| 408th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 74th |
| Date: | from Friday 20-Jan-2006 to Sunday 22-Jan-2006 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Rene Isoart |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 53 | |
| Starters: | 51 | |
| Finishers: | 43 | (84.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 12.60 | km | (SS13 Col de Braus - La Cabanette 1) |
| Longest: | 31.25 | km | (SS18 La Bollene Vesubie - Sospel 3) |
| Slowest: | 61.61 | km/h | (SS13 Col de Braus - La Cabanette 1) |
| Fastest: | 90.54 | km/h | (SS4 St Sauveur sur Tinee - Beuil 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 366.39 | km | (28.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 324.44 | km | (25.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 970.45 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,294.89 | km |
