| 2006 Rally Australia 19th Telstra Rally Australia | |||
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Round 14 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
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 Dani Sordo during SS19. | |||
| Dates run | 26 October – 29 2006 | ||
| Stages | 26 | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 56 at start, 45 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford World Rally Team | ||
The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26 and 29 October 2006.
Ford's Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, taking his first victory of his career. His teammate Marcus Grönholm was only the Fifth to mathematically give the world championship to Sébastien Loeb, who was out of this race due to injury. Grönholm hit a rock, resulting in him losing eleven minutes and falling to 55th place. In order to maintain his chances for the championship, Grönholm had to rise to at least third place, but he was only able to collect four points, so Loeb, who witnessed the rally from home, celebrated the championship with two more races left.
All dates and times are AWST (UTC+8).
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length (km) | Winner | Time | Rally leader |
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| 1 (26/27 Oct) |
SS1 | 19:12 | Perth City Super 1 | 2.00 | Marcus Grönholm
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1:21.1 | Marcus Grönholm
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| SS2 | 19:21 | Perth City Super 2 | 2.00 | Marcus Grönholm
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1:20.7 | ||
| SS3 | 09:23 | Murray North 1 | 15.92 |  Chris Atkinson
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8:55.4 | Chris Atkinson
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| SS4 | 09:56 | Murray South 1 | 20.12 | Chris Atkinson
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11:34.9 | ||
| SS5 | 10:36 | Holyoake | 3.13 | Chris Atkinson
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1:53.4 | ||
| SS6 | 11:49 | Murray North 2 | 15.92 |  Petter Solberg
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8:50.0 | Mikko Hirvonen
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| SS7 | 12:22 | Murray South 2 | 20.12 | Petter Solberg
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11:31.1 | Petter Solberg
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| SS8 | 16:32 | Beraking 1 | 22.84 | Marcus Grönholm
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13:05.7 | ||
| SS9 | 17:18 | Flynns 1 | 18.78 | Marcus Grönholm
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11:07.2 | Mikko Hirvonen
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| SS10 | 19:25 | Perth City Super 3 | 2.00 | Marcus Grönholm
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1:22.6 | ||
| SS11 | 19:34 | Perth City Super 4 | 2.00 |  Xavier Pons
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1:22.2 | ||
| 2 (28 Oct) |
SS12 | 09:20 | Bannister North 1 | 17.70 | Mikko Hirvonen
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8:34.7 | |
| SS13 | 09:52 | Bannister Central 1 | 17.85 | Mikko Hirvonen
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9:20.8 | ||
| SS14 | 10:36 | Bannister Loop | 3.61 | Marcus Grönholm
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1:57.5 | ||
| SS15 | 11:55 | Bannister North 2 | 17.70 | Marcus Grönholm
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8:30.5 | ||
| SS16 | 12:27 | Bannister Central 2 | 17.85 | Mikko Hirvonen
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9:15.0 | ||
| SS17 | 16:32 | Beraking 2 | 22.84 | Petter Solberg
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12:34.5 | ||
| SS18 | 17:18 | Flynns 2 | 18.78 | Marcus Grönholm
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10:48.1 | ||
| SS19 | 19:25 | Perth City Super 5 | 2.00 | Marcus Grönholm
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1:21.8 | ||
| SS20 | 19:34 | Perth City Super 6 | 2.00 | Marcus Grönholm
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1:21.5 | ||
| 3 (29 Oct) |
SS21 | 07:03 | Atkins 1 | 4.42 | Petter Solberg
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3:06.1 | |
| SS22 | 07:33 | Helena North 1 | 29.93 | Mikko Hirvonen
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17:06.0 | ||
| SS23 | 08:14 | Helena South 1 | 17.30 | Mikko Hirvonen
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8:57.8 | ||
| SS24 | 11:03 | Atkins 2 | 4.42 | Petter Solberg
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3:01.3 | ||
| SS25 | 11:33 | Helena North 2 | 29.93 | Petter Solberg
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16:59.1 | ||
| SS26 | 12:14 | Helena South 2 | 17.30 | Petter Solberg
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8:55.9 |
