WRC Chile: Solberg seals victory as Toyota wraps up manufacturers’ crown
Solberg led 15 of 16 gravel stages as Toyota matched Lancia with a record-equalling 10th manufacturers' championship.
- Oliver Solberg claimed his second World Rally Championship victory of 2026 by winning a wild Rally Chile, as Toyota clinched a record-equalling 10th manufacturers' title.
- Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson led through 15 of the 16 rough gravel stages, benefiting from muddy conditions that allowed the leaders to pull away as rivals struggled.
- On Sunday, Elfyn Evans won the 26.82km Carampangue stage, but Solberg overcame a late puncture on the 8.78km BioBio stage to secure victory by 16.6s.
- A penultimate stage puncture cost Evans the lead; Sebastien Ogier claimed a record-equalling 120th podium, while Fourmaux finished third and Pajari took fourth.
- Solberg's victory narrows the gap to championship leader Evans to 21 points with two rounds remaining, transforming the title race into a genuine three-way fight.
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Solberg wins Rally Chile as late drama for Evans tightens WRC title race
Oliver Solberg completed a near-perfect Rally Chile victory on Sunday to move squarely back into the FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title conversation after his Toyota teammate, Elfyn Evans, suffered a final-leg puncture that dashed his hopes of increasing his points lead.
Santiago de Chile, 13 Sep (EFE).- The Swedish driver Oliver Solberg, from Toyota, this Sunday won the Chile Biobío Rally played since last Thursday in the south of the country and narrowed the fight for the World Championship (WRC) in the absence of two dates. Solberg, who ended Saturday’s day in the first [...] The entry The Swedish driver Oliver Solberg wins the Chile Biobío Rally was first published in HolaNews.
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Elfyn Evans continues to lead the pilots
The Swedish driver, of the Toyota GR Yaris team, won the competition that took place in the country. With this, the fight for the crown of the World Cup is narrowed in the absence of two dates.
Eight months after his success in the Monte-Carlo rally, Swede Oliver Solberg returned to victory by winning Chile this Sunday. Upper Alpine Sébastien Ogier took second place, just ahead of his compatriot Adrien Formaux. Elfyn Evans took only fifth place.
The 12th round of the World Rally Championship season in Chile was won by Oliver Solberg (Toyota), who beat Sebastien Ogier (Toyota; +16.6) and Adrien Fourmaux (Hyundai; +33.3).
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