2025 WRC2 Championship

The 2025 FIA WRC2 Championship is set to be the thirteenth season of WRC2, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.^[1] The championship is planned to begin 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]

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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	TBA	TBA
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	TBA	TBA
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:[8][9]

The calendar was expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events.^[10] This was originally planned for the 2024 season,^[11] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hopes of attracting more Rally1 entries.^[12]

• Rally Estonia is set to return to the championship after missing the 2024 season.^[13] The event is due to replace Rally Latvia on the calendar.^[14]
• Rally Islas Canarias is due to be promoted from the European Rally Championship and become a World Championship event under a two-year deal.^[15] The event is planned to be run on tarmac roads.^[16]
• Rally Saudi Arabia is due to join the championship in 2025 as their organisers signed a ten-year contract with WRC Promoter GmbH.^[17] The rally is planned to be based in Jeddah, and be run as the season finale.^[18]
• Rally del 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.^[19]
• The Croatia Rally will not be featured on the calendar for the first time since the event joined the championship in 2021.^[20] However, the event is set to return in 2026.^[21]
• Rally Poland will also be removed from the calendar after making a one-year return to the championship in 2024.^[22]

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
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		TBA
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
Sources:[23]

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
Ford Fiesta Rally2	Eamonn Boland	Challenger	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Challenger	1
	Romet Jürgenson	Challenger	Siim Oja	Challenger	2
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
	Matthieu Margaillan	Challenger	Mathilde Margaillan	Challenger	1
	Alberto Roveta	Challenger	Nicolò Gonella	Challenger	1
	Robert Virves	Challenger	Jakko Viilo	Challenger	2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Georg Linnamäe	Challenger	James Morgan	Challenger	2
Sources:[23]

Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson signed with Printsport to drive a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 for the team.^[24]

Newly-crowned WRC3 champions Diego Domínguez Jr. and Rogelio Penate is set to step up to the WRC2 category with Teo Martín Motorsport.^[25]

PH Sport announced the signs of Yohan Rossel and Léo Rossel as the drivers of their two factory supported Citroën C3 Rally2 cars.^[26]

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	[27]
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

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.

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:[28]

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)

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:[29]

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)

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:[30]

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)

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:[31]

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)

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:[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)

• Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
• FIA WRC2 Championship 2025 at eWRC-results.com
• FIA WRC2 Championship for Challenger 2025 at eWRC-results.com