Relive the final day of the Sardinia Rally with live commentary

The hegemony of Toyota, winner of the first five rallies of the season WRC, will it continue in Sardinia? Nothing is less certain because over the last three years, the Italian event has smiled on the Hyundai. At the end of a second day full of twists and turns, which saw the French abandon Adrien fourmaux in Rally1, and the Rossel brothers in Rally2, it's always Sébastien Ogier the leader with a ten-second lead over Ott TänakGiven the scenario since the beginning of the weekend, Super Sunday promises to be a fiercely contested event. The third and final day in Sardinia can be followed in full on AUTOhebdo.fr!

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Sunday June 8 (77,78 km)
7h25 - ES13: San Giacomo – Plebi 1 - 25,19 km: 🇨🇵 Sébastien Ogier
8h35 - ES14: Porto San Paolo 1 - 13,70 km: 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanpera
10h50 - ES15: San Giacomo – Plebi 2 - 25,19 km: 🇧🇷 Ott Tänak
13h15 - ES16 (Powerstage): Porto San Paolo 2 - 13,70 km: 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanpera

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WRC – Rally of Sardinia
Relive the last day live with commentary

14:38 p.m. – 👋 Thank you all for following us this weekend and see you on June 26th for the Rally of the Acropolis in Greece! Have a nice rest of your day!

14:35 p.m. – 🔢​ In the championship, Elfyn Evans maintains the lead with 133 points, ahead of Sébastien Ogier (114 points) and Kalle Rovanperä (113 points). Toyota has further extended its lead in the constructors' standings with 312 points, compared to Hyundai's 243 points.

14:28 p.m. – 🔍 Here are the Super Sunday standings with five points for Kalle Rovanperä ahead of Ott Tänak and Sébastien Ogier: 

14:25 – 🔍 Discover the final general classification below: 

Back to back wins for Séb and Vincent 💪🏼#WRC | #RallyItaliaSardegna 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/9swpAJXaFc

— FIA World Rally Championship (@OfficialWRC) June 8, 2025

14h22 - 🇨🇵​ 🏁 🏆​ Sébastien Ogier has won the Rally Sardinia for the fifth time, an absolute record! He also achieved his 64th career victory! 

14:18 p.m. – 🔴 Here is the ranking of this Sunday's Power Stage: 

14h13 - 🏁 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanperä wins the Powerstage in Sardinia and the ten points from Super Sunday! A strong finish from the Finn, who beats Tänak by 1 seconds on the day!

14h10 - 🇨🇵 Seb Ogier finally finished seventh in this SS16, 18″3 behind Rovanperä! 

14h07 - ???? "The whole weekend was quite difficult for us. Another super demanding rally for the car, it was hard work," admits the Hyundai driver at the finish

14h05 - 🇧🇷 The Estonian finished 9 seconds behind Rovanperä!

Not all plain sailing for our rally leaders 👀#WRC | #RallyItaliaSardegna 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/VQ6KljRiHT

— FIA World Rally Championship (@OfficialWRC) June 8, 2025

14h04 - Tänak does not seem to be attacking too hard, so much the better for the Gapençais who must have had a real scare

14:03 p.m. – 🔴​ The Frenchman went straight into a curve! Luckily, he can quickly get going again!

14:01 p.m. – 🇨🇵 Sébastien Ogier, who will win this Rally of Sardinia, has left

14:00 p.m. – The Finn sets the best provisional time, no surprises! 11:24.1 for the Toyota driver!

13h58 - Rovanperä is well on his way to securing his second scratch of the day! The Estonian is currently behind at the intermediates

13h56 - 🇧🇷 Here we go for Ott Tänak!

13h54 - Evans finally finishes behind Neuville and Katsuta! He probably won't score any points in this Powerstage

13h51 - Rovanperä, also in the race, will undoubtedly give his all to score maximum points this Sunday.

13h49 - Elfyn Evans is gone, and he is ahead of the Belgian at the first intermediates

13h47 - ???? "I gave it my all. I can be happy with my stage, but there was just too much sweeping. I'm sorry for the team. This weekend gives us a lot of hope for the future." admits Neuville

13h45 - Katsuta and Pajari are in the race in turn

13h44 - ???? "It was difficult, the grip was weaker than in the morning in some places, better in others. I slipped a lot, the lines weren't good enough. I did my best.", declares Fourmaux on arrival

13h43 - 11:32.2 for the reigning world champion at the finish! He logically takes the lead in this SS16

13h41 - The Belgian is well ahead of his teammate

13:39 p.m. – Fourmaux achieves the best provisional time in 11:39.6 

13h37 - 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville has set off, the Belgian will undoubtedly attack hard to score points in this Powerstage

13h34 - The Frenchman is well ahead of the Luxembourger's time

13h32 - Munster takes the provisional best time in 11:51.4 

13h29 - 🇨🇵 Adrien Fourmaux, whose Italian weekend is one to forget, has left

13:26 p.m. – McErlean finishes in 11:54.8

13h20 - Note that unlike the previous round in Portugal, this time it is the Rally1s who start first in this Powerstage, ahead of the Rally2s

13h18 - No change for the latter, it is the M-Sprot which open the road

13h16 - ​ Let's go for SS16! 

13h10 - The last special will start in a few minutes

12h05 - ⚠️ We give ourselves now meet at 13:15 p.m. for the Powerstage!

12:00 p.m. – 🔴 The Swede, who will therefore win the Rally of Sardinia this Sunday, will not, however, pocket any points, as it was not scheduled in his program. Yohan Rossel, 13th in this SS15 and who retired yesterday, will therefore retain the championship lead.

11:57 a.m. – In WRC2, Oliver Solberg continues his flawless run this Sunday morning! Winner of this penultimate special stage of the event, he even took the lead by taking advantage of Gryazin's puncture!

11:52 p.m. – 🔍 The rankings at the end of this SS15 in Sardinia: 

11:47 AM – 🏁 SS15 is over! Sixth overall stage of the weekend for Ott Tänak, winner ahead of Sébastien Ogier, who clearly delivered. The Frenchman is now closer to the overall victory.

11h45 - ???? "It's not easy, the conditions were difficult. I did a clean stage, no attacks, I just kept going," confirms the eight-time world champion

11:43 a.m. – It’s confirmed! The Gapençais finishes second in this SS15, 2 seconds behind Tänak!

11h42 - Seb Ogier will be behind the Hyundai driver

11:40 a.m. – 🇪🇪 Best time for the Estonian, 5″ better at the finish!

11h38 - Tänak is ahead of the Toyota driver! He should win

11:37 – Rovanperä takes the lead in this SS15! 18:55.8 for the Finn!

11h35 - ???? "It's not a great special, the guys behind arrive faster.", says Evans

11:34 – Provisional best time for Evans in 19:03.7 

11h30 - Tänak is also on the attack, while Ogier seems to be on the safe side.

11h27 - Rovanperä is on the attack and well on his way to taking the provisional lead in this special

11h25 - 🇨🇵 Sébastien Ogier is in the race!

11:23 a.m. – WRC2 Update: Forced to retire yesterday, Léo Rossel and Guillaume Mercoiret analyze their Rally of Sardinia on AUTOhebdo:

 

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11h22 - 🇫🇮 Kalle Rovanperä and 🇧🇷 Ott Tänak have taken off!

11h20 - ???? "We will try to attack very hard again in the Powerstage and bring back as many points as possible.", assures the Belgian

11:19 a.m. – 🇧🇪 Neuville best provisional time in 19:07.8! That’s 33 seconds better than McErlean

11h17 - ???? "We're trying to preserve the tires for the Powerstage, I was very careful about that.", declares the Frenchman upon arrival, who confirms having spun at the start of the special

11:16 a.m. – 🇨🇵 Adrien Fourmaux finished 10 seconds behind McErlean! The Frenchman apparently had a problem at the start of the special

11h15 - Championship leader Elfyn Evans is in the running and is looking set to score some extra points this Sunday.

11h13 - Here we go for Sami Pajari

11h11 - Neuville is on the attack, he will clearly crush the time of the drivers who started before him

11:10 – 19:41.0 for McErlean at the finish

11h07 - Takamoto Katsuta, now 5th in the provisional general classification, has left

11h03 - Unsurprisingly, the Belgian is ahead of the M-Sport, which is not the case for French

10h58 - 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville is also in the race, who is fifth in the standings for the day at the moment

10h55 - 🇨🇵 Adrien Fourmaux has started! Unfortunately, he is not expected to score any points during this Super Sunday.

10h52 - This special stage promises to be tricky, with quite a few stones everywhere, so the risk of punctures is high.

10h50 - ​ Let's go for the 15 km long SS25!

10h45 - The start of SS15 is scheduled in less than five minutes. Like yesterday and the start of this day, the M-Sports will lead the way.

9h57 - Overall in WRC2, the Bulgarian remains in the lead with an 11" lead over the Swede. Note the crash of the Finn Lindholm, who was third in the standings before SS3, and therefore lost everything with two stages to go.

9h55 - In WRC2, Oliver Solberg won the fourteenth special stage, ahead of Nicolay Gryazin (+2 seconds). Yohan Rossel, who has nothing left to play for this weekend, took fifth place (+7 seconds), after a strong victory on SS11 earlier this morning. 

9:32 a.m. – 🔴 Now meet at 10:50 a.m. for SS15, the penultimate special of the day and of the Sardinian event

9:27 p.m. – 🔍 The rankings at the end of this SS14 in Sardinia: 

9:23 a.m. – 🏁 SS14 is over! Second stage win of the weekend for Kalle Rovanperä, who takes the win ahead of Seb Ogier! The Frenchman, for his part, is getting a little closer to the overall victory

9:20 a.m. – 🇨🇵 The Frenchman is six tenths behind the Finn at the finish! But he is still widening the gap in the general classification!

9h19 - Ogier is in the same time as his teammate!!

9:17 a.m. – 🇪🇪 At the finish, the Estonian is second, 4″7 behind Rovanperä!!

9h15 - Tänak and Ogier are behind the Finn at the first intermediates

9:13 – Best time to finish for Rovanperä in 11:58.7!

9:11 a.m. – 🇨🇵​ Sebastien Ogier has taken off! Let's see if he continues after SS13

9h11 - Evans finished just 1 tenth behind Fourmaux, still in the lead.

9h10 - The sweep seems less important in this SS14, the gaps will be less important than in the previous one

9h08 - 🇪🇪 Ott Tänak is gone! It now looks complicated for him to catch Ogier in front of him

9h06 - Kalle Rovanperä is in the race, holding on to his third place.

9h03 - Elfyn Evans has set off, the championship leader will do everything he can to pick up some important points today

9h00 - The Toyotas of Sami Pajari and Takamoto Katsuta also left

8:57 a.m. – Neuville achieves exactly the same time as Fourmaux at the finish! 

8:53 – 12:04.3 for the Frenchman at the finish! 

8h50 - Fourmaux and Neuville will again achieve the best provisional times while waiting for the first

8h47 - 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville is in the race

8h44 - ⚠️ For your information, this SS14 will also be the scene of the Powerstage this Sunday at noon

8:41 a.m. – 🇨🇵 Adrien Fourmaux is off!

8h38 - Once again, it was the two M-Sport drivers, McErlean and Munster, who led the way.

8h35 - ​ Let's go for SS14!

8h33 - Even though he has nothing left to play for this Sunday and this weekend in WRC2, that didn't stop Yohan Rossel from setting the fastest time on SS13, beating Oliver Solberg by 1 seconds! Overall, Gryazin still leads the Swede by 6 seconds. 

8h31 - 🔍​ As a reminder, this weekend, AUTOhebdo and Yacco are taking you behind the scenes of the Sardinia Rally, alongside French drivers Léo and Yohan Rossel, entered in WRC2. Visit us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook to experience this as close to the action as possible!

8h30 - 🔴 Meanwhile, at the microphone of AUTOhebdo, Yohan Rossel, who was able to restart this Sunday morning in WRC2 after his incident yesterday which resulted in the breakage of a steering rod, explains the objective of this day: 

 

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8h26 - 🔴 See you in a few minutes for the start of SS14

8:25 p.m. – 🔍 The rankings at the end of this SS13 in Sardinia: 

8:19 a.m. – 🏁 SS13 is over! Sixth fastest time of the weekend for Sébastien Ogier, who has gained more than 4 seconds on Ott Tänak in the overall standings! Nothing seems to be stopping the Frenchman in Italy.

8:16 a.m. – 🇨🇵 The eight-time world champion puts everyone in agreement this morning! Best time of this SS13 in 19:10.6!

8h15 - The Frenchman is well on his way to winning this morning!

8h14 - 🇧🇷 The Estonian takes the lead while waiting for Ogier in 19.15.1!

8h12 - Ott Tänak is also ahead of the best time!

8:10 a.m. – 19:22.0 p.m. for Rovanperä who takes the provisional lead! He improves Evans' time by 12 seconds! Impressive from the Finn!

8:07 – Evans significantly improves his time! 19:34.7 for the Welshman, more than 10″ better than Neuville

8h02 - The gaps between each driver should be significant. This means that the sweep is significant and the terrain improves with each pass.

8h00 - Evans and Rovanperä are ahead of Neuville's times!

7:58 a.m. – 🇨🇵 Sébastien Ogier is the last to leave! Let's see if the tricolor maintains its lead in the general classification

7h56 - 🇪🇪 Ott Tänak is in the race, will he attack to get closer to Ogier? The answer in about ten minutes

7h55 – 🇧🇪 19.45.1 for the Belgian! Huge time, he relegates the Frenchman to more than 29″!

7h54 - Neuville will crush his teammate's time!

7:52 a.m. – 20:15.0 p.m. for Fourmaux at the finish! 

7h51 - Kalle Rovanperä, third in the provisional general classification, set off

7h48 - Championship leader Elfyn Evans, who is expected to limit the damage, will try to grab some valuable additional points this Sunday.

7h47 - Neuville is on the attack and will achieve a huge time at the finish!

7:46 – McErlean finishes in 20:26.1

7h45 - Sami Pajari, who will not score any points this weekend for Toyota, has left

7h44 - Logically, Fourmaux and Neuville are well ahead of the M-Sport times

7h41 - Like yesterday, the first Toyota to leave is that of Takamoto Katsuta

7h38 - This SS13 is the second longest of the weekend, with more than 25 kilometers to cover. It will be used twice during this morning.

7h34 - 🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville took the start. The two Hyundai drivers should logically set a good time.

7:31 a.m. – 🇨🇵 Adrien Fourmaux is in the race! Despite his rollover yesterday, his team had time to repair the damage so he could set off again!

7h28 - Another M-Sport driver, Gregoire Munter, has left

7h25 - ​ SS13 is underway! Like yesterday, Josh McErlean is the first to set off

7h23 - Léo and Yohan Rossel, who both withdrew on Saturday, received support from their parents after a trying day. They also shared their thoughts with AUTOhebdo:

 

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7:20 a.m. – 🔴 🔍​ As a reminder, this weekend, AUTOhebdo and Yacco are taking you behind the scenes of the Sardinia Rally, alongside French drivers Léo and Yohan Rossel, entered in WRC2. Visit us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook to experience this as close to the action as possible!

7h18 - ⚠️ On Saturday evening, Sébastien Ogier, Ott Tänak and Kalle Rovanperä debriefed their day on AUTOhebdo:

 

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7h15 -   Here is the starting order for this last day in Sardinia:

1) Josh McErlean
2) Gregory Munster
3) Adrien Fourmaux
4) Jourdan Serderidis
5) Thierry Neuville
6) Takamoto Katsuta
7) Sami Pajari
8) Elfyn Evans
9) Kalle Rovanperä
10) Ott Tanak
11) Sébastien Ogier

7:10 a.m. – 🇨🇵 A quick update on the French before the start of this SS13. As a reminder, on Saturday, Adrien Fourmaux (Hyundai) in Rally1, and the Rossel brothers (Citroën) in Rally2, had to abandon the day due to an accident that caused significant damage to their cars. Yohan will be starting this "Super Sunday", which is not the case for Léo.

7h05 -   Here is the general classification of this Rally of Sardinia before the start of this last day of racing:

7h00 -   Hello everyone ! Welcome to our live commentary to follow the final day of the Rally Portugal together. Four special stages are scheduled for this Sunday. Starting with SS13 (San Giacomo – Plebi, 25,19 km), which will start at 7:25 a.m.