Lancia Corse concludes its first WRC season in Sardinia with four Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale

• Four Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale will compete at Rally Italia Sardegna, the final round of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship
• Léo Rossel and Conner Martell will drive the 2C Junior Team cars, while Pablo Sarrazin and Stefano Avandero will complete Lancia’s line-up on the island
• Rally Italia Sardegna marks the final gravel event of Lancia’s first WRC season, which culminated in the WRC2 Teams’ World Championship title
• 17 special stages and 307.15 competitive kilometres await the crews on Sardinia’s gravel roads, with the finish in Alghero on Sunday 4 October
   

Following a season that marked Lancia’s official return to the FIA World Rally Championship and culminated in the WRC2 Teams’ World Championship title, the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale is set to tackle the final round of the 2026 season on the stages of Rally Italia Sardegna.

Lancia Corse HF will not officially enter the event with the two crews that secured the Teams’ title, but four Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale will be present at the Italian round. Two will be entered by the 2C Junior Team, with Léo Rossel - Guillaume Mercoiret and Conner Martell - Alessandro Gelsomino. The third car will be driven by Pablo Sarrazin – Yannick Roche while the fourth car will be Stefano Avandero and Lorenzo Granai.

Rally Italia Sardegna therefore represents the final gravel event of the season for the Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale in Italy, bringing to a close a first year in the WRC during which the car has progressively built experience and competitiveness across some of the most demanding gravel conditions on the world championship calendar.

The 23rd edition of Rally Italia Sardegna will feature a compact and challenging route based around Alghero. The event will comprise 17 special stages covering a total of 307.15 competitive kilometres, spread across three days of competition.

The rally will get underway on Thursday 1 October with the Monte Baranta shakedown, followed by the spectacular Ittiri Arena Show, a 2.21-kilometre opening stage.

The first full day of competition on Friday 2 October will feature six special stages and 119.66 competitive kilometres, with two passes through Tula-Erula, Su Filigosu-Lerno and Monti di Alà-Sa Conchedda-Lerno.

Saturday 3 October will be the longest day of the rally, with a further six stages and 123.66 competitive kilometres. The crews will tackle two passes through Lerno-Sa Conchedda-Monti di Alà, Coiluna-Loelle and the new Solorché stage near Pattada.

The rally will conclude on Sunday 4 October, with four stages covering 61.62 kilometres. Following two passes through the classic Osilo-Tergu stage, the crews will tackle Sassari-Argentiera twice, with the second pass forming the Wolf Power Stage, before the ceremonial finish in Alghero.

Rally Italia Sardegna is one of the most eagerly anticipated and distinctive events of the season. Its stages are renowned for their narrow and twisting roads, abrasive gravel, constant changes of rhythm and limited margin for error, placing particular demands on tyre management and car control. The 2026 edition will also take place unusually late in the year, in October, bringing the possibility of more variable weather conditions than in the event’s traditional spring slot.

For the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, Rally Italia Sardegna will therefore provide one final opportunity to tackle the gravel stages of the 2026 WRC season, with four cars representing the Lancia Corse HF project at an event that brings a historic year to a close: Lancia’s first official season back in the FIA World Rally Championship, culminating in the WRC2 Teams’ World Championship title.
 

Media contact:
Lancia HQ:
Simona Magnarelli: +39 366 6729414 – simona.magnarelli@stellantis.com 
 

Team Lancia Corse HF / Stellantis Motorsport:
Mathilde Ponceau: +33 6 58 81 43 01 – mathilde.ponceau@external.stellantis.com

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Turin, 1 October 2026