2026 WRC2 Championship

The 2026 FIA WRC2 Championship is set to be the fourteenth season of WRC2, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.^[1] The championship is planned to begin in January 2026 with the Monte Carlo Rally and would conclude in November 2026 with the Rally Saudi Arabia, and runs in support of the 2026 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, France	Mixed[a]	17	339.15 km	[2]
2	12 February	15 February	Rally Sweden	Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Snow	18	300.66 km	[3]
3	12 March	15 March	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya	Gravel	20	350.02 km	[4]
4	9 April	12 April	Croatia Rally	Rijeka, Croatia	Tarmac	20	300.28 km	[5]
5	23 April	26 April	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain	Tarmac	18	322.61 km	[6]
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	Loutraki, Corinthia, 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 Sardegna	Olbia, Sardinia, Italy	Gravel	TBA	TBA
14	11 November	14 November	Rally Saudi Arabia	Jeddah, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia	Gravel	TBA	TBA
Sources:[7][8]

• The Croatia Rally is set to return to the championship after missing the 2025 season, replacing the Central European Rally.^[9] The rally would feature a new headquarter in Rijeka, instead of Zagreb.^[10]
• The Italian Rally and Rally Japan swapped calendar slots, and the new Rally di Roma Capitale was confirmed to replace the Rally Italia Sardegna from 2027 onwards.^[11]
• The organisers of the Acropolis Rally have announced the change of its headquarters, with Loutraki to serve as the new base after five years in Lamia.^[12]

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.

Crews entered by or via teams

Entrant	Car	Driver		Co-Driver		Rounds
		Driver Name	Category	Co-Driver Name	Category
2C Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Léo Rossel	Challenger	Guillaume Mercoiret	Challenger	1
Chooligan Racing Team	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Robert Kolčák	Challenger	Petr Černohorský	Challenger	2
GP Garage My Team	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Uğur Soylu	Challenger	Onur Vatansever	Challenger	2
Lancia Corse HF	Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale	Yohan Rossel		Arnaud Dunand		1
		Nikolay Gryazin	Challenger	Konstantin Aleksandrov	Challenger	1
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Mille Johansson	Challenger	Johan Grönvall	Challenger	2
		Romet Jürgenson	Challenger	Siim Oja	Challenger	2–3
MT Racing SRL	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Giovanni Trentin	Challenger	Pietro Elia Ometto	Challenger	2
Printsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Michał Sołowow	Challenger	Maciej Baran	Challenger	2
		Yuki Yamamoto	Challenger	James Fulton	Challenger	TBA
Rautio Motorsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Roope Korhonen	Challenger	Anssi Viinikka	Challenger	2
		Tuukka Kauppinen	Challenger	Topi Luhtinen	Challenger	2
Team Armin Schwarz Driving Experience	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Fabio Schwarz	Challenger	Pascal Raabe	Challenger	2
Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Robert Virves	Challenger	Jakko Viilo	Challenger	3
		Andreas Mikkelsen		Jørn Listerud		3
Toyota España	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Alejandro Cachón	Challenger	Borja Rozada	Challenger	TBA
Sources:[13][14][15]

Private entries

Car	Driver		Co-driver		Rounds
	Driver name	Category	Co-driver name	Category
Citroën C3 Rally2	Pablo Sarrazin	Challenger	Yannick Roche	Challenger	1
	Jules Piguet	Challenger	Marc Haddad	Challenger	1
	Filippo Marchino	Challenger	Pietro Elia Ometto	Challenger	1
Ford Fiesta R5	Carl Tundo	Challenger	Tim Jessop	Challenger	3
Ford Fiesta Rally2	Eamonn Boland	Challenger	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Challenger	1
Hyundai i20 R5	Dimitris Drivakos	Challenger	Aikaterini Bante	Challenger	1
Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Arthur Pelamourgues	Challenger	Bastien Pouget	Challenger	1
	Henk Vossen	Challenger	Saskia Bleijenberg	Challenger	1
Škoda Fabia R5	Carlo Covi	Challenger	Michela Lorigiola	Challenger	1
	Karan Patel	Challenger	Tauseef Khan	Challenger	3
	Issa Amwari	Challenger	Dennis Mwenda	Challenger	3
	Aakif Virani	Challenger	Zahir Shah	Challenger	3
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Samman Singh Vohra	Challenger	Drew Sturrock	Challenger	3
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Roberto Daprà	Challenger	Luca Guglielmetti	Challenger	1
	Eric Camilli		Thibault de la Haye		1
	Filip Kohn	Challenger	Ross Whittock	Challenger	1
	Mattéo Chatillon	Challenger	Maxence Cornuau	Challenger	1–2
	Jarosław Kołtun	Challenger	Ireneusz Pleskot	Challenger	1–2
	Amaury Molle	Challenger	Alex Dubois	Challenger	1
	John Wartique	Challenger	Maxime Andernack	Challenger	1–2
	Stefano Mella	Challenger	Veronica Tramontin	Challenger	1
	Luciano Cobbe	Challenger	Roberto Mometti	Challenger	1–2
	Albert von Thurn und Taxis		Jara Hain		1
	Mikko Heikkilä	Challenger	Kristian Temonen	Challenger	2
	Lauri Joona	Challenger	Antti Linnaketo	Challenger	2
	Isak Reiersen	Challenger	Stefan Gustavsson	Challenger	2
	Adam Grahn	Challenger	Christoffer Bäck	Challenger	2
	Jens Hvaal	Challenger	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Challenger	2
	Alejandro Mauro	Challenger	Ariday Bonilla	Challenger	2
	Cristian Baumgart	Challenger	Luis Felipe Eckel	Challenger	2
	Miguel Granados	Challenger	Marc Martí		2
	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Challenger	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Challenger	3
	Daniel Chwist	Challenger	Kamil Heller	Challenger	3
	Jeremiah Wahome	Challenger	Victor Okundi	Challenger	3
	Ishmael Azeli	Challenger	John Ngugi	Challenger	3
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Filip Mareš	Challenger	Radovan Bucha	Challenger	1
	Chris Ingram	Challenger	Alex Kihurani	Challenger	1
	Eliott Delecour	Challenger	Sabrina De Castelli	Challenger	1–2
	Olivier Burri	Challenger	Stéphane Fellay	Challenger	1
	Johannes Keferböck	Challenger	Ilka Minor		1
	Teemu Suninen		Janni Hussi		2
	Taylor Gill	Challenger	Daniel Brkic	Challenger	2
	Tommi Jylhä	Challenger	Kimmo Nevanpää	Challenger	2
	Bernhard ten Brinke	Challenger	Tom Woodburn	Challenger	2
	Marko Viitanen	Challenger	Tapio Suominen	Challenger	2
	Alexander Villanueva	Challenger	Axel Coronado	Challenger	2
	Gus Greensmith		Jonas Andersson		3
	Diego Domínguez Jr.	Challenger	Rogelio Peñate	Challenger	3
	Andrea Lafarja	Challenger	Germán Maune	Challenger	3
Sources:[13][14][15]

Lancia is due to return to the World Rally Championship with the brand-new Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, competing in the WRC2 category.^[16] The team is operated by PH Sport, and signed Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin as their lineup, with Arnaud Dunand and Konstantin Aleksandrov as their co-drivers.^[17]

M-Sport confirmed that Romet Jürgenson and Siim Oja will contest the category in 2026. Their program will coincide with the introduction of an upgrade package for the Ford Fiesta Rally2.^[18]

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Léo Rossel	Guillaume Mercoiret	2C Junior Team	4:37:57.4	Report	[19]
2	Rally Sweden	Roope Korhonen	Anssi Viinikka	Rautio Motorsport	2:46:29.3	Report	[20]
3	Safari Rally Kenya					Report
4	Croatia Rally					Report
5	Rally Islas Canarias					Report
6	Rally de Portugal					Report
7	Rally Japan					Report
8	Acropolis Rally Greece					Report
9	Rally Estonia					Report
10	Rally Finland					Report
11	Rally del Paraguay					Report
12	Rally Chile					Report
13	Rally Italia Sardegna					Report
14	Rally Saudi Arabia					Report

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.

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Léo Rossel 1 25 2 Roope Korhonen 1 25 3 Roberto Daprà 2 17 4 Teemu Suninen 2 17 5 Arthur Pelamourges 3 15 6 Lauri Joona 3 15 7 Eric Camilli 4 12 8 Taylor Gill 4 12 9 Chris Ingram 5 10 10 Isak Reiersen 5 10 11 Nikolay Gryazin 6 8 12 Michał Sołowow 6 8 13 Jarosław Kołtun 7 20 6 14 Tommi Jylhä 7 6 15 Filip Kohn 8 4 16 Giovanni Trentin 8 4 17 Yohan Rossel 9 2 18 Marko Viitanen 9 2 19 Mattéo Chatillon 11 10 1 20 John Wartique 10 13 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[21]

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)

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Guillaume Mercoiret 1 25 2 Anssi Viinikka 1 25 3 Luca Guglielmetti 2 17 4 Janni Hussi 2 17 5 Bastien Pouget 3 15 6 Samu Vaaleri 3 15 7 Thibault de la Haye 4 12 8 Daniel Brkic 4 12 9 Alexander Kihurani 5 10 10 Stefan Gustavsson 5 10 11 Konstantin Aleksandrov 6 8 12 Maciej Baran 6 8 13 Ireneusz Pleskot 7 20 6 14 Kimmo Nevanpää 7 6 15 Ross Whittock 8 4 16 Pietro Elia Ometto 8 4 17 Arnaud Dunand 9 2 18 Tapio Suominen 9 2 19 Maxence Cornuau 11 10 1 20 Maxime Andernack 10 13 1 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[21]

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)

Pos. Team MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Lancia Corse HF 1 42 2 Pos. Team MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[21]

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)

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Léo Rossel 1 25 2 Roberto Daprà 2 17 3 Arthur Pelamourges 3 15 4 Chris Ingram 4 12 5 Nikolay Gryazin 5 10 6 Jarosław Kołtun 6 8 7 Filip Kohn 7 6 8 John Wartique 8 4 9 Mattéo Chatillon 9 2 10 Eliott Delecour 10 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[21]

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)

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Guillaume Mercoiret 1 25 2 Luca Guglielmetti 2 17 3 Bastien Pouget 3 15 4 Alexander Kihurani 4 12 5 Konstantin Aleksandrov 5 10 6 Ireneusz Pleskot 6 8 7 Ross Whittock 7 6 8 Maxime Andernack 8 4 9 Maxence Cornuau 9 2 10 Sabrina De Castelli 10 1 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[21]

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)

• Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
• FIA WRC2 Championship 2026 at eWRC-results.com
• FIA WRC2 Championship for Challenger 2026 at eWRC-results.com