Full Cyprus entry list released.

The organisers of the Cyprus Rally have confirmed the full entry list for their event, the twelfth in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship, which runs from September 21-24.

49 crews will take part in the event, a similar amount to that which competed on the season opening Rallye Monte Carlo and in Mexico.

17 of those entrants will be WRC cars and in addition to the 'usual names' entered by the manufacturer 1 and manufacturer 2 squads - all three M2 teams will be in action, Toni Gardemeister will compete in a Astra-run Citroen Xsara WRC, in what looks set to be his final outing of the season.

Kronos and Stobart will both enter a third car, the former running one for Xavier Pons and the latter for Juan Pablo Raies, while Britain's Gareth-Glynn Jones will also take part in a Subaru Impreza. Francois Duval is included on the list in his First Motorsport Skoda Fabia WRC, however according to the official WRC website - www.wrc.com, he will not take part, having lost backing from sponsor Kizz-me. It is thought he may still compete in Turkey and Britain, but this has still to be confirmed.

In the Production Car WRC, 10 drivers' will be eligible to score points, including current championship leader, Nasser Al-Attiyah, who missed the event in Japan as it was not one of his six nominated events. Toshi Arai also returns to action in the PCWRC, while Rally Japan PCWRC winner, Fumio Nutahara is one of the other notable names, in addition to OMV's Aaron Burkart, who is of course competing in the JWRC - this is a one off outing for the German in a Group N car.

There will be over 20 local drivers, Andreas Tsouloftas and Spyros Pavlides both entered by the organisers as 'guest' drivers in the PCWRC field.

The full entry list is as follows:

1. Sebastien LoebKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06 M1
2. Daniel SordoKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06 M1
3. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 M1
4. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 M1
5. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 M1
6. Chris AtkinsonSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 M1
7. Manfred StohlOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC M2
8. Henning SolbergOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC M2
9. Matthew WilsonStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 04 M2
10. Luis Perez CompancStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 04 M2
11. Harri RovanperaRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC M2
12. Andreas AignerRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC M2

14. Toni GardemesiterAstra Citroen Xsara WRC
15. Xavier Pons Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
16. Francois DuvalFirst Skoda Fabia WRC
17. Juan Pablo RaiesStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 04
18. Gareth-Glynn JonesSubaru Impreza

31. Toshi AraiSubaru Impreza WRX P
33. Fumio NutaharaMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX P
39. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX P
40. Simone CampedelliMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII P
41. Khalid Al-QassimiSubaru Impreza P
43. Aaron Nicolai Burkart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII P
45. Aki TeiskonenSubaru Impreza STi P
46. Nigel HeathSubaru Impreza N12 P
59. Andreas TsouloftasMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX P
60. Spyros PavlidesSubaru Impreza STi P

61. Andreas PeratikosMitsubishi Evo VI
62. Kikis KoutsakosSubaru Impreza
63. Charalambos Timotheou Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
64. Georgios Zakos Subaru Impreza
65. Andreas PhilippouSubaru Impreza
66. Yiotis HartoupalosMitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
67. Lambros Limniotis Mitsubishi Evo IX
68. Koulis PigasiouMitsubishi Evo IV
69. Savvas SavvaSubaru Impreza
70. Charis KomodromosSubaru Impreza
71. Ken Dobson Mitsubishi Evo VIII
72. Floros StylianouMitsubishi Evo VI
73. Nicos NicolaouMitsubishi Evo IX
74. Pantelis PamboukkaSubaru Impreza STi
75. Manolis KouloumasMitsubishi Lancer VI
76. Marios KomodromosSubaru Impreza STi
77. Stavros Kleovoulou Mitsubishi Evo VI
78. Andros Antoniou Subaru Impreza N4
79. Constantinos Tingirides Subaru Impreza STi
80. Stavros AchilleosHonda Civic
81. Edith Weiss Skoda Octavia Kitcar
82. Akis Makaronis Toyota Yaris
83. Petros PanteliToyota Yaris

M1 - denotes Manufacturer 1 entry.
M2 - denotes Manufacturer 2 entry.
P - denotes Production Car WRC entry