2006 Rally of Turkey

The 2006 Rally of Turkey was the thirteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between October 15–17, 2006. It was the last WRC event that the late Colin McRae competed in. He retired on the final stage with a mechanical problem.

2006 Rally of Turkey 7th Rally of Turkey
Round 13 of the 2006 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Dates run	October 13 – 15 2006
Stages	21
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	66 at start, 51 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm BP Ford World Rally Team

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:28:16.3	0.0	10
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:30:39.7	2:23.4	8
3	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:31:22.3	3:06.0	6
4	Xavier Pons	Carlos Del Barrio	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:31:43.7	3:27.4	5
5	Kosti Katajamäki	Timo Alanne	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	3:31:44.8	3:28.5	4
6	Chris Atkinson	Glenn MacNeall	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:31:52.8	3:36.5	3
7	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:32:41.1	4:24.8	2
8	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:32:46.6	4:30.3	1
JWRC
1.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:02:06.5	0.0	10
2.	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Renault Clio S1600	4:02:37.2	30.7	8
3.	Jozef Béreš	Petr Starý	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:02:46.0	39.5	6
4.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:04:16.6	2:10.1	5
5.	Kris Meeke	Glenn Patterson	Citroën C2 S1600	4:05:20.9	3:14.4	4
6.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	4:07:55.0	5:48.5	3
7.	Julien Pressac	Jacques Boyere	Citroën C2 S1600	4:12:23.0	10:16.5	2
8.	Bernd Casier	Frédéric Miclotte	Renault Clio S1600	4:15:10.9	13:04.4	1

Special stages

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (13 Oct)	SS1	07:58	Perge 1	22.43	Stage Cancelled
	SS2	08:41	Myra 1	24.14	Stage Cancelled
	SS3	09:24	Kumluca 1	9.89	Marcus Grönholm	7:42.7	Marcus Grönholm
	SS4	12:22	Perge 2	22.43	Stage Cancelled
	SS5	13:05	Mrya 2	24.14	Marcus Grönholm	8:54.0
	SS6	13:48	Kumluca 2	9.89	Marcus Grönholm	7:21.3
	SS7	16:11	Tekirova 1	5.50	Petter Solberg	4:46.5
	SS8	17:09	Phaselis	29.28	Petter Solberg	24:17.1
	SS9	19:22	Akdeniz University 1	5.19	Petter Solberg	4:12.6
2 (14 Oct)	SS10	08:33	Kemer 1	20.50	Petter Solberg	14:54.9
	SS11	09:21	Silyon 1	27.36	Marcus Grönholm	20:55.9
	SS12	12:04	Kemer 2	20.50	Marcus Grönholm	14:26.7
	SS13	12:52	Silyon 2	27.36	Mikko Hirvonen	20:21.4
	SS14	16:00	Chimera 1	16.90	Petter Solberg	12:22.5
	SS15	16:58	Phaselis 2	29.28	Dani Sordo	24:52.3
	SS16	19:11	Akdeniz University 2	5.19	Mikko Hirvonen	4:06.5
3 (15 Oct)	SS17	09:48	Tekirova 2	5.50	François Duval	4:11.5
	SS18	10:31	Chimera 2	16.90	Petter Solberg	12:06.9
	SS19	11:19	Olympos	28.54	Petter Solberg	21:47.3

External links

• Results at eWRC.com
• Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive