Crystal ball predictions 2026

[WRCStan]

Looks like EstWRC is taking a year out to spend more time with family so if nobody minds I will start this thread.

5 predictions per person (please exercise some self-discipline in sticking to just 5)
Predictions need to be specific/measurable
Award for most of 5 predictions correct
Honour for the most extreme prediction that turns out to be correct

Maybe rule out manufacturer champions (or add to WDC/WCC) (boring!)

Deadline is 21st January, the last day to put predictions is the day before Monte starts.

[WRCStan]

1. Champions - Ogier, Landais and Toyota
2. Extreme heat in Greece cancels stages
3. Ogier retires after the season
4. Paddon has more points-per-round than Lappi or Sordo
5. 1 new WRC27 constructor announces for 2027 (not Toyota or Project Rally One)

[saco0o]

1. Taka will not get his first win
2. Armstrong will finish ahead of Josh (standings)
3. Lancia driver to win WRC2 title
4. New Promoter is going to be european, not american
5. ERC is going to have 6 different winners

[AndersX]

1. Evans finally wins WDC!
2. Neuville and Ogier both say "'27 cars are slow and both retire";
3. Sesks gets 1 or more podiums
4. McErlean gets 1 podium
5. 2 new Tuners (in addition to Project One) announce of building '27 regulation cars.

[Maui J.]

1. Fourmaux wins his first WRC round
2. Evans WDC
3. Petter Solberg annonces new car for WRC27 regs
4. Chinese manufacturer announces a lower spec car for WRC. Possible R4 or R3
5. Paddon to podium at least once

[GigiGalliNo1]

1. Evans WDC
2. Solberg wins four events
3. Taka wins one event as well as Sesks
4. Fourmaux wins three events
5. McErlean has gets three podiums

[deephouse]

1. WRC27 regulations canceled even before it will started
2. No new promoter announced
3. Ford being good only with Sesks, and still not giving him shot
4. Hyundai finally fire Cyril and start making progress
5. Evans champion

[eib1]

1. Ogier champion
2. No podium for M-Sport
3. Hyundai 3rd driver will win a rally
4. Tänak announces comeback in 2027
5. Solberg wins more than one rally

[maailmameister]

1. Evans wins WDC
2. Virves Rally2 champion
3. Tänak returns in 2027
4. Solberg wins 2 events
5. Taka will not get his first win

[Sal yet again]

1 Evans becomes WDC
2 Toyota WMC
3 MSport only manage a couple of top 6 finishes with no podiums
4 New promoter appointed however they fail to change anything other than the price of WRC TV
5 At least one "traditional" European rally will be dropped for a high paying Far East round in 27

[Negaiss]

1. Solberg by surprise becomes WDC of 2026 mainly because of mistakes and misfortunes of Evans in last 3 rounds;
2. Neuville in NOT in top 3 WDC rankings at the end of season.
3. Best result for Hayden Paddon - 6th on one of his events.
4. During second half of the season Martins Sesks is announced a full time Porsche driver of 2027.
5. Tanak stays out - no Surprise apearences of Tanak during 2026.

[TWRC]

1. Driver's championship will be decided on the last round
2. Toyota Manu champion
3. Paddon to score a podium
4. Ogier retires at the end of the season
5. Fourmaux to score his first win

[flat_right]

1. Solberg WDC
2. Tänak will make a surprise one off with Hyundai Rally1 in Rally Estonia
3. Fourmaux will get his first win
4. Neuville announces retirement
5. New car manufacturer announces to join in the main class for 2027

[Fast Eddie WRC]

1. Ogier wins a 10th Title
2. Solberg wins more events than Evans
3. Paddon scores the most points of the Hyundai 3rd drivers
4. Armstrong outscores McErlean
5. Fourmaux wins a rally

[Managarium]

1 Ogier drivers champion
2 Toyota manufacturers champion
3 Solberg outscores Katsuta and Pajari
4 Lappi outscores Paddon and Sordo
5 5th place finish will be highest for any M-Sport Irish driver

[B group]

1. Ogier 10th title
2.Toyota win all events
3.The best result from M-Sport in rally Sesks/maybe podium
4.Korhonen,Virves,Rossel battle to win WRC2-winner Virves
5.Sesks joins one of the new teams in 2027(PRO,PSRT,etc....)

[Rallyper]

1. Solberg gets podium more than 3 times
2. Ogier NOT WDC
3. Lappi will have at least one DNF during season
4. Paddon gets more total points than Munster
5. Kalle returns to WRC in 2027

[focus206]

1 - Evans world driver champion, Toyota world manufacturer champion
2 - Solberg is ahead of all Hyundais in the final standings
3 - Armstrong will outscore McErlean
4 - Fourmaux wins his first WRC event
5 - A world champion will announce his retirement (not necessarily with immediate effect)

[Jewy46]

1 - Evans WDC
2 - Meeke makes a WRC2 appearance and shows his class by winning
3 - Jon Armstrong impresses with his pace but is not as consistent as Josh McErlean
4 - Lappi wins an event (or at least comes very close!)
5 - 1 event is cancelled/severely impacted due to a weather event or other force majeure circumstance

[becher]

1. Neuville wins the Monte.
2. Toyota wins the manufacturers championship.
3. Armstrong will surprise with at least one podium.
4. Rossel wins WRC2.
5. Hyundai commits to "WRC27" but will arrive one year late with their "27" car.

[Sulland]

1. Ogier wins driver and Toyota constructor title
2. Solberg wins more events than Evans
3. Paddon scores the most points of the Hyundai 3rd drivers
4. Armstrong best M-Sport driver
5. 2 new teams sign up for rally 1 in 27

[Tom206wrc]

Lancia HF Corse WRC2 champion :p: ;)

[rp]

1. Seb Ogier Champion
2. Oliver Solberg will win at least a couple of WRC events
3. Adrien Fourmaux will take his 1st WRC win
4. Yohan Rossel WRC2 Champion
5. Lancia Corse HF (PH Sport) WRC2 Teams Champion

[spark13]

1. Ogier wins the title 2 rounds before the end.
2. Maiden wins for Katsuta, Fourmaux, Pajari is close to his first win, but beaten by Ogier.
3. Oliver score 30 more points then Pajari, having more accidents.
4. Paddons best result is 4th.
5. Two new manufacturers announces participating for 2027 by the end of the season.

[Corcaíoch]

Tried to keep it positive for a change
1. Evans & Toyota win the championships
2. Fourmaux wins his first rally
3. Pajari multiple podiums
4. Lappi the highest scoring Hyundai 3rd driver per round
5. Neuville wins at least 3 rounds

[240RS]

1. Adrien Fourmaux wins two rounds of the championship and ends the season as top Hyundai runner.
2. Ott Tanak announces a return to top flight action in 2027.
3. Elfyn Evans pips Oliver Solberg to the Drivers' title. Toyota easily scoop the manufacturers'.
4. Taka Katsuta wins the Safari Rally and Rally Japan.
5. Martins Sesks on the podium twice in 2026.

[Duvel]

1. Evans world champion.
2. Taka, Sesks, and Fourmaux each win there first round.
3. Rally Germany whit Nurbugring anounced for 2027.
4. Gryazin wrc2 champ, than goes to the new "Porsche" team.
5. Rovanperra in Finland whit Rally1.

[denkimi]

1. toyota constructors champion
2. ogier drivers champion
3. Hyundai wins just 2 Rally's, one by Fourmaux and one by neuville
4. Solberg wins 2 rallies
5. Sesks has 2 podiums

[skarderud]

1 Evans champion
2 solberg 2nd or 3rd in wdc
3 ogier end his career
4 fourmaux wins 1
5 2 new teams before 2027, tanak in one of them

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[COD]

1 Solberg wins min 2 events
2 Evans Champion
3 Fourmaux takes first win
4 Sordo 1 podium
5 Neuville announces retirement

[b3637853]

1. Lancia driver is not a WRC2 champion
2. Fourmaux still doesn't take his first win but Katsuta does
3. Evans takes more risks in the fights with Ogier but makes mistakes and doesn't win the title
4. Sordo best average scoring per rally 3rd Hyundai driver
5. Ogier on the podium in his every start

[jcevc]

1. Ogier not win in 2026
2. Lancia driver WRC2 champion in 2026
3. Tanak return for 2027
4. MSport driver on podium in 2026 (speaking about rally1 car)
5. New promoter announcement delayed to second half of the year 2026

[meh]

A day over deadline, but as Monte is not starte yet:

1. Solberg is the fastest full-time Toyota driver (can be measured by stage wins)
2. Fourmaux outscores Neuville in O/A standings
3. Fourmaux takes the first win
4. Hyundai rotatable driver (Lappi-Paddon-Sordo) will take a win
5. M-Sport will get 2 podiums