In all that title drama. Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka have taken the WRC2 win by 0.7sec from champions Robert Virves and Jakko Viilo. 

You have to feel for Solberg he was two corners away from winning the world title. Solberg still claims the rally win though which is small consolation. 

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin are 2026 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONS.

Evans become the first Welsh world champion and the first British world champion since Richard Burns in 2001.

“It has not sunk in just yet. I was quite sure it was over. I threw everything at it. I feel for Oliver. I have a lot of people to thank,” said Evans.

“I can't believe it. It is never over until its over,” said co-driver Scott Martin. 

Solberg finishes the stage 14.7sec adrift and crucially behind Evans.

HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS?

You cannot write it.  

Solberg has crashed two corners from the finish line! NO WAY!

Elfyn Evans is the 2026 WORLD RALLY CHAMPION

Solberg is 1.2sec down on the next split but still ahead of Evans. 

INCREDIBLE. Solberg is 0.3sec faster than Neuville at the first split. 

The outgoing world champion appears to have backed off in here as he comes through 14.3sec slower. It's a likely P2 overall here.

“It was a nice era. I'm not so emotional it was amazing car but not the peak of what we reached in my era.”  

Pajari is 3.3sec slower then Neuville but 2.3sec quicker than Evans. An incredible season for Pajari to fight for the title in his second full Rally1 season. It is a likely P3 here. 

“I gave absolutely everything on that last stage. I tried to maximise this rally and the chapter with these cars. I have been super lucky to be in a position to drive these cars. We have had quite a nice season no matter how it ends up. Nine podiums and three wins and stage wins every rally after Monte Carlo. We have come a long way. We are not giving up. Let's see what the future brings us.”  

The Hyundai driver completes 7.7sec slower than Neuville. Fourmaux has been Hyundai's best performer this year and has been super unlucky not to claim a maiden WRC win this year. It will come surely in the future. 

“It has been a good four seasons in Rally1. I have been learning a lot. I did not get what I wanted, my first win. I will always remember Saudi last year. With no win and to be close to everyone shows how well we have gone. Thanks for the team for the last two years. We will see for the future,” said an emotional Fourmaux.

Evans completes and is 5.6sec slower than Neuville. 

Will this be enough to beat Solberg to win the title? 

“I'm pretty sure it won't be enough. I'm pretty sure we overdrove. I'm not giving up but I'm being honest. It seems like we are back in the same situation.” 

Evans continues to push but is 4.1sec down on Neuville. 

Evans has a moment but hangs onto it and is 0.3sec slower than Neuville. This is full send!

A standout season that has included two incredible wins comes to an end for the Japanese driver. Katsuta completes the final stage 7.5sec slower than Neuville. This run from Thierry Neuville has been epic.  

“We had some nice moments this year. I must say a huge thanks to the whole team. This weekend was not my weekend. Both Elfyn and Oliver deserve the title.”

Armstrong is through and that is his rookie season at the WRC's top level complete. He has shown some great speed at times this year. It looks like a personal best P7 finish in the season finale.

“It has been good to have a clean weekend and the strongest result we have had so far. It has not been and easy year. This was a rally to show we can build a weekend. Big thanks to M-Sport, Jon Coyne and Motorsport Ireland and co-driver Shane.” 

Neuville completes the stage with a time 14.4sec quicker than Sesks.

It is a rally of what could have been for the 2024 world champion who led at the end of Friday before crashing out on Saturday. 

“I don't know what to say. Super disappointed for the weekend. It is over. It has been very tough. I need a little break. Thank you to the team they did amazing. I think we should be there next year but I don't know how and when. I'm sure we will find some opportunities with Hyundai.”

8.7sec quicker at the next split for Neuville!

Neuville is 4.7sec up at the first split! 

Sesks comes through 4.3sec quicker than McErlean. The M-Sport-Ford part-time driver could have scored points had he not suffered a steering issue yesterday. 

“It has been an incredible two and half years. I never thought I would be driving a Rally1 car. It has been great. It has been very tough most of the time I hope we can work towards something.” 

The M-Sport driver ran as high as P6 before a mistake on Saturday ultimately led to a retirement on a road section. But the Irishman completes a solid season with a trouble free run in the Wolf Power Stage.

McErlean is first into the stage. 

The Wolf Power Stage is LIVE.

This stage proved to be much better for the early runners will that be the case again?

This is what is at stake. 

Evans will take a ONE point lead into the final stage.

It means Evans has to beat Solberg to win the title and Solberg has to beat Evans to win the title.

If the pair finish the rally tied on points Solberg will win the title on count back if he wins this rally.

Ok then. Are we READY!

It is almost time to decide who will become 2026 FIA World Rally Champion!

The all important Wolf Power Stage will begin at 14:15 local time! 

DO NOT MISS THIS!

Evans puncture sets up Wolf Power Stage title deciderSami Pajair wins a dramatic SS16 but the big story is that Elfyn Evans had to stop at 4km and change a front right tyre. Evans managed to hold onot P5 overall in classificaction but lost two provisional Super Sunday points.

Oliver Solberg survived the stage and held onto to his Super Sunday lead.

It means that we are set for a Wolf Power Stage TITLE DECIDER.

Evans will take a ONE point lead into the final stage.

It means Evans has to beat Solberg to win the title and Solberg has to beat Evans to win the title.

If the pair finish the rally tied on points Solberg will win the title on count back if he wins this rally. 

YOU COULD NOT MAKE THIS UP!   

INCREDIBLE. That could be the drive the goes a long way to sealing the title. Solberg is third fastest, 0.4sec slower than Pajari. He continues to lead Super Sunday.

Solberg is only ONE point behind Evans in the championship after Evans's puncture cost the Welshman provisional two Super Sunday points.   
“Wow so easy,” he says sarcastically when he is told that if he beats Evans in the Power Stage that he will be world champion. 

“We do our very best, till the end. Earlier I had a disadvantage starting in the back, hopefully not an issue this time. Wishing it was a normal stage. We're gonna go all-in.”

The nine-time world champion is through 0.2sec slower than Pajari. 

Amazing time from Pajari who goes fastest by 5.9sec!

“We still try to push. The bumper was already gone on the previous stage. We tried to have a good stage.” 

The Hyundai driver completes and is 2.5sec faster than Katsuta. 

Evans makes to the stage end after stopping too change a front right tyre. Absolute heartbreak for the Welshman but it is not over yet. 

“We could see it coming along a fst corner with a lot of stones. I eased the speed right off and I went as clean. 

When he is told that if he beats Solberg in the Power Steae he is workld champion.

“We will try,” he says with a wry smile.

Solberg is really backing off in here. He would surely know Evans had to stop to change a tyre.   

The M-Sport-Ford driver is through, 2.7sec slower than Neuville's leading time. 

Evans, with only one spare, will be able to take on more tyres at the tyres fitting zone after this stage. 

The M-Sport-Ford driver completes and is 11.1sec slower than Neuville. 

Neuville is through unscathed.  

In all that drama Sesks has completed the stage. 

“Now it was a nightmare. If you have to fight for the world championship this stage - good luck!”

Evans is back underway after stopping to change a front right tyre. He can still hold onto P5 in the overall classification. It is not over yet.  

No way. Evans has stopped to change a front right puncture. The title is swinging towards Oliver Solberg.

This is huge stage for Evans in the context of the title race. 

Here we go then. The first title contender is into the stage. Evans is into the stage.  

This is the view from Hyundai's Thierry Neuville.  

This stage is likely to be super rough and rocky. There is a high puncture risk in here. 

Here we go then! SS16 is LIVE.

Can you handle the stress?

Crews are now entering a tyre exchange where crews can take on four fresh new tyres. Here is what they have chosen.  

SS16 (Osilo - Tergu 2) is set to start at 1143 local time. 

In WRC2, Roope Korhonen leads the class by 17.6sec from Gus Greensmith, with newly crowned champion Robert Virves in third.  

Neuville wins SS15 as Solberg maintains Super Sunday lead
Hyundai's Thierry Neuville wins SS15 by 0.9sec from Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta with championship leader Elfyn Evans, third fastest.

The sandy stage quickly deteriorated which meant the later runners struggled for speed.

Solberg continues to lead Super Sunday, with a margin of 7.9sec over Adrien Fourmaux. Evans is 12.0sec behind in P4.

As it stands there is no change in the championship standings. Evans leads by THREE points over Solberg. There are two stages remaining! Could this get any more tense?     
Overall Standings after SS15/SS17

Solberg is super committed and comes through 3.9sec slower than Neuville, who takes the stage win. Solberg crucially continues to lead Super Sunday by 7.9sec with Evans in P4. 

“Tricky stage. First time ever for me doing this, not easy, but good fun. Seems like it's getting slower and slower, more rutted. We have to do our best today and for Power Stage I hope it's not too rutted the further back we go. I'm not the one stressed, Elfyn is. I just need to enjoy.”

Ogier is 9.5sec slower than Neuville!

“It's not a surprise, never really liked this stage and it's not gonna change today. I just want to be safe because i'm not in any fights, the rest is just the consequence of that.”

Pajari is 5.2sec slower than Neuville's pace and he drops a Super Sunday spot to Fourmuax. Pajari is massively surprised by his time. 

“Really? Okay. That's quite interesting. I had quite a nice run, actually enjoyed it. We just need to keep going and do what we can.”

Fourmaux is slower than Evans by 0.7sec! The stage does appear to be deteriorating.

“It's a very sandy stage. Always nice to see the downhill and sea in the background, but no time to enjoy that, enjoy the driving instead. A clean stage from me. Enjoying the last kilometres in this car.”

The championship leader is through but he's dropped 1.9sec to Neuville! Are the stage conditions getting worse here?

“It is difficult to say. It is very messy in there that is for sure. It is hard to say what the performance level of the stage is. I'm trying l'm not sure it is enough.”

Katsuta is 0.9sec slower than Neuville. 

“It is a short stage but still tricky enough. It was not too bad. The second pass will be probably a different conditions and hopefully not bad.”

Armstrong goes second fastest so far, 15.0sec slower than Neuville. 

“Obviously we knew that Thierry was gonna go fast because he's won a few rallies in this stage. Obviously very sandy and where we can improve is to be more efficient in the slow corners. It'll be very rutted in the second pass. Nice to finish on the beach.”

The M-Sport-Ford driver seems to be back up to speed after issues in the previous stage.

“Obviously the team did a big job yesterday to repair the car. We got some alarms on the dash in the first stage and some smoke came into the cockpit. We decided to stop but it seems to be fixed now, so everything ok.” 

Neuville is 15.1sec faster than Sesks which highlights the cleaning effect. 

“Today was about getting to the finish and having some fun in that stage. I have never been that much all over the place. I was enjoying it. Let's see what we can do on the Power Stage and bring a bad season to an end.” 

The M-Sport-Ford driver is first to complete. 

“Maybe this one wasn't too bad. It is sandy and slippery but it was quite clean. It will be quite rutted I guess. for the second pass. I have only done this stage in a Rally4 car before I remember the second pass it was tough to get up the hill.”  

Again a huge cleaning effect in here.  

SS15 is LIVE.

This stage may be only 7.1km but it can pack a punch and can cause drama.  

The test begins on tarmac before quickly turning onto a very narrow, sandy and rough gravel road. The rhythm alternates between technical and fast, with a steep downhill after the hairpin at 5.46km. The finish is faster, with a series of crests beside the Sardinian coast.

Are we ready for more action?

Well strap yourself in because SS15 (Sassari - Argentiera 1) is coming up. 

SS15 Sassari - Argentiera 1 will start at 1005 local time. Hope you can catch your breath before we get going again. 

Solberg sets blistering pace to win SS14 and top Super Sunday
Title contender Oliver Solberg made the best possible start to Super Sunday by winning SS14 by 7.8sec from Sami Pajari.

A slight mistake at a hairpin for Elfyn Evans cost him some time but he was able to post the fourth fastest time, 4.8sec slower than Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux.

Solberg leads the rally by 52.4sec over Ogier, with Pajari third, Fourmaux in fourth and Evans in fifth.

As it stands, Evans has two Super Sunday points to Solberg's five and leads the championship by THREE points now. 

Overall Standings after SS14/SS17    

Greensmith reports s drop link issue which he reckons cannot be fixed. 

“Started okay, but I think then we snapped a drop link in the rear. Distracted with that and had an overshoot.”

McErlean has completed the stage now after two stoppages. 

”Something sees to be wrong. There is a lot of smoke in the cabin.”

The WRC2 leader is safely through.

“A lot of loose rocks and really difficult. Keeping the focus where you have to, avoiding all these rocks. Easy run and luckily we're here.”

It appears there is a small bit of damage to the right rear wheel on Solberg's car. He is carrying two spares though.

INCREDIBLE! Solberg is 7.8sec faster than Pajari. That is remarkable given what is at stake today.  

“It was nothing special. Better towards the end. Tried to be clean. So many rocks, puncture risk is so high. Avoided many rocks so performance wasn't so great. It was clean. Ogier needs to speed up a bit to catch Efyn.”

This looks to be a stunning time from Solberg.

Ogier is through and is 11.0sec slower than Pajari did he have a problem?

“There is a lot of loose rocks on the line so I didn't want to take any risk.” 

There are reports coming in that Pajari has a slow puncture on the right rear. 

Solberg is now up on the splits!

Great time from Pajari! The Toyota driver is 1.4sec faster than Fourmaux. 

“I don't know. We need to do everything we can today. It is all in now.”

The Hyundai driver completes and is 4.8sec quicker than Evans! 

“If you don't know what sweeping means - cleaning effect - I think if you come to this stage you understand. So much loose on the top, but at the same time so much fun. All the wide parts are very nice and then the lower sections are low grip with many rocks. I had a beautiful jump over one corner on tarmac. Brilliant!”

McErlean is back on the move now. He waited for the championship contenders to pass before getting going again. 

It's fastest so far by 6.5sec but there are quicker times coming from behind. 

“It was ok. It is extremely loose and so sandy. I don't know if it was right tyre choice or not. I just missed my line ever at a hairpin ever so slightly.”  

Katsuta completes 31.4sec faster than Armstrong.  

“It is very loose and rocks everywhere. I really hope nothing bad happens to my team-mates.”

Sami Pajari is setting the pace here at the moment. 

Fourmaux is now up on Evans on the splits. 

The rally leaders Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson are into the stage. 

The M-Sport-Ford driver is 0.5sec faster than Neuville.

“There is so much cleaning. The layer of gravel on top of the road is so thick. Not a spectacular run but I just tried to be steady.”  

Evans just gets bogged down in a tight right hander, some fractions of seconds lost. 

Evans is just ahead of Fourmaux as it stands on this stage. 

The Hyundai driver gives his views on the title race after beating Sesks by 0.4sec. 

“It has been a very stressful season for them. I hope it is not decided on any punctures and it is about pure speed and driving. 

“I couldn't see the line on the last section. It was all over the place.” 

The last section of this stage is very rough and tyre wear will be perhaps more than expected. 

We have a first time on the board. It looked super slippy but how was it?

“I think it is has been one of the stages with the most cleaning I have ever had. The first downhill section was pure loose stones. I took it very steady. You are braking in places where you normally wouldn't.” 

Championship leaders Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin are into the stage. 

McErlean stopping means there is one less car to clean the road for Evans. 

The M-Sport-Ford driver has stopped at 2.8km. Crew ok. There doesn't seem to be any damage but the team did change the engine on the car last night while completing repairs after a clash with a tree yesterday. 

The first 10km of this stage is probably the worst for cleaning of the entire rally. 

This is narrow and twisty on loose but generally smooth gravel. The stage crosses a tarmac road at 10.1km and keeps a similar profile to 14.4km, where a tight hairpin feeds into a narrower, rougher road. A small watersplash follows at 14.8km. The final section is undulating and mostly downhill, with the last 1.2km on new road.

SS14 Osilo - Tergu 1 (23.71km) is LIVE.

Sesks is opening the road. 

So here we go then!

Let SUPER SUNDAY begin!

Mārtinš Sesks, Thierry Neuville and Josh McErlean are back today after retiring from Saturday.  

Pajari's task is much more difficult sitting 12 points behind but the Finn has not given up.  

“I believe [i need to go flat out]. I think it's not only us. There are a few more people also included, and also some others who want to win this rally. So I think the level of risk taking tomorrow is quite high. Anything can happen.”

Solberg has a clear target in mind for today; to take a maximum 10 Super Sunday and Wolf Power Stage points. The Toyota driver has taken 10 points on Sunday four times already this year. Solberg took nine points on Sunday in the last three events. 

“I've said all weekend. I can only do the best I can and do everything I can.

“But the objective is clear, to take 10 points and after the Power Stage, we will see what happens.
“Elfyn has a load of pressure tomorrow too. He needs to really push and anything can happen to him too. He hasn't really pushed all weekend yet and you never know who gets what.”