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Rally Argentina 2006 counts for:
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2006 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
2006 FIA Junior World Rally Championship (for Drivers)
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| 413th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally Argentina |
| Edition: | 26th |
| Date: | from Friday 28-Apr-2006 to Sunday 30-Apr-2006 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Carlos Garcia Remohi |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 77 | |
| Starters: | 68 | |
| Finishers: | 57 | (83.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 2.20 | km | (SS1 Super Special 1) |
| Longest: | 23.28 | km | (SS13 Ascochinga - La Cumbre 2) |
| Slowest: | 54.10 | km/h | (SS1 Super Special 1) |
| Fastest: | 115.92 | km/h | (SS17 Amboy - Santa Monica) |
| Planned stage distance: | 351.44 | km | (23.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 351.44 | km | (23.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,123.38 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,474.82 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 24th win and 41st podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 30th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Gianluigi Galli. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 30th win and 73rd podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 118th podium for Subaru. |
| | Third place was 129th podium for Peugeot. |
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Another easy win for Loeb, following Ford's technical problems and Solberg's time penalty.
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Young Matthew Wilson not only scored his first WRC point but also won his first stage at WRC level.
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Related links
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Rallye de France 2006
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Sardinia 2006
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