2025 Rally Estonia

2025 Rally Estonia
WRC Delfi Rally Estonia 2025
Round 8 of 14 in the 2025 World Rally Championship
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Rally Estonia is the biggest motorsport event in the Baltic states.
Host country Estonia
Rally baseTartu, Tartu County
Dates run17 – 20 July 2025
Start locationTartu, Tartu County
Finish locationKääriku, Otepää Parish, Valga County
Stages20 (308.35 km; 191.60 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance932.19 km (579.24 miles)
Overall distance1,240.54 km (770.84 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered41
Crews37 at start, 30 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerSweden Oliver Solberg
United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:36:35.1
Sunday
Accumulated leader		Sweden Oliver Solberg
United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
28:29.7
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
11:12.5
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerEstonia Robert Virves
Estonia Jakko Viilo
Germany Toksport WRT
2:45:18.5
WRC-3 winnerJapan Takumi Matsushita
Finland Ville Mannisenmäki
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG
3:00:39.2

The 2025 Rally Estonia (also known as the WRC Delfi Rally Estonia 2025) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 17 to 20 July 2025.[2] It marked the fifteenth running of the Rally Estonia, and was the eighth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The 2025 event was based in Tartu in Tartu County and was contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 308.35 km (191.60 mi).[1]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturer's winners.[3] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category.[4] Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka were the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category.[5]

Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson claimed their maiden rally victory, and their team, Toyota, successfully defended their titles.[6] Robert Virves and Jakko Viilo were the winners in the WRC2 category.[7] Takumi Matsushita and Ville Mannisenmäki were the winners in the WRC3 category.[8]

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and eight Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship.[9]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
1 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
5 Finland Sami Pajari Finland Marko Salminen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer, Team H
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
13 Luxembourg Grégoire Munster Belgium Louis Louka United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
16 France Adrien Fourmaux France Alexandre Coria South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
22 Latvia Mārtiņš Sesks Latvia Renārs Francis United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver H
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
55 Republic of Ireland Josh McErlean Republic of Ireland Eoin Treacy United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
99 Sweden Oliver Solberg United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver H
Rally2 entries competing in the WRC2 Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
21 Finland Roope Korhonen Finland Anssi Viinikka Finland Roope Korhonen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
23 Paraguay Fabrizio Zaldivar Italy Marcelo Der Ohannesian Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Team H
24 Finland Lauri Joona Finland Samu Vaaleri Finland Lauri Joona Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
25 Finland Mikko Heikkilä Finland Kristian Temonen Finland Mikko Heikkilä Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
26 Estonia Romet Jürgenson Estonia Siim Oja FIA Rally Star Ford Fiesta Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
27 Bulgaria Nikolay Gryazin Kyrgyzstan Konstantin Aleksandrov Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team H
28 Spain Diego Ruiloba Spain Ángel Vela Spain Diego Ruiloba Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
29 Estonia Robert Virves Estonia Jakko Viilo Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team H
30 Bolivia Marco Bulacia Spain Diego Vallejo Bolivia Marco Bulacia Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
31 Japan Yuki Yamamoto Republic of Ireland James Fulton Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team H
32 Mexico Alejandro Mauro Spain Adrián Pérez Mexico Alejandro Mauro Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
34 Estonia Georg Linnamäe United Kingdom James Morgan Estonia Georg Linnamäe Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
35 Estonia Egon Kaur Estonia Ermo Veltson Estonia Egon Kaur Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
36 Finland Tuukka Kauppinen Finland Sebastian Virtanen Finland Tuukka Kauppinen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
37 Estonia Joosep Ralf Nõgene Estonia Aleks Lesk Estonia Joosep Ralf Nõgene Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
38 Paraguay Miguel Zaldivar Argentina Luis Allende Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
39 Japan Hikaru Kogure Finland Topi Matias Luhtinen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team H
40 Germany Fabio Schwarz Austria Bernhard Ettel Germany Armin Schwarz Driving Experience Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
41 Netherlands Bernhard ten Brinke United Kingdom Tom Woodburn Netherlands Bernhard ten Brinke Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
42 Turkey Uğur Soylu Turkey Sener Güray Turkey GP Garage My Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
Rally3 entries competing in the WRC3 Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
43 France Arthur Pelamourges France Bastien Pouget France Arthur Pelamourges Renault Clio Rally3 H
44 Bolivia Nataniel Bruun Argentina Pablo Olmos Bolivia Nataniel Bruun Ford Fiesta Rally3 H
45 Japan Takumi Matsushita Finland Ville Mannisenmäki Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally3 H
46 Turkey Kerem Kazaz France Corentin Silvestre Turkey Team Petrol Ofisi Ford Fiesta Rally3 H
47 Peru André Martinez Argentina Matias Aranguren Peru André Martinez Ford Fiesta Rally3 H
48 Japan Shotaro Goto Finland Jussi Lindberg Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally3 H
49 Poland Tymoteusz Abramowski Poland Jakub Wróbel Poland Tymoteusz Abramowski Ford Fiesta Rally3 H
50 Poland Grzegorz Bonder Poland Łukasz Jastrzębski Poland Grzegorz Bonder Ford Fiesta Rally3 H

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
17 July — After 9:01 Kastre [Shakedown] 4.08 km
After 18:30 Opening ceremony, Tartu —
SS1 After 20:05 Tartu vald 1 1.76 km
20:30 – 20:45 Flexi service A, Raadi —
18 July SS2 After 9:16 Peipsiääre 1 24.35 km
SS3 After 10:09 Mustvee 1 11.37 km
SS4 After 11:53 Peipsiääre 2 24.35 km
SS5 After 12:46 Mustvee 2 11.37 km
13:46 – 14:46 Regroup, Raadi —
14:01 – 14:41 Service B, Raadi —
SS6 After 15:44 Kambja 1 23.74 km
19:31 – 19:41 Regroup, Raadi —
SS7 After 18:04 Kambja 2 23.74 km
SS8 After 19:15 Elva Linn 1.72 km
20:35 – 21:20 Flexi service C, Raadi —
19 July SS9 After 8:23 Raanitsa 1 21.45 km
SS10 After 9:16 Kanepi 1 17.43 km
9:51 – 10:06 Regroup, Tehvandi —
SS11 After 10:54 Raanitsa 2 21.45 km
SS12 After 11:47 Kanepi 2 17.43 km
13:02 – 13:22 Regroup, Raadi —
13:22 – 14:02 Service D, Raadi —
SS13 After 15:05 Otepää 1 11.15 km
SS14 After 16:00 Karaski 1 11.97 km
16:50 – 17:17 Regroup, Tehvandi —
SS15 After 17:35 Otepää 2 11.15 km
SS16 After 18:30 Karaski 2 11.97 km
SS18 After 19:51 Tartu vald 2 1.76 km
20:26 – 21:11 Flexi service E, Raadi —
20 July SS18 After 9:39 Hellenurme 11.79 km
SS19 After 10:35 Kääriku 1 24.20 km
11:25 – 12:45 Regroup, Tehvandi —
SS20 After 13:15 Kääriku 2 [Power Stage] 24.20 km
After 14:20 Podium ceremony, Kääriku —
After 16:00 Finish —
Source:[1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Event Sunday Stage Total
1 1 8 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 4:12:20.1 0.0 25 5 3 33
2 2 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 4:37:00.3 +25.2 17 3 4 24
3 3 1 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:37:23.4 +48.3 15 1 2 18
4 4 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:37:30.7 +55.6 12 4 5 21
5 5 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:38:08.1 +1:33.0 10 0 0 10
6 6 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:38:18.5 +1:43.4 8 2 1 11
7 7 5 Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:39:30.7 +2:55.6 6 0 0 6
8 8 22 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:40:11.1 +3:36.0 4 0 0 4
9 9 55 Josh McErlean Eoin Treacy M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:42:04.9 +5:29.8 2 0 0 2
10 10 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:42:32.6 +5:57.5 1 0 0 1
Retired SS20 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Mechanical 0 0 0 0
Source:[10]

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:56.3 —
SS1 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:42.9 Neuville / Wydaeghe
SS2 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 13:09.0 Solberg / Edmondson
SS3 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:54.1
SS4 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:57.6
SS5 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:46.7
SS6 Fourmaux / Coria Hyundai i20 N Rally1 12:51.6
SS7 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:36.7
SS8 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:26.6
Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
SS9 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:06.2
SS10 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8:21.2
SS11 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:57.0
SS12 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 8:15.2
SS13 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:43.2
SS14 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:56.3
SS15 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:37.4
SS16 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:50.4
SS17 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:41.8
SS18 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:46.0
SS19 Solberg / Edmondson Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 11:28.7
SS20 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 11:12.5
Source:[11][12]

Championship standings

WRC2 Rally2

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Event
11 1 44 Robert Virves Jakko Viilo Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:45:18.5 0.0 25 0
12 2 34 Georg Linnamäe James Morgan Georg Linnamäe Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:45:36.9 +18.4 17 0
13 3 21 Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka Roope Korhonen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:46:07.9 +49.4 15 0
14 4 25 Mikko Heikkilä Kristian Temonen Mikko Heikkilä Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:46:11.2 +52.7 12 0
15 5 26 Romet Jürgenson Siim Oja FIA Rally Star Ford Fiesta Rally2 2:46:30.0 +1:11.5 10 0
16 6 31 Lauri Joona Samu Vaaleri Lauri Joona Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:46:54.5 +1:36.0 8 0
17 7 31 Yuki Yamamoto James Fulton Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:47:24.8 +2:06.3 6 0
18 8 37 Joosep Ralf Nõgene Aleks Lesk Joosep Ralf Nõgene Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:48:26.9 +3:08.4 4 0
20 9 28 Diego Ruiloba Ángel Vela Diego Ruiloba Citroën C3 Rally2 2:59:16.9 +13:58.4 1 0
21 10 41 Bernhard ten Brinke Tom Woodburn Bernhard ten Brinke Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:00:35.6 +15:17.1 0 0
27 11 36 Tuukka Kauppinen Sebastian Virtanen Tuukka Kauppinen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:40:06.8 +54:48.3 0 0
Retired SS15 42 Marco Bulacia Diego Vallejo Marco Bulacia Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Accident 0 0
Retired SS12 35 Egon Kaur Ermo Veltson Egon Kaur Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Retired 0 0
Retired SS4 38 Miguel Zaldivar Luis Allende Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Accident 0 0
Retired SS3 27 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Suspension 0 0
Source:[13]

Special stages

Championship standings

WRC3 Rally3

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
22 1 45 Takumi Matsushita Ville Mannisenmäki Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally3 3:00:39.2 0.0 25
23 2 50 Grzegorz Bonder Łukasz Jastrzębski Grzegorz Bonder Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:08:22.3 +7:43.1 17
24 3 47 André Martinez Matias Aranguren André Martinez Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:15:56.0 +15:16.8 15
28 4 48 Shotaro Goto Jussi Lindberg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally3 3:45:08.3 +44:29.1 12
29 5 43 Arthur Pelamourges Bastien Pouget Arthur Pelamourges Renault Clio Rally3 3:51:14.6 +50:35.4 10
Retired SS19 49 Tymoteusz Abramowski Jakub Wróbel Tymoteusz Abramowski Ford Fiesta Rally3 Engine 0
Retired SS6 46 Kerem Kazaz Corentin Silvestre Team Petrol Ofisi Ford Fiesta Rally3 Accident 0
Retired SS3 44 Nataniel Bruun Pablo Olmos Nataniel Bruun Ford Fiesta Rally3 Accident 0
Source:[14]

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:13.0 —
SS1 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 1:50.2 Abramowski / Wróbel
SS2 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:35.7
SS3 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:35.1
SS4 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 14:54.9
SS5 Matsushita / Mannisenmäki Renault Clio Rally3 6:46.2
SS6 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:14.2
SS7 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:07.4
SS8 Matsushita / Mannisenmäki Renault Clio Rally3 1:34.1
SS9 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:20.9
SS10 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 9:24.3
SS11 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:13.6
SS12 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 9:23.9
SS13 stage cancelled
SS14 Abramowski / Wróbel Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:41.4 Abramowski / Wróbel
SS15 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 6:39.3 Matsushita / Mannisenmäki
SS16 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 6:43.4
SS17 Pelamourges / Pouget Renault Clio Rally3 1:48.5
SS18 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 6:56.9
SS19 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 13:14.9
SS20 Goto / Lindberg Renault Clio Rally3 13:07.0
Source:[11][12]

Championship standings

References

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