The 2006 International Rally Challenge was the inaugural season of the rallying series, which was renamed to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 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 Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistance126 May27 May 35th Zulu Rally of South AfricaDurban, KwaZulu-NatalGravel12233.70 km223 June24 June 42th Belgium Ypres Westhoek RallyYpres, West FlandersAsphalt18277.66 km33 August5 August 47th Rali Vinho da MadeiraFunchal, MadeiraAsphalt19285.74 km414 September16 September 48th Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaAsphalt10188.72 kmSources:
Driver Standings 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
References
External links The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge IRC Season 2006 results at ewrc-results.com