2025 WRC3 Championship

The 2025 FIA WRC3 Championship is the twelfth season of WRC3, 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 Rally3 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.

Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.^[2]

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 across 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	[3]
2	13 February	16 February	Rally Sweden	Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Snow	18	300.22 km	[4]
3	20 March	23 March	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya	Gravel	21	383.10 km	[5]
4	24 April	27 April	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain	Tarmac	18	301.30 km	[6]
5	15 May	18 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal	Gravel	24	344.50 km	[7]
6	5 June	8 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Olbia, Sardinia, Italy	Gravel	16	320.24 km	[8]
7	26 June	29 June	Acropolis Rally Greece	Lamia, Central Greece, Greece	Gravel	17	345.76 km	[9]
8	17 July	20 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia	Gravel	20	308.35 km	[10]
9	31 July	3 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland	Gravel	20	307.22 km	[11]
10	28 August	31 August	Rally del Paraguay	Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay	Gravel	19	333.18 km	[12]
11	11 September	14 September	Rally Chile	Concepción, Biobío, Chile	Gravel	16	306.76 km	[13]
12	16 October	19 October	Central European Rally	Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany	Tarmac	18	306.08 km	[14]
13	6 November	9 November	Rally Japan	Toyota, Aichi, Japan	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
14	26 November	29 November	Rally Saudi Arabia	Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia	Gravel	17	319.44 km	[15]
Sources:[16][17]

The calendar was expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events.^[18] This was originally planned for the 2024 season,^[19] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hopes of attracting more Rally1 entries.^[20]

• Rally Estonia is set to return to the championship after missing the 2024 season.^[21] The event is due to replace Rally Latvia on the calendar.^[22]
• Rally Islas Canarias is due to be promoted from the European Rally Championship and become a World Championship event under a two-year deal.^[23] The event is planned to be run on tarmac roads.^[24]
• Rally Saudi Arabia is due to join the championship in 2025 as their organisers signed a ten-year contract with WRC Promoter GmbH.^[25] The rally is planned to be based in Jeddah, and be run as the season finale.^[26]
• 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.^[27]
• The Croatia Rally will not be featured on the calendar for the first time since the event joined the championship in 2021.^[28] However, the event is set to return in 2026.^[29]
• Rally Poland will also be removed from the calendar after making a one-year return to the championship in 2024.^[30]

The following crews are set to enter the 2025 WRC3 Championship:

Car	Entrant	Driver name	Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3	Nataniel Bruun	Nataniel Bruun	Pablo Olmos	4
	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Ali Türkkan	Oytun Albaykar	2
	Tristan Charpentier	Tristan Charpentier	Florian Barral	2
	Diego Domínguez	Diego Domínguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	1–2
	FIA Rally Star	Taylor Gill	Daniel Brkic	2
		Max Smart	Cameron Fair	2
	Matteo Fontana	Matteo Fontana	Alessandro Arnaboldi	1–2
	Adam Grahn	Adam Grahn	Maja Bengtsson	2
	LightGrey	Joosep Ralf Nõgene	Aleks Lesk	2, 5
	André Martinez	André Martinez	Matias Aranguren	2
	Naveen Puligilla	Naveen Puligilla	Musa Sherif	3
	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	1, 4
	Nikhil Sachania	Nikhil Sachania	Deep Patel	3
	Slaven Šekuljica	Slaven Šekuljica	Damir Petrović	1
	Team Petrol Ofisi	Kerem Kazaz	Corentin Silvestre	2
	Georgios Vasilakis	Georgios Vasilakis	Allan Harryman	2
	Igor Widłak	Igor Widłak	Michał Marczewski	4
	WRC Young Driver Program	Lyssia Baudet	Léa Sam-Caw-Freve	2
		Claire Schönborn	Jara Hain	2
Renault Clio Rally3	C. D. Todo Sport	Jonás Pérez	Benito Pérez	4
	Mattéo Chatillon	Mattéo Chatillon	Maxence Cornuau	1–2, 4
	Yanis Desangles	Yanis Desangles	Nicolas Théron	1
	Leevi Lassila	Leevi Lassila	Antti Linnaketo	2
	Arthur Pelamourgues	Arthur Pelamourgues	Bastien Pouget	1, 4
	Eric Royère	Eric Royère	Alexis Grenier	1–2
	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Shotaro Goto	Jussi Lindberg	2, 4
		Takumi Matsushita	Pekka Kelander	2, 4
	Ville Vatanen	Ville Vatanen	Jarno Ottman	2
Sources:[31]

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Arthur Pelamourges	Bastien Pouget	Arthur Pelamourges	3:44:44.9	Report	[32]
2	Rally Sweden	Taylor Gill	Daniel Brkic	FIA Rally Star	2:51:17.7	Report	[33]
3	Safari Rally Kenya	Nikhil Sachania	Deep Patel	Nikhil Sachania	7:04:36.9	Report
4	Rally Islas Canarias	Mattéo Chatillon	Maxence Cornuau	Mattéo Chatillon	3:14:39.9	Report
5	Rally de Portugal	Taylor Gill	Daniel Brkic	FIA Rally Star	4:15:07.3	Report
6	Rally Italia Sardegna	Matteo Fontana	Alessandro Arnaboldi	Matteo Fontana	4:03:55.4	Report	[34]
7	Acropolis Rally Greece	Ali Türkkan	Oytun Albayrak	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	4:39:31.7	Report	[35]
8	Rally Estonia	Takumi Matsushita	Ville Mannisenmäki	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	3:00:39.2	Report	[36]
9	Rally Finland	Taylor Gill	Daniel Brkic	FIA Rally Star	2:41:29.9	Report
10	Rally del Paraguay					Report
11	Rally Chile					Report
12	Central European Rally					Report
13	Rally Japan					Report
14	Rally Saudi Arabia					Report

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU Points 1 Taylor Gill 1 1 2 1 92 2 Arthur Pelamourges 1 2 11 5 6 60 3 Matteo Fontana 2 2 1 59 4 Ali Türkkan 3 9 1 2 59 5 Takumi Matsushita 4 4 6 1 Ret 57 6 Kerem Kazaz 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 55 7 Ghjuvanni Rossi 3 3 7 36 8 Diego Dominguez Jr. 4 13 8 3 8 35 9 Nataniel Bruun 8 4 2 Ret 33 10 André Martinez 14 17 3 3 30 11 Mattéo Chatillon Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 16 29 12 Nikhil Sachania 1 25 13 Max Smart 12 3 6 10 24 14 Shotaro Goto Ret 5 WD 4 11 22 15 Grzegorz Bonder 2 15 17 16 Ville Vatanen 15 3 15 17 Timo Weigert 4 14 12 18 Aatu Hakalehto 4 12 19 Joosep Ralf Nõgene 16 5 Ret 10 20 Leevi Lassila Ret 5 10 21 Yanis Desangles 5 10 22 Efthimios Halkias 5 10 23 Claire Schönborn 7 13 8 12 10 24 Eric Royère 6 11 8 25 Adam Grahn 6 8 26 Igor Widłak 6 8 27 Slaven Šekuljica 7 Ret 6 28 Jonás Pérez 7 6 29 Giorgos Delaportas 7 6 30 Lyssia Baudet 9 2 31 Giorgos Dodos 9 2 32 Ville Pynnönen 9 2 33 Tristan Charpentier 10 12 1 34 Giorgos Dodos 12 10 1 35 Tom Pellerey 10 13 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU Points Sources:[37]

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. Co-driver MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU Points 1 Daniel Brkic 1 1 2 1 92 2 Bastien Pouget 1 2 11 5 6 60 3 Alessandro Arnaboldi 2 2 1 59 4 Oytun Albaykar 3 9 1 2 59 5 Corentin Silvestre 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 55 6 Kylian Sarmezan 3 3 7 36 7 Rogelio Peñate 4 13 8 3 8 35 8 Pablo Olmos 8 4 2 Ret 33 9 Pekka Kelander 4 4 6 Ret 32 10 Matias Aranguren 14 17 3 3 30 11 Maxence Cornuau Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 16 29 12 Deep Patel 1 25 13 Ville Mannisenmäki 1 25 14 Malcolm Read 3 6 10 24 15 Łukasz Jastrzębski 2 17 16 Jarno Ottman 15 3 15 17 Jasmine Weigert 4 12 18 Joonas Ojala 4 12 19 Jussi Lindberg Ret 5 WD 11 10 20 Aleks Lesk 16 5 Ret 10 21 Antti Linnaketo Ret 5 10 22 Nicolas Théron 5 10 23 Nikos Komnos 5 10 24 Alexis Grenier 6 11 8 25 Maja Bengtsson 6 8 26 Michał Marczewski 6 8 27 Jara Hain 7 13 6 28 Damir Petrović 7 Ret 6 29 Damián Sacramento 7 6 30 Evangelos Panaritis 7 6 31 Michael Wenzel 8 12 4 32 Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 9 2 33 Nikos Intzoglou 9 2 34 Niklas Heino 9 2 35 Florian Barral 10 12 1 36 Allan Harryman 12 10 1 37 Hervé Faucher 10 13 1 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU Points Sources:[38]

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 WRC3 Championship 2025 at eWRC-results.com