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2025 WRC2 Championship

The 2025 FIA WRC2 Championship is the thirteenth season of WRC2, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.[1] The championship began in January 2025 with the Monte Carlo Rally and would conclude in November 2025 with the Rally Saudi Arabia, and runs in support of the 2025 World Rally Championship.

Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.[2] However, Pajari would not defend his title as he was promoted to the top tier by Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.[3]

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2025 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2025 season is scheduled to be contested over fourteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 23 January 26 January   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Mixed[a] 18 343.80 km [4]
2 13 February 16 February   Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 300.22 km [5]
3 20 March 23 March   Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya Gravel 21 384.86 km [6]
4 24 April 27 April   Rally Islas Canarias Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain Tarmac 18 306.12 km [7]
5 15 May 18 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Gravel TBA TBA
6 5 June 8 June   Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia, Italy Gravel 16 324.64 km [8]
7 26 June 29 June   Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel TBA TBA
8 17 July 20 July   Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia Gravel TBA TBA
9 31 July 3 August   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel 20 307.34 km [9]
10 28 August 31 August   Rally del Paraguay Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay Gravel TBA TBA
11 11 September 14 September   Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío, Chile Gravel TBA TBA
12 16 October 19 October   Central European Rally Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany Tarmac TBA TBA
13 6 November 9 November   Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac TBA TBA
14 27 November 30 November   Rally Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia Gravel TBA TBA
Sources:[10][11]

Calendar changes

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The calendar was expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events.[12] This was originally planned for the 2024 season,[13] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hopes of attracting more Rally1 entries.[14]

 
Rally Islas Canarias is set to join the WRC calendar.

Contracted crews

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The following teams and crews are under contract to contest the WRC2 championship in 2025. Teams must enter two crews to be eligible for Teams' Championship points.

Crews entered by or via teams
Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Driver Name Category Co-Driver Name Category
  FIA Rally Star Ford Fiesta Rally2   Romet Jürgenson Challenger   Siim Oja Challenger 2
  GP Garage My Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Uğur Soylu Challenger   Sener Güray Challenger 2
  PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2   Léo Rossel Challenger   Guillaume Mercoiret Challenger 1
  Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand 1
  Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Oliver Solberg   Elliott Edmondson 2
  Michał Sołowow Challenger   Maciej Baran Challenger 2
  Sarrazin Motorsport – Iron Lynx Citroën C3 Rally2   Sarah Rumeau Challenger   Julie Amblard Challenger 1
  Pablo Sarrazin Challenger   Geoffrey Combe Challenger 1
  Teo Martin Motorsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Diego Domínguez Jr.   Rogelio Penate TBA
  Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Fabrizio Zaldivar Challenger   Marcelo Der Ohannesian Challenger 2
  Toyota Gazoo Racing NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Hikaru Kogure Challenger   Topi Luhtinen Challenger 2
  Yuki Yamamoto Challenger   James Fulton Challenger 2
Sources:[25][26]
Private entries
Car Driver Co-driver Rounds
Driver name Category Co-driver name Category
Citroën C3 Rally2   Jan Černý Challenger   Ondřej Krajča Challenger 1
  Maxime Potty Challenger   Renaud Herman Challenger 1
  Rachele Somaschini Challenger   Nicola Arena Challenger 1–2
Ford Fiesta Rally2   Eamonn Boland Challenger   Michael Joseph Morrissey Challenger 1
Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Eric Camilli   Thibault de la Haye 1
  Daniel Guex Challenger   Christopher Guieu Challenger 1
  Charles Munster Challenger   Loris Pascaud Challenger 1
  Henk Vossen Challenger   Willem Vissenberg Challenger 1
Škoda Fabia R5   Jonathan Michellod Challenger   Stéphane Fellay Challenger 1
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Olivier Burri Challenger   Anderson Levratti Challenger 1
  Eloitt Delecour Challenger   Romain Roche Challenger 1
  Filippo Marchino Challenger   Pietro Elia Ometto Challenger 1
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Enrico Brazzoli Challenger   Martina Musiari Challenger 1
  Flavio Brega Challenger   Marco Zegna Challenger 1
  Maurizio Chiarani Challenger   Flavio Zanella Challenger 1
  Roberto Daprà Challenger   Luca Guglielmetti Challenger 1
  Nikolay Gryazin Challenger   Konstantin Aleksandrov Challenger 1
  Filip Kohn Challenger   Ross Whittock Challenger 1–2
  Matthieu Margaillan Challenger   Mathilde Margaillan Challenger 1
  Alberto Roveta Challenger   Nicolò Gonella Challenger 1
  Miguel Granados Challenger   Marc Martí Challenger 2
  Mikko Heikkilä Challenger   Kristian Temonen Challenger 2
  Lauri Joona Challenger   Samu Vaaleri Challenger 2
  Jarosław Kołtun Challenger   Ireneusz Pleskot Challenger 2
  Alejandro Mauro Challenger   Adrián Pérez Challenger 2
  Isak Reiersen Challenger   Stefan Gustavsson Challenger 2
  Bernhard ten Brinke Challenger   Tom Woodburn Challenger 2
  Pontus Tidemand   Jørgen Eriksen 2
  Robert Virves Challenger   Jakko Viilo Challenger 2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Tuukka Kauppinen Challenger   Virtanen Sebastian Challenger 2
  Roope Korhonen Challenger   Anssi Viinikka Challenger 2
  Georg Linnamäe Challenger   James Morgan Challenger 2
Sources:[25][26]

In detail

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Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson signed with Printsport to drive a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 for the team.[27]

Newly-crowned WRC3 champions Diego Domínguez Jr. and Rogelio Penate is set to step up to the WRC2 category with Teo Martín Motorsport.[28]

PH Sport announced the signs of Yohan Rossel and Léo Rossel as the drivers of their two factory supported Citroën C3 Rally2 cars.[29]

Toksport WRT signed Robert Virves and Jakko Viilo to drive a full season with Škoda Fabia RS Rally2.[30]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand   PH Sport 3:29:32.9 Report [31]
2   Rally Sweden Report
3   Safari Rally Kenya Report
4   Rally Islas Canarias Report
5   Rally de Portugal Report
6   Rally Italia Sardegna Report
7   Acropolis Rally Greece Report
8   Rally Estonia Report
9   Rally Finland Report
10   Rally del Paraguay Report
11   Rally Chile Report
12   Central European Rally Report
13   Rally Japan Report
14   Rally Saudi Arabia Report

Scoring system

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A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 17 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
1   Yohan Rossel 1 25
2   Eric Camilli 2 17
3   Léo Rossel 3 15
4   Jan Černý 4 12
5   Roberto Daprà 5 10
6   Pablo Sarrazin 6 8
7   Charles Munster 7 6
8   Maxime Potty 8 4
9   Sarah Rumeau 9 2
10   Filip Kohn 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
Sources:[32]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
1   Arnaud Dunand 1 25
2   Thibault de la Haye 2 17
3   Guillaume Mercoiret 3 15
4   Ondřej Krajča 4 12
5   Luca Guglielmetti 5 10
6   Geoffrey Combe 6 8
7   Loris Pascaud 7 6
8   Renaud Herman 8 4
9   Julie Amblard 9 2
10   Ross Whittock 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
Sources:[33]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
1   PH Sport 1 42
2
2   Sarrazin Motorsport – Iron Lynx 3 27
4
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
Sources:[34]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
1   Léo Rossel 1 25
2   Jan Černý 2 17
3   Roberto Daprà 3 15
4   Pablo Sarrazin 4 12
5   Charles Munster 5 10
6   Maxime Potty 6 8
7   Sarah Rumeau 7 6
8   Filip Kohn 8 4
9   Olivier Burri 9 2
10   Jonathan Michellod 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
Sources:[35]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Co-drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
1   Guillaume Mercoiret 1 25
2   Ondřej Krajča 2 17
3   Luca Guglielmetti 3 15
4   Geoffrey Combe 4 12
5   Loris Pascaud 5 10
6   Renaud Herman 6 8
7   Julie Amblard 7 6
8   Ross Whittock 8 4
9   Anderson Levratti 9 2
10   Stéphane Fellay 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		ESP
  		POR
  		ITA
  		GRE
  		EST
  		FIN
  		PAR
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		SAU
  		Points
Sources:[36]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.

References

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