The 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship was the fourth season of the annual competition for rally raid events sanctioned by both the FIA and FIM. The Amaury Sport Organization was in the fourth of a five-year contract to promote the championship. The season started with the 2025 Dakar Rally, which was won in cars by Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk and by Daniel Sanders on bikes.
Calendar The calendar for the 2025 season featured five rally-raid events. Like in the previous seasons, the Dakar Rally once again hosted the opening event, while the South Africa Safari Rally was added to the calendar, replacing Desafío Ruta 40.
Round Dates Rally name Format 1 3–17 January Dakar Rally Marathon 2 21–27 February Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Rally 3 18–24 May South Africa Safari Rally Rally 4 22–28 September BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal Rally 5 10–17 October Rallye du Maroc Rally
FIA World Rally-Raid Championship Entrants competing in the Ultimate, Challenger, and SSV classes are eligible for the overall World Championship.
Entry list Ultimate Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds Century CR7 Century Racing Factory Team Mathieu Serradori Loïc Minaudier 1, 3, 5 Dacia Dacia Sandrider The Dacia Sandriders Nasser Al-Attiyah 1–3 4–5 Cristina Gutiérrez Pablo Moreno 1, 4–5 Sébastien Loeb 1–3 4–5 Ford Ford Raptor DKR Ford M-Sport Mattias Ekström Emil Bergkvist 1–2, 5 Kellon Walch 1–2, 5 Nani Roma Alex Haro 1, 3, 5 Carlos Sainz Sr. Lucas Cruz 1, 3–5 Orlen Jipocar Team Martin Prokop Viktor Chytka 5 Ford Raptor 1–3 MD Optimus JLC Racing Jean-Luc Ceccaldi Delphine Delfino 1 Guilhem Alves 5 Mini JCW Rally 3.0d X-raid Mini JCW Team João Ferreira Filipe Palmeiro 1–3 Guillaume De Mévius Mathieu Baumel 1 2–3 Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 1, 4 Lionel Baud Lucie Baud 1, 4–5 Red-Lined Revo T1+ Daklapack Rallysport Dave Klaassen Tessa Klaassen 1, 3 Toyota Hilux Overdrive Overdrive Racing Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk 1–2, 4–5 Juan Cruz Yacopini Daniel Oliveras All Rokas Baciuška Oriol Mena 1 Eryk Goczał Oriol Mena 2 Marek Goczał Maciej Marton 2 Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 2–3 GR DKR Hilux Toyota Gazoo Racing Seth Quintero Dennis Zenz 1–3 Andrew Short 4–5 Lucas Moraes Armand Monleon All Guy Botterill Dennis Murphy 3 Saood Variawa François Cazalet 3–5 João Ferreira Filipe Palmeiro 4–5 Henk Lategan Brett Cummings 3–5 Hilux Imt Evo Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 Saood Variawa François Cazalet 1–2 Mintimes Yunxiang Rally Team Guoyu Zhang Yicheng Wang 1 Hilux IMT Evo Energylandia Rally Team Eryk Goczał Szymon Gospodarczyk 4–5 Michał Goczał Diego Ortega 4–5 Marek Goczał Maciej Marton 4–5 Volkswagen Wct Amarok PS Laser Racing Daniel Schröder Henry Carl Köhne All Challenger Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds Can-Am Maverick X3 X RS Mattias Ekström Emil Bergkvist 4 GRallyTeam OT3 G Rally Team Puck Klaassen Charan Moore 1–3 Augusto Sanz 5 Rui Carneiro Ola Fløene 1 David Megre 5 MMP Rally Raid Race World Team - MMP Michaël Metge 5 Taurus T3 Max Team BBR Nicolás Cavigliasso Valentina Pertegarini All Pau Navarro Lisandro Sisterna 1 Jan Rosa i Vinas 2–5 Michaël Metge 1–2 Dania Akeel Stéphane Duple 1–3 Cadu Sachs 4–5 David Zille Sebastian Cesana 3 Pedro Gonçalves Rui Franco 4 Hugo Magalhães 5 Red Bull Off-road Jr Team USA by BFG Corbin Leaverton Taye Perry 1 Gonçalo Guerreiro Cadu Sachs 1 Nasser Racing Bruno Jacomy 4 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Nasser Al-Kuwari 1 Stéphane Duplé 5 Khalifa Al-Attiyah Bruno Jacomy 1–3 Max Delfino 5 Eduard Pons Jaume Betriu 1–2 Akpol Recykling Adam Kus Dmytro Tsyro 1–4 Daklapack Rallysport David Zille Sebastian Cesana 1 Pim Klaassen Mark Laan 4 Aljafla Racing Khalid Aljafla Andrei Rudnitski 1–2 X-raid YXZ 100R Franco Sport Mário Franco Rui Franco 1 João Miranda 2 Pedro Gonçalves Hugo Magalhães 1–2 SSV Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds BRP Can-Am Maverick R Can-Am Factory Team Sara Price Sean Berriman 1 South Racing Can-Am Manuel Andújar Bernardo Graue 1 Andrés Frini 5 Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri 1 Diego Martínez Sergio Lafuente 1 Liwa Team UAE Mansour Al-Helei Khalid Alkendi 2 Franco Sport Mário Franco João Miranda 3 Maverick XRS Turbo RR Old Friends Rally Team Alexandre Pinto Bernardo Oliveira 1–3 Carlos Vento Jorge Brandão 1 Enrico Gaspari Fausto Mota 4 Team RaceArt Roger Grouwels Rudolf Meijer 1 MMP Claude Fournier Gregory Revest-Arnoux 1 Patrick Jimbert 2–3 Enrico Gaspari Antoine Lecourbe 2 Fausto Mota 3 Polaris RZR PRO R Sport TH-Trucks Team Enrico Gaspari Fausto Mota 1 CST Xtreme Plus Polaris Team Michele Cinotto Alberto Bertoldi 1 Maurizio Dominella 2–3 Old Friends Rally Team Alexandre Pinto Bernardo Oliveira 4–5
Scoring system Points are awarded to every W2RC-listed entrant, regardless of whether they finish the event or not. Stage points are awarded for the top five finishers of every stage whose special section exceeds 100km. In a Power Selective Section, only the top three receive points.
Rally points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Retired Points302520171513119876543221
Marathon points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Retired Points504030262320171513119765442
Stage points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points54321
Power Selective Section points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points321
World Drivers' & Co-Drivers' championships The driver/co-driver who records a points-scoring classification would be taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.