WRC Chile: Solberg seals victory as Toyota wraps up manufacturers’ crown
Solberg led 15 of 16 gravel stages as Toyota matched Lancia with a record-equalling 10th manufacturers' championship.
- Oliver Solberg claimed his second World Rally Championship victory of 2026 by winning a wild Rally Chile, as Toyota clinched a record-equalling 10th manufacturers' title.
- Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson delivered a mature display, leading through 15 of the 16 rough gravel stages as muddy conditions allowed the leaders to pull away from struggling rivals.
- On Sunday, Elfyn Evans set the pace on the 26.82km Carampangue stage, but Solberg overcame a late puncture on the 8.78km BioBio stage to secure victory by 16.6s.
- A penultimate stage puncture cost Evans the lead, allowing Sebastien Ogier to claim a record-equalling 120th podium while Fourmaux finished third and Pajari took fourth.
- With two rounds remaining, Solberg's victory narrows the gap to championship leader Evans to 21 points, keeping the title race wide open heading into the season finale.
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Solberg, 24 years old, is third in the provisional overall standings with 209 points, behind the leader, British Elfyn Evans (230), who finished fifth but approached his first world consecration. By securing the title, awaiting the stages in Italy and Saudi Arabia, Toyota became the WRC’s most laureate brand with ten crowns, the same as Lancia. The Japanese manufacturer got his sixth consecutive star in a race in which the faults and abandonment…
The young Swede won in South America ahead of Sébastien Ogier and Adrien Fourmaux.
Solberg wins Rally Chile as late drama for Evans tightens WRC title race
Oliver Solberg completed a near-perfect Rally Chile victory on Sunday to move squarely back into the FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title conversation after his Toyota teammate, Elfyn Evans, suffered a final-leg puncture that dashed his hopes of increasing his points lead.
Santiago de Chile, 13 Sep (EFE).- The Swedish driver Oliver Solberg, from Toyota, this Sunday won the Chile Biobío Rally played since last Thursday in the south of the country and narrowed the fight for the World Championship (WRC) in the absence of two dates. Solberg, who ended Saturday’s day in the first [...] The entry The Swedish driver Oliver Solberg wins the Chile Biobío Rally was first published in HolaNews.
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Elfyn Evans continues to lead the pilots
The Swedish driver, of the Toyota GR Yaris team, won the competition that took place in the country. With this, the fight for the crown of the World Cup is narrowed in the absence of two dates.
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