2006 Rally Catalunya

2006 Rally Catalunya 42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada
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Salou boulevard, host of 2006 Rally Catalunya
Rally base	Salou
Dates run	March 24 – 26 2006
Stages	16 (359.54 km; 223.41 mi)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,002.47 km (622.91 mi)
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Kronos Total Citroën WRT
Crews	66 at start, 56 at finish

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.

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 diasappointed 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

• Xavier Pons - accident (SS10)
• Luca Betti - accident (SS12)
• Julien Pressac - engine (SS12)
• Barry Clark - withdrawn (SS2)
• Aaron Burkart - accident (SS2)

Special stages

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before 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	11	13	10	10													44
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	14	12	4	12													42
3	Subaru World Rally Team	5	3	12	11													31
4	OMV-Peugeot Norway	6	4	11														21
5	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	0	7	2	1													10
6	Red Bull-Škoda Team	3	0		5													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.

External links

• Results on RallyBase.nl
• Results at eWRC.com
• Results from the official site wrc.com
• Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive