2006 Wales Rally GB

2006 Wales Rally GB
*62nd Wales Rally of Great Britain*
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 run	December 1 – 3 2006
Stages	17
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	111 at start, 82 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm; 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

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

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

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