The Toyota driver Kalle Rovanperä also finished by winning the last stage, the power stage, and thus the second in the table Ott Tänak had no chance to catch up with Rovanperä in the hunt for the WC title despite two races remaining.
Oliver Solberg finished fifth in the competition and also took two nice bonus points on the power stage.
The result is his tangentially second best in the WRC context.
"It hasn't been a perfect weekend, but to leave here with a fifth place is really positive.
We bring a lot of experience with us," writes Solberg on Twitter.
There were tears of joy at the award ceremony where father Harri – himself a successful WC driver – got to hug his son.
The child prodigy who did his first rally competition as an 11-year-old and who has since amazed the rally world.
Six wins so far this season (eight in total) and the future looks fantastic for the sport's new superstar.
Teammate – eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier – was one of the earliest congratulators.
The French superstar won last year and this time he made sure to pave the way for Rovanperä's success by finishing second ahead of Tänak.
SVT Sports expert Jonas Kruse is very impressed by the first Finnish world champion in 20 years.
- It is completely incomparably done.
He has taken six victories and he has done it on all surfaces.
This is the beginning of something long and successful.
The only question is how many titles he will take, he says.