Final Day Highlights | ERC JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion 2026

The final day of rally, Keredygian and Jakub Matorka had looked well in control of his hold on fourth place, but in Sunday's opener, the Polish champion's concentration lapsed. The smallest of mistakes have heavy consequences in the Welsh hills. Austrian Price's familiarity with the terrain had served him well on Sunday morning, with the Welshman passing Max McRae for fourth in the day's opener. The surge would prove to be short-lived though, a broken gearbox grounding a Toyota driver in stage 14. The early retirements on Sunday would prove beneficial to Andrea Mabellini. The Italian was still struggling to find a rhythm on the challenging Welsh roads and had moved up to sixth position overall, but his championship hopes were fading fast. The retirement of Price had eased the pressure on his British championship rival Max McRae. The Scots had made a huge leap forward from the previous year in the ERC and had moved up to fourth following Matorka's exit. Mikko Marcik remained in a hard-fought third place, but with the ERC championship leader Teemu Sunanen ahead, the fate of his title defence was out of his hands. Sunanen was under huge pressure, with his runner-up position so crucial to his championship campaign. A spin in the damp stage 14 was not in the script, but with an end-of-event power stage push, the Finn would do just enough to seal his first ERC title with a round to spare. The early error by Sunanen meant rally leading Chris Meek had the option to ease off the pace. With the Northern Irishman into a relentless rhythm though, it was a typically aggressive run on Sunday for the Toyota driver, who sealed an ERC victory on his first appearance in 20 years. Meek took the victory by over half a minute from Sunanen, with Marcik claiming his second podium of the year. And confirmation that with an unassailable lead of 39 points, Teemu Sunanen is the 2026 ERC champion.