WRC, ERC and national rallying 2026Rally 

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The entire system is a joke, and has been for years already. No matter how well someone does early in the season, having to sweep the road on Friday in the endless streak of gravel races at the end ensures that all the advantage is gone and someone who has spent most of the early season in a ditch or a tree has a chance too. With everyone given an equal chance by, say, having a qualifying instead of punishing the ones that have done well - which is simply wrong from a sporting point of view - Evans would have had this in the bag for a couple of races already.
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I was surprised to see that it was so close.

Dipping in and out this season made me think Evans easily had it in the bag.

The puncture lottery in some rallies was also farcical.
 
So happy, that's complete vindication for Elfyn. That moment and Solberg's tendency to go over the limit and drop the ball is the reason why, this season, Evans is the correct champion. But Oliver will have his day in the future and probably many times over.
 
Fortunately justice got served. Nothing against Solberg as a person, a nice guy and a quick one too, but he shouldn't have been anywhere close to being a champion if the rules actually rewarded good driving. He retired outright once and continued with the Super Rally rule four times this year, taking (with quick and possibly incorrect calculations) a whopping 31 points from Super Sundays and Power Stages in rallies where he by all logic should have been DNF. Meanwhile Evans kept the car a lot better on the road and as a result had much more to lose on Sundays so naturally took things on the safer side.

TL-DR; The rules suck, for both the starting order and the ability to keep taking points when already out of the race once.
 
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First British World Rally Champion since Richard Burns took the 2001 title in similarly dramatic fashion.
 
Very happy to say Wales finally, finally has a World Champion in motorsports. I've grown up never really thinking it could happen, delighted for Elfyn.
 
One thing I saw when watching Elfyn was when Solberg crashed, he didn't start celebrating until he could see from the on boards that they were both alright. That commends him to me.
 
Question.

Is this a more dramatic and heartbreaking end to the WRC Championship than the infamous Sainz/Moya breakdown in 1998? It's definitely happened closer to the finish line than that one.

For Solberg it's almost like Massa's 2008 heartbreak. To lose the title so late in an "it's not over until it's over" moment is brutal, while still then having the mental fortitude to collect to trophy for winning the race/rally.

An event that will go down in history and championship deciding moment that will be mentioned for decades to come.

A fitting send off for Sardinia
A brilliant end to the amazing Rally1 era
Goodbye to the insane Yaris WRC, an absolute WRC legendary car.

Bring on 2027!
 
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