Conrad Rautenbach

Conrad Rautenbach

Rautenbach at the 2007 Rally GB.
Personal information
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Born	12 November 1984 (1984-11-12) (age 26)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2001 – present
Teams	Citroen Sport Technologies, Citroën Junior Team
Rallies	56
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Total points	15
First rally	2004 Monte Carlo Rally

Conrad Rautenbach (born 12 November 1984) is a rally driver from Zimbabwe who competed in the World Rally Championship for the Citroën Junior Team along with his co-driver Daniel Barritt. He won the African Rally Championship title in 2007, piloting a Subaru Impreza.

Rautenbach at the 2008 Tour de Corse.

He drove for the privately run PH Sport team with Urmo Aava in a Citroën C4 WRC for the 2008 season, where he achieved points finishes on two occasions, an 8th at Rally Turkey and a best result of 4th at the Rally Argentina.^[1] However, he also had some bizarre moments in 2008, not least of which the now infamous collision with Sébastien Loeb at Jordan Rally where both cars managed to collide head-on forcing both to retire instantly.^[2][3]

Rautenbach at the 2009 Rally Finland.

For 2009 Rautenbach has joined the Citroën Junior Team where he will continue to campaign a Citroën C4 WRC. On Rally Ireland, the first event of the season, Rautenbach had a promising first day, setting stage times consistently in the top eight, and ended the day in fifth place.^[4] However an off early on day two saw him slip down the standings, eventually finishing eighteenth on the rally. 2009 has continued to be an inconsistent season for Rautenbach, with retirements in Rally Norway, Rally Portugal and Rally Argentina, however, he did achieve points finishes at the Cyprus Rally and the Acropolis Rally, finishing 6th and 5th respectively. He did not get seat for next season and did not competed in WRC since then.

Due to lacking of budget in 2010 Rautenbach raced only in Rally Championship of South African Republic with Ford Fiesta S2000.

His father Billy Rautenbach was also a rally driver ^[5]

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2004	Conrad Rautenbach	Ford Puma S1600	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP												-	0
		Opel Corsa S1600						GRE Ret	TUR 22	ARG	FIN Ret	GER	JPN	GBR Ret
		Suzuki Ignis S1600													ITA Ret	FRA
		Citroën Saxo S1600															ESP 33	AUS
2005	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Saxo S1600	MON	SWE	MEX Ret	NZL													-	0
		Citroën C2 S1600					ITA 27	CYP	TUR	GRE 28	ARG	FIN 40	GER Ret	GBR	JPN	FRA 20	ESP Ret	AUS
2006	Conrad Rautenbach	Renault Clio S1600	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP 25	FRA 18	ARG	ITA 16		GER 33	FIN 43	JPN	CYP	TUR 17	AUS	NZL		-	0
		Subaru Impreza WRX STI								GRE 34								GBR 64
2007	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën C2 S1600	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR 34	ARG	ITA Ret	GRE	FIN 23	GER 14	NZL	ESP 23	FRA 26	JPN	IRE		-	0
		Citroën Xsara WRC																GBR Ret
2008	Conrad Rautenbach	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON Ret	SWE 16															15th	6
		Citroën C4 WRC			MEX 15	ARG 4	JOR 26	ITA 13	GRE 10	TUR 8	FIN 10	GER 13	NZL Ret	ESP Ret	FRA 14	JPN Ret	GBR 15
2009	Citroën Junior Team	Citroën C4 WRC	IRE 18	NOR Ret	CYP 6	POR Ret	ARG Ret	ITA Ret	GRE 5	POL 8	FIN Ret	AUS Ret	ESP 11	GBR 8					10th	9

References

1. ^ Rally Argentina results
2. ^ Jordan 2008: Loeb and Rautenbach crash (Video)
3. ^ Loeb and Rautenbach reflect on the crash
4. ^ "eWRC results". eWRC Results.com. http://www.ewrc-results.com/driver_info.php?event=388&stage=5204&driver=28107. Retrieved 2009-02-05. 
5. ^ Motorsport.com, 2006-06-27: Conrad Rautenbach Zimbabwe summary

External links

• Rallybase.nl profile
• Driver homepage

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