Conrad Rautenbach

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 twice, in 2007 and 2011.

Career

Rautenbach 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. However, he also had some bizarre moments in 2008, not least of which the now infamous collision with Sébastien Loeb at the Jordan Rally where both cars managed to collide head-on forcing both to retire instantly.

For 2009, Rautenbach joined the Citroën Junior Team where he continued to campaign in 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. However an off early on day two saw him slip down the standings, eventually finishing 18th in 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 a seat for the next season and has not competed in WRC since.

Due to a lack of funding in 2010, Rautenbach only competed in the South African National Rally Championship with a Ford Fiesta S2000. He returned to the African championship in 2011, winning it for the second time.

Rautenbach's father, Billy Rautenbach, is also a former rally driver.

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 MONRet SWE MEX NZL CYP NC 0 Opel Corsa S1600 GRERet TUR22 ARG FINRet GER JPN GBRRet Suzuki Ignis S1600 ITARet FRA Citroën Saxo S1600 ESP33 AUS 2005 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën Saxo S1600 MON SWE MEXRet NZL NC 0 Citroën C2 S1600 ITA27 CYP TUR GRE28 ARG FIN40 GERRet GBR JPN FRA20 ESPRet AUS 2006 Conrad Rautenbach Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE MEX ESP25 FRA18 ARG ITA16 GER33 FIN43 JPN CYP TUR17 AUS NZL NC 0 Subaru Impreza WRX STI GRE34 GBR64 2007 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE NOR MEX POR34 ARG ITARet GRE FIN23 GER14 NZL ESP23 FRA26 JPN IRE NC 0 Citroën Xsara WRC GBRRet 2008 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën Xsara WRC MONRet SWE16 15th 6 Citroën C4 WRC MEX15 ARG4 JOR26 ITA13 GRE10 TUR8 FIN10 GER13 NZLRet ESPRet FRA14 JPNRet GBR15 2009 Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC IRE18 NORRet CYP6 PORRet ARGRet ITARet GRE5 POL8 FINRet AUSRet ESP11 GBR8 10th 9

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Points 2004 Conrad Rautenbach Ford Puma S1600 MONRet 17th 2 Opel Corsa S1600 GRERet TUR7 FINRet GBRRet Suzuki Ignis S1600 ITARet Citroën Saxo S1600 ESP11 2005 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën Saxo S1600 MON MEXRet 12th 7 Citroën C2 S1600 ITA8 GRE8 FIN8 GERRet FRA5 ESPRet 2006 Conrad Rautenbach Renault Clio S1600 SWE ESP6 FRA3 ARG ITA2 GER9 FIN11 TUR2 GBR 5th 25 2007 Conrad Rautenbach Citroën C2 S1600 NOR POR10 ITARet FIN4 GER3 ESP5 FRA8 8th 16

Dakar Rally results