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Rally of Turkey 2006 counts for:
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2006 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 420th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally of Turkey |
| Edition: | 7th |
| Date: | from Friday 13-Oct-2006 to Sunday 15-Oct-2006 |
| Rally HQ: | Kemer, Antalya; Turkey |
| Clerk of the Course: | Simo Lampinen |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 80 | |
| Starters: | 67 | |
| Finishers: | 51 | (76.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 5.20 | km | (SS9 Akdeniz University SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 29.28 | km | (SS15 Phaselis 2) |
| Slowest: | 69.11 | km/h | (SS7 Tekirova 1) |
| Fastest: | 85.15 | km/h | (SS12 Kemer 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 337.79 | km | (30.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 268.78 | km | (24.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 850.84 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,119.62 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 23rd win and 47th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Second place was 7th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Henning Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 53rd win and 1-2 win were 203rd to 204th podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 130th podium for Peugeot. |
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In Loeb's absence Marcus scored an easy win - even though Petter Solberg rose to a brief challenge in second leg.
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Henning Solberg's first podium came in a rally where Katajamaki also scored his career best finish and both Hirvonen and Pons equalled their career bests.
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McRae is Back! Kronos drafted Colin as a stand-in for injured Loeb. Even though it was all smiles at the start, event was anything but favourable for him.
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Related links
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Cyprus Rally 2006
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Rally Australia 2006
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