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2023 Rally Mexico
2023 Rally Mexico (Rally Guanajuato México 2023), WRC round three, March 16-19, 2023. Sébastien Ogier/Vincent Landais won in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 by 27.5s over Neuville, a record seventh Mexico win.
2023 World Rally Championship
2023 World Rally Championship season: second Rally1 hybrid year; Kalle Rovanperä defended the drivers' title (250 pts, +44 over Evans) and Toyota won the manufacturers' crown (548 pts) with nine wins from 13 rounds; Craig Breen died in April; Tänak rejoined Hyundai for 2024.
2023 World Rally-Raid Championship
2023 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), second season, five rounds from Dakar to Rallye du Maroc; Nasser Al-Attiyah and Baumel won the drivers' title on 205 points, Toyota the manufacturers' title, Honda the FIM manufacturers' crown.
2024 World Rally Championship
The 2024 World Rally Championship was the 52nd WRC season, run over 13 rounds from January to November. Thierry Neuville won his first drivers' title for Hyundai, while Toyota took the manufacturers' crown.
2025 FIA World Rallycross Championship
2025 FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX): six-round FIA world rallycross season across Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Finland, and Türkiye; Johan Kristoffersson won his eighth drivers' title with 144 points and Kristoffersson Motorsport the teams' title with 264.
2025 World Rally Championship
2025 FIA World Rally Championship: 53rd season, 14 rounds, hybrid-free Rally1 cars, new rallies in Canarias, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia; Sébastien Ogier won his ninth drivers' title, Toyota the manufacturers' crown.
2026 Dakar Rally
2026 Dakar Rally, 3–17 January, Saudi Arabia, Yanbu loop of 7,999 km. Benavides beat Brabec by 2 seconds on bikes; Al-Attiyah won a sixth car title for Dacia.
2026 European Rally Championship
2026 FIA European Rally Championship, 74th/73rd ERC season run by FIA and WRC Promoter: seven rounds, Rally Hungary dropped, Sierra Morena opener won by Suárez, Portugal finale in October.
2026 FIA European Rallycross Championship
2026 FIA European Rallycross Championship (Euro RX): six-round European rallycross series on combustion engines with new RX4/RX5 classes; rounds from Biķernieki to Lousada; Johan Kristoffersson champion; followed by Jakarta World Cup.
2026 Rally Chile
2026 Rally Chile (WRC Rally Chile Biobío), round 12 of the 2026 WRC, 10–13 September, Concepción. Oliver Solberg won; Toyota clinched a record-equalling 10th manufacturers' title; Evans punctured to fifth.
2026 Rally del Paraguay
2026 Rally del Paraguay, round 11 of the 2026 WRC, held 27–30 August in Encarnación, Itapúa; second edition on red-earth gravel; won by Sami Pajari; USD 209.9 million economic impact.
2026 World Rally Championship
2026 FIA World Rally Championship: 13-round season (originally 14, Saudi Arabia dropped), final year of Rally1 rules. Toyota won its 10th manufacturers' title; Thierry Neuville took his first drivers' crown.
2026 World Rally-Raid Championship
2026 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), fifth FIA-FIM rally-raid season: five rounds on four continents, Dakar opener won by Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sébastien Loeb leading the FIA standings, Daniel Sanders FIM champion, Abu Dhabi finale, Dacia departing.
2026 WRC2 Championship
2026 WRC2 Championship: FIA second-tier rally championship for Rally2 cars within the 2026 WRC. Robert Virves (Škoda) won the drivers' title; Lancia Corse HF took the teams' crown in its return season.
2026 WRC3 Championship
2026 FIA WRC3 Championship: world rally title for Rally3 cars within the 2026 WRC. Matteo Fontana led on 109 points; Membrado and Abramowski tied on 91; season ended at Rally Italia Sardegna after Saudi Arabia was dropped.
Acropolis Rally (Ράλι Ακρόπολις)
Acropolis Rally (Ράλι Ακρόπολις), the 'Rally of the Gods' or 'European Safari', is Greece's gravel WRC round, first held in 1951 and on the World Rally Championship calendar since 1973, famed for rocky, heat-punished mountain stages; the 2026 edition ran from Loutraki, won by Sébastien Ogier.
ADAC Opel Rallye Cup
ADAC Opel Rallye Cup, German one-make rally championship run by ADAC and Opel 2013-2019 for the 140 PS Opel ADAM Cup car; champions advanced to the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team; succeeded by the electric ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup from 2021.
African Rally Championship
The African Rally Championship is the FIA's regional rally championship for Sub-Saharan Africa, first held in 1981, with Zambia's Satwant Singh its most successful driver at eight titles.
Alister McRae
Alister McRae (born 1970, Lanark, Scotland) is a Scottish rally driver, brother of Colin and son of Jimmy McRae; 1995 British and 2011 Asia-Pacific champion, Hyundai and Mitsubishi WRC factory driver.
Americas Rallycross Championship
Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX), IMG-promoted North American rallycross series 2018-2019 after Global Rallycross folded; champions Scott Speed (2018) and Tanner Foust (2019); cancelled November 2019 for lack of commercial partners.
Andreas Mikkelsen
Andreas Mikkelsen (born 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver, three-time WRC winner with Volkswagen, two-time WRC2 champion (2021, 2023), 2021 European Rally Champion, and former IRC champion.
Antonio Sainz
Antonio 'Toño' Sainz (born 1957, Madrid), Spanish rally driver, brother of world champion Carlos Sainz and uncle of F1's Carlos Sainz Jr.; Renault 5 Alpine privateer in the 1980s, multiple Spain Historic titles, 2022 FIA Motorsport Games bronze; distinct from his late father Antonio Sainz Rebollo.
Argentine Rally Championship
The Argentine Rally Championship, known in Argentina as Rally Argentino, is the country's national rally series, created in 1980 by drivers led by Jorge Raúl Recalde under FIA and Automóvil Club Argentino auspices.
Ari Vatanen
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen, Finnish rally driver born 1952 in Tuupovaara; 1981 World Rally Champion with Ford, four-time Paris-Dakar winner with Peugeot, 1988 Pikes Peak record holder, and Member of the European Parliament.
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) is an FIA continental rallying series founded in 1988, contested across two continents from Australia and New Zealand to Japan, China, and India.
Australian Rally Championship
The Australian Rally Championship is Australia's premier domestic rally championship, run since 1968 and decided over six rounds; Possum Bourne holds the record with seven driver titles.
Baja 1000
Baja 1000, originally the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally (first run November 1, 1967, founded by Ed Pearlman), is SCORE International's annual non-stop ~1,000-mile off-road desert race down Mexico's Baja California peninsula for trucks, buggies, motorcycles, quads, and UTVs.
Barum Czech Rally Zlín
Barum Czech Rally Zlín (55th edition 2026) is the Czech Republic's oldest tarmac rally, an FIA ERC round since 1984 run around Zlín and Otrokovice; Jan Kopecký holds a record 12 wins in Škoda machinery.
Brazilian Rally Championship
The Brazilian Rally Championship is Brazil's national rally championship, sanctioned by the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo and run as parallel speed rally and rally raid series.
British Rally Championship
British Rally Championship (BRC), Britain's premier stage rally series run by Motorsport UK since its 2016 relaunch; six-round 2026 calendar, Rally2 top class, Junior BRC under 27; champions include Colin McRae, Richard Burns, Elfyn Evans.