Fresh off winning the WRC2 Teams Championship it was Lancia to the fore on Friday in Chile with Nikolay Gryazin holding the overnight lead.

Gil Membrado holds a 15.1sec lead in WRC3 after Friday’s opening leg at Rally Chile BIOBÍO, with local favourite Gerardo Rosselot heading the pursuit.

Leevi Lassila leads the Junior WRC field by 14.8sec after Friday at Rally Chile BIOBÍO, while championship leader Calle Carlberg strengthened his position with two valuable stage wins.

Oliver Solberg delivered a measured display through wildly changing conditions to lead Rally Chile BIOBÍO by 10.1sec over championship leader Elfyn Evans at the end of Friday’s opening leg.

Oliver Solberg holds a slender 2.3sec lead over Elfyn Evans after a treacherous opening loop at Rally Chile BIOBÍO, where overnight rain dramatically reshaped the expected road-order battle.

Calle Carlberg starts the final event of his five-rally prize for winning the 2025 FIA Junior ERC Championship when he lines up for the 2026 FIA Junior WRC Championship finale in Chile.

Team MRF Tyres remains on course to win the FIA European Rally Championship for Teams for a fourth time after it increased its lead from 42 to 44 points ahead of next month’s season decider.

Plenty of progress was made when the FIA Junior ERC Championship returned to JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion after a one-year break last weekend. Here’s a recap.

Pirelli closed in on winning the FIA European Rally Championship for Tyre Suppliers for the second year running as it helped Teemu Suninen clinch the ERC Drivers’ crown* in Wales.

Teemu Suninen took time out of his celebrations for winning the 2026 FIA European Rally Championship for Drivers* by answering some key questions for FIAERC.com.