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 were the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.[2] Matteo Fontana and Alessandro Arnaboldi became the 2025 WRC3 champions.

Calendar

The 2025 season was contested over fourteen rounds across 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, Nairobi 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 19 333.18 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 18 306.08 km [14]
13 6 November 9 November Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac 20 305.34 km [15]
14 26 November 29 November Rally Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia Gravel 17 319.44 km [16]
Sources:[17][18]
A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2025 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

Calendar changes

The calendar was expanded to fourteen rounds, including five flyaway events.[19] This was originally planned for the 2024 season,[20] but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hopes of attracting more Rally1 entries.[21]

Entries

The following crews are set to enter the 2025 WRC3 Championship:

Car Entrant Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Ali Türkkan Oytun Albayrak 2, 5, 7, 9, 12
FIA Rally Star Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic 2, 5, 7, 9, 12
Max Smart Cameron Fair 2
Malcolm Read 5, 7, 9, 12
LightGrey Team Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk 2, 5
Team Petrol Ofisi Kerem Kazaz Corentin Silvestre 2, 5–9, 12
WRC Young Driver Team Claire Schönborn Jara Hain 2, 5
Michael Wenzel 7, 9, 12
Lyssia Baudet Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 2
Past Racing Federico Ensslin Alejandro López 5
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy John Coyne Killian McArdle 9
Team Flying Finn Aatu Hakalehto Joonas Ojala 9
Entered under driver's name Diego Domínguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate 1–2, 5, 7, 9, 12
Ghjuvanni Rossi Kylian Sarmezan 1, 4–5, 10–11
Slaven Šekuljica Damir Petrović 1
Viljem Ošlaj 6
Marko Šivak 12
Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi 1–2, 6, 10–11
Adam Grahn Maja Bengtsson 2
Georgios Vasilakis Allan Harryman 2, 7, 10–11
André Martínez Matías Aranguren 2, 5–6, 8, 10–11
Tristan Charpentier Florian Barral 2, 5
Nikhil Sachania Deep Patel 3
Naveen Puligilla Musa Sherif 3
Nataniel Bruun Pablo Olmos 4–6, 8, 10–11
Igor Widłak Michał Marczewski 4
Giorgos Delaportas Evangelos Panaritis 7
Stephanos Theocharopoulos Giorgos Kotsalis 7
Tymoteusz Abramowski Jakub Wróbel 8
Grzegorz Bonder Łukasz Jastrzębski 8–9
Eduardo Castro Julio Echazú 10–11
Ignacio Gardiol Ignacio Uez 11
Felipe Padilla Sebastián Olguín 11
Patricio Muñoz Miguel Recalt 11
Carlos Prieto Juan Cruz Varela 11
Eduardo Kovacs Alberto Alvarez 11
Renault Clio Rally3 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Takumi Matsushita Pekka Kelander 2, 4–5, 9
Ville Mannisenmäki 8
Shotaro Goto Jussi Lindberg 2, 4–5, 8–9
C.D. Todo Sport Jonás Pérez Benito Sacramento 4
Entered under driver's name Mattéo Chatillon Maxence Cornuau 1–2, 4–6, 9
Arthur Pelamourgues Bastien Pouget 1, 4–5, 8–9
Yanis Desangles Nicolas Théron 1
Eric Royère Alexis Grenier 1–2
Ville Vatanen Jarno Ottman 2, 9
Leevi Lassila Antti Linnaketo 2, 9
Tom Pellerey Hervé Faucher 5–6, 9, 12
Efthimios Halkias Nikos Komnos 7
Giorgos Dodos Nikos Intzoglou 7
Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk 9
Ville Pynnönen Niklas Heino 9
Timo Weigert Jasmin Weigert 9
Sources:[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]

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 [44]
2 Rally Sweden Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star 2:51:17.7 Report [45]
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 [46]
7 Acropolis Rally Greece Ali Türkkan Oytun Albayrak Castrol Ford Team Türkiye 4:39:31.7 Report [47]
8 Rally Estonia Takumi Matsushita Ville Mannisenmäki Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG 3:00:39.2 Report [48]
9 Rally Finland Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star 2:41:29.9 Report
10 Rally del Paraguay Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi Matteo Fontana 3:25:35.7 Report [49]
11 Rally Chile Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi Matteo Fontana 3:21:07.2 Report [50]
12 Central European Rally Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star 2:54:29.4 Report
13 Rally Japan Ghjuvanni Rossi Kylian Sarmezan Ghjuvanni Rossi 3:51:56.6 Report [51]
14 Rally Saudi Arabia Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi Matteo Fontana 3:50:14.8 Report [52]

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 Matteo Fontana 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 134
2 Taylor Gill 1 1 2 1 1 117
3 Ghjuvanni Rossi 3 3 7 2 Ret 1 77
4 Kerem Kazaz 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 2 72
5 Arthur Pelamourges 1 2 11 5 6 60
6 Nataniel Bruun 8 4 2 Ret 5 2 60
7 Ali Türkkan 3 9 1 2 Ret 59
8 Takumi Matsushita 4 4 6 1 Ret 57
9 Diego Dominguez Jr. 4 13 8 3 8 3 50
10 André Martinez 14 17 3 3 6 6 46
11 Georgios Vasilakis 12 10 4 9 4 5 37
12 Eduardo Castro 3 3 30
13 Mattéo Chatillon Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 16 29
14 Nikhil Sachania 1 25
15 Max Smart 12 3 6 10 Ret 24
16 Eric Royère 6 11 3 23
17 Shotaro Goto Ret 5 WD 4 11 22
18 Claire Schönborn 7 13 8 12 4 22
19 Grzegorz Bonder 2 15 17
20 Naveen Puligilla Ret 2 17
21 Ville Vatanen 15 3 15
22 Saeed Al-Mouri 3 15
23 Timo Weigert 4 14 12
24 Aatu Hakalehto 4 12
25 Ignacio Gardiol 4 12
26 Burcu Çetinkaya 4 12
27 Joosep Ralf Nõgene 16 5 Ret 10
28 Leevi Lassila Ret 5 10
29 Yanis Desangles 5 10
30 Efthimios Halkias 5 10
31 Felipe Padilla 5 10
32 Adam Grahn 6 8
33 Igor Widłak 6 8
34 Slaven Šekuljica 7 Ret 6
35 Jonás Pérez 7 6
36 Giorgos Delaportas 7 6
37 Carlos Prieto 7 6
38 Eduardo Kovacs Bauer 8 4
39 Lyssia Baudet 9 2
40 Giorgos Dodos 9 2
41 Ville Pynnönen 9 2
42 Tristan Charpentier 10 12 1
43 Tom Pellerey 10 13 Ret 1
Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 ESP
 POR
 ITA
 GRE
 EST
 FIN
 PAR
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 SAU
 Points
Sources:[53]
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 Alessandro Arnaboldi 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 134
2 Daniel Brkic 1 1 2 1 1 117
3 Kylian Sarmezan 3 3 7 2 Ret 1 78
4 Corentin Silvestre 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 2 72
5 Bastien Pouget 1 2 11 5 6 60
6 Pablo Olmos 8 4 2 Ret 5 2 60
7 Oytun Albaykar 3 9 1 2 Ret 59
8 Rogelio Peñate 4 13 8 3 8 3 50
9 Matias Aranguren 14 17 3 3 6 6 46
10 Allan Harryman 12 10 4 9 4 5 37
11 Pekka Kelander 4 4 6 Ret 32
12 Julio Echazú 3 3 30
13 Maxence Cornuau Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 16 29
14 Deep Patel 1 25
15 Ville Mannisenmäki 1 25
16 Malcolm Read 3 6 10 Ret 24
17 Alexis Grenier 6 11 3 23
18 Musa Sherif Ret 2 17
19 Łukasz Jastrzębski 2 17
20 Michael Wenzel 8 12 4 16
21 Jarno Ottman 15 3 15
22 Saeed Al-Mouri 3 15
23 Jasmine Weigert 4 12
24 Joonas Ojala 4 12
25 Ignacio Uez Ahumada 4 12
26 Fabrizia Pons 4 12
27 Jussi Lindberg Ret 5 WD 11 10
28 Aleks Lesk 16 5 Ret 10
29 Antti Linnaketo Ret 5 10
30 Nicolas Théron 5 10
31 Nikos Komnos 5 10
32 Sebastián Olguín 5 10
33 Maja Bengtsson 6 8
34 Michał Marczewski 6 8
35 Jara Hain 7 13 6
36 Damir Petrović 7 Ret 6
37 Damián Sacramento 7 6
38 Evangelos Panaritis 7 6
39 Juan Cruz Varela 7 6
40 Alberto Alvarez 8 4
41 Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 9 2
42 Nikos Intzoglou 9 2
43 Niklas Heino 9 2
44 Florian Barral 10 12 1
45 Hervé Faucher 10 13 Ret 1
Pos. Co-driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 ESP
 POR
 ITA
 GRE
 EST
 FIN
 PAR
 CHL
 EUR
 JPN
 SAU
 Points
Sources:[54]
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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