Rallying-Evans Leads Three-Way Battle as New Champion Set to Be Crowned in Sardinia
Three Toyota drivers remain separated by 21 points, and a first-time WRC champion will be crowned on Sardinia’s gravel stages.
- On Sunday, October 4, 2026, Elfyn Evans secured his maiden World Rally Championship title with Toyota at Rally Italy Sardinia, ending years of finishing runner-up.
- After Rally Saudi Arabia was cancelled, the championship became a three-way Toyota battle between Evans, Oliver Solberg, and Sami Pajari, all seeking maiden titles.
- Solberg led the rally until the final Power Stage, where he crashed two corners from the finish, handing Evans the championship in a dramatic climax.
- Evans became Britain's first world champion since Richard Burns in 2001, overcoming road-cleaning disadvantages and a penultimate-stage puncture to claim his elusive title.
- The season finale in Alghero marks the last competitive appearance of Rally1 machinery before new technical regulations take effect in 2027, closing a five-year era.
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The British rider Elfyn Evans (Toyota Yaris) was awarded this Sunday World Rally Champion for the first time, despite the fifth place in the Italian rally, the final test of the season. Evans finished at 448.1 minutes of the winner, the Swedish Oliver Solberg (Toyota Yaris), who beat Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris) for 57.6 seconds, with Finnishman Sami Pajari (Toyota Yaris) third, at 1.37,4 minutes. Solberg entered the final special at…
Drama in Sardinia: a mistake by a young Swede opened the door for Welshman Elfyn Evans to his first rally victory.
The one running for the same team as the Frenchman, Toyota, ended the suspense on Sunday during the last WRC round of the season in Sardinia.
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