Itinerary: what is the official schedule for WRC Rally Japan?
5th November 2025Rally Japan will host the 13th round of the World Rally Championship, and here is the schedule for the event as the championship fight increases to boiling point.
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20 stages are set to form the penultimate round of the FIA WRC championship in 2025, at Rally Japan, with slow, narrow and technical stages shaping up the challenging 13th round of the current campaign.
The championship is closer than ever, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans topping the championship 13 points ahead of his two Toyota world champions, Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera, respectively.
Remaining as an outside chance, Ott Tanak remains within a chance of securing the title fight but remains 50 points adrift of Evans’ leading total of 247.
The weather looks to be stable across the weekend, but looks like it will add extra jeopardy on the title fight on the final day of the rally with rain expected on Sunday.
So, with 20 stages lining up the event, totalling up to a staggering 305.34 competitive kilometres, what is the itinerary for the upcoming rally?
* All times are based on local times and are displayed in 24-hour format
Thursday
Shakedown: 09:00
SS1 – Kuragaike SSS: 16:05
Friday
SS2 – Inabu Shitara: 07:11
SS3 – Shinshiro: 08:24
SS4 – Isegami Tunnel: 09:57
SS5 – Isegami Tunnel: 13:40
SS6 – Inabu Shitara: 15:03
SS7 – Shinshiro: 16:16
Rally Japan: the latest weather forecast ahead of penultimate round
Saturday
SS8 – Obara: 07:23
SS9 – Ena: 08:34
SS10 – Mt. Kasagiyama: 10:05
SS11 – Mt. Kasagiyama: 12:35
SS12 – Ena: 14:08
SS13 – Obara: 15:21
SS14 – Toyota City SSS: 17:35
Sunday
SS15 – Nukata: 08:39
SS16 – Lake Mikawako: 09:35
SS17 – Okazaki SSS: 10:53
SS18 – Okazaki SSS: 11:04
SS19 – Nukata: 12:33
SS20 – Lake Mikawako (Power Stage): 14:15
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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.
