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2006
WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
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- From Jan
20, 2006 (Rally of Monte Carlo) to Dec 3, 2006 (Rally of Wales)
- Rally of
Catalunya moved up from October to March
- French
Rally moved up from
October to April
- Argentina
Rally moved up from
July to April
- Cyprus
Rally moved down from May to Sept
- Turkish
Rally moved down from June to Oct
- New Zealand
Rally moved down April to Nov (from Rally 4 to Rally 15)
- Rally Australia
is no longer the season finale; it become round 14 and moved up to
October
- Rally of
Wales becomes the season finale
- PRE-SEASON:
Ford's
WRC stars kick start Blue Oval's motorsport season
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ONLY
2 FACTORY TEAMS & NEW TYRES IN 2006
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DAVID RICHARDS (WRC):
"I think you are going to see a world rally with far more different
faces on the podium ... You will see private competitors competing
when they've never had the chance before"
- Subaru and Ford will be the only factory works
teams in 2006 championship.
NEW TYRES: BFGoodrich (owned by Michelin) will be
used by all teams except Subaru on Pirelli tyres.
CHANGE TO DIFFERENTIAL: experienced drivers (who
finished in top 6) will not be allowed to use active differential;
they will have to use mechanical differential. Drivers who havn't
finished in top 6 in the last 5 years (such as Chris Atkinson) can
still use active differential.
CALENDAR CHANGES: Major overhaul to 16 round Rally schedule
affecting about half the rallies. 2006 Season finishes with the Rally
of Wales (UK) instead of Australia.
NEW DRIVERS: inlclude DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom;
18 year old Matthew Wilson
| Factory
Citroen out |
Factory
Peugeot out |
Factory
Mitsubishi out |
Factory
Skoda out |
| DRIVERS OUT IN
2006: |
Martin retires;
Rovanpera out; Kresta out; Schwarz out |
| DRIVERS
IN 2006: |
Mikko Hirvonen,
Xavier Pons, Dani Sordo (2005 JWRC champion), Manfred Stohl, Henning
Solberg, 21 year old Andreas Aigner, Mattias Ekstrom (2004 DTM champion),
18 year old Matthew Wilson, Pieter Tsjoen |
2006
WORLD RALLY RESULT
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Rally
1 of 16: Jan 20-22, 2006, Rally of Monte Carlo
1 Gronholm/Ford
2 Loeb/Citroen 3 Gardemeister/Peugeot
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Rally
2 of 16: Feb 3-5, 2005, Rally of Sweden
1 Gronholm/Ford 2
Loeb/Citroen 3 Carlsson/Mitsubishi
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Rally
3 of 16: Mar 3-5, 2005, Rally of Mexico *** LOEB'S WIN #21
***
1 Loeb/Citroen 2
Solberg/Subaru 3 Stohl/Peugeot
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Rally
4 of 16: Mar 24-26, 2006, Rally of Catalunya ***
LOEB'S WIN #22 ***
1 Loeb/Citroen | 2 D Sordo |
3 M Gronholm
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Rally
5 of 16: Apr 7-9, 2006, Rally of France-Corsica
*** LOEB'S WIN #23 ***
1 Loeb/Citroen |
2 Marcus Gronholm/P | 3 Dani Sordo/C
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Rally 6 of 16: Apr
28-30, 2006, Rally of Argentina *** LOEB'S WIN #24 ***
1 Loeb/Citroen | 2 Petter Solberg/Subaru | 3 Gigi Galli/Peugeot
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Rally 7 of 16: May 19-21,
2006, Rally of Italy-Sardinia *** LOEB'S WIN #25 ***
1 Loeb/Citroen |
2 Mikko Hirvonen/F | 3 Dani Sordo/C
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Rally 8 of 16: June 2-4,
2006, Rally of Greece
1 Gronholm/Ford 2
Loeb/Citroen 3 Hirvonen/Ford
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Rally 9 of 16: Aug 11-13,
2006, Rally of Germany *** LOEB'S WIN #26 ***
1 Loeb/Citroen |
2 Dani Sordo/C | 3 Gronholm, F
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Rally 10 of 16: Aug
18-21, 2006, Rally of Finland
1 Grönholm, FORD | 2 Loeb, Citroen
| 3 HIRVONEN, Ford
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Rally 11 of 16: Sept
1-3, 2006, Rally of Japan *** NEW
RECORD - LOEB'S WIN #27 ***
1 Loeb | 2 Gronholm | 3 Hirvonen
******** LOEB BECAME THE FIRST DRIVER
IN HISTORY TO WIN 27 WORLD RALLIES *********
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Rally 12 of 16: Sept
22-24, 2006, Rally of Cyprus *** LOEB'S WIN #28 ***
1 Loeb | 2 Gronholm | 3 Hirvonen
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Rally 13 of 16: Oct
13-15, 2006, Rally of Turkey *Loeb miss Rally due to injury*
1 Gronholm/Ford 2
Hirvonen/Ford 3 H Solberg, Peugeot
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Rally 14 of 16: Oct
27-29, 2006, Rally Australia *Loeb miss Rally due to injury*
1 Hirvonen/Ford 2
P Solberg, Subaru 3 Stohl, Peugeot
******** LOEB WINS HIS 3RD CONSECUTIVE
WORLD TITLE *********
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Rally 15 of 16: Nov 17-19,
2006, Rally New Zealand *Loeb miss Rally
due to injury*
1 Gronholm/Ford 2
Hirvonen/Ford 3 M. Stohl, Peugeot
********
FORD WINS MANUFACTURER WORLD TITLE *********
- Rally
16 of 16: Dec 1-3, 2005, Rally of Great Britain
1 Gronholm/Ford 2
Stohl, Peugeot 3 P Solberg, Subaru
2006
WORLD RALLY TEAMS
BP
FORD (FACTORY) - BFGoodrich TYRES
- DRIVERS:
Marcus Grönholm/Timo Rautiainen, Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo
Lehtinen
- CAR: Ford Focus
RS WRC
- PRINCIPAL:
Malcolm Wilson
SUBARU
(FACTORY) - PIRELLI TYRES
- DRIVERS:
Petter Solberg/Phil Mills, Chris Atkinson/Glen MacNeall, Stéphane
Sarrazin/Stéphane Prevot
- CAR: Subaru
Impreza WRC
- PRINCIPAL:
David Lapworth
KRONOS
CITROEN (PRIVATEER) - BFGoodrich TYRES
- DRIVERS:
Sébastien
Loeb/Daniel Elena, Xavier Pons/Carlos Del Barrio, Dani Sordo*
- CAR: Citroen
Xsara WRC
- PRINCIPAL:
Marc Van Dalen
- * Sordo will
drive the 3rd Citroen car in 8 rallies and also contest the Junior
World Rally which he won last year.
OMV
PEUGEOT (PRIVATEER) - BFGoodrich TYRES
- DRIVERS: Manfred
Stohl/Ilka Minor, Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud
- CAR: Peugeot
307 WRC
- PRINCIPAL:
Arthue & Jacky Bozian
MITSUBISHI
RALLIART ITALY (PRIVATEER) - BFGoodrich
TYRES
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to
contest Monte Carlo & Swedish Rally
- DRIVERS: Gigi Galli
- SUPPORT:
MMSP (former works team)
RED
BULL SKODA (PRIVATEER)
- DRIVERS:
Gilles Panizzi/Hervé Panizzi, Andreas Aigner/Timo Gottschalk,
Mattias Ekstrom
- CAR: Skoda
Fabia WRC
- PRINCIPAL:
Raimund Baumschlager & Armin Schwarz
STOBART
VK M-SPORT FORD (PRIVATEER)
- DRIVERS:
Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr, Pieter Tsjoen/ Eddy Chevalier
- CAR: Skoda
Fabia WRC
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WRC STANDING:
DRIVERS
1. S Loeb 112
2. M Grönholm 101
3. M Hirvonen 65
4. D Sordo 47
5. M Stohl 46
6. P Solberg 34
7. H Solberg 25
8. X Pons 23
9. T Gardemeister 20
10. C Atkinson 17
CONSTRUCTORS:
1. Ford 185
2. Citroen 160
3. Subaru 97
4. Peugeot 80
5. Ford Private39
6. Skoda 23
2005
WRC STANDING:
FINAL
DRIVERS
Sébastien Loeb 127
Petter Solberg 71
Marcus Grönholm 71
Toni Gardemeister 58
Markko Märtin 53
François Duval 47
Harri Rovanperä 39
Roman Kresta 29
Manfred Stohl 22
Mikko Hirvonen 14
Gigi Galli 14
Chris Atkinson 13
Carlos Sainz 11
Henning Solberg 9
Gilles Panizzi 7
2005
MANUFACTURERS
Citroën 188
Peugeot 135
Ford 104
Subaru 97
Mitsubishi 76
Škoda 21
2005
PWRC (GRP N)
Toshi Arai 50
Nasser Al-Attiyah 35
Marcos Ligato 33
Fumio Nutahara* 22
Xavier Pons 20
Aki Teiskonen 19
Angelo Medeghini 19
Sebastien Beltran 17
Fabio Frisiero 17
Gabriel Pozzo 15
Hamed Al-Wahaibi 13
Brice Tirabassi 11 |
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