The 2025 FIA World Rally Championship is a planned motorsport season that would be the fifty-third occurrence of the World Rally Championship, an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. Teams and crews compete for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews are free to compete in cars complying with Groups Rally1 to Rally5 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars are eligible to score points in the manufacturers' championship. The championship would conclude with the calendar newcomer Rally Saudi Arabia.
The following rallies are under contract to hold an event in 2025:
Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Acropolis Rally Greece | Lamia, Central Greece, Greece | Gravel | [1] |
Central European Rally | Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany | Tarmac | [2] |
Rally Chile | Concepción, Biobío, Chile | Gravel | [3] |
Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | Gravel | [4] |
Rally Estonia | Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia | Gravel | [5] |
Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland | Gravel | [6] |
Rally Islas Canarias | Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain | Tarmac | [7] |
Rally Japan | Toyota, Aichi, Japan | Tarmac | [8] |
Rally Italia Sardegna | Olbia, Sardinia, Italy | Gravel | [9] |
Rally Paraguay | Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay | Gravel | [10] |
Rally Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia | Gravel | [11] |
Rally Sweden | Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden | Snow | [12] |
Safari Rally Kenya | Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya | Gravel | [13] |
The calendar is expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events. [14] This was planned in 2024, [15] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hope to aid participation of more Rally1 cars. [16]
The following manufacturers are set to contest the championship under Rally1 regulations. [25]
Manufacturer | Entrant | Car | No. | Driver name | Co-driver name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ford | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Hyundai | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Toyota | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen |
Toyota would retain the crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen, who would return full-time after they contested a partial season in 2024. [26]
It was announced in 2023 that Pirelli, who was the official tyre supplier from 2021 to 2024, would not participate in the bid for the next cycle. [27] This left Michelin, MRF and Hankook in the mix for the three-year contract beginning from this season. [28] The South Korean tyre manufacturer Hankook eventually won the bid, and would supply tyres to all entrants of four-wheel drive cars under the terms of the agreement. [29]
The 2025 FIA World Rally Championship is a planned motorsport season that would be the fifty-third occurrence of the World Rally Championship, an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. Teams and crews compete for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews are free to compete in cars complying with Groups Rally1 to Rally5 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars are eligible to score points in the manufacturers' championship. The championship would conclude with the calendar newcomer Rally Saudi Arabia.
The following rallies are under contract to hold an event in 2025:
Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Acropolis Rally Greece | Lamia, Central Greece, Greece | Gravel | [1] |
Central European Rally | Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany | Tarmac | [2] |
Rally Chile | Concepción, Biobío, Chile | Gravel | [3] |
Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal | Gravel | [4] |
Rally Estonia | Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia | Gravel | [5] |
Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland | Gravel | [6] |
Rally Islas Canarias | Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain | Tarmac | [7] |
Rally Japan | Toyota, Aichi, Japan | Tarmac | [8] |
Rally Italia Sardegna | Olbia, Sardinia, Italy | Gravel | [9] |
Rally Paraguay | Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay | Gravel | [10] |
Rally Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia | Gravel | [11] |
Rally Sweden | Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden | Snow | [12] |
Safari Rally Kenya | Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya | Gravel | [13] |
The calendar is expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events. [14] This was planned in 2024, [15] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hope to aid participation of more Rally1 cars. [16]
The following manufacturers are set to contest the championship under Rally1 regulations. [25]
Manufacturer | Entrant | Car | No. | Driver name | Co-driver name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ford | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Hyundai | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Toyota | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen |
Toyota would retain the crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen, who would return full-time after they contested a partial season in 2024. [26]
It was announced in 2023 that Pirelli, who was the official tyre supplier from 2021 to 2024, would not participate in the bid for the next cycle. [27] This left Michelin, MRF and Hankook in the mix for the three-year contract beginning from this season. [28] The South Korean tyre manufacturer Hankook eventually won the bid, and would supply tyres to all entrants of four-wheel drive cars under the terms of the agreement. [29]