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The World Rally Championship’s 2027 return to the United States now has a civic map. Knoxville will host the rally centre, Nashville’s Lower Broadway will stage the ceremonial start, and the gravel route will cross more than 15 counties in Tennessee and Kentucky from 26 to 29 August.
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Five times a runner-up. One puncture with the title in his hands. Then a final Power Stage that swung away from Oliver Solberg two corners from the end. Elfyn Evans has become world champion after years of coming close, in a finish that will live in rallying for a very long time.
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The WRC element of Rally Saudi Arabia has been removed from the 2026 championship because of regional uncertainty and its effect on logistics. Rally Italia Sardegna, from 1 to 4 October, is now the 13th and final round, subject to FIA World Motor Sport Council approval.
Read the storyOliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won Rally Chile by 16.6 seconds, Toyota secured its sixth consecutive manufacturers title, and Elfyn Evans fell from second to fifth after a puncture on the penultimate stage.
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Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen won the inaugural ueno Rally del Paraguay by 25.8 seconds, while Diego Domínguez won WRC2 at home and Naveen Pulligilla completed the WRC3 podium.
Read the storyEvans ends the season on 243 points. Oliver Solberg wins the rally and finishes second in the championship.
The WRC returns to the United States in August 2027, with Knoxville as the rally centre and Nashville set for the ceremonial start. The 2026 title fight has already closed in Sardinia, where Elfyn Evans finished on 243 points ahead of Oliver Solberg and Sami Pajari. Follow the next calendar chapter alongside the completed results.
Solberg and Edmondson won in 2:57:08.2. Ogier and Landais finished second at 16.6 seconds, with Fourmaux and Coria third at 33.3 seconds. Evans and Scott Martin recovered to fifth after changing a punctured front-left tyre on SS15.
Dean Mascarenhas and Gagan Karumbaiah completed the rally eighth in WRC3 and 28th overall. Naveen Puligilla and Musa Sherif reached the finish 12th in WRC3 and 34th overall.
Elfyn Evans and co-driver Scott Martin finished the season on 243 points. Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson were five points back on 238, with Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen third on 237. The season’s final rally went to Solberg, who won by 57.6 seconds.
