2006 International Rally Challenge

The 2006 International Rally Challenge was the inaugural season of the rallying series, which was renamed to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for 2007 onwards. The season consisted of four rounds and began on May 26, with the Zulu Rally South Africa. The season ended on September 16 with the Rally Sanremo. Giandomenico Basso won the title with Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 ahead of Alister McRae and Paolo Andreucci.

Calendar

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Round Dates Event title Surface
1 May 26–27   Zulu Rally South Africa Gravel
2 June 23–24   Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally Asphalt
3 August 3–5   Rali Vinho da Madeira Asphalt
4 September 14–16   Rallye San Remo Asphalt

Driver Standings

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Pos Driver RSA
 
YPR
 
MAD
 
ITA
 
 Pts 
1   Giandomenico Basso 1 1 20
2   Alister McRae 1 10
2   Paolo Andreucci 1 10
4   Enzo Kuun 2 8
4   Kris Princen 2 8
4   Armindo Araujo 2 8
4   Andrea Aghini 2 8
8   Simon Jean-Joseph 5 5 8
9   Renato Travaglia 8 3 7
10   Etienne Lourens 3 6
10   Larry Cols 3 6
10   Fernando Peres 3 6
13   Robbie Head 4 5
13   Freddy Loix 4 5
13   Bruno Magalhães 4 5
13   Piero Longhi 4 5
17   Hergen Fekken 5 4
17   Bernd Casier 5 4
19   Fernando Rueda 6 3
19   Urmo Aava 6 3
19   Gilles Panizzi 6 3
19   Andrea Navarra 6 3
23   Nicholas Ryan 7 2
23   Enrique García Ojeda 7 Ret 13 2
23   Filipe Freitas 7 2
23   Denis Colombini 7 2
27   Jean-Pierre Damseaux 8 1
27   Bob Colsoul 8 1
27   Luca Rossetti 8 1
Pos Driver RSA
 
YPR
 
MAD
 
ITA
 
 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)
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