And that makes two for Elfyn Evans! After her victory in the Rally of Sweden, the leader of WRC managed to win the Rally Japan, which he dominated almost from start to finish. The Welshman, winner of five stages, finished 12,8 seconds ahead. Sébastien OgierHe was reluctant to chase down his opponent throughout the entire rally. For his part, Oliver Solberg was undoubtedly the most dangerous driver for his teammate Evans, but once again made a costly mistake. After Portugal, and his unfortunate puncture, the Swede went off the road during SS10, losing valuable time. Without this incident, things would undoubtedly have been different for the winner of the Power Stage and Super Sunday.
WRC 2026 – Driver Standings
1) Elfyn Evans (Toyota) – 151 points (25+2+1)
2) Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) – 131 points (12+4+4)
3) Oliver Solberg (Toyota) – 102 points (0+5+5)
4) Sami Pajari (Toyota) – 96 points (15+1+2)
5) Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) – 90 points (17+3+3)
6) Adrien fourmaux (Hyundai) – 89 points (10+0)
7) Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) – 73 points (8+0)
8) Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) – 21 points (6+0)
9) Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai) – 21 points
10) Yohan Rossel (Lancia) – 20 points
11) Léo Rossel (Citroën) – 18 points
12) Jon Armstrong (Ford) – 14 points (4+0)
13) Robert Virves (Škoda) – 10 points
14) Nikolay Gryazin (Lancia) – 10 points (2+0)
15) Dani Sordo – 10 points
16) Gus Greensmith (Toyota) – 8 points
17) Alejandro Cachon (Toyota) – 7 points
18) Fabrizio Zaldívar (Škoda) – 6 points
19) Roberto Daprà (Škoda) – 6 points
20) Rope Korhonen (Toyota) – 5 points
WRC 2026 – Manufacturers' Standings
1) Toyota – 370 points
2) Hyundai – 243 points
3) Toyota WRT2 – 106 points
4) Ford –85 points
WRC2 2026 – Driver Standings
1) Nikolay Gryazin (Lancia) – 56 points
2) Yohan Rossel (Lancia) – 52 points
3) Roope Korhonen (Toyota) – 52 points
4) Léo Rossel (Citroën) – 52 points
5) Alejandro Cachón (Toyota) – 46 points
6) Teemu Suninen (Toyota) – 42 points
7) Roberto Daprà (Skoda) – 37 points
8) Éric Camilli (Škoda) – 33 points
9) Andreas Mikkelsen (Škoda) – 27 points
10) Robert Virves (Škoda) – 25 points
Hilton Leon
31/05/2026 at 12:39 a.m.
So: Was it beneficial for the sport to have changed the date of the rally? Thank you for your comment.
Debarre
31/05/2026 at 09:50 a.m.
Where did my comment from this morning go? Was it censored?