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]

Calendar

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 crossing 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 19 334.52 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 TBA TBA
13 6 November 9 November Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac TBA TBA
14 27 November 30 November Rally Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia Gravel TBA TBA
Sources:[14][15]

Calendar changes

The calendar was expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events.[16] This was originally planned for the 2024 season,[17] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hopes of attracting more Rally1 entries.[18]

Entries

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:[29]

Results and standings

Season summary

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 [30]
2 Rally Sweden Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star 2:51:17.7 Report [31]
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 [32]
7 Acropolis Rally Greece Ali Türkkan Oytun Albayrak Castrol Ford Team Türkiye 4:39:31.7 Report [33]
8 Rally Estonia Report
9 Rally Finland Report
10 Rally del Paraguay Report
11 Rally Chile Report
12 Central European Rally Report
13 Rally Japan Report
14 Rally Saudi Arabia Report

Scoring system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 17 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 ESP
 POR
 ITA
 GRE
 EST
 FIN
 PAR
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 SAU
 Points
1 Taylor Gill 1 1 2 67
2 Matteo Fontana 2 2 1 59
3 Kerem Kazaz 5 2 5 4 49
4 Arthur Pelamourges 1 2 11 42
5 Ali Türkkan 3 9 1 42
6 Ghjuvanni Rossi 3 3 7 36
7 Nataniel Bruun 8 4 2 33
8 Takumi Matsushita 4 4 6 32
9 Diego Dominguez Jr. 4 13 8 3 31
10 Mattéo Chatillon Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 29
11 Nikhil Sachania 1 25
12 Max Smart 12 3 6 23
13 André Martinez 14 17 3 15
14 Timo Weigert 4 12
15 Joosep Ralf Nõgene 16 5 10
16 Shotaro Goto Ret 5 WD 10
17 Yanis Desangles 5 10
18 Efthimios Halkias 5 10
19 Claire Schönborn 7 13 8 10
20 Eric Royère 6 11 8
21 Adam Grahn 6 8
22 Igor Widłak 6 8
23 Slaven Šekuljica 7 Ret 6
24 Jonás Pérez 7 6
25 Giorgos Delaportas 7 6
26 Lyssia Baudet 9 2
27 Giorgos Dodos 9 2
28 Tristan Charpentier 10 12 1
29 Giorgos Dodos 12 10 1
30 Tom Pellerey 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 ESP
 POR
 ITA
 GRE
 EST
 FIN
 PAR
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 SAU
 Points
Sources:[34]
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)

FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-drivers

Pos. Co-driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 ESP
 POR
 ITA
 GRE
 EST
 FIN
 PAR
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 SAU
 Points
1 Daniel Brkic 1 1 2 67
2 Alessandro Arnaboldi 2 2 1 59
3 Corentin Silvestre 5 2 5 4 49
4 Bastien Pouget 1 2 11 42
5 Oytun Albaykar 3 9 1 42
6 Kylian Sarmezan 3 3 7 36
7 Pablo Olmos 8 4 2 33
8 Pekka Kelander 4 4 6 32
9 Rogelio Peñate 4 13 8 3 31
10 Maxence Cornuau Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 29
11 Deep Patel 1 25
12 Malcolm Read 3 6 23
13 Matias Aranguren 14 17 3 15
14 Jasmine Weigert 4 12
15 Aleks Lesk 16 5 10
16 Nikos Komnos 5 8
17 Jussi Lindberg Ret 5 WD 10
18 Nicolas Théron 5 10
19 Alexis Grenier 6 11 8
20 Maja Bengtsson 6 8
21 Michał Marczewski 6 8
22 Jara Hain 7 13 6
23 Damir Petrović 7 Ret 6
24 Damián Sacramento 7 6
25 Evangelos Panaritis 7 6
26 Michael Wenzel 8 4
27 Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 9 2
28 Nikos Intzoglou 9 2
29 Florian Barral 10 12 1
30 Allan Harryman 12 10 1
31 Hervé Faucher 10 1
Pos. Co-driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 ESP
 POR
 ITA
 GRE
 EST
 FIN
 PAR
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 SAU
 Points
Sources:[35]
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)

Notes

  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.

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