Rallying championship
The2026 FIA WRC2 Championship is set to be the fourteenth season ofWRC2 , arallying championship for organised and governed by theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying withGroup Rally2 regulations.[ 1] The championship is planned to begin in January 2026 with theMonte Carlo Rally and would conclude in November 2026 with theRally Saudi Arabia , and runs in support of the2026 World Rally Championship .
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 , FranceMixed[ a] 17 339.15 km [ 2] 2 12 February 15 February Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County , SwedenSnow 18 300.66 km [ 3] 3 12 March 15 March Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi, Nakuru County , KenyaGravel 20 350.52 km [ 4] 4 9 April 12 April Croatia Rally Rijeka , CroatiaTarmac 20 300.28 km [ 5] 5 23 April 26 April Rally Islas Canarias Las Palmas, Gran Canaria , SpainTarmac 18 322.61 km [ 6] 6 7 May 10 May Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto , PortugalGravel TBA TBA 7 28 May 31 May Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi , JapanTarmac TBA TBA 8 25 June 28 June Acropolis Rally Greece Loutraki, Corinthia , GreeceGravel TBA TBA 9 16 July 19 July Rally Estonia Tartu , EstoniaGravel TBA TBA 10 30 July 2 August Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland , FinlandGravel TBA TBA 11 27 August 30 August Rally del Paraguay Encarnación, Itapúa , ParaguayGravel TBA TBA 12 10 September 13 September Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío , ChileGravel TBA TBA 13 1 October 4 October Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia , ItalyGravel TBA TBA 14 11 November 14 November Rally Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Mecca Province , Saudi ArabiaGravel TBA TBA Sources: [ 7] [ 8]
TheCroatia Rally is due to return to the championship after being held as aEuropean Rally Championship event in 2025. The following teams and crews are under contract to contest the WRC2 championship in 2026. Teams must enter two crews to be eligible for Teams' Championship points.
Lancia is due to return to theWorld Rally Championship with the brand-newLancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale , competing in the WRC2 category.[ 16] The team is operated byPH Sport , and signedYohan Rossel andNikolay Gryazin as their lineup, withArnaud Dunand andKonstantin Aleksandrov as their co-drivers.[ 17]
M-Sport confirmed thatRomet Jürgenson andSiim Oja will contest the category in 2026. Their program will coincide with the introduction of an upgrade package for theFord Fiesta Rally2 .[ 18]
Results and standings [ edit ] A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 17 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers [ edit ] 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)
FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers [ edit ] 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)
FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams [ edit ] 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)
FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Drivers [ edit ] 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)
FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Co-Drivers [ edit ] 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)
Categories within the World Rally Championship
Teams and drivers that are eligible to score manufacturer points