Elfyn Evans becomes first British World Rally champion in 25 years

Welshman Elfyn Evans clinched his first World Rally Championship title in a dramatic final round on the island of Sardinia.

• Evans secured the championship when Oliver Solberg crashed with a few hundred metres left on the final stage of Rally Italia Sardegna.
• Solberg won the rally itself, but Evans finished five points ahead in the standings to seal the title.
• Evans, a five-time runner-up, is the first British champion since Richard Burns in 2001.
• Evans said he felt sorry for Solberg and that "it wouldn't be my proudest way of winning it, but it's job done."