Conrad Rautenbach

Conrad Rautenbach
Rautenbach at the 2007 Rally GB.
Personal information
NationalityZimbabwe Zimbabwean
Born (1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 (age 40)
Harare, Zimbabwe
World Rally Championship record
Active years2004–2009
Co-driverZimbabwe Peter Marsh
United Kingdom Timothy Sturla
United Kingdom Mark Jones
United Kingdom Carl Williamson
United Kingdom David Senior
United Kingdom Daniel Barritt
TeamsCitroën Sport Technologies, Citroën Junior Team
Rallies56
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Total points15
First rally2004 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally2009 Rally GB

Conrad Rautenbach (born 12 November 1984) is a rally driver from Zimbabwe who competed in the World Rally Championship for the Citroën Junior Team along with his co-driver Daniel Barritt. He won the African Rally Championship twice, in 2007 and 2011.

Career

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Rautenbach at the 2008 Tour de Corse.

He drove for the privately run PH Sport team with Urmo Aava in a Citroën C4 WRC for the 2008 season, where he achieved points finishes on two occasions, an 8th at Rally Turkey and a best result of 4th at the Rally Argentina.[1] However, he also had some bizarre moments in 2008, not least of which the now infamous collision with Sébastien Loeb at the Jordan Rally where both cars managed to collide head-on forcing both to retire instantly.[2][3]

Rautenbach at the 2009 Rally Finland.

For 2009 Rautenbach joined the Citroën Junior Team where he continued to campaign in a Citroën C4 WRC. On Rally Ireland, the first event of the season, Rautenbach had a promising first day, setting stage times consistently in the top eight, and ended the day in fifth place.[4] However an off early on day two saw him slip down the standings, eventually finishing 18th in the rally. 2009 has continued to be an inconsistent season for Rautenbach, with retirements in Rally Norway, Rally Portugal and Rally Argentina, however, he did achieve points finishes at the Cyprus Rally and the Acropolis Rally, finishing 6th and 5th respectively. He did not get a seat for the next season and has not competed in WRC since.

Due to a lack of funding in 2010, Rautenbach only competed in the South African National Rally Championship with a Ford Fiesta S2000. He returned to the African championship in 2011, winning it for the second time.

His father, Billy Rautenbach, is also a former rally driver.[5]

WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2004 Conrad Rautenbach Ford Puma S1600 MON
Ret 		SWE MEX NZL CYP NC 0
Opel Corsa S1600 GRE
Ret 		TUR
22 		ARG FIN
Ret 		GER JPN GBR
Ret
Suzuki Ignis S1600 ITA
Ret 		FRA
Citroën Saxo S1600 ESP
33 		AUS
2005 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën Saxo S1600 MON SWE MEX
Ret 		NZL NC 0
Citroën C2 S1600 ITA
27 		CYP TUR GRE
28 		ARG FIN
40 		GER
Ret 		GBR JPN FRA
20 		ESP
Ret 		AUS
2006 Conrad Rautenbach Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE MEX ESP
25 		FRA
18 		ARG ITA
16 		GER
33 		FIN
43 		JPN CYP TUR
17 		AUS NZL NC 0
Subaru Impreza WRX STI GRE
34 		GBR
64
2007 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE NOR MEX POR
34 		ARG ITA
Ret 		GRE FIN
23 		GER
14 		NZL ESP
23 		FRA
26 		JPN IRE NC 0
Citroën Xsara WRC GBR
Ret
2008 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën Xsara WRC MON
Ret 		SWE
16 		15th 6
Citroën C4 WRC MEX
15 		ARG
4 		JOR
26 		ITA
13 		GRE
10 		TUR
8 		FIN
10 		GER
13 		NZL
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		FRA
14 		JPN
Ret 		GBR
15
2009 Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC IRE
18 		NOR
Ret 		CYP
6 		POR
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		GRE
5 		POL
8 		FIN
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		ESP
11 		GBR
8 		10th 9

JWRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points
2004 Conrad Rautenbach Ford Puma S1600 MON
Ret 		17th 2
Opel Corsa S1600 GRE
Ret 		TUR
7 		FIN
Ret 		GBR
Ret
Suzuki Ignis S1600 ITA
Ret
Citroën Saxo S1600 ESP
11
2005 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën Saxo S1600 MON MEX
Ret 		12th 7
Citroën C2 S1600 ITA
8 		GRE
8 		FIN
8 		GER
Ret 		FRA
5 		ESP
Ret
2006 Conrad Rautenbach Renault Clio S1600 SWE ESP
6 		FRA
3 		ARG ITA
2 		GER
9 		FIN
11 		TUR
2 		GBR 5th 25
2007 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën C2 S1600 NOR POR
10 		ITA
Ret 		FIN
4 		GER
3 		ESP
5 		FRA
8 		8th 16

Dakar Rally results

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Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2017 Cars Japan Toyota 9th 0
2020 UTV France PH-Sport 4th 0
Sporting positions
Preceded by African Rally Champion
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by African Rally Champion
2011 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Rally Argentina results". Archived from the original on 1 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Jordan 2008: Loeb and Rautenbach crash (Video)".
  3. ^ "WRC – World Rally Championship". WRC – World Rally Championship.
  4. ^ "eWRC results". eWRC Results.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  5. ^ Motorsport.com, 2006-06-27: Conrad Rautenbach Zimbabwe summary Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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