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The season 2025 of WRC
The championship is set to begin in January 2025 with the Monte Carlo Rally and conclude in November 2025 with the calendar newcomer Rally Saudi Arabia.
The 2025 season is scheduled to be contested over fourteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.
WRC 2025 calendar changes
- Rally Estonia is set to return to the championship after missing the 2024 season.
- Rally Islas Canarias is due to be promoted from the European Rally Championship and become a World Championship event under a two-year deal.
- Rally Saudi Arabia is due to join the championship in 2025 as their organizers signed a ten-year contract with WRC Promoter GmbH.
- Rally Paraguay is set to become a WRC event from 2025 after signing a multi-year deal, making Paraguay the thirty-eighth nation to host a WRC championship round.
- The Croatia Rally will not be featured on the calendar for the first time since the event joined the championship in 2021.
- Rally Poland will also be removed from the calendar after making a one-year return to the championship in 2024.
Enjoy all information about the 2025 World Rally Championship season: new cars, new pilots, new calendar...
Season 2025 WRC calendar
The 2025 WRC season events list:
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![[MC]](/flags/mc.png "Monaco") Rallye de Monte-Carlo23 - 26 Jan |
Sébastien
Ogier
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| 2 |
![[SE]](/flags/se.png "Sweden") Rally Sweden13 - 16 Feb |
Elfyn
Evans
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| 3 |
![[KE]](/flags/ke.png "Kenya") Safari Rally20 - 23 Mar |
Elfyn
Evans
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| 4 |
![[ES]](/flags/es.png "Spain") Rally Islas Canarias24 - 27 Apr |
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| 5 |
![[PT]](/flags/pt.png "Portugal") Rallye de Portugal15 - 18 May |
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| 6 |
![[IT]](/flags/it.png "Italy") Rally Sardinia05 - 08 Jun |
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| 7 |
![[GR]](/flags/gr.png "Greece") Acropolis Rally of Greece26 - 29 Jun |
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| 8 |
![[EE]](/flags/ee.png "Estonia") Rally Estonia17 - 20 Jul |
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| 9 |
![[FI]](/flags/fi.png "Finland") Rally Finland31 Jul - 03 Aug |
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| 10 |
![[PY]](/flags/py.png "Paraguay") Rally Trans Itapúa28 - 31 Aug |
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| 11 |
![[CL]](/flags/cl.png "Chile") Rally Chile11 - 14 Sep |
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| 12 |
![[EU]](/flags/eu.png "Europe") Central Europe Rally16 - 19 Oct |
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| 13 |
![[JP]](/flags/jp.png "Japan") Rally Japan06 - 09 Nov |
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| 14 |
![[SA]](/flags/sa.png "Saudi Arabia") Rally Saudi Arabia27 - 30 Nov |
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The next rally in the WRC is Rally Islas Canarias, 24 - 27 Apr.
WRC 2025 teams and pilots
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
![[BE]](/flags/be.png "BE")
![[FR]](/flags/fr.png "FR")
M-Sport Ford WRT
![[LU]](/flags/lu.png "LU")
![[IE]](/flags/ie.png "IE")
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
History of the World Rally Championship
The first edition of the World Rally Championship was held in 1973, organized by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) from various championships that
were disputed internationally.
Mainly from the European Rally Championship, the oldest supranational rally championship that was organized in the world, a test that the FIA has been organizing since 1953.
And the International Championship of Brands, which was held from 1970 to 1972.
Starting in 1973, the FIA established a worldwide competition, increasing the calendar to thirteen tests, ten of them in Europe, two in Africa and one in America.
That included the historic Monte Carlo Rally, RAC Rally, Acropolis Rally, Safari Rally or the Thousand Lakes Rally.
From 1973 to 1976 only the constructors' championship was disputed, but between 1977 and 1978, the FIA Cup for rally drivers was held, which was the predecessor of the
World Championship for Drivers
which included the world championship events (in Monte Carlo, Sweden, Portugal, Safari, Acropolis, Poland, Finland, Canada, San Remo, Corsica, Great Britain...)
and several that were only scoring for the FIA Cup (such as the Rally of Scotland, San Martino di Castrozza...).
The first official world rally champion was Björn Waldegård in 1979.
The championships
There are two championships in the World Rally Championship: the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, which are different but based on the same points system, and in which all events count towards both championships.
Birthdays
Statistics of the World Rally Championship
Rallypedia collects all the data of the World Rally Championship (WRC) offering it in a structured and navigable way: winners of the drivers' and manufacturers' championship, all rallies, the manufacturers, the cars, the drivers...
And historical rankings of the competition or statistics of fatal accidents.
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