# 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

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. 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.
His 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 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | NZL | CYP | | | | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Opel Corsa S1600 | | | | | | GRE Ret | TUR 22 | ARG | FIN Ret | GER | JPN | GBR Ret | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ITA Ret | FRA | | | NC | 0 |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën Saxo S1600 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ESP 33 | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën Saxo S1600 | MON | SWE | MEX Ret | NZL | | | | | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën C2 S1600 | | | | | ITA 27 | CYP | TUR | GRE 28 | ARG | FIN 40 | GER Ret | GBR | JPN | FRA 20 | ESP Ret | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 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 | | NC | 0 |
| 2006 | Conrad Rautenbach | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | | | | | | | | GRE 34 | | | | | | | | GBR 64 | NC | 0 |
| 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 | | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën Xsara WRC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR Ret | NC | 0 |
| 2008 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën Xsara WRC | MON Ret | SWE 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 6 |
| 2008 | Conrad Rautenbach | 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 | | 15th | 6 |
| 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 |

### JWRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos. | Points |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Ford Puma S1600 | MON Ret | | | | | | | | | 17th | 2 |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Opel Corsa S1600 | | GRE Ret | TUR 7 | FIN Ret | GBR Ret | | | | | 17th | 2 |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Suzuki Ignis S1600 | | | | | | ITA Ret | | | | 17th | 2 |
| 2004 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën Saxo S1600 | | | | | | | ESP 11 | | | 17th | 2 |
| 2005 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën Saxo S1600 | MON | MEX Ret | | | | | | | | 12th | 7 |
| 2005 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën C2 S1600 | | | ITA 8 | GRE 8 | FIN 8 | GER Ret | FRA 5 | ESP Ret | | 12th | 7 |
| 2006 | Conrad Rautenbach | Renault Clio S1600 | SWE | ESP 6 | FRA 3 | ARG | ITA 2 | GER 9 | FIN 11 | TUR 2 | GBR | 5th | 25 |
| 2007 | Conrad Rautenbach | Citroën C2 S1600 | NOR | POR 10 | ITA Ret | FIN 4 | GER 3 | ESP 5 | FRA 8 | | | 8th | 16 |

## Dakar Rally results

| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
| 2017 | Cars | Toyota | 9th | 0 |
| 2020 | UTV | PH-Sport | 4th | 0 |
Sporting positions :
| Preceded byPatrick Emontspool | African Rally Champion 2007 | Succeeded byHideaki Miyoshi |
| Preceded byJames Whyte | African Rally Champion 2011 | Succeeded byMohamed Essa |