Did Solberg Just Blow the WRC Title Race Open?

Toyota confirm a 10th world title, but Solberg's Chile masterclass turns the fight three ways. Drew and Chris break down a Rally Chile that flipped the championship picture. Solberg drove a calm, controlled weekend at the front while Evans lost more than two minutes to a puncture on the penultimate stage and dropped from second to 5th, turning a comfortable points day into a genuine three way fight with two rounds left. Ogier still refuses to let his own Toyota teammates have it easy, Fourmaux continues to look like a rally winner without the result to prove it, and Neuville survives a huge multiple roll that ends his weekend early. They also get into whether a 10th Toyota championship means as much given how far ahead the team is of everyone else, Juha Kankkunen's appearance on the podium more than three decades after that first title, and a rough weekend for Taka Katsuta that raises real questions about his seat. Before the rally chat, Drew and Chris dig into the uncertainty hanging over Hyundai's WRC future, what the new WRC27 regulations might mean for the gap to Rally2 cars, and the driver market picture taking shape at Hyundai and M-Sport. Follow the show at tmfpod23 on social media and find full episode guides at www.themotorsportfiles.com. Timestamps 0:00 Intro and welcome back 1:28 Hyundai's uncertain WRC future 4:02 WRC27 regulations compared to the updated Rally2 7:57 What a Hyundai step back would mean for the drivers 11:46 Rally Chile: Toyota's title is confirmed 13:45 Does a tenth title mean less without real rivals 16:10 Individual liveries and Kankkunen's podium reunion 18:01 Taka Katsuta's brutal run of retirements 22:07 The queue of Toyota talent building behind him 24:08 The case for a Teemu Suninen seat 27:01 Oliver Solberg's mature, controlled win 29:17 Breaking down the Super Sunday numbers 32:21 Elfyn Evans' puncture and a title race blown open 35:28 Sami Pajari's quieter weekend 38:23 Ogier still racing his own teammates hard 40:03 Adrien Fourmaux, so close to a first win 44:47 Thierry Neuville's huge Chile crash 45:33 Esapekka Lappi's uncertain Hyundai future 46:55 Enni Malkonen deserves a top seat 49:00 John Armstrong's SS8 off for M-Sport 51:09 Armstrong vs McErlean, who is safer for next year 52:21 Could M-Sport run three or four cars next year 55:48 Saying goodbye to the Rally1 era