Other drivers also struggled. Gr\u00e9goire Munster went off on SS1, Thierry Neuville overshot a hairpin, and S\u00e9bastien Ogier picked up a puncture. The hardest hit was Takamoto Katsuta, who crashed but was able to continue under Super Rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday brought seven stages, including Carmen del Paran\u00e1, Artigas, Cantera (all run twice), plus another run at Aut\u00f3dromo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00e4nak started strong and overtook Fourmaux for second place on the opening stage (SS9), but a puncture in SS10 cost him 36.8 seconds, dropping him back. That opened the door for Ogier, who moved into third overall, just 3.8 behind Fourmaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fight for second heated up, and in SS13 (the first stage of the afternoon), Ogier overtook Fourmaux to climb into second place. Then came the biggest twist: rally leader Rovanper\u00e4 hit trouble in SS14 with a puncture, dropping him all the way to sixth overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the end of the day, the leaderboard looked very different:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final day featured four stages, repeated twice, including Bella Vista and the Power Stage at Misi\u00f3n Jesu\u00edtica Trinidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Evans slipped off in SS16, giving third place to T\u00e4nak, but T\u00e4nak\u2019s hopes collapsed when water entered his engine after the watersplash in SS18, forcing him to stop. Evans regained third position, and T\u00e4nak moved into fifth position .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then came the Power Stage. Heavy rain suddenly changed everything. Fourmaux lost grip and dropped from second to fourth. Ogier also lost nearly 20 seconds, but with a healthy lead, he held on for the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Power Stage winners were: Neuville, Rovanper\u00e4, T\u00e4nak, Evans, and Katsuta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The WRC2 category also brought plenty of twists. Oliver Solberg had a rough start with a puncture on SS3, dropping to 10th. But he fought back brilliantly and by SS16 was leading, eventually winning WRC2 in Paraguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nikolay Gryazin had been in first place until SS14, when a puncture forced him to stop. He eventually finished third, while Yohan Rossel took second place. Local favorite Diego Dom\u00ednguez also showed promise, running third on Friday, but retired on Saturday after an overshoot and oil issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd47 S\u00e9bastien Ogier & Vincent Landais \u2013 3:00:06.6 \ud83e\udd47 Oliver Solberg & Elliott Edmondson \u2013 3:07:00.4![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.worldrally.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SI202508310437-1024x683.jpg\")
Saturday \u2013 Ogier Moves Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sunday \u2013 Rain Shakes the Podium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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WRC2 \u2013 Solberg Heroics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Final Overall Standings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\ud83e\udd48 Elfyn Evans & Scott Martin \u2013 +26.2
\ud83e\udd49 Thierry Neuville & Martijn Wydaeghe \u2013 +27.2<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinal Standings \u2013 WRC2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\ud83e\udd48 Yohan Rossel & Arnaud Dunand \u2013 +22.5
\ud83e\udd49 Nikolay Gryazin & Konstantin Aleksandrov \u2013 +1:54.4<\/p>\n\n\n\nOverall Championship Standings after Paraguay (rd. 10)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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