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Rally

1973 first season

FIA World Rally Championship

Timed stages on gravel, tarmac and snow, worldwide

Rounds in 2026
13
Rally1 manufacturers
3
Championship classes
4
Continents visited
4

2026 seasonSeason complete

The story

Racing the clock on rally roads

The World Rally Championship began in 1973, and the Rallye Monte-Carlo was its first round. At first only manufacturers had a title. Drivers got their own title in 1979.

A rally is not a race around one circuit. Crews are timed over special stages, and each car carries a driver and a co-driver. Between stages the teams work on the cars at a service park. A rally runs from Thursday to Sunday.

The classes

Classes on the same track

Rally13 manufacturers

The top class. In 2026 Toyota fields the GR Yaris, Hyundai the i20 N and M-Sport the Ford Puma.

WRC2Rally2 cars

The support championship for Rally2 cars. It races on the same rallies as the Rally1 cars.

On the grid

Who is on the grid

Rally1 manufacturers

  • Toyota
  • Hyundai
  • Ford (M-Sport)

Calendar

2026, round by round

Dates are race days where known, otherwise the event weekend. Times in the app are always in your own time zone.

  1. JAN25 Rallye Monte-CarloMonaco and France Done
  2. FEB15 Rally SwedenSweden Done
  3. MAR15 Safari Rally KenyaKenya Done
  4. APR12 Croatia RallyCroatia Done
  5. APR26 Rally Islas CanariasCanary Islands, Spain Done
  6. MAY10 Rally de PortugalPortugal Done
  7. MAY31 Rally JapanJapan Done
  8. JUN28 Acropolis Rally GreeceGreece Done
  9. JUL19 Rally EstoniaEstonia Done
  10. AUG2 Rally FinlandFinland Done
  11. AUG30 Rally del ParaguayParaguay Done
  12. SEP13 Rally Chile Bio BíoChile Done
  13. OCT4 Rally Italia SardegnaSardinia, ItalyBecame the season finale after Rally Saudi Arabia was removed. Done

The calendar had 14 rounds. Rally Saudi Arabia, due in November, was removed in September because of the situation in the Middle East. It was not replaced.

Good to know

  • Snow, gravel and tarmac

    The surface changes from round to round: snow in Sweden, gravel in Kenya and Finland, tarmac in Croatia and Japan. Monte-Carlo mixes tarmac with ice and snow.

  • The Power Stage ends it

    A rally finishes with the Power Stage. It is the last stage, run on Sunday.

  • A bigger calendar in 2027

    The 2027 season has 15 rounds, the most since 2008. The United States and Scotland are back, and the Italian round moves to Rome.

Next year

2027: 15 rounds

Fifteen rounds, the most since 2008. The United States and Scotland join the list, Italy moves to Rome and Rally Portugal is not on it.

  1. JAN24 Rallye Monte-CarloMonaco and France
  2. FEB21 Rally SwedenSweden
  3. MAR21 Safari Rally KenyaKenya
  4. APR11 Croatia RallyCroatia
  5. MAY9 Rally Islas CanariasCanary Islands, Spain
  6. JUN6 Rally JapanJapan
  7. JUN27 Acropolis Rally GreeceGreece
  8. JUL11 Rally d'ItaliaRome, ItalyMoves from gravel in Sardinia to tarmac around Rome.
  9. JUL25 Rally EstoniaEstonia
  10. AUG1 Rally FinlandFinland
  11. AUG29 Rally USUnited StatesGravel in Tennessee and Kentucky.
  12. OCT3 Rally ScotlandScotland, United Kingdom
  13. OCT24 Rally del ParaguayParaguay
  14. NOV7 Rally Chile Bio BíoChile
  15. NOV28 Rally Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia

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