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Rally Japan 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)
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| 675th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 14 |
| Official name: | Forum8 Rally Japan |
| Edition: | 11th |
| Date: | from Friday 29-May-2026 to Sunday 31-May-2026 |
| Rally HQ: | Toyota City, Chubu Region; Japan |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kenji Kaya |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 32 | |
| Starters: | 32 | |
| Finishers: | 29 | (90.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 2.56 | km | (SS17 Kuragaike SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 24.29 | km | (SS5 Isegami's Tunnel 2) |
| Slowest: | 76.69 | km/h | (SS2 Isegami's Tunnel 1) |
| Fastest: | 107.87 | km/h | (SS4 Asuke 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 302.82 | km | (33.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 302.82 | km | (33.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 602.45 | km |
| Total distance: | 905.27 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and 50th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Second place was 118th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Sami Pajari. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 111th win and triple win were 305th to 307th podiums for Toyota. |
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Evans led almost all the way, using his road position to best possible effect on crucial moments. He was harried by Solberg who was fast but went off on SS10. Ogier finished second and seemed to catch up on final day but it was really more Evans controlling his pace than Ogier actually reeling him in.
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At Hyundai, Neuville was initially faster and was ahead of both Katsuta and Pajari. He subsequently lost position to both and later team mate Fourmaux (pictured) went past as well. Adrien finished best non-Toyota at fifth overall.
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M-Sport Fords struggled in a class of their own again. McErlean stopped on SS5 for puncture and Armstrong (pictured) finished better of the two at eight overall.
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Related links
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Portugal 2026
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Past performance overview
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