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ELFYN EVANS

2026 FIA World Rally Champion

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Elfyn wins his first world title

Elfyn becomes world champion for first time

Welshman claims WRC title after nerve-wracking final stage in Sardinia. Elfyn Evans became the first British world rally champion for 25 years and the first Welshman ever to hold the crown after unbelievably dramatic final day of the season at Rally Italia Sardegna. Going into the final Wolf Power stage, it couldn't have been closer between Elfyn and Swedish rival Oliver Solberg – with whoever finished the stage with more bonus points set to claim the title. Elfyn was through

Final-day puncture drama sees Elfyn lose vital WRC points

Welshman denied podium place and Sunday Sunday points bysetbac on penultimate stage Elfyn maintained his lead of the FIA World Rally Championship despite a final day puncture knocking him out of podium contention at Rally Chile. He had been holding a strong second place overall and was looking set for a solid haul of points as leader of Super Sunday before a puncture on the penultimate stage saw him lose over two minutes and drop back to fifth. Running first on the road on

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The UK's World Rally Champion

Elfyn Evans is the first Welsh World Champion rally driver, claiming the title at the wheel of a Toyota GR Yaris rally 1 car.

Alongside co-driver Scott Martin – the first English world champion co-driver – he took the crown on a dramatic last stage of the season at Rally Italia Sardegna.

'We go all-out for victory in every rally we enter – that's the only way to win the World Championship'

One more day...🇮🇹

It was quite a rough second pass, and perhaps a bit too conservative on the first two. Then Adrien got his puncture and dropped behind.
We gave it a go on the last stage, but it was evolving so fast that we didn’t have any chance to keep in front of him. As a consequence, our road position is definitely not ideal for tomorrow, as the first stage is probably the worst one in the whole rally for cleaning.

It’s all in, or nothing tomorrow! 👊🏼

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We have to keep at it! 👊🏼

The morning has been a clean one, the feeling is ok behind the wheel, but of course as we’ve seen the road is evolving quickly.
There are big gaps to the guys ahead of us and behind us on the road and we’ve got more to lose by trying to go quickly than trying to stay safe.
This afternoon the cleaning effect should be a bit less but of course we will have all of the roughness and the rocks to deal with so the target is to try and get through cleanly.

#EE33 #RallyItaliaSardegna #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Tough day in Sardinia 🇮🇹

Not a bad start this morning, but a difficult afternoon in rough conditions. We managed to stay out of trouble, which was important, but struggled to deliver the pace.
We have a decent road position tomorrow, so we’ll see what we can do. It won’t be easy to close the gap, but we have to try to be there or thereabouts.

Still early days - we’ll keep at it 👊🏼

#EE33 #RallyItaliaSardegna #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Friday morning done in Sardinia ✅

Everything’s been going ok and the feeling is ok in the car, obviously we aren’t in the best position as the first opening the road and some stages worse than others for cleaning, the last one especially was quite bad.
Of course, some guys behind have picked up a lot of punctures so hopefully that’s not a sign of things to come on the second pass.

Let’s see what this afternoon has to offer!

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Sweeping the Sardinian stages 🇮🇹

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It’s rocky and rough in Sardinia 🇮🇹

It’s always a tough event here, and it’s exceptionally dry out there. The stages look loose but quite soft too, so we expect them to change a lot with each passing car, especially between the first and second pass.
We’ve got our work cut out. The aim is to be quick and keep it clean, let’s see how it goes 👊🏼

It’s been great to see so many Welsh flags already! Thanks for all your support, diolch yn fawr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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The stages are set in Sardinia 🇮🇹

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I’m very disappointed after picking up that puncture today. I’ve no idea where it happened, but it was very costly in terms of points. Otherwise, I felt we did everything we could, so it’s naturally disappointing to finish this way.

A huge congratulations to everyone at @tgr_wrc on securing the manufacturers’ title. It’s an incredible achievement by the whole team, and I’m very proud to be a part of it!

We’ll regroup and come back fighting in Sardinia 👊🏼

#EE33 #RallyChile #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Saturday done in Chile 🇨🇱

It’s been an ok day overall. We had a reasonably good rhythm, although perhaps we were a little too conservative with the tyres at times and that didn’t pay off as well as we’d hoped.

We’re still going and there’s a big day ahead tomorrow. We’ll focus on what’s left and give it everything on Super Sunday 👊🏼

#EE33 #RallyChile #ToyotaGAZOORacing

P2 overnight in Chile 🇨🇱

It’s been an ok day overall. We made a good start in tricky conditions this morning, while this afternoon wasn’t quite as satisfying and we gave away some time to the guys behind. But it was a clean day and second is a good place to be heading into tomorrow.

Tomorrow’s stages are very abrasive and looking after the tyres will be key. Let’s see what’s possible 👊🏼

#EE33 #RallyChile #ToyotaGAZOORacing

Happy to see the rain! 🌧️🇨🇱

The mixed conditions made the driving quite tricky this morning, but it was nice to be on a more level playing field from being first on the road.

It’ll be interesting to see how the stages evolve for the afternoon loop. Let’s see what we can do 👊🏼

#EE33 #RallyChile #ToyotaGAZOORacing

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