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2006 Swedish Rally

2006 Swedish Rally
55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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Host country Sweden
Rally baseKarlstad
Dates runFebruary 3 – 5 2006
Stages19 (349.02 km; 216.87 miles)
Stage surfaceIce/Snow-covered Gravel
Overall distance1,441.16 km (895.50 miles)
Statistics
Crews63 at start, 51 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Marcus Grönholm
United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team

The 55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from February 3–5, 2006.

Results

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:09:01.9 0.0 10
2. France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:32.8 30.9 8
3. Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Bosse Holmstrand Mitsubishi Lancer WR05 3:11:58.7 2:56.8 6
4. Italy Gigi Galli Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Mitsubishi Lancer WR05 3:12:05.7 3:03.8 5
5. Sweden Thomas Rådström Sweden Jörgen Skallman Subaru S10 WRC 3:14:55.2 5:53.3 4
6. Finland Kosti Katajamäki Finland Timo Alanne Ford Focus RS WRC 04 3:16:36.7 7:34.8 3
7. Spain Xavier Pons Spain Carlos del Barrio Citroën Xsara WRC 3:17:37.5 8:35.6 2
8. Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud Peugeot 307 WRC 3:18:03.4 9:01.5 1
JWRC
1.(19.) Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 3:29:18.7 0.0 10
2.(20.) Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Renault Clio S1600 3:30:11.8 53.1 8
3.(22.) Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 3:32:13.8 2:55.1 6
4.(25.) Czech Republic Pavel Valoušek Italy Pierangelo Scalvini Suzuki Swift S1600 3:36:01.0 6:42.3 5
5.(26.) Finland Kalle Pinomäki Finland Mikko Markkula Renault Clio Ragnotti 3:37:24.5 8:05.8 4
6.(30.) Slovakia Jozef Béreš Czech Republic Petr Starý Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:43:36.5 14:17.8 3
7.(34.) Sweden Peter Zachrisson Sweden Jan Svanström Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:50:24.6 21:05.9 2
8.(37.) Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Jarek Baran Suzuki Ignis S1600 3:56:17.8 26:59.1 1

Retirements

Special stages

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(3 FEB)
SS1 08:01 Fredriksberg 1 18.13 km Finland M. Grönholm 10:25.7 104.3 km/h Finland M. Grönholm
SS2 09:01 Lejen 1 26.46 km Finland M. Grönholm 14:20.9 110.6 km/h
SS3 12:09 Fredriksberg 2 18.13 km Italy G. Galli 10:29.1 103.7 km/h
SS4 13:09 Lejen 2 26.46 km France S. Loeb 14:24.4 110.2 km/h
SS5 15:49 Vargasen 1 39.95 km France S. Loeb 20:40.5 115.9 km/h
SS6 17:07 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.87 km France S. Loeb 1:54.7 58.7 km/h
2
(4 FEB)
SS7 08:00 Hara 1 11.31 km Finland M. Grönholm 6:04.8 111.6 km/h
SS8 09:06 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km Finland M. Grönholm 11:07.4 112.1 km/h
SS9 11:37 Likenas 21.78 km Finland M. Grönholm 12:19.6 106.0 km/h
SS10 12:34 Hara 2 11.31 km Finland M. Grönholm 6:02.4 112.4 km/h
SS11 13:49 Sundsjon 2 20.78 km Finland M. Grönholm 11:00.4 113.3 km/h
SS12 15:39 Vargasen 2 39.95 km France S. Loeb 20:43.8 115.6 km/h
SS13 16:57 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.87 km France S. Loeb 2:00.7 55.8 km/h
3
(5 FEB)
SS14 07:58 Lesjofors 1 10.48 km France S. Loeb 5:56.3 105.9 km/h
SS15 08:30 Rammen 1 23.35 km France S. Loeb 11:49.3 118.5 km/h
SS16 09:21 Malta 1 11.25 km France S. Loeb 5:47.7 116.5 km/h
SS17 11:29 Lesjofors 2 10.48 km Finland M. Grönholm 5:47.7 108.5 km/h
SS18 12:01 Rammen 2 23.35 km Finland M. Grönholm 11:50.3 118.3 km/h
SS19 12:52 Malta 2 11.25 km Finland M. Grönholm 5:48.0 116.4 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 1 1 20
2 France Sébastien Loeb 2 2 16
3 Finland Toni Gardemeister 3 6
Sweden Daniel Carlsson 3 6
5 Austria Manfred Stohl 4 18 5
Italy Gigi Galli Ret 4 5
7 France Stéphane Sarrazin 5 4
Sweden Thomas Rådström 5 4
9 Australia Chris Atkinson 6 11 3
Finland Kosti Katajamäki 6 3
11 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 7 12 2
Spain Xavier Pons 9 7 2
13 Spain Dani Sordo 8 16 1
Norway Henning Solberg Ret 8 1
Pos Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
 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
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
MEX
Mexico
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
GER
Germany
FIN
Finland
JPN
Japan
CYP
Cyprus
TUR
Turkey
AUS
Australia
NZL
New Zealand
GBR
United Kingdom
1 BP Ford World Rally Team 14 12 26
2 Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team 11 13 24
3 OMV-Peugeot Norway 6 4 10
4 Subaru World Rally Team 5 3 8
5 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 0 7 7
6 Red Bull Škoda Team 3 0 3