Rallying-Evans Leads Three-Way Battle as New Champion Set to Be Crowned in Sardinia
Evans leads Pajari and Solberg by 17 points and can clinch a first world title if he scores 19 points this week.
- On Thursday, October 1, the World Rally Championship season finale began in Sardinia, featuring an all-Toyota title showdown between championship leader Elfyn Evans and challengers Sami Pajari and Oliver Solberg.
- With the Saudi Arabian round cancelled, championship leader Evans needs 19 points from the maximum 35 available to guarantee his maiden world title, while teammates Pajari and Solberg chase their first championships.
- As championship leader, Evans faces a disadvantage sweeping loose gravel on Friday as the first car on the road, while drivers requested increased time gaps to mitigate visibility risks from hanging dust.
- Rising to the challenge, Solberg seized the overall rally lead on Saturday, narrowing his championship deficit to four points behind Evans as the title fight intensified heading into Sunday's finale.
- Sunday's four-stage finale marks the last competitive appearance of the current Rally1 machinery before new regulations take effect in 2027, with the title decided on the Sassari-Argentiera Wolf Power Stage.
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One of the three aspirants to the throne, the Swedish Oliver Solberg (Toyota GR Yaris), leads the Rally Italia-Sardinia, the final round of the championship and in which the world title is decided, by marking the best time in the superspecial opening, in which the other three candidates and teammates, the British ... Continue reading "Solberg leads first day of the Rally Italia-Sardinia: Swedish plays WRC title with Evans and Pajari"
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