At the end of Sunday, Sami Pajari takes a dominant win at Rally Estonia with Oliver Solberg and Adrien Fourmaux following him.
Sami Pajari wins a WRC round for the first time in his career while it must be mentioned that Rally Estonia marked Kalle Rovanpera's and Oliver Solberg's careers as both of them secured their maiden win in World Rally Championship as Pajari did this weekend.
Oliver Solberg was confined into the second place of Rally Estonia as he could not repeat his last year's performance where he was dominant from the beginning of the event. However, he was the fastest driver in Stage 17 and 18 which means that he was top driver in Powerstage and SuperSunday standings.
Adrien Fourmaux was faster than Thierry Neuville in SS17, but he dropped time in Powerstage compared to his teammate. However, the Frenchman finished at the lowest place of the podium for 5,9 seconds.
The 2024 WRC Champion was not able to chase Fourmaux down for the third place in Stage 17, but he responded in Stage 18 and does the 3-4 for Hyundai Motorsport. Also, it must be mentioned that he and Martijn Wydaeghe were working on the heating system of their car on the road section after Stage 17.
Sebastien Ogier remains fifth overall despite the fact that it has been five years since the last time he competed in Estonia with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.
Elfyn Evans keeps his sixth place overall and was the second-fastest driver in Powerstage while he was the third-highest placed driver at SuperSunday.
Martins Sesks finished inside the top seven and is the highest-placed driver for M-Sport Ford.
Esapekka Lappi and Jon Armstrong complete the toop nine with the last one going to the grass on a corner of Stage 17.
Takamoto Katsuta finished outside the top ten, but he was not the driver who opened the road today as Josh McErlean restarted under the SuperRally regulations on Sunday following his retirement after Stage 9.
Watch below the stage times:
Watch below the overall classification after Rally Estonia 2026:
Photo Credits: Toyota
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