2006 Rally Australia

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2006 Rally Australia
19th Telstra Rally Australia
Round 14 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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Dani Sordo on Bannister Central II 2006.jpg
Dani Sordo during SS19.
Dates run26 October 29 2006
Stages26
Stage surfaceGravel
Statistics
Crews56 at start, 45 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BP Ford World Rally Team

The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26 and 29 October 2006.

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Report

Ford's Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, taking his first victory of his career. His teammate Marcus Grönholm was only the Fifth to mathematically give the world championship to Sébastien Loeb, who was out of this race due to injury. Grönholm hit a rock, resulting in him losing eleven minutes and falling to 55th place. In order to maintain his chances for the championship, Grönholm had to rise to at least third place, but he was only able to collect four points, so Loeb, who witnessed the rally from home, celebrated the championship with two more races left.

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:15:11.80.010
2 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 06 3:15:48.937.18
3 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl Flag of Austria.svg Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 3:19:10.43:58.66
4 Flag of Spain.svg Xavier Pons Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Del Barrio Citroën Xsara WRC 3:19:57.24:45.45
5 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm Flag of Finland.svg Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:27:35.612:23.84
6 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:32:21.017:09.23
7 Flag of San Marino.svg Mirco Baldacci Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:32:54.717:42.92
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Herridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg William Hayes Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:33:33.818:22.01
PWRC
1. Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:32:21.00.010
2. Flag of San Marino.svg Mirco Baldacci Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:32:54.733.78
3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Herridge Flag of Australia (converted).svg William Hayes Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:33:33.81:12.86
4. Flag of Finland.svg Aki Teiskonen Flag of Finland.svg Miika Teiskonen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:42:31.110:10.15
5. Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Uspenskiy Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy Yeremeyev Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:47:00.514:39.54
6. Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Marrini Flag of Italy.svg Tiziana Sandroni Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:51:18.518:57.53
7. Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:00:12.627:51.62

Special Stages

All dates and times are AWST (UTC+8).

DayStageTimeNameLength (km)WinnerTimeRally leader
1
(26/27 Oct)
SS119:12Perth City Super 12.00 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 1:21.1 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm
SS219:21Perth City Super 22.00 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 1:20.7
SS309:23Murray North 115.92 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 8:55.4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson
SS409:56Murray South 120.12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 11:34.9
SS510:36Holyoake3.13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 1:53.4
SS611:49Murray North 215.92 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 8:50.0 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS712:22Murray South 220.12 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 11:31.1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
SS816:32Beraking 122.84 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 13:05.7
SS917:18Flynns 118.78 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 11:07.2 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS1019:25Perth City Super 32.00 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 1:22.6
SS1119:34Perth City Super 42.00 Flag of Spain.svg Xavier Pons 1:22.2
2
(28 Oct)
SS1209:20Bannister North 117.70 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 8:34.7
SS1309:52Bannister Central 117.85 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 9:20.8
SS1410:36Bannister Loop3.61 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 1:57.5
SS1511:55Bannister North 217.70 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 8:30.5
SS1612:27Bannister Central 217.85 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 9:15.0
SS1716:32Beraking 222.84 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 12:34.5
SS1817:18Flynns 218.78 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 10:48.1
SS1919:25Perth City Super 52.00 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 1:21.8
SS2019:34Perth City Super 62.00 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 1:21.5
3
(29 Oct)
SS2107:03Atkins 14.42 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 3:06.1
SS2207:33Helena North 129.93 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 17:06.0
SS2308:14Helena South 117.30 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 8:57.8
SS2411:03Atkins 24.42 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 3:01.3
SS2511:33Helena North 229.93 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 16:59.1
SS2612:14Helena South 217.30 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 8:55.9