At the end of Sunday, Oliver Solberg wins the 1-2-3 for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT with Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier completing the podium positions.
Oliver Solberg secures his second victory in WRC at Rallye Monte Carlo and lost some seconds in Stage 16 as he ran wide in a hairpin and hit an armco. Nevertheless, he becomes the youngest WRC driver who won Rallye Monte Carlo.
Elfyn Evans remains second overall and was one of the WRC drivers who fought for the first place at SuperSunday standings as he won Stage 17. WRC2 and WRC3 crews were quicker than WRC crews in Stage 14 and, in fact, Matteo Fontana from WRC3 was the fastest driver in Stage 14. Finally, he scored the nine points on Sunday as he topped the Powerstage times and was the second-fastest at the SuperSunday standings.
Sebastien Ogier does the 1-2-3 for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT as he was not able to catch his teammates in order to take his eleventh win at Rallye Monte Carlo.
Adrien Fourmaux finished in fourth position overall and was the quickest driver in Stage 16.
Thierry Neuville does the 4-5 for Hyundai Motorsport and managed to retain his position despite the fact that he hit a concrete edge inside the first corner of Stage 15 resulting in having to to stop and to change a puncture. Moreover, he did another mistake in Stage 15 as he slid into a back 17Km into SS15. Finally, he was up on the splits in Stage 17, but he had a high-speed spin in Powerstage.
Takamoto Katsuta climbed to seventh position overall and touched an armco barrier with the rear left of his Yaris in Stage 16. Also, he lost the sixth place over Leo Rossel for seven seconds.
Hayden Paddon finished eleventh on his debut with the Hyundai i20N Rally1.
Toyota retired Sami Pajari's car at the end of Saturday following his crash in Stage 12.
Jon Armstrong was in sixth position overall, but he stopped 700 meters into Stage 16 as he was stuck on snow after his Puma going straight in a corner.
Josh McErlean was outside the top ten and was forced to retire due to a damaged front left suspension as he crashed into the armco barrier in Stage 16.
Gregoire Munster did not start Stage 14 on time as he suffered from a technical issue before the start of Stage 14 which was the opening stage of Sunday. Eventually, he retired on the road section.
Watch below the stage times:
Watch below the overall classification after the end of Rallye Monte Carlo 2026:
Photo Credits: Toyota
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