The 2025 FIA Junior WRC Championship is a planned motorsport season that would be the twelfth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship features five events, beginning in February at the Rally Sweden and concluding in October at the Central European Rally.

Romet Jürgenson and Siim Oja are the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions.[1]

Calendar

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2025 Junior WRC Championship. Click on the dot to see the rally details.
Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 13 February 16 February Sweden Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 301.16 km [2]
2 15 May 18 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Gravel TBA TBA
3 26 June 29 June Greece Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel TBA TBA
4 31 July 3 August Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel TBA TBA
5 16 October 19 October Europe Central European Rally Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany Tarmac TBA TBA
Sources:[3]

Entries

The following crews are set to enter the 2025 Junior WRC Championship:

Car Entrant Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Turkey Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Turkey Ali Türkkan Turkey Oytun Albayrak 1
France FIA Rally Star Australia Taylor Gill Australia Daniel Brkic 1
South Africa Max Smart United Kingdom Cameron Fair 1
France WRC Young Driver Team Germany Claire Schönborn Germany Jara Hain 1
Belgium Lyssia Baudet France Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 1
Republic of Ireland Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Republic of Ireland Eamonn Kelly Republic of Ireland Conor Mohan 1
Estonia LightGrey Team Estonia Joosep Ralf Nõgene Estonia Aleks Lesk 1
Turkey Team Petrol Ofisi Turkey Kerem Kazaz France Corentin Silvestre 1
Private entry Paraguay Diego Domínguez Jr. Spain Rogelio Peñate 1
Sweden Mille Johansson Sweden Johan Grönvall 1
France Tristan Charpentier France Florian Barral 1
Belgium Thomas Martens United Kingdom Max Freeman 1
Jordan Shaker Jweihan[4] TBA TBA
Sources:[5]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning time Report Ref.
1 Sweden Rally Sweden Australia Taylor Gill Australia Daniel Brkic 2:51:17.7 Report [6]
2 Portugal Rally de Portugal
3 Greece Acropolis Rally Greece
4 Finland Rally Finland
5 Europe Central European Rally

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win during a rally. The best four results out of five counted towards the final drivers’ and co-drivers’ standings. However, all points gained from stage wins were retained.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 17 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
EUR
Europe
Total
Points
Best 4
1 Sweden Mille Johansson 212 29
2 Australia Taylor Gill 12 27
3 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Kelly 3 15
4 Turkey Ali Türkkan 41 13
5 Turkey Kerem Kazaz 51 11
6 Belgium Thomas Martens 6 8
7 Germany Claire Schönborn 7 6
8 Belgium Lyssia Baudet 8 4
9 France Tristan Charpentier 91 3
10 Paraguay Diego Domínguez Jr. 10 1
11 South Africa Max Smart 111 1
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
EUR
Europe
Total
Points
Best 4
Source:[7]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points 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:
Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
EUR
Europe
Total
Points
Best 4
1 Sweden Johan Grönvall 212 29
2 Australia Daniel Brkic 12 27
3 Republic of Ireland Conor Mohan 3 15
4 Turkey Oytun Albayrak 41 13
5 France Corentin Silvestre 51 11
6 United Kingdom Max Freeman 6 8
7 Germany Jara Hain 7 6
8 France Léa Sam-Caw-Freve 8 4
9 France Florian Barral 91 3
10 Spain Rogelio Peñate 10 1
11 United Kingdom Cameron Fair 111 1
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
EUR
Europe
Total
Points
Best 4
Source:[8]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points 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:
Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.

References

  1. ^ "Jürgenson seals FIA Junior WRC title in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2025". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ^ "2025 FIA Junior WRC: Portugal Returns, Central European Rally Debuts". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Poznaliśmy skład zawodników do Junior WRC". rallypl.com. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Entry List Rally Sweden 2025". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Gill triumphs in Sweden, but Johansson claims early Junior WRC lead". wrc.com. WRC Promotor GmbH. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. ^ "JWRC Driver's standings 2025". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  8. ^ "JWRC Co-Driver's standings 2025". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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