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 to 26, 2006.

2006 Rally Catalunya
42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada
Round 4 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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Salou boulevard, host of 2006 Rally Catalunya
Rally baseSalou
Dates runMarch 24 – 26 2006
Stages16 (359.54 km; 223.41 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac
Overall distance1,002.47 km (622.91 miles)
Results
Overall winner Sébastien Loeb
Kronos Total Citroën WRT
Crews66 at start, 56 at finish

Event

The rally was the first all-tarmac event of the season. The event was marred by an accident in the JWRC category which resulted in the death of the co-driver Jörg Bastuck.[1] Eventually the rally saw the second win of the season for the reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb, although the early pacesetter was Ford's Marcus Grönholm. After winning the first three stages, he suffered turbo problems[2] on stage five but fought back from tenth place to eventually take third place. Ahead of Grönholm was the first podium for Spain's Dani Sordo with a fast run that was publicly acknowledged by Loeb.[3] Further down the field, the twice previous Rally Catalunya winner Gilles Panizzi disappointed with a tenth-place finish. Panizzi promptly left the Red Bull Škoda team [4] and has not competed in a WRC round since.

Results
Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC 3:22:01.7 0.0 10
2. Dani Sordo Marc Martí Citroën Xsara WRC 3:22:49.9 48.2 8
3. Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:23:47.5 1:45.8 6
4. Alex Bengué Caroline Escudero Peugeot 307 WRC 3:24:03.6 2:01.9 5
5. Jan Kopecký Filip Schovánek Škoda Fabia WRC 3:24:58.9 2:57.2 4
6. François Duval Patrick Pivato Škoda Fabia WRC 3:25:39.5 3:37.8 3
7. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC2006 3:25:49.9 3:48.2 2
8. Stéphane Sarrazin Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC2006 3:26:38.1 4:36.4 1
JWRC
1.(17.) Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3:46:04.0 0.0 10
2.(18.) Bernd Casier Frédéric Miclotte Renault Clio S1600 3:46:46.3 42.3 8
3.(19.) Kris Meeke Glenn Patterson Citroën C2 S1600 3:47:09.4 1:05.4 6
4.(21.) Jozef Béreš jun. Petr Starý Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:48:02.1 1:58.1 5
5.(24.) Michał Kościuszko Jarek Baran Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:50:34.6 4:30.6 4
6.(25.) Conrad Rautenbach David Senior Renault Clio S1600 3:50:53.1 4:49.1 3
7.(26.) Fatih Kara Cem Bakançocukları Renault Clio S1600 3:52:00.3 5:56.3 2
8.(30.) Brice Tirabassi Jacques-Julien Renucci Citroën C2 S1600 3:54:45.4 8:41.4 1

Retirements

Special stages

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1) from 24 to 25 March 2006 and CEST (UTC+2) in 26 March 2006.

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(24 MAR)		 SS1 08:05 Querol 1 25.43 km M. Grönholm 13:36.7 112.1 km/h M. Grönholm
SS2 08:53 el Montmell 1 24.13 km M. Grönholm 12:35.6 115.0 km/h
SS3 12:33 Querol 2 25.43 km M. Grönholm 13:44.4 111.1 km/h
SS4 13:21 el Montmell 2 24.13 km S. Loeb 12:31.8 115.6 km/h
SS5 16:31 Colldejou 26.51 km S. Loeb 15:42.1 101.3 km/h S. Loeb
SS6 17:24 Riudecaynes 11.60 km S. Loeb 7:45.3 89.8 km/h
2
(25 MAR)		 SS7 07:50 Duesaigues 1 11.50 km M. Grönholm 7:47.8 88.5 km/h
SS8 08:36 Vilaplana 1 28.32 km M. Grönholm 16:36.4 102.4 km/h
SS9 09:59 Margalef - la Palma d'Ebre 1 15.85 km S. Loeb 9:35.2 99.2 km/h
SS10 13:09 Duesaigues 2 11.50 km D. Sordo 8:04.7 85.4 km/h
SS11 13:55 Vilaplana 2 28.32 km M. Grönholm 16:44.7 101.5 km/h
SS12 15:18 Margalef - la Palma d'Ebre 2 15.85 km S. Loeb 9:33.2 99.6 km/h
3
(26 MAR)		 SS13 07:53 el Lloar - la Figuera 1 22.43 km M. Grönholm 12:41.5 106.0 km/h
SS14 09:05 Pratdip 1 26.47 km M. Grönholm 15:36.5 101.8 km/h
SS15 11:56 el Lloar - la Figuera 2 22.43 km M. Grönholm 12:41.5 106.0 km/h
SS16 13:08 Pratdip 2 26.47 km M. Grönholm 15:40.6 101.4 km/h

Championship standings after the event

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 36
2 Marcus Grönholm 1 1 8 3 27
3 Dani Sordo 8 16 4 2 14
4 Manfred Stohl 4 18 3 12 11
5 Petter Solberg Ret Ret 2 7 10
6 Toni Gardemeister 3 6
Daniel Carlsson 3 6
8 Gigi Galli Ret 4 5
Alex Bengué 4 5
Stéphane Sarrazin 5 8 5
Henning Solberg Ret 8 5 5
Chris Atkinson 6 11 7 11 5
13 Thomas Rådström 5 4
Jan Kopecký 11 13 5 4
15 Kosti Katajamäki 6 3
Gareth MacHale 16 6 Ret 3
François Duval Ret 6 3
18 Mikko Hirvonen 7 12 14 9 2
Xavier Pons 9 7 Ret Ret 2
Pos Driver MON
 SWE
 MEX
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 GER
 FIN
 JPN
 CYP
 TUR
 AUS
 NZL
 GBR
  Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship
Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
MON
 SWE
 MEX
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 GER
 FIN
 JPN
 CYP
 TUR
 AUS
 NZL
 GBR
1 Kronos Total Citroën WRT 11131010 44
2 BP Ford World Rally Team 1412412 42
3 Subaru World Rally Team 531211 31
4 OMV-Peugeot Norway 6411 21
5 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 0721 10
6 Red Bull-Škoda Team 305 8

References
  1. "Co-driver dies in rally accident". bbc.co.uk. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  2. "Loeb snatches lead in Catalunya". bbc.co.uk. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. "Loeb remains on top in Catalunya". bbc.co.uk. 2006-03-25. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  4. "Rovanpera in for Panizzi at Skoda". bbc.co.uk. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
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