahleDEU Peter Göbel 9 Octavia WRC Evo3ITA Riccardo Errani PirelliITA Riccardo ErraniITA Stefano Casadio 1FIN Jukka Ketomäki FIN Jukka KetomäkiFIN Kai Risberg 10 SubaruImpreza WRC 2006JPN Subaru World Rally Team PirelliJPN Toshihiro AraiNZ Tony Sircombe 11 Impreza WRC 2005AUS Subaru Rally Team Australia PirelliAUS Chris AtkinsonAUS Glenn Macneall 1, 4–5, 9POL Cersanit Rally TeamPOL Michał SołowowPOL Maciek Baran 2GRE Aris VovosGRE Aris VovosGRE Loris Meletopoulos 8TUR Ercan KazazTUR Ercan KazazTUR Serdar Kurbanzade 13ITA Valentino Rossi PirelliITA Valentino RossiITA Carlo Cassina 15 TUR Red Devil Atolye Kazaz FIN Kristian SohlbergFIN Tomi Tuominen 7FIN Risto Pietiläinen 10 Impreza WRC 2004 FIN Kaj Lindström 2SWE Rally Team Olsbergs SWE Thomas RådströmSWE Jörgen Skallman 2NOR Anders Grøndal NOR Anders GrøndalNOR Trond-Inge Østbye 2NED Mark van Eldik NED Mark van EldikBEL Erwin Mombaerts 9GBR Gareth Jones GBR Gareth JonesIRL David Moynihan 9NOR Adapta AS NOR Mads ØstbergNOR Ole Unnerud 16Impreza WRC 2003 10NOR Ragnar Engen 2IRL Kevin Barrett IRL Kevin BarrettIRL Barry Goodman 4 Toyota Corolla WRCITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Fabio FrisieroITA Simone Scattolin 2DEN Poulsen Motorsport DEN Kristian PoulsenDEN Ole Fredriksen 9NED Wevers Sport NED Erik WeversBEL Filip Goddé 9FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Jari-Matti LatvalaFIN 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231013218/http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/loeb_reveals_slow_recovery_from_2006_arm_break/ 2010-12-31 Max Rally, accessed 8/5/2010 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 Additional guest entries 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 García 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 36 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 Additional guest entries 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.RallyOverall winnersPWRC WinnersJWRC winnersReport 1 MON Monte Carlo GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamJPN No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally TeamN/A Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IXN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenJPN Fumio NutaharaGBR Daniel BarrittN/A 2 SWE Sweden GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamN/AJPN No. 35 Suzuki Sport Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06N/AJPN Suzuki Swift S1600FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenN/ASWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonSWE Jonas Andersson 3 MEX Mexico BEL No. 1 Kronos RacingJPN No. 31 Subaru Team AraiN/A Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N12N/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A 4 ESP Spain BEL No. 1 Kronos RacingN/ACZE No. 49 Jipocar Czech National Team Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/ACZE Martin ProkopCZE Jan Tománek 5 FRA France BEL No. 1 Kronos RacingN/AFRA No. 41 PH Sport Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AFRA Brice TirabassiFRA Jacques-Julien Renucci 6 ARG Argentina BEL No. 1 Kronos RacingGBR No. 39 QMMFJPN No. 148 Suzuki Sport Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N12JPN Suzuki Swift S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaQAT Nasser Al-AttiyahGBR Chris PattersonGBR Guy WilksGBR Phil Pugh 7 ITA Italy BEL No. 1 Kronos RacingN/AFRA No. 41 Renault Sport Report FRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Renault Clio S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/ASWE Patrik SandellSWE Emil Axelsson 8 GRC Greece GBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamGBR No. 39 QMMFN/A Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '06JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12N/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenQAT Nasser Al-AttiyahGBR Chris PattersonN/A9GER GermanyBEL No. 1 Kronos RacingN/AFRA No. 32 PH SportReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën C2 S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AGBR Kris MeekeGBR Glenn Patterson10FIN FinlandGBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamN/AJPN No. 48 Suzuki SportReportUSA Ford Focus RS WRC '06N/AJPN Suzuki Swift S1600FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenN/AGBR Guy WilksGBR Phil Pugh11JPN JapanBEL No. 1 Kronos RacingJPN No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally TeamN/AReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IXN/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaJPN Fumio NutaharaGBR Daniel BarrittN/A12CYP CyprusBEL No. 1 Kronos RacingJPN No. 33 Advan-Piaa Rally TeamN/AReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IXN/AFRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaJPN Fumio NutaharaGBR Daniel BarrittN/A13TUR TurkeyGBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamN/AJPN No. 33 Suzuki SportReportUSA Ford Focus RS WRC '06N/AJPN Suzuki Swift S1600FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenN/AEST Urmo AavaEST Kuldar Sikk14AUS AustraliaGBR No. 4 BP Ford World Rally TeamITA No. 37 Motoring ClubN/AReportUSA Ford Focus RS WRC '06JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12N/AFIN Mikko HirvonenFIN Jarmo LehtinenFIN Jari-Matti LatvalaFIN Miikka AnttilaN/A15NZL New ZealandGBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamITA No. 37 Motoring ClubN/AReportUSA Ford Focus RS WRC '06JPN Subaru Impreza STi N12N/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenFIN Jari-Matti LatvalaFIN Miikka AnttilaN/A16GBR BritainGBR No. 3 BP Ford World Rally TeamN/AJPN No. 43 Suzuki SportReportUSA Ford Focus RS WRC '06N/AJPN Suzuki Swift S1600FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenN/AEST Jaan Mölder jr.GER Katrin BeckerSource:WRC season 2006 https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2006/ 4 January 2025 eWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMCO SWESWE MEXMEX ESPESP FRAFRA ARGARG ITAITA GRCGRC GERDEU FINFIN JPNJPN CYPCYP TURTUR AUSAUS NZLNZL GBRGBR  Pts  1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 112 2 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1 1 8 3 2 10 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 111 3 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 7 12 14 9 4 Ret 2 3 9 3 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 65 4 AUT Manfred Stohl 4 18 3 12 7 4 7 Ret 5 9 5 4 8 3 3 2 54 5 ESP Daniel Sordo 8 16 4 2 3 5 3 6 2 Ret DSQ Ret 7 23 5 7 49 6 NOR Petter Solberg Ret DSQ 2 7 11 2 9 7 Ret Ret 7 8 13 2 6 3 40 7 ESP Xavier Pons 9 7 Ret Ret 6 17 4 8 14 Ret DNS 7 4 4 4 5 32 8 NOR Henning SolbergRet 8 5 7Ret 5 4 6 3Ret 12 11 25 9 FIN Toni Gardemeister 3 DNS DNS 4 4 5 20 10 AUS Chris Atkinson 6 11 7 11 13 6 10 11 8 13 4 9 6 9Ret 6 20 11 ITA Gianluigi GalliRet 4 9 3Ret 5 15 12 FRA Alexandre Bengué 4 5 9 13 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 41 25 16Ret 22 34 17 69 6 8 4 9 14 FIN Kosti Katajamäki 6Ret 26 14 5 7 15 CZE Jan Kopecký 11 13 5 10 17 16 7 8Ret 10 7 16 SWE Daniel Carlsson 3Ret 6 17 FIN Jussi Välimäki 5 9 7 6 18 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin 5 8 8Ret 6 19 BEL François DuvalRet 6Ret 8 13Ret 9 8 5 20 SWE Thomas Rådström 5 4 21 IRL Gareth MacHale 16 6Ret 11 11 10RetRet 3 22 FIN Kristian SohlbergRet 6Ret 3 23 AUT Andreas Aigner 13Ret 13 15 13 14 6Ret 10Ret 3 24 FIN Janne Tuohino 10 6 3 25 JPN Toshihiro Arai 9 30 21 6 22Ret 30 3 26 SMR Mirco Baldacci 11 21 20 46 7 18Ret 2 27 ARG Luís Pérez Companc 23 12 9 12 11 14 22 7 2 28 GBR Matthew Wilson 15 14 16 15 16 8 34 10 12 10 40 10 12 27 13 12 1 29 JPN Fumio Nutahara 17Ret 8 11 26 21 1 30 AUS Dean Herridge 14 8 1 Pos. Position Driver MONMCO SWESWE MEXMEX ESPESP FRAFRA ARGARG ITAITA GRCGRC GERDEU FINFIN JPNJPN CYPCYP TURTUR AUSAUS NZLNZL GBRGBR  Pts  Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Australia.Hirvonen wins Rally but Loeb takes title https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-10-29/hirvonen-wins-rally-but-loeb-takes-title/1297310 ABC News Reuters 29 October 2006 9 April 2024 Manufacturers' championship Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMCO SWESWE MEXMEX ESPESP FRAFRA ARGARG ITAITA GREGRC GERDEU FINFIN JPNJPN CYPCYP TURTUR AUSAUS NZLNZL GBRGBR Points 1 GBR 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 7 6 5 3 Ret 2 3 5 3 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 2 BEL 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 JPN 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 NOR 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 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 44 10 9 3 7 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 8 8 6 9 4 7 7 4 6 AUT 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. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMCO SWESWE MEXMEX ESPESP FRAFRA ARGARG ITAITA GREGRC GERDEU FINFIN JPNJPN CYPCYP TURTUR AUSAUS NZLNZL GBRGBR Points Ford secured the manufacturers' championship in New Zealand.Gronholm leads Ford to victory https://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2006/1119/211498-wrc/ RTÉ Sport 19 November 2006 9 April 2024 JWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver SWESWE ESPESP FRAFRA ARGARG ITAITA GERDEU FINFIN TURTUR GBRGBR  Pts  1 SWE Patrik Sandell 2 2 1 7 11 532 2 EST Urmo Aava 3 2 3 Ret 1 831 3 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 3 4 2 Ret Ret29 4 GBR Guy Wilks 9 1 8 1 4 1126 5 ZWE Conrad Rautenbach 6 3 2 9 11 225 6 SVK Jozef Béreš jun. 6 4 5 5 3 1022 7 GBR Kris Meeke 3 Ret 1 Ret 5 Ret20 8 FRA Julien Pressac Ret 4 7 5 5 719 9 EST Jaan Mölder jr. 10 4 12 6 Ret 118 10 CZE Martin Prokop 11 1 11 5 8 618 11 BEL Bernd Casier 2 10 Ret 2 8 Ret17 12 DEU Aaron Burkart Ret 7 5 6 12 315 13 ITA Luca Betti Ret Ret 6 8 212 14 FRA Brice Tirabassi 8 1 9 Ret11 15 CZE Pavel Valoušek jun. 4 Ret 14 3 12 1311 16 TUR Fatih Kara 7 6 Ret 7 9 Ret7 17 FIN Matti Rantanen 36 18 GBR Barry Clark Ret 9 15 10 9 45 19 POL Michał Kościuszko 8 5 10 11 Ret 105 20 FIN Kalle Pinomäki 5 10 11 Ret 134 21 GBR James Wozencroft 63 22 SWE Peter Zachrisson 72 22 ITA Andrea Cortinovis 14 12 13 10 15 72 22 FRA Yoann Bonato 81 Pos. Position Driver SWESWE ESPESP FRAFRA ARGARG ITAITA GERDEU FINFIN TURTUR GBRGBR Pts PWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMCO MEXMEX ARGARG GRCGRC JPNJPN CYPCYP AUSAUS NZLNZL  Pts  1 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 2 1 1 5 740 2 JPN Fumio Nutahara 1 Ret 1 1 7 635 3 SMR Mirco Baldacci 3 3 4 7 2 531 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 5 9 6 9 1 127 5 FIN Aki Teiskonen Ret 3 4 2 4 Ret24 6 JPN Toshihiro Arai 1 8 5 6 Ret 918 7 POL Leszek Kuzaj 4 2 Ret 5 Ret17 8 ITA Stefano Marrini 4 7 8 6 614 9 NZL Richard Mason 28 10 RUS Sergey Uspenskiy 5 9 9 58 11 ARE Khalid Al-Qassimi 36 12 AUS Dean Herridge 36 13 RUS Alexander Dorosinskiy 36 14 GBR Nigel Heath 4 11 Ret 86 15 JPN Takuma Kamada Ret 12 8 46 16 ITA Simone Campedelli 45 17 CZE Štěpán Vojtěch 72 18 MEX Francisco Name jr. 81 - 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 Pos. Position Driver MONMCO MEXMEX ARGARG GRCGRC JPNJPN CYPCYP AUSAUS NZLNZL Pts 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 FRA/MCO Monte Carlo Rally(20–22 January) — Results and report1FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 06 4:11:43.9 18 366.39 km 51 432FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC 4:12:45.73FIN Toni GardemeisterPeugeot 307 WRC 4:13:07.0 2 SWE Swedish Rally(3–5 February) — Results and report1FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 06 3:09:01.9 19 349.02 km 63 512FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC 3:09:32.83SWE Daniel CarlssonMitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 3:11:58.7 3 MEX Rally Mexico(3–5 March) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC3:47:08.8 17 359.54 km 39 332NOR Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 063:47:57.73AUT Manfred StohlPeugeot 307 WRC3:51:47.9 4 ESP Rally Catalunya(24–26 March) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC3:22:01.7 16 346.43 km 66 562ESP Dani SordoCitroën Xsara WRC3:22:49.93FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 063:23:47.5 5 FRA Tour de Corse(7–9 April) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC3:43:05.4 12 354.18 km 75 602FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 063:43:34.43ESP Daniel SordoCitroën Xsara WRC3:44:54.1 6 ARG Rally Argentina(28–30 April) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC4:06:51.3 22 351.44 km 68 572NOR Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 064:07:35.93ITA Gianluigi GalliPeugeot 307 WRC4:10:15.6 7 ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna(19–21 May) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën Xsara WRC3:54:18.9 18 344.94 km 79 602FIN Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 063:57:00.33ESP Daniel SordoCitroën Xsara WRC3:57:46.6 8 GRC Acropolis Rally(2–4 June) — Results and report1FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:56:26.8 18 355.62 km 84 692FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:58:53.23FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:00:10.2 9 DEU Rallye Deutschland(11–13 August) — Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 3:28:34.1 19 351.55 km 73 562 ESP Dani Sordo Citroën Xsara WRC 3:29:07.93 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:53.3 10 FIN Rally Finland(18–20 August) — Results and report1 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2:52:50.3 21 351.61 km 101 682 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 2:53:57.03 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 2:54:24.8 11 JPN Rally Japan(1–3 September) — Results and report1 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 3:22:26.03 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:25:06.9 12 CYP Cyprus Rally(22–24 September) — Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 4:40:50.4 22 322.51 km 39 272 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:41:01.63 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:46:06.19 13 TUR Rally of Turkey(13–15 October) — Results and report1 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:28:16.3 19 337.79 km 67 512 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:39.73 NOR Henning Solberg Peugeot 307 WRC 3:31:22.3 14 AUS Rally Australia(27–29 October) — Results and report1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:15:11.8 26 348.51 km 56 452 NOR Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:15:48.93 AUT Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 3:19:10.4 15 NZL Rally New Zealand(17–19 November) — Results and report1 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:02:30.7 17 354.21 km 44 372 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:03:26.73 AUT Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 4:05:10.0 16 GBR Wales Rally GB(1–3 December) — Results and report1 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:20:24.8 17 355.92 km 111 822 AUT Manfred Stohl Peugeot 307 WRC 3:22:0.33 NOR Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:22:20.0 References External links FIA World Rally Championship 2006 at ewrc-results.com * Category:World Rally Championship seasons World Rally Championship