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 26–27South Africa Zulu Rally South AfricaGravel
2 June 23–24Belgium Belgium Ypres Westhoek RallyAsphalt
3 August 3–5Portugal Rali Vinho da MadeiraAsphalt
4 September 14–16Italy Rallye San RemoAsphalt

Driver Standings

Pos Driver RSA
South Africa
YPR
Belgium
MAD
Portugal
ITA
Italy
 Pts 
1 Italy Giandomenico Basso 1 1 20
2 United Kingdom Alister McRae 1 10
2 Italy Paolo Andreucci 1 10
4 South Africa Enzo Kuun 2 8
4 Belgium Kris Princen 2 8
4 Portugal Armindo Araujo 2 8
4 Italy Andrea Aghini 2 8
8 France Simon Jean-Joseph 5 5 8
9 Italy Renato Travaglia 8 3 7
10 South Africa Etienne Lourens 3 6
10 Belgium Larry Cols 3 6
10 Portugal Fernando Peres 3 6
13 United Kingdom Robbie Head 4 5
13 Belgium Freddy Loix 4 5
13 Portugal Bruno Magalhães 4 5
13 Italy Piero Longhi 4 5
17 South Africa Hergen Fekken 5 4
17 Belgium Bernd Casier 5 4
19 South Africa Fernando Rueda 6 3
19 Estonia Urmo Aava 6 3
19 France Gilles Panizzi 6 3
19 Italy Andrea Navarra 6 3
23 South Africa Nicholas Ryan 7 2
23 Spain Enrique García Ojeda 7 Ret 13 2
23 Portugal Filipe Freitas 7 2
23 San Marino Denis Colombini 7 2
27 South Africa Jean-Pierre Damseaux 8 1
27 Belgium Bob Colsoul 8 1
27 Italy Luca Rossetti 8 1
Pos Driver RSA
South Africa
YPR
Belgium
MAD
Portugal
ITA
Italy
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
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