The 2025 FIA WRC3 Championship was 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. 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. 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.

RoundStart dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceRef.
123 January26 JanuaryMonaco Rallye Automobile Monte CarloGap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FranceMixed18343.80 km
213 February16 FebruarySweden Rally SwedenUmeå, Västerbotten County, SwedenSnow18300.22 km
320 March23 MarchKenya Safari Rally KenyaNairobi, Nairobi County, KenyaGravel21383.10 km
424 April27 AprilSpain Rally Islas CanariasLas Palmas, Gran Canaria, SpainTarmac18301.30 km
515 May18 MayPortugal Rally de PortugalMatosinhos, Porto, PortugalGravel24344.50 km
65 June8 JuneItaly Rally Italia SardegnaOlbia, Sardinia, ItalyGravel16320.24 km
726 June29 JuneGreece Acropolis Rally GreeceLamia, Central Greece, GreeceGravel17345.76 km
817 July20 JulyEstonia Rally EstoniaTartu, Tartu County, EstoniaGravel20308.35 km
931 July3 AugustFinland Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central Finland, FinlandGravel20307.22 km
1028 August31 AugustParaguay Rally del ParaguayEncarnación, Itapúa, ParaguayGravel19333.18 km
1111 September14 SeptemberChile Rally ChileConcepción, Biobío, ChileGravel16306.76 km
1216 October19 OctoberEurope Central European RallyBad Griesbach, Bavaria, GermanyTarmac18306.08 km
136 November9 NovemberJapan Rally JapanToyota, Aichi, JapanTarmac20305.34 km
1426 November29 NovemberSaudi Arabia Rally Saudi ArabiaJeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi ArabiaGravel17319.44 km
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2025 WRC3 Championship is located in Earth
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. This was originally planned for the 2024 season, but WRC Promoter GmbH retained the total of thirteen events in the hopes of attracting more Rally1 entries.

Rally Islas Canarias joined the WRC calendar.

Entries

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

CarEntrantDriver nameCo-driver nameRounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3Turkey Castrol Ford Team TürkiyeTurkey Ali TürkkanTurkey Oytun Albayrak2, 5, 7, 9, 12
FIA Rally StarAustralia Taylor GillAustralia Daniel Brkic2, 5, 7, 9, 12
South Africa Max SmartUnited Kingdom Cameron Fair2
New Zealand Malcolm Read5, 7, 9, 12
Estonia LightGrey TeamEstonia Joosep Ralf NõgeneEstonia Aleks Lesk2, 5
Turkey Team Petrol OfisiTurkey Kerem KazazFrance Corentin Silvestre2, 5–9, 12
WRC Young Driver TeamGermany Claire SchönbornGermany Jara Hain2, 5
Germany Michael Wenzel7, 9, 12
Belgium Lyssia BaudetFrance Léa Sam-Caw-Freve2
Spain Past RacingUruguay Federico EnsslinSpain Alejandro López5
Republic of Ireland Motorsport Ireland Rally AcademyRepublic of Ireland John CoyneRepublic of Ireland Killian McArdle9
Finland Team Flying FinnFinland Aatu HakalehtoFinland Joonas Ojala9
Entered under driver's nameParaguay Diego Domínguez Jr.Spain Rogelio Peñate1–2, 5, 7, 9, 12
France Ghjuvanni RossiFrance Kylian Sarmezan1, 4–5, 10–11
Croatia Slaven ŠekuljicaCroatia Damir Petrović1
Slovenia Viljem Ošlaj6
Croatia Marko Šivak12
Italy Matteo FontanaItaly Alessandro Arnaboldi1–2, 6, 10–11
Sweden Adam GrahnSweden Maja Bengtsson2
Greece Georgios VasilakisRepublic of Ireland Allan Harryman2, 7, 10–11
Peru André MartínezArgentina Matías Aranguren2, 5–6, 8, 10–11
France Tristan CharpentierFrance Florian Barral2, 5
Kenya Nikhil SachaniaKenya Deep Patel3
India Naveen PuligillaIndia Musa Sherif3
Bolivia Nataniel BruunArgentina Pablo Olmos4–6, 8, 10–11
Poland Igor WidłakPoland Michał Marczewski4
Greece Giorgos DelaportasGreece Evangelos Panaritis7
Greece Stephanos TheocharopoulosGreece Giorgos Kotsalis7
Poland Tymoteusz AbramowskiPoland Jakub Wróbel8
Poland Grzegorz BonderPoland Łukasz Jastrzębski8–9
Peru Eduardo CastroPeru Julio Echazú10–11
Uruguay Ignacio GardiolArgentina Ignacio Uez11
Chile Felipe PadillaChile Sebastián Olguín11
Chile Patricio MuñozArgentina Miguel Recalt11
Chile Carlos PrietoArgentina Juan Cruz Varela11
Chile Eduardo KovacsArgentina Alberto Alvarez11
Renault Clio Rally3Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NGJapan Takumi MatsushitaFinland Pekka Kelander2, 4–5, 9
Finland Ville Mannisenmäki8
Japan Shotaro GotoFinland Jussi Lindberg2, 4–5, 8–9
Spain C.D. Todo SportSpain Jonás PérezSpain Benito Sacramento4
Entered under driver's nameFrance Mattéo ChatillonFrance Maxence Cornuau1–2, 4–6, 9
France Arthur PelamourguesFrance Bastien Pouget1, 4–5, 8–9
France Yanis DesanglesFrance Nicolas Théron1
France Eric RoyèreFrance Alexis Grenier1–2
Finland Ville VatanenFinland Jarno Ottman2, 9
Finland Leevi LassilaFinland Antti Linnaketo2, 9
France Tom PellereyFrance Hervé Faucher5–6, 9, 12
Greece Efthimios HalkiasGreece Nikos Komnos7
Greece Giorgos DodosGreece Nikos Intzoglou7
Estonia Joosep Ralf NõgeneEstonia Aleks Lesk9
Finland Ville PynnönenFinland Niklas Heino9
Germany Timo WeigertGermany Jasmin Weigert9
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Results and standings

Season summary

RoundEventWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning entrantWinning timeReportRef.
1Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte CarloFrance Arthur PelamourgesFrance Bastien PougetFrance Arthur Pelamourges3:44:44.9Report
2Sweden Rally SwedenAustralia Taylor GillAustralia Daniel BrkicFIA Rally Star2:51:17.7Report
3Kenya Safari Rally KenyaKenya Nikhil SachaniaKenya Deep PatelKenya Nikhil Sachania7:04:36.9Report
4Spain Rally Islas CanariasFrance Mattéo ChatillonFrance Maxence CornuauFrance Mattéo Chatillon3:14:39.9Report
5Portugal Rally de PortugalAustralia Taylor GillAustralia Daniel BrkicFIA Rally Star4:15:07.3Report
6Italy Rally Italia SardegnaItaly Matteo FontanaItaly Alessandro ArnaboldiItaly Matteo Fontana4:03:55.4Report
7Greece Acropolis Rally GreeceTurkey Ali TürkkanTurkey Oytun AlbayrakTurkey Castrol Ford Team Türkiye4:39:31.7Report
8Estonia Rally EstoniaJapan Takumi MatsushitaFinland Ville MannisenmäkiJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG3:00:39.2Report
9Finland Rally FinlandAustralia Taylor GillAustralia Daniel BrkicFIA Rally Star2:41:29.9Report
10Paraguay Rally del ParaguayItaly Matteo FontanaItaly Alessandro ArnaboldiItaly Matteo Fontana3:25:35.7Report
11Chile Rally ChileItaly Matteo FontanaItaly Alessandro ArnaboldiItaly Matteo Fontana3:21:07.2Report
12Europe Central European RallyAustralia Taylor GillAustralia Daniel BrkicFIA Rally Star2:54:29.4Report
13Japan Rally JapanFrance Ghjuvanni RossiFrance Kylian SarmezanFrance Ghjuvanni Rossi3:51:56.6Report
14Saudi Arabia Rally Saudi ArabiaItaly Matteo FontanaItaly Alessandro ArnaboldiItaly Matteo Fontana3:50:14.8Report

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Points251715121086421

FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers

Pos.DriverMON MonacoSWE SwedenKEN KenyaESP SpainPOR PortugalITA ItalyGRE GreeceEST EstoniaFIN FinlandPAR ParaguayCHL ChileEUR EuropeJPN JapanSAU Saudi ArabiaPoints
Pos. Driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden KEN Kenya ESP Spain POR Portugal ITA Italy GRE Greece EST Estonia FIN Finland PAR Paraguay CHL Chile EUR Europe JPN Japan SAU Saudi Arabia Points 1 Italy Matteo Fontana 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 134 2 Australia Taylor Gill 1 1 2 1 1 117 3 France Ghjuvanni Rossi 3 3 7 2 Ret 1 77 4 Turkey Kerem Kazaz 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 2 72 5 France Arthur Pelamourges 1 2 11 5 6 60 6 Bolivia Nataniel Bruun 8 4 2 Ret 5 2 60 7 Turkey Ali Türkkan 3 9 1 2 Ret 59 8 Japan Takumi Matsushita 4 4 6 1 Ret 57 9 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr. 4 13 8 3 8 3 50 10 Peru André Martinez 14 17 3 3 6 6 46 11 Greece Georgios Vasilakis 12 10 4 9 4 5 37 12 Peru Eduardo Castro 3 3 30 13 France Mattéo Chatillon Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 16 29 14 Kenya Nikhil Sachania 1 25 15 South Africa Max Smart 12 3 6 10 Ret 24 16 France Eric Royère 6 11 3 23 17 Japan Shotaro Goto Ret 5 WD 4 11 22 18 Germany Claire Schönborn 7 13 8 12 4 22 19 Poland Grzegorz Bonder 2 15 17 20 India Naveen Puligilla Ret 2 17 21 Finland Ville Vatanen 15 3 15 22 Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Mouri 3 15 23 Germany Timo Weigert 4 14 12 24 Finland Aatu Hakalehto 4 12 25 Uruguay Ignacio Gardiol 4 12 26 Turkey Burcu Çetinkaya 4 12 27 Estonia Joosep Ralf Nõgene 16 5 Ret 10 28 Finland Leevi Lassila Ret 5 10 29 France Yanis Desangles 5 10 30 Greece Efthimios Halkias 5 10 31 Chile Felipe Padilla 5 10 32 Sweden Adam Grahn 6 8 33 Poland Igor Widłak 6 8 34 Croatia Slaven Šekuljica 7 Ret 6 35 Spain Jonás Pérez 7 6 36 Greece Giorgos Delaportas 7 6 37 Chile Carlos Prieto 7 6 38 Chile Eduardo Kovacs Bauer 8 4 39 Belgium Lyssia Baudet 9 2 40 Greece Giorgos Dodos 9 2 41 Finland Ville Pynnönen 9 2 42 France Tristan Charpentier 10 12 1 43 France Tom Pellerey 10 13 Ret 1 Pos. Driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden KEN Kenya ESP Spain POR Portugal ITA Italy GRE Greece EST Estonia FIN Finland PAR Paraguay CHL Chile EUR Europe JPN Japan SAU Saudi Arabia Points Sources: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)
1Italy Matteo Fontana2211121134
2Australia Taylor Gill11211117
3France Ghjuvanni Rossi3372Ret177
4Turkey Kerem Kazaz5254Ret7272
5France Arthur Pelamourges12115660
6Bolivia Nataniel Bruun842Ret5260
7Turkey Ali Türkkan3912Ret59
8Japan Takumi Matsushita4461Ret57
9Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr.413838350
10Peru André Martinez1417336646
11Greece Georgios Vasilakis1210494537
12Peru Eduardo Castro3330
13France Mattéo ChatillonRet81RetRet1629
14Kenya Nikhil Sachania125
15South Africa Max Smart123610Ret24
16France Eric Royère611323
17Japan Shotaro GotoRet5WD41122
18Germany Claire Schönborn713812422
19Poland Grzegorz Bonder21517
20India Naveen PuligillaRet217
21Finland Ville Vatanen15315
22Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Mouri315
23Germany Timo Weigert41412
24Finland Aatu Hakalehto412
25Uruguay Ignacio Gardiol412
26Turkey Burcu Çetinkaya412
27Estonia Joosep Ralf Nõgene165Ret10
28Finland Leevi LassilaRet510
29France Yanis Desangles510
30Greece Efthimios Halkias510
31Chile Felipe Padilla510
32Sweden Adam Grahn68
33Poland Igor Widłak68
34Croatia Slaven Šekuljica7Ret6
35Spain Jonás Pérez76
36Greece Giorgos Delaportas76
37Chile Carlos Prieto76
38Chile Eduardo Kovacs Bauer84
39Belgium Lyssia Baudet92
40Greece Giorgos Dodos92
41Finland Ville Pynnönen92
42France Tristan Charpentier10121
43France Tom Pellerey1013Ret1
Pos.DriverMON MonacoSWE SwedenKEN KenyaESP SpainPOR PortugalITA ItalyGRE GreeceEST EstoniaFIN FinlandPAR ParaguayCHL ChileEUR EuropeJPN JapanSAU Saudi ArabiaPoints
Sources:
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from the event (WD)

FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-drivers

Pos.Co-driverMON MonacoSWE SwedenKEN KenyaESP SpainPOR PortugalITA ItalyGRE GreeceEST EstoniaFIN FinlandPAR ParaguayCHL ChileEUR EuropeJPN JapanSAU Saudi ArabiaPoints
Pos. Co-driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden KEN Kenya ESP Spain POR Portugal ITA Italy GRE Greece EST Estonia FIN Finland PAR Paraguay CHL Chile EUR Europe JPN Japan SAU Saudi Arabia Points 1 Italy Alessandro Arnaboldi 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 134 2 Australia Daniel Brkic 1 1 2 1 1 117 3 France Kylian Sarmezan 3 3 7 2 Ret 1 78 4 France Corentin Silvestre 5 2 5 4 Ret 7 2 72 5 France Bastien Pouget 1 2 11 5 6 60 6 Argentina Pablo Olmos 8 4 2 Ret 5 2 60 7 Turkey Oytun Albaykar 3 9 1 2 Ret 59 8 Spain Rogelio Peñate 4 13 8 3 8 3 50 9 Argentina Matias Aranguren 14 17 3 3 6 6 46 10 United Kingdom Allan Harryman 12 10 4 9 4 5 37 11 Finland Pekka Kelander 4 4 6 Ret 32 12 Peru Julio Echazú 3 3 30 13 France Maxence Cornuau Ret 8 1 Ret Ret 16 29 14 Kenya Deep Patel 1 25 15 Finland Ville Mannisenmäki 1 25 16 New Zealand Malcolm Read 3 6 10 Ret 24 17 France Alexis Grenier 6 11 3 23 18 India Musa Sherif Ret 2 17 19 Poland Łukasz Jastrzębski 2 17 20 Germany Michael Wenzel 8 12 4 16 21 Finland Jarno Ottman 15 3 15 22 Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Mouri 3 15 23 Germany Jasmine Weigert 4 12 24 Finland Joonas Ojala 4 12 25 Argentina Ignacio Uez Ahumada 4 12 26 Italy Fabrizia Pons 4 12 27 Finland Jussi Lindberg Ret 5 WD 11 10 28 Estonia Aleks Lesk 16 5 Ret 10 29 Finland Antti Linnaketo Ret 5 10 30 France Nicolas Théron 5 10 31 Greece Nikos Komnos 5 10 32 Chile Sebastián Olguín 5 10 33 Sweden Maja Bengtsson 6 8 34 Poland Michał Marczewski 6 8 35 Germany Jara Hain 7 13 6 36 Croatia Damir Petrović 7 Ret 6 37 Spain Damián Sacramento 7 6 38 Greece Evangelos Panaritis 7 6 39 Argentina Juan Cruz Varela 7 6 40 Argentina Alberto Alvarez 8 4 41 France Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 9 2 42 Greece Nikos Intzoglou 9 2 43 Finland Niklas Heino 9 2 44 France Florian Barral 10 12 1 45 France Hervé Faucher 10 13 Ret 1 Pos. Co-driver MON Monaco SWE Sweden KEN Kenya ESP Spain POR Portugal ITA Italy GRE Greece EST Estonia FIN Finland PAR Paraguay CHL Chile EUR Europe JPN Japan SAU Saudi Arabia Points Sources: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)
1Italy Alessandro Arnaboldi2211121134
2Australia Daniel Brkic11211117
3France Kylian Sarmezan3372Ret178
4France Corentin Silvestre5254Ret7272
5France Bastien Pouget12115660
6Argentina Pablo Olmos842Ret5260
7Turkey Oytun Albaykar3912Ret59
8Spain Rogelio Peñate413838350
9Argentina Matias Aranguren1417336646
10United Kingdom Allan Harryman1210494537
11Finland Pekka Kelander446Ret32
12Peru Julio Echazú3330
13France Maxence CornuauRet81RetRet1629
14Kenya Deep Patel125
15Finland Ville Mannisenmäki125
16New Zealand Malcolm Read3610Ret24
17France Alexis Grenier611323
18India Musa SherifRet217
19Poland Łukasz Jastrzębski217
20Germany Michael Wenzel812416
21Finland Jarno Ottman15315
22Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Mouri315
23Germany Jasmine Weigert412
24Finland Joonas Ojala412
25Argentina Ignacio Uez Ahumada412
26Italy Fabrizia Pons412
27Finland Jussi LindbergRet5WD1110
28Estonia Aleks Lesk165Ret10
29Finland Antti LinnaketoRet510
30France Nicolas Théron510
31Greece Nikos Komnos510
32Chile Sebastián Olguín510
33Sweden Maja Bengtsson68
34Poland Michał Marczewski68
35Germany Jara Hain7136
36Croatia Damir Petrović7Ret6
37Spain Damián Sacramento76
38Greece Evangelos Panaritis76
39Argentina Juan Cruz Varela76
40Argentina Alberto Alvarez84
41France Léa Sam-Caw-Freve92
42Greece Nikos Intzoglou92
43Finland Niklas Heino92
44France Florian Barral10121
45France Hervé Faucher1013Ret1
Pos.Co-driverMON MonacoSWE SwedenKEN KenyaESP SpainPOR PortugalITA ItalyGRE GreeceEST EstoniaFIN FinlandPAR ParaguayCHL ChileEUR EuropeJPN JapanSAU Saudi ArabiaPoints
Sources:
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from the event (WD)

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