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Paraguay Rally: Sami Pajari’s Winning Run Summarized

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire Official statement Outcome reported
  • Finland’s Sami Pajari won the 2026 Paraguay Rally, securing his third consecutive World Rally Championship victory.
  • Paraguay’s Diego Domínguez Bejarano won WRC2, becoming the first Paraguayan to win a World Rally Championship race in the category.
  • A crash involving Takamoto Katsuta led organizers to cancel the penultimate stage; Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston were reported to be safe.

Sami Pajari won the 2026 Paraguay Rally, giving the Finnish Toyota Gazoo Racing driver his third consecutive victory in the World Rally Championship season.

The result made Pajari the second winner in the history of the Paraguayan event. He finished ahead of Hayden Paddon and Adrien Fourmaux in the overall classification after the final stages.

The day also produced a landmark result for Paraguay. Diego Domínguez Bejarano won WRC2 in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2, becoming the first Paraguayan to win a World Rally Championship race in the category. Gus Greensmith finished second, 22.7 seconds behind, while Alejandro Galanti placed third, 2 minutes and 42.5 seconds back.

The rally’s closing stages were disrupted by a crash involving Japan’s Takamoto Katsuta. His Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 overturned during SS21, and he was taken to a medical center by helicopter. Toyota Gazoo Racing said Katsuta and Johnston were safe. Organizers canceled the penultimate stage after the accident, leaving one special stage to complete the event.

Fortunately, there are no deaths or injuries.

— Toyota Gazoo RacingThe team’s statement after Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston crashed during the rally.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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