Portugal and Central European Rally will function on the Junior World Rally Championship roster for subsequent season, following a shake-up of occasions on the five-round calendar.
The WRC’s winter basic, Rally Sweden stays the start line for the collection, which retains its single-make format with the Ford Fiesta Rally3. Rally Portugal is subsequent up, the Matosinhos-based occasion again for the primary time since 2022. Acropolis Rally Greece strikes up from being the decider to the third spherical, changing Sardinia, which drops off the schedule.
The collection organizers have shifted the gravel emphasis from tough to clean gravel, with the introduction of Portugal and retention of the favored basic Rally Finland. The season’s asphalt aspect is offered by Central European Rally after Croatia accomplished its contracted three years within the WRC.
After a record-breaking 20 entries within the race for a title received by Estonian Romet Jürgenson this 12 months, FIA Junior WRC championship supervisor Maciej Woda is trying ahead to extra of the identical subsequent season.
Woda mentioned: “2025 is shaping as much as be one other landmark 12 months for the FIA Junior WRC. We’ve designed a calendar that can problem our crews throughout a wide range of terrains, from icy roads in Sweden to the searing warmth of Greece and the changeable Tarmac of Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany.
“I’m notably enthusiastic about returning to Portugal and the introduction of Central European Rally, which provides a contemporary dimension to the collection. It’s going to be one other thrilling season and I can’t wait to see who rises to the highest.”
