2006 Wales Rally GB

2006 Wales Rally GB
62nd Wales Rally of Great Britain
Round 16 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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Marcus Grönholm during one of the Crychan Forest stages.
Dates runDecember 1 – 3 2006
Stages17
Stage surfaceGravel
Statistics
Crews111 at start, 82 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Marcus Grönholm
United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team

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

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:20:24.8 0.0 10
2 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 3:22:00.3 1:35.5 8
3 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:22:20.0 1:55.2 6
4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:23:01.9 2:37.1 5
5 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Carlos Del Barrio Citroën Xsara WRC 3:23:44.7 3:19.9 4
6 Australia Chris Atkinson Australia Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:23:52.3 3:27.5 3
7 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Marti Citroën Xsara WRC 3:24:33.1 4:08.3 2
8 Belgium François Duval France Patrick Pivato Škoda Fabia WRC 3:24:47.4 4:22.6 1
JWRC
1. Estonia Jaan Mölder Germany Katrin Becker Suzuki Swift S1600 3:55:04.7 0.0 10
2. Italy Luca Betti Italy Piercarlo Capolongo Renault Clio S1600 3:57:00.3 1:55.6 8
3. Germany Aaron Burkart Germany Tanja Geilhausen Citroën C2 S1600 4:00:50.2 5:45.5 6
4. United Kingdom Barry Clark United Kingdom Scott Martin Ford Fiesta ST 4:04:23.2 9:18.5 5
5. France Fabio Fiandino France Sabrina de Castelli Citroën C2 R2 4:04:53.2 9:48.5 4
6. Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Renault Clio S1600 4:06:07.4 11:02.7 3
7. United Kingdom James Wozencroft United Kingdom Robert Fagg Suzuki Ignis S1600 4:06:30.6 11:25.9 2
8. Italy Andrea Cortinovis Italy Massimiliano Bosi Renault Clio RS 4:07:48.8 12:44.1 1

Special Stages

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All dates and times are GMT (UTC).

Day Stage Time Name Length (km) Winner Time Rally leader
1
(1 Dec)
SS1 09:17 Port Talbot 1 17.41 Finland Marcus Grönholm 9:08.7 Finland Marcus Grönholm
SS2 10:02 Resolfen 1 24.49 Finland Marcus Grönholm 12:26.4
SS3 10:54 Rheola 1 27.91 Finland Marcus Grönholm 15:34.5
SS4 13:33 Port Talbot 2 17.41 Austria Manfred Stohl 9:10.9
SS5 14:18 Resolfen 2 24.49 Finland Marcus Grönholm
Norway Petter Solberg
12:41.8
SS6 15:10 Rheola 2 27.91 Norway Petter Solberg 15:39.3
2
(2 Dec)
SS7 08:50 Crychan 1 19.47 Spain Xavier Pons 10:42.6
SS8 09:24 Epynt 1 13.76 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7:40.4
SS9 10:01 Halfway 1 18.37 Finland Marcus Grönholm 10:35.9
SS10 13:37 Crychan 2 19.47 Austria Manfred Stohl 10:47.7
SS11 14:11 Epynt 2 13.76 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7:39.3
SS12 14:48 Halfway 2 18.37 Finland Marcus Grönholm 10:34.4
SS13 17:06 Cardiff 1.10 Finland Marcus Grönholm 1:01.5
3
(15 Oct)
SS14 07:47 Brechfa 1 28.89 Norway Petter Solberg 16:25.8
SS15 08:44 Trawscoed 1 27.11 Spain Dani Sordo 16:19.3
SS16 11:46 Brechfa 2 28.89 Norway Petter Solberg 16:33.1
SS17 12:43 Trawscoed 2 27.11 Norway Petter Solberg 16:22.2
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