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Adrien Fourmaux kicked off the tenth round of the 2026 World Rally Championship (WRC) season with a stage victory in the Harju super special stage, marking the start of Rally Finland.
The French Hyundai driver clocked a time of 2:06.7 on the 2.58-kilometer stage, outpacing his teammate Thierry Neuville by 1.1 seconds. Championship leader Elfyn Evans and Sébastien Ogier shared third place, finishing 1.2 seconds behind Fourmaux.
Takamoto Katsuta secured fifth place, 1.8 seconds off the pace, while Sami Pajari, winner of the recent Estonia rally, finished sixth, 1.9 seconds behind Fourmaux. Oliver Solberg was the slowest among the Toyota drivers, placing seventh ahead of Esapekka Lappi, Jon Armstrong, and Robert Virves, who completed the top 10. Bulgarian driver Nikolay Gryazin finished 14th, 0.8 seconds behind Virves, who led the WRC2 standings.
Tomorrow's first full competitive day of Rally Finland will feature a total of 127.72 competitive kilometers, divided into nine stages. The day will commence at 8:44 AM Bulgarian time with the first pass of "Laukaa" (18.16 km), followed by "Saarikas" (15.82 km), "Sydänmaa" (19.04 km), and "Hoho" (9.55 km) before noon. After the midday service, these four stages will be repeated, starting at 2:48 PM, with the day concluding at 7:05 PM with the second pass of "Harju."
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