Petrol Ofisi Maxima 2026 Turkish Rally Championship Round 5 / ETİ Odunpazarı Eskişehir Rally
The fifth round of the Petrol Ofisi Maxima 2026 Turkish Rally Championship, the ETİ Odunpazarı Eskişehir Rally, ended in victory for the GP Garage My Team crew of Uğur Soylu and Mehmet Akif Yalçın. Burak Çukurova and Burak Akçay of BC Vision Egemot Motorsport finished second after a tough fight, while Eytan Halfon and Gürkal Menderes of GP Garage My Team took third place overall.
Organised by the Eskişehir Automobile Sports Club (ESOK) with the support of the Eskişehir Governorship, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, Odunpazarı Municipality, Eskişehir Chamber of Commerce, Remed Assistance, Salados, Fora, Power App, Forum Kapadokya, Evofone, KYK Yapı Kimyasalları, ETİ, Banaz Otomotiv and Espark, the rally was run over two days with 38 crews on a 501-kilometre route, 120 kilometres of which were special stages.
Uğur Soylu and Mehmet Akif Yalçın won the rally's Remed Assistance special award as well as Class 2 and the advantage stage, while GP Garage My Team took the teams' victory. Ömer Faruk Çabuk and Alperen Tetik won the Two-Wheel Drive category and Class 4, while Class 3 went to Hüseyin Çetmen and Soner Çevik of BC Vision Egemot Motorsport. In Class 5, Burak Başlık and Sedat Bostancı won, the Young Drivers' win went to Demir Sancaklı, who competed alongside Ersin Ören, and the Women Drivers' win went to Kübra Denizci Keskin, who competed alongside Kerem Deveci of Team Binance TR.
In the event's Behiç Yurdaçalışan TOSFED Rally Cup classification, Gürol Baranlı and Burak Koç won the overall classification and Category 4. Ömer Güneş and Sevi Akal were second overall and won Category 3, while Murat Çetin and Derya Ulus took third place in the cup. Baran Demirkan and Tarık Doğançay won Category 2, and Berat Yıldırım and Onur Sırımoğlu won Category 1. Candan Erim, who competed alongside Mesut Şafak Doğan, won the cup's women drivers' classification, while Sevi Akal took the women co-drivers' win.
The season continues on 17–18 October with the Kocaeli Rally, the sixth round of the Petrol Ofisi Maxima 2026 Turkish Rally Championship.
Video: Official YouTube channel of the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED)
