2006 International Rally Challenge

The 2006 International Rally Challenge was the inaugural season of the rallying series, which was renamed to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for 2007 onwards. The season consisted of four rounds and began on May 26, with the Zulu Rally South Africa. The season ended on September 16 with the Rally Sanremo. Giandomenico Basso won the title with Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 ahead of Alister McRae and Paolo Andreucci.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Event title	Surface
1	May 26–27	Zulu Rally South Africa	Gravel
2	June 23–24	Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Asphalt
3	August 3–5	Rali Vinho da Madeira	Asphalt
4	September 14–16	Rallye San Remo	Asphalt

Pos	Driver	RSA	YPR	MAD	ITA	Pts
1	Giandomenico Basso		1	1		20
2	Alister McRae	1				10
2	Paolo Andreucci				1	10
4	Enzo Kuun	2				8
4	Kris Princen		2			8
4	Armindo Araujo			2		8
4	Andrea Aghini				2	8
8	Simon Jean-Joseph			5	5	8
9	Renato Travaglia			8	3	7
10	Etienne Lourens	3				6
10	Larry Cols		3			6
10	Fernando Peres			3		6
13	Robbie Head	4				5
13	Freddy Loix		4			5
13	Bruno Magalhães			4		5
13	Piero Longhi				4	5
17	Hergen Fekken	5				4
17	Bernd Casier		5			4
19	Fernando Rueda	6				3
19	Urmo Aava		6			3
19	Gilles Panizzi			6		3
19	Andrea Navarra				6	3
23	Nicholas Ryan	7				2
23	Enrique García Ojeda		7	Ret	13	2
23	Filipe Freitas			7		2
23	Denis Colombini				7	2
27	Jean-Pierre Damseaux	8				1
27	Bob Colsoul		8			1
27	Luca Rossetti				8	1
Pos	Driver	RSA	YPR	MAD	ITA	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)