FIA World Rally Championship

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The FIA World Rally Championship is the world's leading off-road racing series, contested over gravel, tarmac, snow, and ice across five continents. Competitors navigate closed public roads against the clock in specially built Rally1 cars, supported by co-drivers reading pace notes.

History

The WRC was established in 1973 and has since produced legendary battles across Finland's forest stages, Kenya's rocky safari terrain, Monte Carlo's Alpine hairpins, and the Welsh valleys. The series has been won by icons including Walter Röhrl, Stig Blomqvist, Carlos Sainz, Tommi Mäkinen, Sébastien Loeb (9 titles), and Sébastien Ogier (9 titles). Hybrid Rally1 regulations introduced in 2022 brought a major technical reset, with Hyundai, Toyota, and M-Sport Ford as the three competing manufacturers. The 2026 season is the 54th edition and the final year of Rally1 regs before a further overhaul in 2027. Toyota hold a dominant lead in the Manufacturers' Championship with 14 rounds across Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia.

Teams & Drivers — 2026

Team	Driver	Co-driver	Entry
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Full season
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Full season
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Sami Pajari	Marko Salminen	Full season
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Full season
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Sébastien Ogier	Vincent Landais	Partial (10 rounds)
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Full season
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	Full season
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Dani Sordo	Cándido Carrera	Third car (shared)
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Esapekka Lappi	Enni Mälkönen	Third car (shared)
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Third car (shared)
M-Sport Ford WRT	Josh McErlean	Eoin Treacy	Full season
M-Sport Ford WRT	Jon Armstrong	Shane Byrne	Full season