Rallying-Championship Leader Evans Trails Title Rivals in Sardinia, Neuville Fastest
- On Friday, Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Thierry Neuville snatched the Rally Italy Sardinia lead from teammate Adrien Fourmaux by 0.4s after a stunning effort on the final stage.
- Championship leader Elfyn Evans holds a 17-point advantage over Sami Pajari and 21 ahead of Oliver Solberg, though Evans ended Friday in sixth while opening the road.
- Oliver Solberg impressed to finish third, 12.3s behind the leader, while Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta and Hyundai's Dani Sordo struggled with punctures; Sordo retired after running wide on stage seven.
- Drivers prepare for Saturday's action, featuring six gravel stages covering 123.66 competitive kilometres; Pajari said, "It's still two more days to go, and I hope we are ready for the fight."
- As the final World Rally Championship round after Saudi Arabia was cancelled, this event offers 35 points to the winner, with all three title contenders seeking a maiden championship.
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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) holds the overall lead after Friday's race at the final round of the World Rally Championship season in Sardinia.
WRC Sardinia: Neuville snatches lead from Fourmaux as Hyundai remains on top
Thierry Neuville snatched the Rally Italy Sardinia lead from Hyundai World Rally Championship team-mate Adrien Fourmaux by 0.4s after a stunning effort on the final stage of a tough Friday leg. The Hyundai pair set an impressive pace across the morning which continued into the afternoon trio of rough gravel stages where the risk of suffering a puncture was high. Fourmaux, searching for ...Keep reading
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The Star Kuala LumpurRallying-Championship leader Evans trails title rivals in Sardinia, Neuville fastest
Oct 2 : World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans trailed his rivals but kept on course for the title after the first full day of the decisive season-ending Italian round in Sardinia on Friday.Hyundai's Thierry Neuville grabbed the overnight lead on the day's closing seventh stage, the 2004 world champion
On Friday, October 2nd, Day 2 (SS2-SS7) of the 13th round of the 2026 WRC World Rally Championship, "Rally Italy Sardinia," took place, with the Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT team of Thierry Neuville and Martin Widagg (Hyundai...)
Belgian Thierry Neuville leads the Rally Italy, the final round of this year's World Championship, after seven stages. Championship leader Elfyn Evans is sixth in Sardinia, with both his title rivals Oliver Solberg and Sami Pajari ahead of him after the first stage.
The battle for first place in the Sardinia Rally between the two Hyundai teammates Thierry Neuville and Adrien Fourmeaux reached its climax on Friday in the final stage of the day.
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