The fourth stage of the Historical Tour of Corsica 2026 began in Propriano and ended in Ajaccio, with a particularly emotional section in Alta Rocca, specifically Arbellara-Zirubia, where Attilio Bettega, a racing driver, was fatally injured in 1985. Yoann Bonato (Lancia) and Raphaël Astier (Porsche) both recorded the same time of 16 minutes and 40 seconds, finishing ahead of Julien Saunier (R5 Maxi Turbo) by 2 seconds. However, a racing incident involving the Porsche number 123, driven by Andreas Kuntz and co-driven by Franck Macle, caused an interruption in this timed section. Both drivers sustained injuries: Kuntz with a foot fracture and Macle with an ankle fracture. In the following special, Chialza-Oronu, Julien Saunier was the fastest on the 14-kilometer route, completing it in 9 minutes and 35 seconds, beating Raphaël Astier by 5 seconds. Julien Saunier completed this second podium of the day in 16 minutes and 42 seconds. Raphaël Astier, who had not accustomed the public to a lack of success after the first two specials, remedied this in Aullène-Zicavo, a special where Claude Balesi had signed the scratch in 1987 driving the Renault 5 group N. The Porsche driver won the longest special of the day, which was 29.8 kilometers, in 19 minutes and 24 seconds, leaving Julien Saunier three seconds behind and Yoann Bonato four seconds behind. Tom Pieri (4th) was himself at 16 seconds behind. The last special of the day, between Petreto and Bisinau, brought the crews closer to the closed park in the Imperial City. Julien Saunier took advantage of it to enrich his palmarès on the Historical Tour of Corsica 2026 by winning this special in 18 minutes and 5 seconds. Yoann Bonato finished second at 16 seconds, and François Delecour third at 18 seconds. Astier, probably in control mode, was fourth in the same time, but beat Tom Pieri. The fourth stage had just ended, and it was Raphaël Astier who reached the closed park in Ajaccio as the uncontested leader. The Porsche driver has a 2 minutes and 49 seconds lead over Tom Pieri and 3 minutes and 31 seconds over Yoann Bonato. A third place that the Lancia Delta driver will have to defend tomorrow during the last stage to Calvi facing Julien Saunier, who is only 17 seconds away from the podium. Tomorrow morning, the 26th Tour of Corsica will take place with the 5th and last stage returning to Calvi. Five timed sections, the last one between Argentella and Calvi passing by Notre Dame de la Serra where everything had started on Tuesday. The verdict will be given at the very beginning of the afternoon with the Calvi podium. Until then, anything can still happen. Even though Raphaël Astier seems well placed to win, the nature of motorsport and its uncertainties is not short of surprises.