A reminder of the 2025 calendar: when will the WRC return?

As the world heads towards the festive period, the World Rally Championship revs up for its return next month so when does the sport return? 

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For the first time in their careers, Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wyadeghe will embark on the 2025 season as the sports’ defending champions after winning the championship in Japan last month. 

However, the Belgian crew will be under pressure from the remaining drivers to defend their title, including returning two-time world champions Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen. 

The sport will also undertake a revised points system which will see a driver being able to score a maximum of 35 points in a single event. 

The overall rally leader will take home 25 points but they will have the opportunity to score another 10 from both Super Sunday (five) and Wolf Power Stage (five) points. 

Whilst Monte-Carlo will host the season opener as per tradition, the 14-event season will also return to Spain and Estonia whilst welcoming three new rallies: the Canary Islands, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia.

So, with four asphalt events, nine gravel rounds and one snow rally, what does the 2025 WRC calendar look like?

More destinations and more action in 2025 🤩#WRC pic.twitter.com/7wBCELrlEl

— FIA World Rally Championship (@OfficialWRC) July 31, 2024

The 2025 WRC Calendar

1. Rallye Monte Carlo – January 23-26
2. Rally Sweden – February 13-16
3. Safari Rally Kenya – March 20-23
4. Rally Islas Canarias – April 24-27
5. Rally de Portugal – May 15-18
6. Rally Italia Sardinia – June 5-8
7. Acropolis Rally Greece – June 26-29
8. Rally Estonia – July 17-20
9. Rally Finland – July 31-August 3
10. Rally del Paraguay – August 28-31
11. Rally Chile Bio Bio – September 11-14
12. Central European Rally – October 16-19
13. Rally Japan – November 6-9
14. Rally Saudi Arabia – November 27-30

Read more WRC here:

• FIA redefine WRC points system for 2025
• Hyundai confirm 2025 line up with Adrien Fourmaux
• Evans takes Rally Japan win as Toyota defend title in last-stage decider
• Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe take WRC title after Ott Tanak crash
• Toyota aiming for ‘maximum points’ in Japan to snatch title from Hyundai
• FIA confirm WRC to remove Hybrids from 2025

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.