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Ogier leads in Finland, with Evans, Pajari, and Solberg trailing on Day 2
Lappi retired, and Neuville lost nearly three minutes
Cosmobilis Acquires the Commercial Rights to the WRC
Red Bull and KW25 are ending their tenure as promoters
The Rally of Finland Kicks Off with Fourmaux in the Lead
Hyundai places Fourmaux and Neuville in the top two spots
Julien Ingrassia Returns to the WRC with Ogier for the Rally of Finland
Vincent Landais, Ogier's co-driver since 2022, will not be able to compete in Finland for personal reasons
Sami Pajari wins his first WRC event in Estonia and moves up to third place in the 2026 championship
Oliver Solberg finished second and Adrien Fourmaux third in a race that Pajari led from start to finish
Sami Pajari extends his lead in Estonia and is one step away from his first WRC victory
The Finn won six of the day's nine stages and extended his lead to 25 seconds over Solberg
Sami Pajari Wins All Seven Stages on Friday and Leads the 2026 Estonia Rally
Fourmaux is in third place, and Evans starts ninth on his toughest day yet as WRC leader
Ogier Wins the 2026 Acropolis Rally After Neuville Suffers Two Flat Tires on the Penultimate Special Stage
Evans remains in the lead with 158 points, Katsuta is second, seven points behind, and Ogier moves up to third place with 125 points
Neuville holds off Ogier by 4.1 seconds at the Acropolis, and Saturday ends with a special stage canceled
Evans had a flat tire on the final special stage, lost nearly two minutes, and dropped to seventh place, out of contention
Neuville leads the 2026 Acropolis Rally Greece at the end of Friday, with Ogier in second place
Fourmaux paid dearly for a puncture in Stiri, and McErlean finished fourth with M-Sport
Hyundai, Lancia, and Škoda Rule Out the WRC Rally2 Kit for 2027
The Rally2 WRC kit loses three of its four potential manufacturers
The FIA approves a 7,500-euro kit to allow Rally2 cars to compete in the top category in 2027
The kit includes homologated side skirts, a rear bumper, and a rear wing, and may only be used during the 2027 and 2028 seasons
Evans wins the Rally Japan and leads Katsuta by 20 points in the WRC
Pajari and Katsuta rounded out the top four for Toyota
Evans leads Toyota's 1-2-3-4 finish in Japan following Solberg's retirement
Solberg lost his way on the first special stage of the afternoon just as he was closing the gap, leaving the way clear for his teammates
Neuville wins in Portugal after Ogier suffered a flat tire on the decisive stage
Hyundai claims its first victory of the year in the sixth round, putting Neuville in contention for the WRC title
Ogier ends Saturday in Portugal with a 21.9 second lead over Neuville
Solberg loses the lead due to a flat tire and drops to fourth place
Ogier takes the lead in the Rally of Portugal on Friday
Neuville trails by 3.7 seconds with the longest stages still to come
Solberg takes the lead in Portugal with a narrow advantage over Fourmaux
Toyota has all four of its drivers in the top five after 37 kilometers of gravel stages
Ogier Wins in the Canary Islands and Evans Regains the WRC Lead
Toyota took the top four spots and racked up 300 podium finishes
RMC Motorsport joins as a manufacturer for the 2027 WRC
The model will not be based on a production car and will be powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine
Katsuta wins in Croatia and becomes the first Japanese driver to lead the WRC
Neuville crashed during the Power Stage while holding a lead of more than a minute
Drivers Standings 2026
| POS | PILOTO | PTS | ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elfyn Evans | 230 | |
| 2 | Sami Pajari | 213 | |
| 3 | Oliver Solberg | 209 | |
| 4 | Sébastien Ogier | 171 | arrow_up2 |
| 5 | Adrien Fourmaux | 167 | |
| 6 | Takamoto Katsuta | 163 | arrow_down2 |
| 7 | Thierry Neuville | 129 | |
| 8 | Hayden Paddon | 38 |
Manufacturers Standings 2026
| POS | CONSTRUCTOR | PTS | ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT | 614 | |
| 2 | HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM | 410 | |
| 3 | TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT2 | 227 | |
| 4 | M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM | 152 |
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