The following is a summary of the major changes to🦂 WRC for 2006, as provided by the FIA - the sports' governing body.

The FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.

🗹'Manufacturer' is undersꦜtood to mean a manufacturer, a team designated by a manufacturer, or a team taking part with a single make of car.

꧅For 2006, there are six registered Manufacturers with two-car teams eli🔯gible to score points.

Two categories of Manufacturer - Manufactuꦅrer 1 and Manufacturer 2 - 🌟may compete in the Championship:

Manufacturer 1.

- A Manufacturer 1 undertakes to take paꦜrt in all the rallies of the Championship.

- A Manufacturer 1 must enter only cars corresponding to ꦓthe latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2006 Appendix 🎃J.

- A Manufacturer 1 must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the sea🌼son at the time of registration for the Champions🍒hip. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship.

- In o🌜rder to score points in the Championship, a Manufacturer 1 must t♚ake part with two cars of the same make in the 16 rallies of the calendar.

Manufacturer 2:

- A Manufacturer 2 undertake💟✃s to take part in 10 or more Championship rallies which it has nominated.

- A Manufacturer 2 cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated🅷 during the year 2006 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2ಞ006.

- A Manufacturer 2 cannot enter a driver who has been classified among the first six in the final classificatiꦍon of the FIA World Rally Championship for D💮rivers in the last five years.

- In order to score points in the Championship, a Manufacturer 2 must take part with two cars of the same make in 10 or more rallies it nominated on🌼 registering for the Championship. The Manufacturer can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.

Fo♛r any one Manufacturer, the two nominated cars will continue to score the points allocated according to their relative position, ie, a competitor not registered in൲ the Championship may not take points from a registered Manufacturer.

Any registered Manufacturer 1 or Manufacturer 2 entered in the Championship who does not take part in a Championship event it has nominated will no longer be included in the classification of the Championship, except ꩲin a case of force majeure as determined by the World Motor Sport Council.

FIA Junior World Rally Championship for Drivers.

There are nine events i🏅n the Championship with results from six nominated events counting towards the title.

In addition to Super 1600 cars, the Championship is now open to Group N 🐓cars with a corrected cylinder capacity of less than 2000 cc, and homologated Group A and Group A Kit Cars with a cylinder capacity of less than 1600 cc.

Registration for the Championship may now be in the name of a driver, in the name ⛄of a team, or in the name of an ASN designated team. Points will still be scored in the name of the driver.

Drivers taking part in their first full season with a car that is not a Super 1600ꦓ car will be known as Rookies. There will be a separate classification for the Rookies.

Each organiser of a Championship rally may nominate two drivers holding a licence issued by their ASN to take part in their rally as 'Guest Entran✨ts'. These cars will ca🍰rry numbers 59 and 60.

FIA Production Car World Rally Championship for Drivers.

There are eight events in the Championship with results from six nominated events counting t🎃owards the title🦄.

The Championship is open to cars homologated in Group N. However Super 2000 cars cannot ♏score points.

Registration for the Championship may now be in the name of a driver, in 🎐the name of a team, or in the name of an ASN designated team. Points will stilꦅl be scored in the name of the driver.

Each organiser of a Championship rally may nominate two drivers holding a licence issued by their ASN to take part in their rally as 'Gues🐠t Entrants'. These cars will carry numbers 59 and 60.

The FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Changes

The 💎following drivℱers may only drive a 2006 World Rally Car:

- Drivers entered by a Manufacturer 1.

- Drivers who have been classified in the top six of the final classification of the World Rally Championship for Drivers in 💧the previous five years.

- If circumstances so require, the FIA may, a🍒t its own discretion, revise this list of the drivers authorised to drive only a World Ralꦡly Car 2006.

A competitor failing to finish a Thursday evening Su൲per Special Stage♉ will now incur a five minute penalty, in addition to the fastest time of the drivers' priority group (P1, P2, P3).

A crew retiring during Leg 3 will now incur a five minute penalty for each stage missed. A crew retiring after the last stage will incur a five minute penalty for the last special stage even if that was compl🦩eted. This is in addition to the fastest time of the drivers' priority group (P1, P2, P3).

Nevertheless the competing car must be placed 𝕴in the Parc Ferme before the publicati𝐆on of the Provisional Final Classification.

Cars entered by a Manufacturer must be equipped with the same engine for ral♎lies which are paired. The engine will be assigned ꦺto a competitor's number.

For Manufacturer 1 the pairs are as follows:

Monte Carlo & Sweden
Mexico & Argentina
Spain & France
Italy & Greece
Germany & Finland
Japan & Great Britain
Cyprus & Turkey
Australia & New Zealand

For Manufacturer 2, theꩲ same engine must be used for two consecutive even😼ts in which the Manufacturer takes part.

For cars designed by Manufacturers: An engine failing between scrutineering and the start of a rally may be replaced without penalty on the first rally of a pair and🉐 with a 60 second penalty on the second rally of a pair.

There are further l🌃imitations on the changing of some parts, including suspension, steering, turbo-chargers and gearboxes.

Each P1 & P2 driver may have a Safety Car in each asphalt round of the Champi꧋onship. The organisers will provide a Safety Car to provide information for the other entrants.