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Rally Japan 2006 counts for:
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2006 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 418th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally Japan |
| Edition: | 6th |
| Date: | from Friday 1-Sep-2006 to Sunday 3-Sep-2006 |
| Rally HQ: | Obihiro, Hokkaido; Japan |
| Clerk of the Course: | Ryuji Makita |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 90 | |
| Starters: | 87 | |
| Finishers: | 78 | (89.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 27 | |
| Shortest: | 1.30 | km | (SS9 Obihiro 1) |
| Longest: | 34.96 | km | (SS8 Puray 2) |
| Slowest: | 62.40 | km/h | (SS10 Obihiro 2) |
| Fastest: | 119.38 | km/h | (SS5 Pawse Kamuy 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 345.72 | km | (21.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 345.72 | km | (21.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,240.80 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,586.52 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 27th win and 46th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 45th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Third place was 5th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 33rd win and 80th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second and third places were 199th to 200th podiums for Ford. |
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Loeb once again made history. This time by reaching 27 WRC wins and so doing, surpassed Carlos Sainz's past record.
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Gronholm spun twice, lost the lead and could not regain it despite monstrous effort. At least the final leg saw exciting battle.
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Related links
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Rally Finland 2006
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Cyprus Rally 2006
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