Elfyn Evans has become World Rally Championship champion for the first time after rival Oliver Solberg crashed during the final moments of Rally Italia Sardegna.
The Welsh driver had previously finished as world championship runner-up on five occasions. He now takes the title after Solberg’s crash altered the outcome of the rally’s closing stages.
Evans’s achievement ends his long wait for a first world championship. His previous record included five runner-up finishes before he finally claimed the overall crown.
The decisive incident occurred at Rally Italia Sardegna, where Solberg was Evans’s rival for the title. With the rally reaching its conclusion, Solberg’s crash left Evans as world champion.
Evans is now the World Rally Championship winner, while the supplied information does not give further details of the crash or the final standings from the event.
