2026 World Rally Championship

2026 FIA World Rally Championship

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Support series:
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Elfyn Evans is the current drivers' championship leader.

Scott Martin is the current co-drivers' championship leader.

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (GR Yaris Rally1 pictured) are the reigning manufacturers' champions.

The 2026 FIA World Rally Championship is the 54th 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 are free to compete in cars complying with Groups Rally1 to Rally5 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars are eligible to score points in the manufacturers' championship. The championship began in January 2026 with the Monte Carlo Rally and is set to conclude in November 2026 with the Rally Saudi Arabia. The series is supported by the WRC2 and WRC3 categories at every round of the championship and by Junior WRC at selected events.

Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais are the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, having secured the 2025 championship at the 2025 Rally Saudi Arabia. Toyota are the defending manufacturers' champions.

After the second round, Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin respectively lead the drivers' and co-drivers' championship over Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson by thirteen points. Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston are third, a further seventeen points behind. In the manufacturers' championship, the reigning manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT hold a 51-point lead over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2026 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2026 season is scheduled to be contested over fourteen rounds across Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	22 January	25 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	Mixed	17	339.15 km
2	12 February	15 February	Rally Sweden	Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Snow	18	300.66 km
3	12 March	15 March	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya	Gravel	20	350.52 km
4	9 April	12 April	Croatia Rally	Rijeka, Croatia	Tarmac	20	300.28 km
5	23 April	26 April	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain	Tarmac	18	322.61 km
6	7 May	10 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal	Gravel	23	349.61 km
7	28 May	31 May	Rally Japan	Toyota, Aichi, Japan	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
8	25 June	28 June	Acropolis Rally Greece	Loutraki, Corinthia, Greece	Gravel	TBA	TBA
9	16 July	19 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Estonia	Gravel	TBA	TBA
10	30 July	2 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland	Gravel	TBA	TBA
11	27 August	30 August	Rally del Paraguay	Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay	Gravel	TBA	TBA
12	10 September	13 September	Rally Chile	Concepción, Biobío, Chile	Gravel	TBA	TBA
13	1 October	4 October	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia, Italy	Gravel	TBA	TBA
14	11 November	14 November	Rally Saudi Arabia	Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia	Gravel	TBA	TBA
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Calendar changes

The Croatia Rally is due to return to the championship after being held as a European Rally Championship event in 2025.

• The Croatia Rally is set to return to the championship after missing the 2025 season, replacing the Central European Rally. The rally would feature a new headquarter in Rijeka, instead of Zagreb.
• The Italian Rally and Rally Japan swapped calendar slots, and the new Rally di Roma Capitale was confirmed to replace the Rally Italia Sardegna from 2027 onwards.
• The organisers of the Acropolis Rally have announced the change of its headquarters, with Loutraki to serve as the new base after five years in Lamia.

Entrants

The following manufacturers are set to contest the championship under Rally1 regulations. All crews use tyres provided by Hankook.

Rally1 entries eligible to score manufacturer points

Manufacturer	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver name	Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	55	Josh McErlean	Eoin Treacy	1–3
			95	Jon Armstrong	Shane Byrne	1–3
Hyundai	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	4	Esapekka Lappi	Enni Mälkönen	2–3
			6	Dani Sordo	Cándido Carrera	TBA
			11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	1–3
			16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	1–3
			20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	1
Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Vincent Landais	1, 3
			18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	2
			33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	1–3
			99	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	1–3
	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	5	Sami Pajari	Marko Salminen	1–3
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The following crews entered in Rally1 cars as privateers or under arrangement with the manufacturers.

Rally1 entries ineligible to score manufacturer points

Manufacturer	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver name	Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	1
			22	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	2
Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	1, 3
			37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	2
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In detail

M-Sport kept the crew of Josh McErlean and Eoin Treacy. Jon Armstrong and Shane Byrne would step up from the European Rally Championship to complete a full Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy lineup for the team, replacing Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka in the second full-time seat. Munster was later confirmed to contest the season opener in a third Rally1 car with the team. Mārtiņš Sesks would continue to run a partial program with the team, contesting seven events during the season.

Esapekka Lappi (left), Dani Sordo (middle) and Hayden Paddon (right) to return to the top tier for part-time campaigns.

Hyundai maintained the services of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe, and of Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria for entry in all rallies. A third car will be shared by crews led by drivers Esapekka Lappi, Dani Sordo and Hayden Paddon. Paddon is set to make his first appearance in the premium level of the championship since the 2018 Rally Australia. Lappi and Sordo are also due to return after their previous partial campaigns with the team in 2024. Ott Tänak announced his indefinite break from the championship following the end of the 2025 season.

Oliver Solberg returned to the top tier for his first full-time campaign.

Toyota retained Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin as their full-time competitor, while Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen, as well as Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston were also retained. Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais would continue to run a partial program to contest ten rallies with the team. Kalle Rovanperä announced that he would leave the championship to pursue a career in open-wheel racing, having signed a contract with Toyota Gazoo Racing to compete in the Super Formula Championship. However, he did not rule out a return to rallying in the future. His seat at Toyota was filled by Oliver Solberg, who is under contract to run his first full-time season in the class, having previously run on a part-time basis for Hyundai in 2022.

Regulation changes

Following the wide criticism of lengthy itinerary, a minimum of 10 rest hours was introduced into the event. Engines are also allowed to change after the start of a rally, but in doing so, crews would incur a 60-minute time penalty.

Season report

Opening rounds

The season opener was held under complicated weather conditions, which caught out several crews, including both M-Sport crews of McErlean and Treacy, and of Armstrong and Byrne, meaning M-Sport ended their 24-year point-scoring finish. The rally was won by Solberg and Edmondson in their first rally of their first full-time season in the top-tier. Toyota continued their dominance in the following round, locking a 1–2–3–4 at the end of the rally, with Evans and Martin winning the event.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	4:24:59.0	Report
2	Rally Sweden	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	2:35:53.1	Report
3	Safari Rally Kenya					Report
4	Croatia Rally					Report
5	Rally Islas Canarias					Report
6	Rally de Portugal					Report
7	Rally Japan					Report
8	Acropolis Rally Greece					Report
9	Rally Estonia					Report
10	Rally Finland					Report
11	Rally del Paraguay					Report
12	Rally Chile					Report
13	Rally Italia Sardegna					Report
14	Rally Saudi Arabia					Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship, teams are eligible to nominate three crews to score points, but these points are only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2025-specification Rally1 car. There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners in an accumulated standings across all Sunday stages, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. The same points scale is awarded to the five fastest crews of the Power Stage as well.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Overall	25	17	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Sunday	5	4	3	2	1	—N/a
Power Stage	5	4	3	2	1	—N/a

FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers

The driver who records a points-scoring classification would be taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Elfyn Evans 217+4+5 125+5+4 60 2 Oliver Solberg 125+1+4 412+3+2 47 3 Takamoto Katsuta 76+0+0 217+4+3 30 4 Adrien Fourmaux 412+3+2 510+1+0 28 5 Thierry Neuville 510+0+0 76+0+5 21 6 Sébastien Ogier 315+0+3 18 7 Sami Pajari Ret0+0+0 315+2+0 17 8 Esapekka Lappi 68+0+1 9 9 Léo Rossel 68+0+0 8 10 Yohan Rossel 180+5+1 6 11 Jon Armstrong Ret0+0+0 84+0+0 4 12 Roberto Daprà 84+0+0 4 13 Josh McErlean Ret0+0+0 92+0+0 2 14 Arthur Pelamourgues 92+0+0 2 15 Matteo Fontana 310+2+0 160+0+0 2 16 Eric Camilli 101+0+0 1 17 Roope Korhonen 101+0+0 1 – Hayden Paddon 110+0+0 – – Dani Sordo – Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Top 10 finish Blue Non-top 10 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: Main script – Final position Text below – Points scored from overall, Sunday and the Power Stage

FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers

The co-driver who records a points-scoring classification would be taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Scott Martin 217+4+5 125+5+4 60 2 Elliott Edmondson 125+1+4 412+3+2 47 3 Aaron Johnston 76+0+0 217+4+3 30 4 Alexandre Coria 412+3+2 510+1+0 28 5 Martijn Wydaeghe 510+0+0 76+0+5 21 6 Vincent Landais 315+0+3 18 7 Marko Salminen Ret0+0+0 315+2+0 17 8 Enni Mälkönen 68+0+1 9 9 Guillaume Mercoiret 68+0+0 8 10 Arnaud Dunand 180+5+1 6 11 Shane Byrne Ret0+0+0 84+0+0 4 12 Luca Guglielmetti 84+0+0 4 13 Eoin Treacy Ret0+0+0 92+0+0 2 14 Bastien Pouget 92+0+0 2 15 Alessandro Arnaboldi 310+2+0 160+0+0 2 16 Thibault de la Haye 101+0+0 1 17 Anssi Viinikka 101+0+0 1 – John Kennard 110+0+0 – – Cándido Carrera – Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Top 10 finish Blue Non-top 10 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: Main script – Final position Text below – Points scored from overall, Sunday and the Power Stage

FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers

Only the best two results of each manufacturer in the respective overall classification by the end of Saturday, accumulated position of all Sunday stages and Power Stage at each rally are taken into account for the championship.

Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 125+4+3 125+5+4 117 217+5+5 217+4+3 NC0+0+0 NC0+0+0 2 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 315+4+2 412+2+0 66 412+2+0 510+0+1 NC0+0+0 NC0+1+5 3 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Ret0+0+0 315+3+0 18 4 M-Sport Ford WRT Ret0+0+0 68+0+0 14 Ret0+0+0 76+0+0 Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Top 10 finish Blue Non-top 10 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: Main script – Final position Text below – Points scored from overall, Sunday and the Power Stage

External links

• Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
• FIA World Rally Championship 2026 at eWRC-results.com