WRC reveals spectacular expanded 2025 calendar

– WRC set for largest season since 2008 with 14 rounds across multiple continents.

– New rallies to look forward to in Spain, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia.

– Championship covers ice, snow, gravel, asphalt and desert terrains.

All-new stops in Spain, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia highlight a spectacular 14-round 2025 FIA World Rally Championship calendar. After the traditional start amongst the glitz and glamour of Monte-Carlo in late January, the WRC will take in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America before arriving in Saudi Arabia in late November to complete the largest calendar in the championship since 2008. The first three rounds of 2025 take on a similar look and feel to 2024, with Umeå gearing up to host Rally Sweden in February, whilst Safari Rally Kenya once again takes place in March. Well-known to FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) fans, the Canary Islands are ready to welcome the WRC to their shores for the first time, also marking the WRC’s return to Spain following a two-year hiatus. Providing winding smooth Tarmac surfaces, the high risk of fog as the rally makes its way into the island’s mountainous interiors gives this round its own unique challenge. Hundreds of thousands of fans will disembark in northern Portugal in May for Vodafone Rally de Portugal before the WRC makes its second island stop of the year, returning to Sardinia in June. Another iconic rally on the calendar returning to its traditional date in June is EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, preluding the WRC’s high-speed European summer in Estonia and Finland. Estonia returns to the calendar following a year break …