The event organised by Automobile Club d’Italia with the support of the Regione Sardegna will take place from 1 to 4 October. The rally will be the penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Sardinia is preparing to welcome the FIA World Rally Championship for the 23rd time. The Italian round, organised by Automobile Club d’Italia with the support of the Regione Sardegna, will be the penultimate event of the WRC season and the final European round, bringing the spotlight back to the island’s gravel roads from 1 to 4 October 2026.

The return to the island at such an advanced stage of the season significantly increases the sporting importance of the event, which could prove decisive in the fight for the world title, more than ever before. It will be the fourth autumn edition of Rally Italia Sardegna, following those held in 2004, 2012 and 2020. A calendar position deeply rooted in Italian rally tradition, capable of offering particularly evocative autumn scenery as well as more demanding technical conditions, with a higher likelihood of variable weather and tricky surfaces.

In 2004, the first edition was held, inheriting the traditional Sanremo date scheduled for the first weekend of October. In 2012, a calendar reshuffle brought the Italian round back to autumn, in an edition that could have crowned Sébastien Loeb world champion, were it not for his off at Monte Lerno, which postponed the title decision to Corsica a few weeks later. In 2020, amid the pandemic, the event took place in the second week of October.

Full programme details will be announced in due course via rallyitaliasardegna.com and the event’s official channels.