US EditionRallying-Ogier Prevails After Solberg Crash to Win Canary Islands Rally
Ogier earned his 68th career World Rally Championship win after Solberg crashed out, while Elfyn Evans finished second and Sami Pajari took third.
- On Sunday, Sebastien Ogier claimed his first 2026 World Rally Championship victory at Spain's Rally Islas Canarias, securing a hard-fought win with Toyota co-driver Vincent Landais on the island's demanding asphalt roads.
- Reigning nine-times world champion Ogier maintained a slim lead over teammate Oliver Solberg throughout the weekend, with the pair sharing identical times in stage 13, demonstrating near-identical pace on the challenging course.
- After reducing the gap to 2.2 seconds on Sunday morning, Swede Solberg went off the road after 14km of the third stage, hitting a barrier that damaged his car's left front wheel and forced his retirement.
- Welshman Elfyn Evans finished second, with Finland's Sami Pajari completing the podium ahead of Japan's Takamoto Katsuta, who ended the event one minute 03.1 seconds behind Ogier in fourth place.
- Evans now leads the WRC standings with 101 points, moving ahead of Katsuta, as the championship shifts to gravel for Rally Portugal scheduled for May 7-10.
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The Frenchman won his first WRC win this season.
The fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship season in the Canary Islands was won by reigning world champion Sebastien Ogier (Toyota).
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For what could be his last season, as he recently suggested, the Gapençais Sébastien Ogier won the Canaries Rally on Sunday at the downside of Swede Oliver Solberg, a win that kept him in the race for a 10th title.
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