After winning eight out of 13 rallies in 2024 and claiming its fourth consecutive championship, Toyota Gazoo Racing enters the new season with a mission to capture the WRC 2025 hat-trick: manufacturer, driver and co-driver titles. Challenging for this will be an expanded line-up of cars and drivers, with either four or five GR Yaris Rally1 entries set to appear on each event.
WRC 2025 team line-up
The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team (TGR-WRT) will continue to be led by Jari-Matti Latvala as team principal. In addition to overseeing numerous victories and championship titles over the last four seasons, Latvala has been a trusted associate for the team’s drivers and proved invaluable in identifying and developing new talent. Meanwhile, four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen has been promoted from his previous ambassadorial role to offer his considerable experience of success in the position of deputy team principal.
British duo Elfyn Evans and co-driver Scott Martin continue for their sixth successive season with the team, while double world champions Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen return to competing full-time in 2025 after taking four wins from seven starts during their partial campaign in 2024. Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston also return full-time for another year, and eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais will once more contest a partial schedule of selected events after scoring three victories this season.
Following his impressive win in last year’s WRC2 drivers’ championship in the GR Yaris Rally2 car, Finnish driver Sami Pajari will join TGR-WRT full-time in the top-level Rally1 category. The 22-year-old’s promotion demonstrates the team’s commitment to develop young drivers and provide a pathway to the top of the sport. Pajari will soon confirm the identity of his co-driver, with the pair scheduled to compete in all 14 rounds of the WRC 2025 championship (see below).
WRC 2025 schedule of events
The 2025 FIA World Rally Championship calendar has been expanded into a 14-round, four-continent spectacular. Last year’s events in Croatia, Poland and Latvia have made way for the return of Rally Estonia as well as all-new features in Spain, Paraguay, and Saudi Arabia.
| ROUND | RALLY | DATE |
| 1 | Rallye Monte-Carlo | 23-26 January |
| 2 | Rally Sweden | 13-16 February |
| 3 | Safari Rally Kenya | 20-23 March |
| 4 | Rally Islas Canarias | 24-27 April |
| 5 | Rally de Portugal | 15-18 May |
| 6 | Rally Italia Sardegna | 5-8 June |
| 7 | Acropolis Rally Greece | 26-29 June |
| 8 | Rally Estonia | 17-20 July |
| 9 | Rally Finland | 31 July-3 August |
| 10 | Rally del Paraguay | 28-31 August |
| 11 | Rally Chile | 11-14 September |
| 12 | Central European Rally | 16-19 October |
| 13 | Rally Japan | 6-9 November |
| 14 | Rally Saudi Arabia | 27-30 November |
Learn more: How did last year’s WRC end for Toyota?
