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Croatia Rally 2026 counts for:
2026 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2026 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2026 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2026 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2026 FIA Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 672nd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 4 of 14 |
| Official name: | Croatia Rally |
| Edition: | 53rd |
| Date: | from Friday 10-Apr-2026 to Sunday 12-Apr-2026 |
| Rally HQ: | Cavle, Western Croatia; Croatia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Zeljko Stefanic |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 51 | |
| Starters: | 51 | |
| Finishers: | 44 | (86.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 9.11 | km | (SS12 Pecurkovo Brdo - Mreznicki Novaki 1) |
| Longest: | 23.78 | km | (SS7 Beram - Cerovlje 2) |
| Slowest: | 96.40 | km/h | (SS14 Generalski Stol -Zdihovo 2) |
| Fastest: | 123.86 | km/h | (SS18 Alan - Senj 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 300.28 | km | (26.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 300.28 | km | (26.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 836.32 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,136.60 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 10th podium for Takamoto Katsuta. |
| Second place was 4th podium for Sami Pajari. |
| Third place was 9th podium for Hayden Paddon. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 109th win and 1-2 win were 298th to 299th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 147th podium for Hyundai. |
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In crash and puncture infested rally, Katsuta inherited lead on final Power Stage as Neuville crashed out. All of his team-mates fared worse, Solberg crashed on SS1, Evans on SS3 and Pajari, who led for longest had puncture on SS14. This was Katsuta's second win in a row and it elevated him to unlikely championship lead.
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This is Paddon passing first of the crashes (in this case Solberg on SS1) that would see him finish on podium. Paddon suffered puncture, just like team-mate Fourmaux who also crashed and damaged suspension on SS12 whereas worst fate fell on Neuville, crashing on final stage while leading.
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Faster of the two M-Sport Fords, Armstrong suffered multiple punctures (SS2, 4 and 14) which meant that slower but more reliable McErlean (pictured) was able to finish faster but still well low on order at 15th overall.
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