Red Bull Motorsports
WRC
This is the 2025 WRC calendar
Rallye Monte Carlo kicked off the season dramatically as drivers faced treacherous conditions, and Sébastien Ogier ended the weekend with a particularly special win.
Part of this story
The icy roads of the French Alps. Brutally rough dirt tracks in Kenya and Paraguay. Asphalt in the Canary Islands and Japan. Snow in Sweden. The rock-riddled routes of Italy, Greece and Portugal. These are the extremes that drivers in the 2025 World Rally Championship are set to face.
After a thrilling 2024 season that saw Hyundai's Thierry Neuville secure his first world title, after many years of near misses, on the final day of the final rally, the 53rd season of the WRC races in 14 very different destinations across four continents in the fight to see who'll become champion.
Whatever happens, rally fans already know they're in for an exciting year as Kalle Rovanperä has made the decision to return to the series full-time, after he followed in the footsteps of fellow WRC champions Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier by taking time out to explore other motorsports.
Add to that the likes of Elfyn Evans and Ott Tänak and you have all the ingredients for an action-packed season ahead. Check out the full 2025 FIA World Rally Championship calendar below, and get the lowdown from each round right here as they culminate.
01
World Rally Championship 2025 calendar
Event
Date
Rally
Location
1.
January 23–26
Rallye Monte Carlo
Monaco
2.
February 13–16
Rally Sweden
Umea
3.
March 20–23
Safari Rally Kenya
Nairobi
4.
April 24-27
Rally Islas Canarias
Las Palmas
5.
May 15-18
Rally de Portugal
Matosinhos
6.
June 5-8
Rally Italia Sardegna
Alghero
7.
June 26–29
Acropolis Rally Greece
Athens
8.
July 17–20
Rally Estonia
Tartu
9.
July 31 - August 3
Rally Finland
Jyväskylä
10.
August 28-31
Rally del Paraguay
Encarnación
11.
September 11–14
Rally Chile
Concepcíon
12.
October 16-19
Central Europe Rally
Bad Griesbach
13.
November 6-9
Rally Japan
Aichi
14.
November 27-30
Rally Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
02
Rallye Monte-Carlo 2025 – Sébastien Ogier's 10th victory in Monaco
Sébastien Ogier celebrates his record-extending victory
© Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool
January 23–26
Sébastien Ogier etched his name further into the history books by claiming his 10th victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the opening round of the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship. Driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, Ogier secured victory by a margin of 18.5s over his Toyota GAZOO Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans after a nail-biting final day through the French Alps.
Sunday’s decisive final leg threatened to turn the tide. Ogier and Evans opted to carry four studded Hankook tyres and only two super-soft slicks - an approach that proved effective on the icy roads of Avançon - Notre-Dame du Laus, but this left them vulnerable on the drier penultimate test at Digne-les-Bains/Chaudon-Norante. There, Adrien Fourmaux shone on a full-slick setup, outpacing both Toyotas by 23.9s and 17.8s respectively and momentarily threatening to disrupt the podium order.
Behind Evans, Hyundai’s Ott Tänak ceded fourth position to Toyota’s Kalle Rovanperä on the final day due to his own tyre misjudgement. The pair finished just 4.7s apart, with both drivers now eager to bounce back on next month’s Rally Sweden as previous winners of the snow-and-ice fixture.
WRC continues with Rally Sweden February 13–16.
Part of this story
