2006 World Rally Championship

2006 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Manufacturer:	ford
Season dates
Number of rallies:	16
<2005 season	2007 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 2006 was in January 20, Monte Carlo started and ended on 3 December in the UK . A total of 16 world championship races were held on four continents. Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena (Citroën) became world champion for the third time in a row . The Ford World Rally Team won the Manufacturers' World Championship .

vehicles

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  Ford Focus RS WRC

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  Peugeot 307 WRC

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  Škoda Fabia WRC

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  Subaru Impreza WRC

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  Citroën Xsara WRC

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	Start No.	driver	Rallies
Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	1	Sébastien Loeb	1-12
				Colin McRae	13
				Xavier Pons	14-16
			2		1-8
				Daniel Sordo	9-16
			14th		1-8
				Xavier Pons	9-10, 12-13
Ford World Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	3	Marcus Grönholm	All
			4th	Mikko Hirvonen	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC	5	Petter Solberg	All
			6th	Stéphane Sarrazin	1, 4-5, 9
				Chris Atkinson	2-3, 6-8, 10-16
			14th	Toshihiro Arai	11
OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC	7th	Manfred Stohl	All
			8th	Henning Solberg	1-3, 6-8, 10, 12-16
				Nicolas Bernardi	5
			25th	Gianluigi Galli	5-7.10
		Peugeot 206 WRC	21st	Philippe Roux	1, 5
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	9	Matthew Wilson	All
			10	Pieter Tsjoen	1
				Kosti Katajamäki	2, 7-8, 10, 13
				Luís Pérez Companc	3, 6, 11-12, 14-15
				Jari-Matti Latvala	4-5, 9, 16
			17th	Juan Pablo Raies	10
			19th	Andreas Mikkelsen	16
			23	Luís Pérez Companc	2, 7
Red Bull Škoda Team	Škoda	Škoda Fabia WRC	11	Gilles Panizzi	1, 4
				Andreas Aigner	2
				Harri Rovanperä	5, 7-8, 12-13, 16
				Mattias Ekström	9
			12	Andreas Aigner	1, 4-5, 7-9, 12-13, 16
				Mattias Ekström	2
Teams without notification of manufacturer points
Astra Racing	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC	14th	Toni Gardemeister	1, 4-5
	Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC			8–9, 12
MMSP LTD	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	14th	Gianluigi Galli	1-2
			15th	Daniel Carlsson	2, 10
			18th	Jussi Välimäki	7-8, 10th
			22nd	Juho Hanninen	10
First Motorsport Škoda	Škoda	Škoda Fabia WRC	15th	François Duval	1, 4-5, 7-9, 13, 16
Czech RT Škoda Kopecký			18th	Jan Kopecký	1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 13, 16
PH sports	Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	15th	Janne Tuohino	2, 10
Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC	16	Chris Atkinson	1, 4-5, 9
Rally Team Olsbergs				Thomas Radstrom	2
Red Devil Atolye Kazaz			19th	Kristian Sohlberg	2, 7, 10
Adapta World Rally Team			20th	Mads Østberg	2, 10, 16
			62	Not Grøndal	2
Gareth MacHale	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	17th	Gareth MacHale	1, 3-4, 6-7, 9, 16
BSA Rally Team	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC	19th	Alexandre Bengué	4-5
Equipe de France FFSA			20th	Nicolas Vouilloz	5

comment

Sébastien Loeb could not drive the world championship races (13-16) in Turkey, Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain because of a broken arm.

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual WPs is not included.

colour Underground gold gravel silver asphalt blue Ice / snow bronze Mixed

rally	rank	driver	vehicle	total time	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rally Monte Carlo 20. – 22. January 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 11: 43.9	18th	366.39 km	51	43
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	+1: 01.8
	3.	Toni Gardemeister	Peugeot 307 CC	+1: 23.1
Rally Sweden 3rd – 5th February 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 09: 01.9	19th	349.02 km	63	51
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 0: 30.9
	3.	Daniel Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer	+ 2: 56.8
Rally Mexico 3rd – 5th March 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 47: 08.8	17th	359.54 km	39	33
	2.	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza	+ 0: 48.9
	3.	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 CC	+ 4: 39.1
Rally Catalonia 24-26 March 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 22: 01.7	16	346.43 km	66	56
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 0: 48.2
	3.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	+1: 45.8
Rally Corsica 7th – 9th April 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 43: 05.4	12	354.18 km	75	60
	2.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 0: 29.0
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	+1: 48.7
Rally Argentina 28-30. April 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4: 06: 51.3	22nd	351.44 km	68	57
	2.	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza	+ 0: 44.6
	3.	Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot 307 CC	+ 3: 24.3
Rally Sardinia 18. – 21. May 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 54: 18.9	18th	344.94 km	79	66
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 2: 41.4
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 3: 27.7
Rally Greece 2nd – 4th June 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 56: 26.8	18th	355.62 km	84	69
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 2: 26.8
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 3: 43.8
Rally Germany 11. – 13. August 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 28: 34.1	19th	351.55 km	73	56
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 0: 33.8
	3.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 2: 19.2
Rally Finland 18. – 20. August 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	2: 52: 50.3	21st	351.61 km	101	68
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	+1: 06.7
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+1: 34.5
Rally Japan 1st – 3rd September 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 22: 20.4	27	345.72 km	87	78
	2.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 0: 05.6
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 2: 46.5
Rally Cyprus 22.-24. September 2006	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4: 40: 50.4	22nd	322.51 km	39	27
	2.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 0: 21.2
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 5: 16.1
Rally Turkey 13.-15. October 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 28: 16.3	19th	337.79 km	67	51
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 2: 23.4
	3.	Henning Solberg	Peugeot 307 CC	+ 3: 06.0
Rally Australia 27.-29. October 2006	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 15: 11.8	26th	348.51 km	56	45
	2.	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza	+ 0: 37.1
	3.	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 CC	+ 3: 58.6
Rally New Zealand 17th-19th November 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 02: 30.7	17th	354.21 km	44	37
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 0: 56.0
	3.	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 CC	+ 2: 39.3
Rally Great Britain 1st – 3rd December 2006	1.	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 20: 24.8	17th	355.92 km	111	82
	2.	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 CC	+1: 35.5
	3.	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza	+1: 55.2

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

Distribution of points
rank	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

rank	driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRC	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	Points
1	Sébastien Loeb	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	112
2	Marcus Grönholm	1	1	8th	3	2	10	DNF	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	111
3	Mikko Hirvonen	7th	12	14th	9	4th	DNF	2	3	9	3	3	3	2	1	2	DNF	65
4th	Manfred Stohl	4th	18th	3	12	7th	4th	7th	DNF	5	9	5	4th	8th	3	3	2	54
5	Daniel Sordo	8th	16	4th	2	3	5	3	6th	2	DNF	DSQ	DNF	7th	23	5	7th	49
6th	Petter Solberg	DNF	DNF	2	7th	11	2	9	7th	DNF	DNF	7th	8th	13	2	6th	3	40
7th	Xavier Pons	9	7th	DNF	DNF	6th	17th	4th	8th	14th	DNF	DNS	7th	4th	4th	4th	5	32
8th	Henning Solberg	DNF	8th	5			7th	DNF	5		4th		6th	3	DNF	12	11	25th
9	Toni Gardemeister	3				DNS	DNS		4th	4th			5					20th
10	Chris Atkinson	6th	11	7th	11	13	6th	10	11	8th	13	4th	9	6th	9	DNF	6th	20th
11	Gianluigi Galli	DNF	4th			9	3	DNF			5							15th
12	Alexandre Bengué				4th	5												9
13	Jari-Matti Latvala	41		25th	16	DNF			22nd	34	17th	69			6th	8th	4th	9
14th	Kosti Katajamäki		6th					DNF	26th		14th			5				7th
15th	Jan Kopecký	11	13		5	10		17th	16	7th	8th			DNF			10	7th
16	Daniel Carlsson		3								DNF							6th
17th	Jussi Välimäki							5	9		7th							6th
18th	Stéphane Sarrazin	5			8th	8th				DNF								6th
19th	François Duval	DNF			6th	DNF		8th	13	DNF				9			8th	5
20th	Thomas Rådström		5															4th
21st	Gareth MacHale	16		6th	DNF		11	11		10		DNF					DNF	3
22nd	Kristian Sohlberg		DNF					6th			DNF							3
23	Andreas Aigner	13	DNF		13	15th		13	14th	6th			DNF	10			DNF	3
24	Janne Tuohino		10								6th							3
25th	Toshihiro Arai			9			30th		21st			6th	22nd		DNF	30th		3
26th	Mirco Baldacci			11			21st		20th			46			7th	18th	DNF	2
27	Luís Pérez Companc		23	12			9	12				11	14th		22nd	7th		2
28	Matthew Wilson	15th	14th	16	15th	16	8th	34	10	12	10	40	10	12	27	13	12	1
29	Fumio Nutahara	17th		DNF								8th	11		26th	21st		1
30th	Dean Herridge											14th			8th			1
rank	driver	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRC	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRC	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	Points
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	3	1	1	6th	2	2	8th	DNF	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	195
		4th	5	7th	8th	5	3	DNF	2	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	2	Ret
2	Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	DNF	4th	4th	5	166
		2	6th	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	9	3	6th	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	8th	5	7th
3	Subaru World Rally Team	5	DNF	DNF	2	3	6th	2	5	5	DNF	DNF	5	6th	11	2	6th	3	106
		6th	4th	6th	5	4th	5	4th	6th	8th	DNF	7th	4th	7th	5	6th	DNF	6th
4th	OMV Peugeot Norway	7th	3	9	3			3	4th	DNF		5		4th	7th	3	3	2	88
		8th	DNF	5	4th			5	DNF	4th		4th		5	3	DNF	8th	9
5	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	9	10	8th	9	8th	9	6th	9	7th	7th	6th	7th	8th	10	9	9	10	44
		10	9	3	7th	9	DNF	7th	DNF	11	8th	8th	6th	9	4th	7th	7th	4th
6th	Red Bull Škoda Team	11	7th	DNF		6th	7th		8th	9	6th			DNF	9			8th	24
		12	8th	DNF		7th	8th		7th	10	4th			DNF	8th			DNF
rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRC	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com - website: WRC - message: motorsport-magazin.com/wrc/news-37818-schock-armbruch-fuer-sebastien-loeb.html . Retrieved December 14, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2006 , February 8, 2015

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