2026 WRC3 Championship

The 2026 FIA WRC3 Championship is set to be the thirteenth season of WRC3, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privateers and teams using cars complying with Group Rally3 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	350.52 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 crews are set to enter the WRC3 Championship in 2026:

Car	Entrant	Driver name	Co-driver name	Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Ali Türkkan	Oytun Albayrak	2
	Team Petrol Ofisi	Kerem Kazaz	Corentin Silvestre	2
	Entered under driver's name	Matteo Fontana	Alessandro Arnaboldi	1–2
		Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	1
		Eric Royère	Alexis Grenier	1–2
		Jean-Christophe Guibert	Laurent Gracial	1
		Tymoteusz Abramowski	Jakub Wróbel	2
		André Martínez	Matías Aranguren	2
		Georgios Vasilakis	Allan Harryman	2–3
		Nicolas Otto Boehringer	Hugo Magalhães	2
		Raúl Hernández	José Murado	2
		Gil Membrado	Adrián Pérez	2
		Nataniel Bruun	Pablo Olmos	3
		Naveen Puligilla	Musa Sherif	3
		Nikhil Sachania	Deep Patel	3
Renault Clio Rally3	Entered under driver's name	Olivier Courtois	Hubert Risser	1
Sources:[13][14][15]

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Eric Royère	Alexis Grenier	Eric Royère	5:36:47.5	Report	[16]
2	Rally Sweden	Matteo Fontana	Alessandro Arnaboldi	Matteo Fontana	2:54:30.5	Report	[17]
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

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points 1 Matteo Fontana 2 1 42 2 Eric Royère 1 6 33 3 Tymoteusz Abramowski 2 17 4 Ghjuvanni Rossi 3 15 5 Raúl Hernández 3 15 6 Gil Membrado 4 12 7 André Martinez 5 10 8 Georgios Vasilakis 7 6 9 Ali Türkkan 8 4 10 Kerem Kazaz 9 2 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[18]

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 Alessandro Arnaboldi 2 1 42 2 Alexis Grenier 1 6 33 3 Jakub Wróbel 2 17 4 Kylian Sarmezan 3 15 5 José Murado 3 15 6 Adrián Pérez 4 12 7 Matias Aranguren 5 10 8 Allan Harryman 7 6 9 Oytun Albaykar 8 4 10 Corentin Silvestre 9 2 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA SAU Points Sources:[18]

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 WRC3 Championship 2026 at eWRC-results.com