Oliver Solberg knew it had to be win or bust if he was to steal the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship from Toyota teammate and long-time points leader Elfyn Evans. So far, it’s edging toward “win” as the Swede’s Saturday charge gives him a 33.6s Rally Italy Sardinia lead to leave Sunday’s final outcome on a knife-edge.

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier (above) will carry a slender 3.7s lead over Thierry Neuville and Hyundai into Saturday’s penultimate day of WRC Rally Portugal after an incident-filled Friday afternoon reshaped the lead battle.Neuville’s Hyundai teammate Adrien Fourmaux had looked in control for much of the day after moving ahead of overnight...