2025 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2025 FIA World Rallycross Championship is the scheduled twelfth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.

Calendar

On the 17th of October 2024, the calendar for the 2025 season was announced. It was due to start on the 23rd of January 2025 in Canada on a brand new ice-surface circuit, and featured a further seven rounds in Hungary, Portugal, Great Britain, Finland, Sweden, Turkey and Australia. It was due to conclude on the 23rd of November 2025.[1] The venue for the season opener in Canada, the Circuit de Trois-Rivières, put out a statement on Instagram on December 13 2024 that the round had been postponed to 2026.[2] The original calendar was then removed from official FIA World Rallycross sources, and on 16 January 2025, the series put out a statement saying the process to find a new series promoter was underway.[3] A statement was put out by the Nyírad Racing Center on 23 February 2025 that stated the previously scheduled round in Hungary had been cancelled.[4] A new calendar was announced by the FIA on Instagram on 27 March 2025. It featured six rounds, of which one was at a yet unannounced venue.[5][6]

Rnd Event Date Venue Winning driver Winning team Report
1 World RX of Portugal 31 May–1 June Circuito Automóvel de Lousada, Lousada Niclas Grönholm CE Dealer Team Report
2 World RX of Sweden 5–6 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Report
3 World RX of Hungary 19–20 July Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád Report
4 World RX of Finland 23–24 August Kymiring, Kausala Report
5 World RX of Turkey 20–21 September TOSFED İstanbul Park, Istanbul Report
6 TBA 22–23 November TBA Report

Series News

  • On 13 November 2024, it was reported that the FIA had launched a process to find a new promoter for the series after four years of management by Rallycross Promoter, which took over from IMG in 2021.[7] On 10 March 2025 it was announced that the FIA had made a direct investment into the series and will take over operation of it with immediate effect. They announced that the FIA will operate the series with the support of a service provider.[8]
  • As part of the FIA announcement, it was announced that the series would return to free-to-air coverage with a priority on digital accessibility.[9]
  • On 5 December 2024, the FIA published their strategic vision for the future of their off-road championships. It stated that the Battle of Technologies-ruleset that was introduced in 2024 will remain until 2026. Following that, the goal is to propose a chassis based on the 2027 WRC technical regulations.[10]
  • On 4 April 2025, the FIA published the updated sporting and technical regulations for the championship. The weekend format was reverted back to a time-based heat system that was previously used in the championship. Grids for the first heat will be decided by a random draw, and the following heats by position in the previous heat. Heat races will be run over 4 laps, semi-finals over 5 laps, and finals over 6 laps. The regulations were also updated to allow for FIA European Rallycross Championship competitors to compete in the heats alongside the World RX competitors but with separate classifications. The point system was also updated.[11]

Entries

RX1

Constructor Team Type Model No. Drivers Rounds Ref
Hyundai PGRX ICE Hyundai i20 RX 18 Juha Rytkönen 1–2 [12]
Peugeot Team RX Racing ICE Peugeot 208 RX 7 Patrick O'Donovan 1–2 [13]
GCK ICE 8 Anthony Pelfrène 1 [14]
Hansen World RX Team EV Peugeot 208 RX1e 21 Timmy Hansen 1–2 [15]
EV 71 Kevin Hansen 1–2
PWR Racing Construction Equipment Dealer Team EV PWR RX1e 12 Klara Andersson 1–2 [16]
EV 68 Niclas Grönholm 1–2
Volkswagen Kristoffersson Motorsport ICE Volkswagen Polo KMS 601 RX 1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 [14]
ICE 96 Ole Christian Veiby 1
EV Volkswagen Polo RX1e 1 Johan Kristoffersson 2 [17]
EV 17 Gustav Bergström 2 [18]
EV 96 Ole Christian Veiby 2 [17]

Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
Final points 25 20 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Heat ranking 3 2 1

World RX Driver's Championship

Pos. Driver PRT
 SWE
 HUN
 FIN
 TÜR
 TBA
 Points
1 Niclas Grönholm 11 22 50
2 Johan Kristoffersson 52 11 44
3 Timmy Hansen 23 3 38
4 Ole Christian Veiby 3 7 29
5 Kevin Hansen 4 6 28
6 Juha Rytkönen 7 43 28
7 Patrick O'Donovan 8 5 25
8 Klara Andersson 6 8 24
9 Gustav Bergström 9 10
10 Anthony Pelfrene 9 10
Pos. Driver PRT
 SWE
 HUN
 FIN
 TÜR
 TBA
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
In-line notation
1–3 Top 3 heat ranking

World RX Team's Championship

Pos. Driver No. PRT
 SWE
 HUN
 FIN
 TÜR
 TBA
 Points
1 Construction Equipment Dealer Team 12 6 8 74
68 11 22
2 Kristoffersson Motorsport 1 52 11 73
96 3 7
3 Hansen World RX Team 21 23 3 66
71 4 6
Pos. Driver PRT
 SWE
 HUN
 FIN
 TÜR
 TBA
 Points


Notes

References

  1. ^ "Rallycross update 2025". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. ^ "fiaworldrx on Instagram". Instagram. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Rallycross update 2025". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Nyirád Racing Center: Calendar Update!". www.nyiradracing.world. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  5. ^ "fia.official on Instagram". www.instagram.com. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  6. ^ "FIA announces 2025 World RX and Euro RX calendars". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  7. ^ Barry, Luke (2024-11-13). "World RX to get a new promoter from 2025". DirtFish. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  8. ^ "FIA takes full control of World RX after promoter exit". RACER. 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  9. ^ "Bold New Era for FIA World Rallycross Championship Begins in 2025". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  10. ^ "FIA announces reorganisation and strategic vision for Road Sport Department". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  11. ^ "Regulations". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  12. ^ "fiaworldrx on Instagram". www.instagram.com. 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  13. ^ "fiaworldrx on Instagram". www.instagram.com. 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  14. ^ a b "fiaworldrx on Instagram". www.instagram.com. 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  15. ^ "Hansen Motorsport enters 2025 FIA World Rallycross Championship". Hansen Motorsport. 2025-05-09. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  16. ^ "CE Dealer Team joins World RX 2025:New rules, same powerful purpose". CE Dealer Team. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  17. ^ a b "Kristoffersson Motorsport switching to their electric cars". KMS Motorsport. 24 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Mega line-up confirmed for 'Magic Weekend' in Sweden". World RX. 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
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