WRC Sardinia: Neuville Snatches Lead From Fourmaux as Hyundai Remains on Top
- On Friday, Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Thierry Neuville snatched the Rally Italy Sardinia lead from teammate Adrien Fourmaux by 0.4s after a stunning effort on the final stage.
- Championship leader Elfyn Evans holds a 17-point advantage over Sami Pajari and 21 ahead of Oliver Solberg, though Evans ended Friday in sixth while opening the road.
- Oliver Solberg impressed to finish third, 12.3s behind the leader, while Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta and Hyundai's Dani Sordo struggled with punctures; Sordo retired after running wide on stage seven.
- Drivers prepare for Saturday's action, featuring six gravel stages covering 123.66 competitive kilometres; Pajari said, "It's still two more days to go, and I hope we are ready for the fight."
- As the final World Rally Championship round after Saudi Arabia was cancelled, this event offers 35 points to the winner, with all three title contenders seeking a maiden championship.
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Neuville snatches Sardinia lead as Solberg keeps WRC title bid alive
Thierry Neuville snatched the Rally Italy Sardinia lead from his Hyundai teammate Adrien Fourmaux on Friday’s final stage, while Toyota’s Oliver Solberg kept the pressure firmly on his rivals in the WRC’s three-way title fight after a charging drive to third overnight.
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) holds the overall lead after Friday's race at the final round of the World Rally Championship season in Sardinia.
WRC Sardinia: Neuville snatches lead from Fourmaux as Hyundai remains on top
Thierry Neuville snatched the Rally Italy Sardinia lead from Hyundai World Rally Championship team-mate Adrien Fourmaux by 0.4s after a stunning effort on the final stage of a tough Friday leg. The Hyundai pair set an impressive pace across the morning which continued into the afternoon trio of rough gravel stages where the risk of suffering a puncture was high. Fourmaux, searching for ...Keep reading
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The Star Kuala LumpurRallying-Championship leader Evans trails title rivals in Sardinia, Neuville fastest
Oct 2 : World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans trailed his rivals but kept on course for the title after the first full day of the decisive season-ending Italian round in Sardinia on Friday.Hyundai's Thierry Neuville grabbed the overnight lead on the day's closing seventh stage, the 2004 world champion
Friday's day on the Sardinian rally, the last of the season, ended with Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) in front of French team-mate Adrien Fourmaux and Oliver Solberg (Toyota). Sébastien Ogier took 4th provisional place.
After yesterday's opening day, the Rally of Sardinia, thirteenth and last appointment of the World WRC 2026, continued today with a rather rich day-2. In fact, six other specials went on stage, with the ranking that now sees in the lead paired the Hyundai of Thierry Neuville and that of Adrien Fourmaux. The [...]
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