2026 World Rally Championship

The 2026 FIA World Rally Championship is a planned motorsport season that would be the fifty-fourth occurrence of the World Rally Championship, an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. Teams and crews compete for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews are free to compete in cars complying with Groups Rally1 to Rally5 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars are eligible to score points in the manufacturers' championship. The championship is set to begin in January 2026 with the Monte Carlo Rally and is set to conclude in November 2026 with the Rally Saudi Arabia. The series is supported by the WRC2 and WRC3 categories at every round of the championship and by Junior WRC at selected events.

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2026 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2026 season is scheduled to be contested over fourteen rounds across Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	22 January	25 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	Mixed[a]	17	340.80 km	[1]
2	12 February	15 February	Rally Sweden	Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Snow	TBA	TBA
3	12 March	15 March	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya	Gravel	TBA	TBA
4	9 April	12 April	Croatia Rally	Zagreb, Croatia	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
5	23 April	26 April	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
6	7 May	10 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal	Gravel	TBA	TBA
7	28 May	31 May	Rally Japan	Toyota, Aichi, Japan	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
8	25 June	28 June	Acropolis Rally Greece	Lamia, Central Greece, Greece	Gravel	TBA	TBA
9	16 July	19 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Estonia	Gravel	TBA	TBA
10	30 July	2 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland	Gravel	TBA	TBA
11	27 August	30 August	Rally del Paraguay	Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay	Gravel	TBA	TBA
12	10 September	13 September	Rally Chile	Concepción, Biobío, Chile	Gravel	TBA	TBA
13	1 October	4 October	Rally Italia	TBA	Gravel	TBA	TBA
14	11 November	14 November	Rally Saudi Arabia	Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia	Gravel	TBA	TBA
Sources:[2][3]

• The Croatia Rally is to return to the championship after missing the 2025 season, replacing the Central European Rally.^[4]
• Rally Italia swapped place with Rally Japan, with Rally di Roma Capitale likely to replace Rally Italia Sardegna.^[5]

The following manufacturers are set to contest the championship under Rally1 regulations.^[6]

Manufacturer	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver name	Co-driver name
Ford	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	TBA	TBA	TBA
Hyundai	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	TBA	TBA	TBA
Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	TBA	TBA	TBA

• Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
• FIA World Rally Championship 2026 at eWRC-results.com