2006 World Rally Championship

2006 World Rally Championship
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World Rally Championship

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The 2006 World Rally Championship began on January 20 with the 74th Monte Carlo Rally. 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, Loeb secured his third drivers' title, whereas Ford won their first manufacturers' title since 1979.

Rule changes banned active differentials and water injection, as well as mandating that teams must re-use cars and engines on selected ‘pairs’ of events.

Rule changes

Since 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

Round	Rally	Surface	Dates	Support classes
1	74th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Tarmac / Snow	20–22 January	Production WRC
2	55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Snow	3–5 February	Junior WRC
3	20th Corona Rally México	Gravel	3–5 March	Production WRC
4	42nd Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	Tarmac	24–26 March	Junior WRC
5	50th Tour de Corse – Rallye de France	Tarmac	7–9 April	Junior WRC
6	26th Rally Argentina	Gravel	28–30 April	Junior WRC & Production WRC
7	3rd Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Gravel	19–21 May	Junior WRC
8	53rd BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece	Gravel	2–4 June	Production WRC
9	25th OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	11–13 August	Junior WRC
10	56th Neste Oil Rally Finland	Gravel	17–20 August	Junior WRC
11	3rd Rally Japan	Gravel	1–3 September	Production WRC
12	34th Cyprus Rally	Gravel	22–24 September	Production WRC
13	7th Rally of Turkey	Gravel	13–15 October	Junior WRC
14	19th Telstra Rally Australia	Gravel	26–29 October	Production WRC
15	36th Propecia Rally New Zealand	Gravel	17–19 November	Production WRC
16	62nd Wales Rally GB	Gravel	1–3 December	Junior WRC

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers 1
Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	BF	1	Sébastien Loeb	1–12^†
					Colin McRae	13
					Xavier Pons	14–16
				2	Xavier Pons	1–8
				2	Daniel Sordo	9–16
				14	Daniel Sordo	1–8
				14	Xavier Pons	9–10, 12–13
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06	BF	3	Marcus Grönholm	All
BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06	BF	4	Mikko Hirvonen	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2006	P	5	Petter Solberg	All
				6	Stéphane Sarrazin	1, 4–5, 9
				6	Chris Atkinson	2–3, 6–8, 10–16
				14	Toshihiro Arai	11
		Impreza WRC 2005		16	Chris Atkinson	1, 4–5, 9
		Impreza WRC 2005		46	Valentino Rossi	15
Manufacturers 2
OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF P	7	Manfred Stohl	All
				8	Henning Solberg	1–3, 6–8, 10, 12–16
				8	Nicolas Bernardi	5
				25	Gianluigi Galli	5–7,10
		206 WRC		21	Philippe Roux	1, 5
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 04/06	BF	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
				17	Juan Pablo Raies	10
				19	Andreas Mikkelsen	16
				23	Luís Pérez Companc	2, 7
Red Bull Škoda Team	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	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
				12	Mattias Ekström	2
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Astra Racing	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	14	Toni Gardemeister	1, 4–5
Astra Racing	Citroën	Xsara WRC	BF	14	Toni Gardemeister	8–9, 12
MMSP LTD	Mitsubishi	Lancer WRC 05	P BF	14	Gianluigi Galli	1–2
				15	Daniel Carlsson	2, 10
				18	Jussi Välimäki	7–8, 10
				22	Juho Hänninen	10
First Motorsport Škoda	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	15	François Duval	1, 4–5, 7–9, 13, 16
Czech RT Škoda Kopecký	Škoda	Fabia WRC	BF	18	Jan Kopecký	1–2, 4–5, 7–10, 13, 16
PH Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC	BF	15	Janne Tuohino	2, 10
Rally Team Olsbergs	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2004/5	P BF	16	Thomas Radstrom	2
Red Devil Atolye Kazaz				19	Kristian Sohlberg	2, 7, 10
Adapta AS				20	Mads Østberg	2, 10, 16
Adapta AS				62	Anders Grøndal	2
Tom Hogan Motors	Ford	Focus RS WRC	BF	17	Gareth MacHale	1–4, 6–7, 9, 11, 16
BSA	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	19	Alexandre Bengué	4–5
Equipe de France FFSA	Peugeot	307 WRC	BF	20	Nicolas Vouilloz	5

Notes

^† 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	PH Sport	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	Citroën C2 S1600	4–5, 9–10, 13, 16
42		Julien Pressac	Gilles De Turckheim		4–5, 7
42		Julien Pressac	Jacques Boyere		9–10, 13
55		Brice Tirabassi	Jacques-Julien Renucci		4, 5, 7
		Brice Tirabassi	Fabrice Gordon		9
		Fabio Fiandino	Sabrina de Castelli	Citroën C2 R2	10, 13
33	Suzuki Sport Europe	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16
35		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson		2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
37		Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini		2, 5, 7
37		Pavel Valoušek	Zdeněk Hrůza		9–10, 13
43		Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker		16
48		Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh		2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
36	Autorel Sport	Luca Betti	Piercarlo Capolongo	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
39	Barroso Sport	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Renault Clio S1600	4–5, 7, 9–10, 13
41	Renault Sport	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio S1600	2, 6–7, 10, 13, 16
51		Fatih Kara	Cerm Bakancocuklari		4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
52		Bernd Casier	Frédéric Miclotte		4–5, 7, 9, 13, 16
43	M-Sport	Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker	Ford Fiesta S1600	2, 6
43	JM Engineering	Jaan Mölder	Katrin Becker	Suzuki Ignis S1600	7, 10, 13
44	Suzuki Shell Helix	Michał Kościuszko	Jaroslaw Baran	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
45	Styllex Tuning Motorsport	Jozef Béreš	Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2, 4–5, 10, 13, 16
46	Power Car Team	Andrea Cortinovis	Massimiliano Bosi	Renault Clio RS	2, 4, 7, 10, 16
46	Power Car Team	Andrea Cortinovis	Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio RS	13
47	Hawk Racing Club	Filippo Bordignon	James Bardini	Opel Astra OPC	2, 10, 13
47	Hawk Racing Club	Filippo Bordignon	Justin Bardini	Opel Astra OPC	4, 7, 16
49	Jipocar Czech National Team	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	2, 4, 7, 9–10, 13
50	Clio Junior Team	Kalle Pinomäki	Mikko Markkula	Renault Clio S1600	10
		Kalle Pinomäki	Mikko Markkula	Renault Clio RS	2, 4–5, 9
		Egon Kaur	Avo Kristov	Renault Clio RS	16
53	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Barry Clark	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta ST	4–5, 7, 9–10, 16
54	OMV Rally Team	Aaron Burkart	Jörg Bastuck	Citroën C2 S1600	4
54	OMV Rally Team	Aaron Burkart	Tanja Geilhausen	Citroën C2 S1600	5, 7, 9, 13, 16
Additional guest entries
59	Suzuki Sweden	Peter Zachrisson	Jan Svanström	Suzuki Ignis S1600	2
60	Johan Karlsson Motorsport	Johan Karlsson	Mattias Gustavsson	Peugeot 206 RC	2
59	Equipe de France FFSA	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Renault Clio S1600	5
59	Motor Stars	Matti Rantanen	Jan Lönegren	Honda Civic Type-R	10
59	Dealer Team Suzuki	James Wozencroft	Robert Fagg	Suzuki Ignis S1600	16
60	Tom Walster Rally Sport	Tom Walster	Paul Williams	Ford Fiesta ST	16

PWRC entries

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

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (DNF)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (DNF)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	SWE	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GER	FIN	TUR	GBR	Pts
1	Patrik Sandell	2			2	1		7	11	6	32
2	Urmo Aava	3		2		3		Ret	1	9	31
3	Per-Gunnar Andersson	1			3	4		2	Ret	Ret	29
4	Guy Wilks	9			1	8		1	4	11	26
5	Conrad Rautenbach		6	3		2	9	11	2		25
6	Jozef Béreš jun.	6	4	5				5	3	10	22
7	Kris Meeke		3	Ret			1	Ret	5	Ret	20
8	Julien Pressac		Ret	4		7	5	5	7		19
9	Jaan Mölder jr.	10			4	12		6	Ret	1	18
10	Martin Prokop	11	1			11	5	8	6		18
11	Bernd Casier		2	10		Ret	2		8	Ret	17
12	Aaron Burkart		Ret	7		5	6		12	3	15
13	Luca Betti		Ret	Ret		6	8			2	12
14	Brice Tirabassi		8	1		9	Ret				11
15	Pavel Valoušek jun.	4		Ret		14	3	12	13		11
16	Fatih Kara		7	6		Ret	7		9	Ret	7
17	Matti Rantanen							3			6
18	Barry Clark		Ret	9		15	10	9		4	5
19	Michal Kosciuszko	8	5			10	11	Ret	10		5
20	Kalle Pinomäki	5	10	11			Ret	13			4
21	James Wozencroft									7	3
22	Peter Zachrisson	7									2
22	Andrea Cortinovis	14		12		13		10	15	8	2
22	Yoann Bonato			8							1
Pos	Driver	SWE	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GER	FIN	TUR	GBR	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (DNF)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	MON	MEX	ARG	GRC	JPN	CYP	AUS	NZL	Pts
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	3	2	1	1		5		7	40
2	Fumio Nutahara	1	Ret			1	1	7	6	35
3	Mirco Baldacci		3	3	4	7		2	5	31
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	5	9		6	9		1	1	27
5	Aki Teiskonen			Ret	3	4	2	4	Ret	24
6	Toshihiro Arai		1	8	5		6	Ret	9	18
7	Leszek Kuzaj		4	2	Ret	5			Ret	17
8	Stefano Marrini	4		7	8	6		6		14
9	Richard Mason								2	8
10	Sergey Uspenskiy		5	9	9			5		8
11	Khalid Al-Qassimi						3			6
12	Dean Herridge							3		6
13	Alexander Dorosinskiy								3	6
14	Nigel Heath			4	11		Ret		8	6
15	Takuma Kamada			Ret	12	8			4	6
16	Simone Campedelli						4			5
17	Štěpán Vojtěch		7							2
18	Francisco Name jr.		8							1
-	Gabriel Pozzo		Ret	Ret	2	2		DSQ		DSQ
-	Marcos Ligato		6	6	7	3		Ret		DSQ
-	Sebastián Beltran		Ret	5	10	10		DSQ		DSQ
Pos	Driver	MON	MEX	ARG	GRC	JPN	CYP	AUS	NZL	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (DNF)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Events

Colour	Rally Surface
Gold	Gravel
Silver	Tarmac
Blue	Snow/Ice
Bronze	Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	/ 74ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo (20–22 January) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:11:43.9	18	366.39 km	51	43
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:45.7
		3	Toni Gardemeister	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:13:07.0

2	55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally (3–5 February) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:09:01.9	19	349.02 km	63	51
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:32.8
		3	Daniel Carlsson	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05	3:11:58.7

3	20º Corona Rally México (3–5 March) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:47:08.8	17	359.54 km	39	33
		2	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:47:57.7
		3	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:51:47.9

4	42º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada (24–26 March) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:01.7	16	346.43 km	66	56
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:49.9
		3	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:23:47.5

5	50ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France (7–9 April) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:43:05.4	12	354.18 km	75	60
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:43:34.4
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:44:54.1

6	26º Rally Argentina (28–30 April) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:06:51.3	22	351.44 km	68	57
		2	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	4:07:35.9
		3	Gianluigi Galli	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:10:15.6

7	3º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia (19–21 May) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:54:18.9	18	344.94 km	79	60
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:57:00.3
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:57:46.6

8	53rd Acropolis Rally (2–4 June) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:56:26.8	18	355.62 km	84	69
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:58:53.2
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:10.2

9	25. OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland (11–13 August) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:28:34.1	19	351.55 km	73	56
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:29:07.9
		3	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:53.3

10	56th Neste Oil Rally Finland (18–20 August) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:52:50.3	21	351.61 km	101	68
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	2:53:57.0
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	2:54:24.8

11	3rd Rally Japan (1–3 September) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:22:20.4	27	345.72 km	87	78
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:22:26.0
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:25:06.9

12	34th Cyprus Rally (22–24 September) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:40:50.4	22	322.51 km	39	27
		2	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:41:01.6
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:46:06.19

13	7th Rally of Turkey (13–15 October) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:28:16.3	19	337.79 km	67	51
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:39.7
		3	Henning Solberg	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:31:22.3

14	19th Telstra Rally Australia (27–29October) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:15:11.8	26	348.51 km	56	45
		2	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:15:48.9
		3	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:19:10.4

15	36th Propecia Rally New Zealand (17–19 November) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:02:30.7	17	354.21 km	44	37
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:03:26.7
		3	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:05:10.0

16	62nd Wales Rally of Great Britain (1–3 December) — Results and report	1	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:20:24.8	17	355.92 km	111	82
		2	Manfred Stohl	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:22:0.3
		3	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	3:22:20.0

References

↑ Max Rally, accessed 8/5/2010

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