Lancia Corse HF ends FIA ERC season third in Teams' standings as Sarrazin finishes second in Portugal

Lancia Corse HF brought its FIA European Rally Championship season to a close at the Rally Six Cities North of Portugal, the seventh and final round of the campaign. Pablo Sarrazin and Yannick Roche took second overall in the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, moving up from third on the Power Stage with a decisive final-stage charge. Sarrazin, 20, set the fastest time on SS3 and established himself among the leading contenders from the opening stages. The team ended the season third in the Teams' standings.

The Portuguese event also brought its share of disappointment. Andrea Mabellini and Virginia Lenzi were forced to retire and could not defend their second place in the FIA ERC overall standings, ending the championship third. Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov stopped on SS9 before rejoining under Super Rally regulations to complete the event, with Gryazin setting the second-fastest time on six special stages. Davide Pesavento and Alessio Angeli were put out after a stone damaged the radiator of their Ypsilon Rally4 HF on the third special stage, though Pesavento still secured fourth in the ERC4 standings.

Lancia's weekend was rounded off by another success on home soil. Nicolò Ardizzone, newly crowned 2026 Trofeo Lancia winner, won the Rally delle Colline Metallifere e Pomarance and with it the 2026 International Rally Cup title in the Two-Wheel Drive category. The result highlights the value of the pathway provided by Trofeo Lancia, a sporting platform designed to give young drivers opportunities to develop, gain visibility and compete at a higher level. Lancia said the season re-established the brand as a leading force in European rallying, with the programme focused on developing its cars and crews in parallel from Rally4 through to Rally2.