An impact against the metal barrier at kilometer 14.7 of the Ingenio‑Valsequillo stage decided the Rally Islas Canarias. Oliver Solberg lost control of his GR Yaris Rally1 on a right-hand corner with a jump and left the way clear for Sébastien Ogier to secure his first victory of the 2025 season with a 19.9-second margin over Elfyn Evans. Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen finished third and Takamoto Katsuta fourth, a clean sweep for Toyota Gazoo Racing with which the team scored its 300th top‑three result in the WRC.

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Ogier admitted it was not the way he would have chosen to win, but he highlighted the value of the result and above all reliability: “Being fast matters, but being at the finish matters even more,” he said on arrival in Las Palmas. The phrase carries extra weight in a 2025 where endurance has been worth more than speed. Just look at the previous round in Croatia, where Thierry Neuville hit a concrete block on the final stage and handed the championship lead to Katsuta, another survival episode that now repeated with a very similar script.

Solberg had started the final leg 3.8 seconds behind the leader and was fastest on the first stage of the day, on damp asphalt with fog, cutting six tenths. On Santa Lucía‑Agüimes he was again fastest and the gap stood at just 2.2 seconds with two stages to go. The duel was so close that on Saturday they had already shared the fastest time on SS13, something deputy team principal Juha Kankkunen described as a sign that the stage could not be driven any faster.

With the surface already dry on the second pass through Ingenio‑Valsequillo, Solberg attacked a right-hand corner with a jump with too much optimism, according to his own analysis. The car hit the barrier and the damage prevented him from continuing. Both he and his co-driver Elliott Edmondson walked away unhurt, but the fight vanished before reaching the Power Stage.

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Evans finished second and collected bonus points by being fastest on the Power Stage and in the Super Sunday classification. That haul returned him to the lead of the drivers' championship with 101 points, two ahead of Katsuta. Pajari, with his fourth consecutive top‑3 finish, remains third, 72 points behind, cementing a consistency rare in such an unpredictable start.

Katsuta arrived on the island as leader after finding victories from others' misfortunes in Kenya and Croatia, but in the Canaries he never had the pace to fight at the front. He finished fourth, more than a minute behind Ogier, a result that differs from his previous streak though it still keeps him in direct title contention. His consistency remains his main asset in a year where the favourites' retirements have been the norm.

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Adrien Fourmaux was the best Hyundai in fifth place, penalized with ten seconds for jumping the start of the final stage. Thierry Neuville ended sixth in another complicated weekend and Dani Sordo was seventh on his return. In WRC2, Yohan Rossel claimed his second consecutive victory in the Lancia Ypsilon HF Rally2, this time with a 38.8-second margin over Alejandro Cachón, who celebrated second place in front of his home fans. Eric Camilli finished third due to the transmission problems suffered by Léo Rossel.

Toyota Gazoo Racing leads the constructors' standings with 265 points, 98 ahead of Hyundai with nine rounds remaining. The next stop will be the Rally de Portugal, from May 7th to 10th, where the gravel surface will test the consistency that has defined this start of the season.

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WRC Overall - Rally Islas Canarias 2026

POS	#	PILOTO/COPILOTO	EQUIPO	MARCA	MODELO	TIEMPO
1	1	Sébastien OGIER Vincent LANDAIS	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	2:43:18.9
2	33	Elfyn EVANS Scott MARTIN	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 19.9
3	5	Sami PAJARI Marko SALMINEN	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt2	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 1:40.8
4	18	Takamoto KATSUTA Aaron JOHNSTON	Toyota Gazoo Racing Wrt	Toyota	Gr Yaris Rally1	+ 1:51.2
5	16	Adrien FOURMAUX Alexandre CORIA	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	Hyundai	I20 N Rally1	+ 3:29.5
6	11	Thierry NEUVILLE Martijn WYDAEGHE	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	Hyundai	I20 N Rally1	+ 3:41.0
7	6	Daniel SORDO Cándido CARRERA	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	Hyundai	I20 N Rally1	+ 3:57.7
8	55	Joshua MCERLEAN Eoin TREACY	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Puma Rally1	+ 5:45.4
9	95	Jon ARMSTRONG Shane BYRNE	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Puma Rally1	+ 7:52.2
10	29	Yohan ROSSEL Arnaud DUNAND	Lancia Corse Hf	Lancia	Ypsilon Hf	+ 7:24.3
11	31	Alejandro CACHÓN Borja ROZADA	Toyota España	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 7:49.4
12	25	Eric CAMILLI Thibault DE LA HAYE	Eric Camilli	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 8:15.5
13	22	Roberto DAPRÀ Luca GUGLIELMETTI	Roberto Daprà	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 8:24.9
14	20	Léo ROSSEL Guillaume MERCOIRET	2c Junior Team	Citroen	C3	+ 8:26.6
15	27	Nikolay GRYAZIN Konstantin ALEKSANDROV	Lancia Corse Hf	Lancia	Ypsilon Hf	+ 8:33.8
16	32	Jan SOLANS Rodrigo SANJUAN	Ph.ph	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 9:17.3
17	34	Emil LINDHOLM Gabriel MORALES	Toksport Wrt	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 9:29.9
18	36	Enrique CRUZ Yeray MUJICA	C.d. Seventen	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 10:05.9
19	39	Mille JOHANSSON Johan GRÖNVALL	Mille Johansson	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 10:08.7
20	42	Pablo SARRAZIN Yannick ROCHE	Pablo Sarrazin	Citroen	C3	+ 10:23.0
21	26	Diego DOMÍNGUEZ Rogelio PEÑATE	Diego Domínguez	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 10:34.9
22	23	Arthur PELAMOURGUES Bastien POUGET	Arthur Pelamourgues	Hyundai	I20 N	+ 11:09.7
23	38	Romet JÜRGENSON Siim OJA	M-sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Fiesta Mk Ii	+ 11:36.5
24	21	Robert VIRVES Jakko VIILO	Toksport Wrt	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 11:47.6
25	28	Giovanni TRENTIN Pietro Elia OMETTO	Mt Racing Srl	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 11:48.7
26	40	Yuki YAMAMOTO James FULTON	Printsport	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 12:05.6
27	37	Armide MARTÍN Eduardo GONZÁLEZ	Auto-laca Competición	Skoda	Fabia	+ 13:15.6
28	24	Fabrizio ZALDIVAR Marcelo DER OHANNESIAN	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 14:06.0
29	49	Carlos MORENO Diego FUENTES	Automóvil Club Murcia	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 19:12.5
30	50	Miguel GRANADOS Marc MARTÍ	Miguel Granados	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 19:37.7
31	47	Johannes KEFERBÖCK Ilka MINOR	Johannes Keferböck	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 20:51.1
32	52	Filippo MARCHINO Alexander KIHURANI	Filippo Marchino	Citroen	C3	+ 24:26.5
33	35	Alexey LUKYANUK Yury KULIKOV	C.d. Todo Sport	Skoda	Fabia Rs	+ 29:46.0
34	61	Daniel GUEX Christopher GUIEU	Daniel Guex	Hyundai	I20 N	+ 31:44.1
35	46	Zósimo HERNÁNDEZ Maite GUTIÉRREZ	Escuderia Hierro Sur	Citroen	C3	+ 37:42.6
36	30	Andrea LAFARJA Germán MAUNE	Andrea Lafarja	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 45:27.0
37	48	Adrien MOSCA Julie AMBLARD	Printsport	Toyota	Gr Yaris	+ 54:46.1
38	57	Gil MEMBRADO Adrián PÉREZ	Gil Membrado	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 20:09.3
39	53	Tymek ABRAMOWSKI Jakub WRÓBEL	Tymek Abramowski	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 20:23.0
40	56	Ghjuvanni ROSSI Kylian SARMEZAN	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 22:27.1
41	58	Nicolas OTTO Hugo MAGALHÃES	Nicolas Otto	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 25:19.8
42	59	Santiago PÉREZ Benito SACRAMENTO	Escudería Daute Realejos	Renault	Clio Rally3	+ 33:03.1
43	54	Raúl HERNÁNDEZ José MURADO	Raúl Hernández	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 51:37.4
44	60	Dean MASCARENHAS Gagan KARUMBAIAH	Dean Mascarenhas	Ford	Fiesta Rally3	+ 58:31.7
45	62	Alejandro MARTÍN Armando RIVERO	C.d. Cartenara Motor	Renault	Clio	+ 30:35.9
46	65	Álvaro SANTANA Raúl SÁNCHEZ	Escudería Maspalomas	Peugeot	208 Rally4	+ 30:52.4
47	66	Nicolas CASTELLANO Gerardo CABALLERO	C.d. Propulsión Sport Club	Renault	Clio	+ 54:34.5
48	64	Javier AZCONA Marina AZCONA	C.d. Todo Sport	Peugeot	208 Rally4	+ 74:48.0
49	68	Manuel NARANJO Miguel GONZÁLEZ	Canarias Sport Club	Peugeot	208 Rally4	+ 130:18.1
50	69	Pedro PEÑATE Fátima TOLEDO	Th Trucks Team	Renault	Clio Rs Line	+ 45:44.4
51	70	Rafael OLIVERO Iván TRUJILLO	Escudería Villa De Adeje	Renault	Clio Rs Line	+ 65:26.8