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Rally Catalunya 1996 counts for:
1996 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers
1996 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
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| 278th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 9 |
| Official name: | Rally Catalunya Costa Brava - Rally d'Espana |
| Edition: | 32nd |
| Date: | from Monday 4-Nov-1996 to Wednesday 6-Nov-1996 |
| Clerk of the Course: | Aman Barfull |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 118 | |
| Starters: | 115 | |
| Finishers: | 58 | (50.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 10.66 | km | (SS3 Coll de Santigosa 1) |
| Longest: | 36.21 | km | (SS18 La Roca - Sant Hilari 2) |
| Slowest: | 84.23 | km/h | (SS9 El Priorat) |
| Fastest: | 98.05 | km/h | (SS12 Escaladei) |
| Planned stage distance: | 393.26 | km | (28.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 393.26 | km | (28.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 975.50 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,368.76 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 14th podium for Colin McRae. |
| Second place was 4th podium for Piero Liatti. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Bruno Thiry. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 12th win and 1-2 win were 35th to 36th podiums for Subaru. |
| | Third place was 104th podium for Ford. |
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Another superb drive from Colin McRae saw him vanguish team-mate Liatti by mere seven seconds, making sure of Subaru 1-2 and manufacturers title.
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Related links
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Rallye San Remo 1996
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Monte Carlo 1997
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