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Solberg has no regrets after WRC title near-miss: “It hurts a lot”
Solberg’s late error gave Evans the championship after a final-stage duel that left the Welshman as Britain’s first WRC champion since 2001.
- On Sunday, Elfyn Evans clinched his first World Rally Championship title at Rally Italia Sardegna, becoming Britain's first world champion since 2001.
- Teammate Oliver Solberg lost control two corners from the final stage finish, careering down a bank and losing the bonus points needed to hand Evans the championship.
- After finishing as runner-up five times in the last six years, Evans joins Englishman Richard Burns and Scottish driver Colin McRae as the only three British winners in WRC history.
- Nine-Time world champion Sebastien Ogier called Evans the "deserved champion," while Toyota sporting director Kaj Lindstrom said the team was "really happy" for him after the dramatic finale.
- This victory marks the end of an era, with new technical regulations taking effect next year; final standings left Evans on 243 points, ahead of Solberg on 238 and Sami Pajari on 237.
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Last-gasp Solberg error gives Evans WRC title in dramatic Rally Sardinia finale
With just two corners of the final, bonus points-paying Wolf Power Stage on Rally Italy Sardinia to go, Oliver Solberg had done enough to snatch a first FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title from Toyota teammate and long-time points leader Elfyn Evans. But when the Swede’s GR Yaris 1 bucked...
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