The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006.
Event The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb. After a spirited battle with Petter Solberg over the first two days - that saw both drivers suffering problems(Loeb losing power steering on stage 13 and Solberg's Subaru colliding with a dog) - Loeb eventually pulled clear to give the Belgian Kronos team their first WRC victory. Marcus Grönholm had a less successful event, suffering a crash on day one and having to rejoin the rally on day two under Superally rules. Despite a twenty-minute penalty, he managed to pick up a point for eighth place. Manfred Stohl collected the final podium place with his Peugeot 307.
Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC 3:47:08.8 0.0 10 2. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 3:47:57.7 48.9 8 3. Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Peugeot 307 WRC 3:51:47.9 4:39.1 6 4. Dani Sordo Marc Martí Citroën Xsara WRC 3:52:36.5 5:27.7 5 5. Henning Solberg Cato Menkerud Peugeot 307 WRC 3:59:44.2 12:35.4 4 6. Gareth MacHale Paul Nagle Ford Focus RS WRC 04 4:03:11.1 16:02.3 3 7. Chris Atkinson Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRC2006 4:07:48.3 20:39.5 2 8. Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:08:53.0 21:44.2 1 PCWRC 1.(9.) Toshi Arai Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:09:43.4 0.0 10 2.(10.) Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:10:32.3 48.9 8 3.(11.) Mirco Baldacci Giovanni Agnese Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:15:32.6 5:49.2 6 4.(13.) Leszek Kuzaj Maciej Szczepaniak Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:19:29.6 9:46.2 5 5.(15.) Sergey Uspenski Dmitri Yeremeyev Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:24:30.6 14:47.2 4 6.(17.) Marcos Ligato Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:32:38.1 22:54.7 3 7.(18.) Štěpán Vojtěch Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4:35:30.2 25:46.8 2 8.(21.) Francisco Name Armando Zapata Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:56:54.7 47:11.3 1
Retirements
Xavier Pons - engine (SS8) Fumio Nutahara - excluded (SS7) Sebastián Beltrán - accident (SS8) Gabriel Pozzo - differential (SS8)
Special stages All dates and times are CST (UTC-6). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1 (3 MAR) SS1 09:37 Ibarrilla 1 22.40 km P. Solberg 13:17.3 101.2 km/h P. Solberg SS2 11:00 Guanajuato 1 28.87 km P. Solberg 16:56.4 102.3 km/h SS3 11:51 El Cubilete 1 21.61 km P. Solberg 12:06.8 107.0 km/h SS4 14:28 Ibarrilla 2 22.40 km P. Solberg 13:17.0 101.2 km/h SS5 15:51 Guanajuato 2 28.87 km S. Loeb 16:33.9 104.6 km/h SS6 16:42 El Cubilete 2 21.61 km S. Loeb 11:45.4 110.3 km/h SS7 19:17 Nextel Superspecial 1 4.42 km M. Stohl 3:21.6 78.9 km/h2 (4 MAR) SS8 10:08 El Zauco 1 25.22 km S. Loeb 16:30.4 91.7 km/h S. Loeb SS9 11:26 Duarte 1 23.75 km P. Solberg 18:07.4 78.6 km/h P. Solberg SS10 12:17 Derramadero 1 23.27 km S. Loeb 14:03.6 99.3 km/h SS11 15:10 El Zauco 2 25.22 km S. Loeb 16:21.4 92.6 km/h SS12 16:28 Duarte 223.75 km S. Loeb 17:44.0 80.4 km/h S. Loeb SS13 17:19 Derramadero 2 23.27 km S. Loeb 13:50.1 100.9 km/h SS14 19:49 Nextel Superspecial 2 4.42 km S. Loeb 3:21.7 78.9 km/h3 (5 MAR) SS15 08:28 Leon 37.99 km S. Loeb 25:32.1 89.3 km/h SS16 10:11 Silao 18.01 km P. Solberg 10:20.8 104.4 km/h SS17 11:26 Nextel Superspecial 3 4.42 km M. Stohl 3:17.0 80.8 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 26 2 Marcus Grönholm 1 1 8 21 3 Manfred Stohl 4 18 3 11 4 Petter SolbergRetRet 2 8 5 Toni Gardemeister 3 6 Daniel Carlsson 3 6 Dani Sordo 8 16 4 6 8 Gigi GalliRet 4 5 Henning SolbergRet 8 5 5 Chris Atkinson 6 11 7 5 11 Stéphane Sarrazin 5 4 Thomas Rådström 5 4 13 Kosti Katajamäki 6 3 Gareth MacHale 16 6 3 15 Mikko Hirvonen 7 12 14 2 Xavier Pons 9 7Ret 2 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR Pts
Manufacturers' championship Rank Manufacturer Event Totalpoints MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRC GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 1 Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team 11 13 10 34 2 BP Ford World Rally Team 14 12 4 30 3 OMV-Peugeot Norway 6 4 11 21 4 Subaru World Rally Team 5 3 12 20 5 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 0 7 2 9 6 Red Bull Škoda Team 3 0 3
References
External links Results at eWRC.com Results from the official site: WRC.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive