2025 Rally Finland

2025 Rally Finland
Secto Rally Finland 2025
Round 9 of 14 in the 2025 World Rally Championship
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Rally Finland has the fastest average speed of any event on the calendar.
Host country Finland
Rally baseJyväskylä, Central Finland
Dates run31 July – 3 August 2025
Start locationJyväskylä, Central Finland
Finish locationJyväskylä, Central Finland
Stages20 (307.22 km; 190.90 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance1,093.17 km (679.26 miles)
Overall distance1,400.39 km (870.16 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered66

The 2025 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2025) is a planned motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held over four days from 31 July to 3 August 2025.[2] It would mark the seventy-fourth running of the Rally Finland, and would be the ninth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The event would also be fourth round of the 2025 Junior WRC Championship.[3] The 2025 event is set to be based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and is due to be contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 307.22 km (190.90 mi).[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais are the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, are the defending manufacturer's winners.[4] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson are the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category.[5] Jesse Kallio and Ville Pynnönen are the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category.[6] Taylor Gill and Daniel Brkic are the defending rally winners in the junior championship.[7]

Background

Entry list

The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event is set to be opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven are set to enter under Rally1 regulations, as are twenty-three Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and nineteen Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship. A total of ten crews are set to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.[8]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
1 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
5 Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer, Team H
8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver H
22 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver H
33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
55 Josh McErlean Eoin Treacy M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
Rally2 entries competing in the WRC2 Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
20 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team H
21 Yohan Rossel Arnaud Dunand PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Team H
24 Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka Roope Korhonen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
25 Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Martin Prokop Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
26 Lauri Joona Samu Vaaleri Lauri Joona Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
27 Mikko Heikkilä Kristian Temonen Mikko Heikkilä Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
28 Léo Rossel Guillaume Mercoiret PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team H
29 Romet Jürgenson Siim Oja FIA Rally Star Ford Fiesta Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
30 Jan Černý Jan Hloušek Jan Černý Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
32 Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team H
34 Pablo Sarrazin Geoffrey Combe Sarrazin Motorsport – Iron Lynx Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
35 Robert Virves Jakko Viilo Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
36 Sarah Rumeau Julie Amblard Sarrazin Motorsport – Iron Lynx Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
37 Giovanni Trentin Alessandro Franco MT Racing SRL Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
38 Yuki Yamamoto James Fulton Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
39 Marco Bulacia Diego Vallejo Marco Bulacia Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
40 Jari-Matti Latvala Janni Hussi JML-WRT Oy Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Driver, Co-driver H
41 Tuukka Kauppinen Sebastian Virtanen Tuukka Kauppinen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
42 Georg Linnamäe James Morgan Georg Linnamäe Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
43 Anssi Rytkönen Juho-Ville Koskela Anssi Rytkönen Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
44 Tommi Jylhä Kimmo Nevanpää Tommi Jylhä Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
45 Uğur Soylu Sener Güray GP Garage My Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
46 Maurizio Chiarani Flavio Zanella Maurizio Chiarani Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver H
Rally3 entries competing in the WRC3 Championship and/or the Junior World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Class eligibility Tyre
47 Arthur Pelamourges Bastien Pouget Arthur Pelamourges Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
48 Takumi Matsushita Pekka Kelander Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
49 Mattéo Chatillon Maxence Cornuau Mattéo Chatillon Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
50 Shotaro Goto Jussi Lindberg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
51 Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk Joosep Ralf Nõgene Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
52 Tom Pellerey Hervé Faucher Tom Pellerey Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
53 Ville Vatanen Jarno Ottman Ville Vatanen Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
54 Leevi Lassila Antti Linnaketo Leevi Lassila Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
56 Ville Pynnönen Niklas Heino Ville Pynnönen Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
57 Grzegorz Bonder Łukasz Jastrzębski Grzegorz Bonder Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 H
58 Timo Weigert Jasmin Weigert Timo Weigert Renault Clio Rally3 WRC3 H
59 John Coyne Killian McArdle Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 H
60 Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
61 Mille Johansson Johan Grönvall Mille Johansson Ford Fiesta Rally3 Junior WRC H
62 Ali Türkkan Oytun Albayrak Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
63 Kerem Kazaz Corentin Silvestre Team Petrol Ofisi Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
64 Eamonn Kelly Conor Mohan Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Ford Fiesta Rally3 Junior WRC H
65 Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Dominguez Jr. Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
66 Thomas Martens Max Freeman Thomas Martens Ford Fiesta Rally3 Junior WRC H
67 Max Smart Malcolm Read FIA Rally Star Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
68 Claire Schönborn Michael Wenzel WRC Young Driver Program Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
70 Aatu Hakalehto Joonas Ojala Team Flying Finn Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Junior WRC H
Other major entries
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
23 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Gus Greensmith Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 H
31 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Nikolay Gryazin Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 H

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
31 July — After 9:01 Kastre [Shakedown] 4.12 km
After 18:45 Opening ceremony, Jyväskylä Paviljonki —
SS1 After 19:05 Harju 1 2.58 km
19:40 – 19:55 Flexi service A, Jyväskylä Paviljonki —
1 August SS2 After 8:03 Laukaa 1 17.96 km
SS3 After 9:03 Saarikas 1 15.78 km
SS4 After 10:23 Myhinpää 1 14.47 km
SS5 After 11:51 Ruuhimäki 1 7.76 km
12:36 – 13:01 Regroup, Jyväskylä Paviljonki —
13:01 – 13:41 Service B, Jyväskylä Paviljonki —
SS6 After 14:44 Laukaa 2 17.96 km
SS7 After 15:44 Saarikas 2 15.78 km
SS8 After 17:04 Myhinpää 2 14.47 km
SS9 After 18:35 Ruuhimäki 2 7.76 km
SS10 After 19:30 Harju 2 2.58 km
20:05 – 20:50 Flexi service C, Jyväskylä Paviljonki —
2 August SS11 After 8:01 Parkkola 1 15.51 km
SS12 After 9:42 Västilä 1 18.94 km
SS13 After 10:36 Päijälä 1 20.19 km
SS14 After 12:05 Leustu 1 16.44 km
13:05 – 13:35 Regroup, Paviljonki —
13:35 – 14:15 Service D, Paviljonki —
SS15 After 15:01 Parkkola 2 15.51 km
SS16 After 16:42 Västilä 2 18.94 km
SS17 After 17:36 Päijälä 2 20.19 km
SS18 After 19:05 Leustu 2 16.44 km
20:15 – 21:00 Flexi service E, Paviljonki —
3 August SS19 After 10:35 Ouninpohja 1 23.98 km
11:15 – 12:35 Regroup, Kakaristo —
SS20 After 13:15 Ouninpohja 2 [Power Stage] 23.98 km
After 14:15 Podium ceremony, Kakaristo —
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2025". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. ^ "WRC reveals spectacular expanded 2025 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ "2025 FIA Junior WRC: Portugal Returns, Central European Rally Debuts". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Ogier claims shock WRC victory in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Solberg strengthens WRC2 bid with Rally Finland win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Kallio claims maiden WRC3 victory in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Gill sets up FIA Junior WRC showdown after repelling Türkkan in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Entry list Secto Rally Finland 2025". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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