2025 Rally Japan

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2025 Rally Japan
FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025
Round 13 of 14 in the 2025 World Rally Championship
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2024 Rally Japan Toyota Stadium.jpg
The rally features routes staged in Toyota Stadium.
Host countryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Rally base Toyota, Aichi Prefecture
Dates run6 – 9 November 2025
Start location Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Finish locationToyota Stadium, Toyota
Stages20 (305.34 km; 189.73 miles) [1]
Stage surface Tarmac
Transport distance617.67 km (383.80 miles)
Overall distance923.01 km (573.53 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered38
Crews37 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier
Flag of France.svg Vincent Landais
Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:21:08.9
Sunday
Accumulated leader		 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier
Flag of France.svg Vincent Landais
Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
48:13.9
Power Stage winner Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier
Flag of France.svg Vincent Landais
Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
9:29.3
Support category results
WRC-2 winner Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Cachón
Flag of Spain.svg Borja Rozada
Flag of Spain.svg Toyota España
3:31:50.5
WRC-3 winner Flag of France.svg Ghjuvanni Rossi
Flag of France.svg Kylian Sarmezan
3:51:56.6

The 2025 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 6 to 9 November 2025. [2] It marked the tenth running of the Rally Japan, and was the thirteenth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The 2025 event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over twenty special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 305.34 km (189.73 mi). [1]

Contents

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. [3] Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov were the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category. [4] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category.

Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais won the rally, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winner. [5] Alejandro Cachón and Borja Rozada were the winners in the WRC2 category, and secured their category titles. [6] Ghjuvanni Rossi and Kylian Sarmezan were the winners in the WRC3 category, while Matteo Fontana and Alessandro Arnaboldi became the 2025 WRC3 champions. [7]

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. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were fourteen Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and four Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship. [8]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Martijn Wydaeghe Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
5 Flag of Finland.svg Sami Pajari Flag of Finland.svg Marko Salminen Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer, Team H
8 Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of Estonia.svg Martin Järveoja Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver H
13 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Grégoire Munster Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Louis Louka Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
16 Flag of France.svg Adrien Fourmaux Flag of France.svg Alexandre Coria Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
17 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of France.svg Vincent Landais Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
18 Flag of Japan.svg Takamoto Katsuta Flag of Ireland.svg Aaron Johnston Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver H
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elfyn Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Martin Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
55 Flag of Ireland.svg Josh McErlean Flag of Ireland.svg Eoin Treacy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
69 Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Rovanperä Flag of Finland.svg Jonne Halttunen Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer H
Rally2 entries competing in the WRC2 Championship
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gus Greensmith Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Andersson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gus Greensmith Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver H
22 Flag of Spain.svg Jan Solans Flag of Spain.svg Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Flag of Spain.svg PH.Ph Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
23 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Gryazin Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Konstantin Aleksandrov Flag of Germany.svg Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
24 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Cachón Flag of Spain.svg Borja Rozada Flag of Spain.svg Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
25 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Yamamoto Flag of Ireland.svg James Fulton Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
26 Flag of Paraguay.svg Diego Domínguez Jr. Flag of Spain.svg Rogelio Peñate Flag of Paraguay.svg Diego Domínguez Jr. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
27 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Arai Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Tachikui Flag of Japan.svg R2R×YAHAGI Racing Team Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
28 Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Kovalainen Flag of Japan.svg Sae Kitagawa Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Kovalainen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
29 Flag of Japan.svg Norihiko Katsuta Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Kimura Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRJ Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
30 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Kamada Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Kamada Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
31 Flag of Japan.svg Fumio Nutahara Flag of Japan.svg Shungo Azuma Flag of Japan.svg Fumio Nutahara Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
32 Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Fukunaga Flag of Japan.svg Misako Saida Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Fukunaga Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
34 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Imai Flag of Japan.svg Fuyu Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Imai Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver H
Rally3 entries competing in the WRC3 Championship
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarClass/Championship eligibilityTyre
35 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Fontana Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Arnaboldi Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Fontana Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 H
36 Flag of France.svg Ghjuvanni Rossi Flag of France.svg Kylian Sarmezan Flag of France.svg Ghjuvanni Rossi Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 H
37 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Vasilakis Flag of Ireland.svg Allan Harryman Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Vasilakis Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3, Masters Driver, Masters Co-Driver H
38 Flag of France.svg Eric Royère Flag of France.svg Alexis Grenier Flag of France.svg Eric Royère Ford Fiesta Rally3 WRC3 H
Other major entries
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elliott Edmondson Flag of Finland.svg Printsport Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 — H
40 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Armand Fumal Flag of France.svg Jules Escartefigue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Armand Fumal Alpine A110 Rally RGT Masters Driver H

Itinerary

All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).

DateNo.Time spanStage nameDistance
6 November—After 9:01Kuragaike Park [ Shakedown ]2.75 km
Ribbon-cutting icon.svg After 15:30Opening ceremony, Toyota Stadium —
SS1After 16:05Kuragaike Park SSS2.75 km
7 November Icon tools.svg 5:43 – 5:58Service A, Toyota Stadium —
SS2After 7:11Inabu / Shitara 117.08 km
SS3After 8:24Shinshiro 117.41 km
SS4After 9:57Isegami's Tunnel 119.66 km
Aiga carrental cropped.svg 11:37 – 11:57Regroup, Toyota Stadium —
Icon tools.svg 11:57 – 12:37Service B, Toyota Stadium —
SS5After 13:40Isegami's Tunnel 219.66 km
SS6After 15:03Inabu / Shitara 217.08 km
SS7After 16:16Shinshiro 217.41 km
Icon tools.svg 18:06 – 18:51Flexi service C, Toyota Stadium —
8 November Icon tools.svg 5:55 – 6:10Service D, Toyota Stadium —
SS8After 7:23Obara 116.44 km
SS9After 8:34Ena 121.25 km
SS10After 10:05Mt. Kasagi 121.74 km
Aiga carrental cropped.svg 10:55 – 11:54Regroup, Enakyo Park—
SS11After 12:35Mt. Kasagi 221.74 km
SS12After 14:08Ena 221.25 km
SS13After 15:21Obara 216.44 km
Aiga carrental cropped.svg 16:36 – 17:32Regroup, SkyHall —
SS14After 17:35Toyota City SSS3.05 km
Icon tools.svg 18:10 – 18:55Flexi service E, Toyota Stadium —
9 November Icon tools.svg 7:26 – 7:41Service F, Toyota Stadium —
SS15After 8:39Nukata 120.23 km
SS16After 9:35Lake Mikawako 113.98 km
Aiga carrental cropped.svg 12:07 – 12:27Regroup, Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium —
SS17After 10:53Okazaki SSS 11.98 km
SS18After 11:04Okazaki SSS 21.98 km
Aiga carrental cropped.svg 11:22 – 11:47Regroup, Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium —
SS19After 12:33Nukata 220.23 km
Aiga carrental cropped.svg 13:23 – 14:10Regroup, Mikawako Enchi—
SS20After 14:15Lake Mikawako 2 [ Power Stage ]13.98 km
BSicon RACE.svg After 15:45Official finish, Toyota Stadium —
Source: [1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

PositionNo.DriverCo-driverEntrantCarTimeDifferencePoints
EventClassEventSunday Stage Total
1117 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:21:08.90.0255535
2233 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:21:20.5+11.6174425
335 Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:23:25.5+2:16.6150015
4410 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:24:27.0+3:18.1122216
5513 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:27:57.6+6:48.7100111
6669 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:28:10.4+7:01.583314
14718 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 4:01:33.5+40:24.60101
Retired SS1616 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Accident damage0000
Retired SS151 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Electrical0000
Retired SS355 Josh McErlean Eoin Treacy M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Accident0000
Source: [9]

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SD Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:13.8—
SS1 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:07.5 Rovanperä / Halttunen
SS2 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:20.9 Ogier / Landais
SS3 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:36.7 Katsuta / Johnston
SS4 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:57.6 Ogier / Landais
SS5 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:47.8
SS6 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:18.9
SS7 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:34.7
SS8 Fourmaux / Coria Hyundai i20 N Rally1 9:34.7
SS9 Fourmaux / Coria Hyundai i20 N Rally1 15:07.4
SS10 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:17.3
SS11 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:07.5
SS12 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:57.3
SS13 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:00.9
SS14 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:14.6
SS15 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 12:52.5
SS16 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:14.3
SS17 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:57.4
SS18 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:56.4
SS19 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:36.4
SS20 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:29.3
Source: [10] [11]

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2025 World Champions.

WRC2 Rally2

Classification

PositionNo.DriverCo-driverEntrantCarTimeDifferencePoints
EventClassClassEvent
8124 Alejandro Cachón Borja Rozada Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:31:50.50.0254
9223 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:32:45.1+54.6172
10322 Jan Solans Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio PH.Ph Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:33:34.9+1:44.4151
11428 Heikki Kovalainen Sae Kitagawa Heikki Kovalainen Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:35:59.9+4:09.4120
12527 Hiroki Arai Hiroki Tachikui R2R×YAHAGI Racing Team Škoda Fabia R5 3:36:17.1+4:26.6100
13626 Diego Domínguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Domínguez Jr. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:36:30.6+4:40.180
14730 Takuma Kamada Yuichi Matsumoto Takuma Kamada Škoda Fabia R5 3:46:07.6+14:17.160
16831 Fumio Nutahara Shungo Azuma Fumio Nutahara Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:54:01.4+22:10.940
25934 Satoshi Imai Fuyu Takahashi Satoshi Imai Citroën C3 Rally2 5:01:09.0+1:29:18.520
Retired SS2025 Yuki Yamamoto James Fulton Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Accident00
Retired SS1632 Osamu Fukunaga Misako Saida Osamu Fukunaga Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mechanical00
Retired SS921 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Gus Greensmith Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Brakes00
Retired SS929 Norihiko Katsuta Yusuke Kimura Toyota Gazoo Racing WRJ Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Accident00
Source: [12]

Special stages

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2025 World Champions.

WRC3 Rally3

Classification

PositionNo.DriverCo-driverEntrantCarTimeDifferencePoints
EventClassClassEvent
15136 Ghjuvanni Rossi Kylian Sarmezan Ghjuvanni Rossi Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:51:56.60.0250
19235 Matteo Fontana Alessandro Arnaboldi Matteo Fontana Ford Fiesta Rally3 4:06:29.6+14:33.0170
21338 Eric Royère Alexis Grenier Eric Royère Ford Fiesta Rally3 4:26:34.5+34:37.9150
29437 Georgios Vasilakis Allan Harryman Georgios Vasilakis Ford Fiesta Rally3 5:34:06.7+1:42:10.1120
Source: [13]

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SD Fontana / Arnaboldi Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:21.3—
SS1 Fontana / Arnaboldi Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:21.3 Fontana / Arnaboldi
SS2 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:47.8 Rossi / Sarmezan
SS3stage cancelled
SS4 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 16:51.3 Rossi / Sarmezan
SS5 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 16:47.9
SS6 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:47.9
SS7 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:16.0
SS8 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:44.5
SS9stage cancelled
SS10 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 16:41.7 Rossi / Sarmezan
SS11 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 16:24.2
SS12 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 17:17.2
SS13 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:49.3
SS14 Royère / Grenier Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:30.4
SS15 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 15:16.9
SS16 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 10:51.6
SS17 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:08.9
SS18 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:07.0
SS19 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 15:10.9
SS20 Rossi / Sarmezan Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:23.6
Source: [10] [11]

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2025 World Champions.

References

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  2. ↑ "WRC reveals spectacular expanded 2025 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Neuville Celebrates Historic WRC Title as Toyota Takes Manufacturers' Glory in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Pajari and Mälkönen crowned 2024 WRC2 Champions". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ogier wins rain-hit Rally Japan to set up WRC title showdown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Cachón seals maiden WRC2 win in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Fabulous Fontana crowned WRC3 champion". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Entry list FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Final results FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Shakedown FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Stage results FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "Final results FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Final results FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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