2006 Monte Carlo Rally
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The 74ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Monte Carlo Rally
The Monte Carlo Rally or Rally Monte Carlo is a rallying event organised each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco which also organises the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The rally takes place along the French Riviera in the Principality of Monaco and...

(74th Monte-Carlo Rally), the first round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between January 20 and 22, 2006.

Pre-event

The first event of the season saw many changes from the previous year. The new season saw just two full manufacturer teams compete (Ford
BP Ford World Rally Team
The Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, also known as the Ford Motor Co. Team prior to 2005, is Ford Motor Company's full factory World Rally Championship team. In its current form, it has been a competitor since the 1997 season, when Ford Motor Company's motorsport arm selected the Malcolm Wilson...

 and Subaru
Subaru World Rally Team
The Subaru World Rally Team was Subaru's World Rally Championship team. It used a distinctive blue with yellow color scheme that is a throwback to the sponsorship deal with State Express 555, a BAT cigarette brand popular in Asia. 555 logos were found on Subaru cars from 1993 to 2003...

). Citroën
Citroën
Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that...

 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
Škoda Auto
Škoda Auto , more commonly known as Škoda, is an automobile manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000, positioned as the entry brand to the group...

 maintained their presence through a team sponsored by Red Bull
Red Bull
Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already...

.

On the drivers front, Ford had a new lineup consisting of two time champion Marcus Grönholm
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...

 and the promising young driver Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen is a Finnish rally driver currently driving for the Citroën Total World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers' championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers' title in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, 2009 and 2011, he finished runner-up to...

. Kronos used Citroëns twice world champion Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

 alongside Xavier Pons
Xavier Pons
Xavier "Xevi" Pons Puigdillers is a rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship.Pons started his racing career on motorcycles and won the Spanish national enduro championship in 1998. That same year, he competed with the Spanish junior team at the International Six Days Enduro and won...

. Suburu retained Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg
Petter "Hollywood" Solberg , from Spydeberg in Østfold, Norway, is a professional rally driver. He debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford factory team in 1999...

 with Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Sarrazin is a Peugeot factory racing driver from France. He participated in 1 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi, debuting on April 11, 1999 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the...

 and Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson in Bega, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rally driver. In the WRC , he drove for the Subaru World Rally Team from 2004-2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is second, which he achieved at the 2008 Rally México and Rally Argentina...

  due to share the second seat depending on the surface. Stobart used a mixture of drivers alongside
Matthew Wilson
Matthew Wilson
Matthew Wilson is an English rally driver from Cockermouth in Cumbria. He is the son of M-Sport boss and former WRC driver Malcolm Wilson. Wilson currently competes in the World Rally Championship for the Stobart M-Sport Ford team...

 in his first full year. Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.- Career :...

 and Henning Solberg
Henning Solberg
Henning Solberg is a Norwegian rally driver. Together with co-driver Ilka Minor, he currently competes in the World Rally Championship with Stobart M-Sport Ford. Solberg is the older brother of the 2003 world champion Petter Solberg....

 (Petter's brother) used the previously unloved Peugeot 307s. There were no places for Markko Märtin
Markko Märtin
Markko Märtin is a rally driver from Estonia, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2000 until 2005.-Career:...

 who fired an angry broadside before the Monte Carlo Rally
Monte Carlo Rally
The Monte Carlo Rally or Rally Monte Carlo is a rallying event organised each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco which also organises the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The rally takes place along the French Riviera in the Principality of Monaco and...

 at the direction the sport was taking. Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister , is a professional rally driver in the World Rally Championship. After previously competing for SEAT's, Mitsubishi's, Škoda's and Ford's factory teams, as well as for privateer teams, he joined the Suzuki World Rally Team for the 2008 season.-Early:From the outset of his career...

 lost his place at Ford along with Roman Kresta
Roman Kresta
Roman Kresta , is a professional rally driver. In 2005, he drove for Ford in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver was Jan Tomanek. The pair won the Czech national rally championship in 2000, prior to their début in the WRC.Kresta's first World Rally was the 2001 Acropolis Rally, driving a...

, both not doing enough to impress Malcolm Wilson
Malcolm Wilson (rally)
Malcolm Irving Wilson, OBE is a British former rally driver. He is the father of current World Rally Championship driver Matthew Wilson....

 during 2005.
François Duval
François Duval
François Duval is a Belgian rally driver.-1999–2004:With victories in four events Duval won the Belgian Citroën Saxo Challenge title in 1999...

  didn't find a seat after his erratic 2005 season, and there was still no place available for Colin McRae
Colin McRae
Colin Steele McRae, MBE was a Scottish rally driver born in Lanark.The son of five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and brother of rally driver Alister McRae, Colin McRae was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion and, in 1995, became the first British person and the youngest to win the...

 despite two promising performances for Skoda
Škoda Motorsport
Škoda Motorsport is the division of Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto responsible for motorsport activities. Škoda competed as a manufacturer in the World Rally Championship between 1999 and 2005, and today competes in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge....

 in 2005.

Results

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1.   Marcus Grönholm
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...

  Timo Rautiainen
Timo Rautiainen (co-driver)
Timo Rautiainen is a Finnish former rally co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Marcus Grönholm from 1995 to 2007. Rautiainen and Grönholm drove for Peugeot and Ford in the World Rally Championship, and won 30 world rallies and two drivers' world championship titles together...

Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:11:43.9 0.0 10
2.   Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

  Daniel Elena
Daniel Elena
Daniel Elena is a Monegasque rally co-driver, currently working with Sébastien Loeb. Between them, the pair have won the World Rally Championship eight times, and currently compete with the Citroën DS3 WRC...

Citroën Xsara WRC 4:12:45.7 1:01.8 8
3.   Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister , is a professional rally driver in the World Rally Championship. After previously competing for SEAT's, Mitsubishi's, Škoda's and Ford's factory teams, as well as for privateer teams, he joined the Suzuki World Rally Team for the 2008 season.-Early:From the outset of his career...

  Jakke Honkanen
Jakke Honkanen
Jakke Honkanen is a Finnish former rally co-driver, participating as co-driver in the World Rally Championship from 1989 to 2007. Past drivers include Toni Gardemeister and Jani Paasonen....

Peugeot 307 WRC 4:13:07.0 1:23.1 6
4.   Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.- Career :...

  Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 4:13:26.2 1:42.3 5
5.   Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Sarrazin is a Peugeot factory racing driver from France. He participated in 1 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi, debuting on April 11, 1999 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the...

  Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 2006
Subaru Impreza
Introduced in November 1993, the Impreza was offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive versions and as a four-door sedan/saloon or five-door station wagon/estate. According to a Motor Trend article written March 1992 on page 26, the name of Subaru's new compact was, initially, to be...

4:15:04.1 3:20.2 4
6.   Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson in Bega, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rally driver. In the WRC , he drove for the Subaru World Rally Team from 2004-2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is second, which he achieved at the 2008 Rally México and Rally Argentina...

  Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRC 05
Subaru Impreza
Introduced in November 1993, the Impreza was offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive versions and as a four-door sedan/saloon or five-door station wagon/estate. According to a Motor Trend article written March 1992 on page 26, the name of Subaru's new compact was, initially, to be...

4:16:46.3 5:02.4 3
7.   Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen is a Finnish rally driver currently driving for the Citroën Total World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers' championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers' title in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, 2009 and 2011, he finished runner-up to...

  Jarmo Lehtinen
Jarmo Lehtinen
Jarmo Lehtinen is a Finnish sports commentator and journalist who works who works for Finland's National Broadcasting Company YLE. He commentates sports events, mainly football matches, for both radio and television. He regularly commentatos football for the Jalkapallokierros program in Radio Suomi...

Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:18:03.4 6:19.5 2
8.   Dani Sordo
Dani Sordo
Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for the Mini WRC Team...

  Marc Marti
Marc Martí
Marc Martí Moreno is a Spanish rally co-driver. He debuted in the World Rally Championship as a co-driver to Oriol Gómez in 1992. In the 1999 season, he began his partnership with Jesús Puras and the Citroën factory team. The pair took a surprise second place at the 1999 Tour de Corse, behind...

Citroën Xsara WRC 4:18:59.1 7:15.2 1
PCWRC
1.(17.)   Fumio Nutahara
Fumio Nutahara
is a Japanese rally driver. He finished eighth on the 2006 Rally Japan to score one World Rally Championship point.-Career:Nutahara made his WRC debut in 1999, contesting Rally New Zealand and the China Rally in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V. In 2004 he competed in the Production World Rally...

  Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:37:59.1 0.0 10
2.(21.)   David Higgins   Ross Butler Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or Evo, is a high-performance sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. There have been ten official versions to date, and the designation of each model is most commonly a roman numeral...

4:44:30.9 6:31.8 8
3.(29.)   Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011...

  Chris Patterson
Chris Patterson
Chris Patterson is a professional rally racing co-driver.He competed first time in the World Rally Championship in 1993 and has won the 2006 Production World Rally Championship with Nasser Al-Attiyah. Patterson is recognized as one of the world's most experienced rally navigators...

Subaru Impreza
Subaru Impreza
Introduced in November 1993, the Impreza was offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive versions and as a four-door sedan/saloon or five-door station wagon/estate. According to a Motor Trend article written March 1992 on page 26, the name of Subaru's new compact was, initially, to be...

4:55:13.2 17:14.1 6
4.(39.)   Stefano Marrini   Tiziana Sandroni Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:08:59.1 31:00.0 5
5.(41.)   Jari-Matti Latvala
Jari-Matti Latvala
Jari-Matti Latvala is a Finnish rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver has been Miikka Anttila since the 2003 Rallye Deutschland...

  Miikka Anttila Subaru Impreza WRX STI
Subaru Impreza
Introduced in November 1993, the Impreza was offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive versions and as a four-door sedan/saloon or five-door station wagon/estate. According to a Motor Trend article written March 1992 on page 26, the name of Subaru's new compact was, initially, to be...

5:12:08.5 34:09.4 4

Special stages

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(20 JAN)
SS1 08:33 St Sauveur Sur Tinee - Beuil 1 22.22 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

15:14.0 87.6 km/h   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

SS2 09:31 Guillaumes - Valberg 1 13.60 km   M. Grönholm
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...

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   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

14:43.9 90.5 km/h
SS5 15:23 Guillaumes - Valberg 2 13.60 km   F. Duval
François Duval
François Duval is a Belgian rally driver.-1999–2004:With victories in four events Duval won the Belgian Citroën Saxo Challenge title in 1999...

9:43.3 83.9 km/h
SS6 16:11 Pierlas - Ilonse 2 23.22 km   M. Grönholm
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...

18:47.6 74.1 km/h   M. Grönholm
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...

2
(21 JAN)
SS7 07:53 Sigale - Bif. D10/D110 22.54 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

16:50.4 80.3 km/h
SS8 09:06 St. Antonin - Toudon 1 20.22 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

14:41.2 82.6 km/h
SS9 10:19 La Tour Sur Tinee - Utelle 1 18.73 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

15:41.5 71.6 km/h
SS10 14:30 St. Antonin - Toudon 2 20.22 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

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   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

24:03.1 78.0 km/h
3
(22JAN)
SS13 07:55 Col de Braus - La Cabanette 1 12.60 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

12:16.2 61.6 km/h
SS14 08:23 Col St. Roch - Lantosque 1 14.45 km   T. Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister , is a professional rally driver in the World Rally Championship. After previously competing for SEAT's, Mitsubishi's, Škoda's and Ford's factory teams, as well as for privateer teams, he joined the Suzuki World Rally Team for the 2008 season.-Early:From the outset of his career...

11:20.0 76.5 km/h
SS15 08:56 La Bollene Vesubie - Sospel 2 31.25 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

24:07.0 77.7 km/h
SS16 11:44 Col de Braus - La Cabanette 2 12.60 km   S. Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

11:38.5 64.9 km/h
SS17 12:12 Col St. Roch - Lantosque 2 14.45 km   M. Stohl
Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.- Career :...

10:56.4 79.3 km/h
SS18 12:45 La Bollene Vesubie - Sospel 3 31.25 km   M. Stohl
Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.- Career :...

23:02.8 81.4 km/h

Drivers' championship

EWLINE
Pos Driver MON
 
SWE
2006 Swedish Rally
The 55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from February 3–5, 2006.- Results :-Retirements:...


 
MEX
2006 Rally México
The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006.-Event:The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb...


 
ESP
2006 Rally Catalunya
The 42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada,the fourth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 24–26, 2006.- Event :...


 
FRA
2006 Tour de Corse
The 42ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France,the fifth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 7 and April 9 2006.- Results :-Special stages:...


 
ARG
2006 Rally Argentina
The 26° Rally Argentina,the sixth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 27 and April 30, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
ITA
2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
The 3° Rally d'Italia Sardegna, the seventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season, took place between May 19 and May 21, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
GRC
2006 Acropolis Rally
The 2006 Acropolis Rally was the eighth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between June 1-4, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External Links:...


 
GER
2006 Rallye Deutschland
The 2006 OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland was the ninth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 11-13, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External links:*...


 
FIN
2006 Rally Finland
The 2006 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 17–20, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External Links:*...


 
JPN
2006 Rally Japan
The 2006 Rally Japan was the eleventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 1-3, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
CYP
2006 Cyprus Rally
The 2006 Cyprus Rally was the twelfth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 22-24, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
TUR
2006 Rally of Turkey
The 2006 Rally of Turkey was the thirteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between October 15–17, 2006. It was the last WRC event that the late Colin McRae competed in. He retired on the final stage with a mechanical problem....


 
AUS
2006 Rally Australia
The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26–29 October 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
NZL
2006 Rally New Zealand
The 2006 Propecia Rally New Zealand was the penultimate round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between November 17–19, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
GBR
2006 Rally GB
The 2006 Wales Rally GB was the final round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between December 1-3, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
 Pts 
1   Marcus Grönholm
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing the...

1 10
2   Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...

2 8
3   Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister
Toni Gardemeister , is a professional rally driver in the World Rally Championship. After previously competing for SEAT's, Mitsubishi's, Škoda's and Ford's factory teams, as well as for privateer teams, he joined the Suzuki World Rally Team for the 2008 season.-Early:From the outset of his career...

3 6
4   Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl
Manfred Stohl is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.- Career :...

4 5
5   Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Sarrazin is a Peugeot factory racing driver from France. He participated in 1 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi, debuting on April 11, 1999 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the...

5 4
6   Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson in Bega, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rally driver. In the WRC , he drove for the Subaru World Rally Team from 2004-2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is second, which he achieved at the 2008 Rally México and Rally Argentina...

6 3
7   Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen is a Finnish rally driver currently driving for the Citroën Total World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers' championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers' title in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, 2009 and 2011, he finished runner-up to...

7 2
8   Dani Sordo
Dani Sordo
Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for the Mini WRC Team...

8 1
Pos Driver MON
 
SWE
2006 Swedish Rally
The 55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from February 3–5, 2006.- Results :-Retirements:...


 
MEX
2006 Rally México
The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006.-Event:The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb...


 
ESP
2006 Rally Catalunya
The 42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada,the fourth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 24–26, 2006.- Event :...


 
FRA
2006 Tour de Corse
The 42ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France,the fifth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 7 and April 9 2006.- Results :-Special stages:...


 
ARG
2006 Rally Argentina
The 26° Rally Argentina,the sixth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 27 and April 30, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
ITA
2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
The 3° Rally d'Italia Sardegna, the seventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season, took place between May 19 and May 21, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
GRC
2006 Acropolis Rally
The 2006 Acropolis Rally was the eighth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between June 1-4, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External Links:...


 
GER
2006 Rallye Deutschland
The 2006 OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland was the ninth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 11-13, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External links:*...


 
FIN
2006 Rally Finland
The 2006 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 17–20, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External Links:*...


 
JPN
2006 Rally Japan
The 2006 Rally Japan was the eleventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 1-3, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
CYP
2006 Cyprus Rally
The 2006 Cyprus Rally was the twelfth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 22-24, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
TUR
2006 Rally of Turkey
The 2006 Rally of Turkey was the thirteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between October 15–17, 2006. It was the last WRC event that the late Colin McRae competed in. He retired on the final stage with a mechanical problem....


 
AUS
2006 Rally Australia
The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26–29 October 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
NZL
2006 Rally New Zealand
The 2006 Propecia Rally New Zealand was the penultimate round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between November 17–19, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
GBR
2006 Rally GB
The 2006 Wales Rally GB was the final round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between December 1-3, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
 Pts 


Manufacturers' championship

Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
MON
 
SWE
2006 Swedish Rally
The 55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from February 3–5, 2006.- Results :-Retirements:...


 
MEX
2006 Rally México
The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006.-Event:The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb...


 
ESP
2006 Rally Catalunya
The 42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada,the fourth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 24–26, 2006.- Event :...


 
FRA
2006 Tour de Corse
The 42ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France,the fifth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 7 and April 9 2006.- Results :-Special stages:...


 
ARG
2006 Rally Argentina
The 26° Rally Argentina,the sixth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 27 and April 30, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
ITA
2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
The 3° Rally d'Italia Sardegna, the seventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season, took place between May 19 and May 21, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
GRC
2006 Acropolis Rally
The 2006 Acropolis Rally was the eighth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between June 1-4, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External Links:...


 
GER
2006 Rallye Deutschland
The 2006 OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland was the ninth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 11-13, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External links:*...


 
FIN
2006 Rally Finland
The 2006 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 17–20, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:-External Links:*...


 
JPN
2006 Rally Japan
The 2006 Rally Japan was the eleventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 1-3, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
CYP
2006 Cyprus Rally
The 2006 Cyprus Rally was the twelfth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 22-24, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
TUR
2006 Rally of Turkey
The 2006 Rally of Turkey was the thirteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between October 15–17, 2006. It was the last WRC event that the late Colin McRae competed in. He retired on the final stage with a mechanical problem....


 
AUS
2006 Rally Australia
The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26–29 October 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
NZL
2006 Rally New Zealand
The 2006 Propecia Rally New Zealand was the penultimate round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between November 17–19, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
GBR
2006 Rally GB
The 2006 Wales Rally GB was the final round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between December 1-3, 2006.- Results :-Special Stages:...


 
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BP Ford World Rally Team
The Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team, also known as the Ford Motor Co. Team prior to 2005, is Ford Motor Company's full factory World Rally Championship team. In its current form, it has been a competitor since the 1997 season, when Ford Motor Company's motorsport arm selected the Malcolm Wilson...

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2 Kronos Total Citroën WRT 11 11
3 OMV-Peugeot Norway 6 6
4 Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru World Rally Team
The Subaru World Rally Team was Subaru's World Rally Championship team. It used a distinctive blue with yellow color scheme that is a throwback to the sponsorship deal with State Express 555, a BAT cigarette brand popular in Asia. 555 logos were found on Subaru cars from 1993 to 2003...

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5 Red Bull-Škoda Team 3 3
6 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team
The M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team, formerly Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team or also Stobart Motorsport World Rally Team is a rally team competing in the World Rally Championship sponsored by the Stobart Group...

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