2025 World Rally Championship
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The 2025 FIA World Rally Championship was the 53rd season of the World Rally Championship, an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. Teams and crews compete for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews were free to compete in cars complying with Groups Rally1 to Rally5 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars were eligible to score points in the manufacturers' championship. The championship began in January 2025 with the Monte Carlo Rally and concluded in November 2025 with the calendar newcomer Rally Saudi Arabia. The series was supported by the WRC2 and WRC3 categories at every round of the championship and by Junior WRC at selected events. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, having secured their first championship titles at the 2024 Rally Japan. Toyota were the defending manufacturers' champions. At the conclusion of the championship, Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais won the World Rally Championship titles at the 2025 Rally Saudi Arabia. It was Ogier's ninth title, which tied him with Sébastien Loeb for the most championships won, and Landais' first. Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were second, trailing by four points. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were third, a further twenty-one points behind. In the manufacturers' championship, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT successfully defended their title, holding a 224-point advantage over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, with M-Sport Ford WRT in third.