The 2025 WRC calendar will be running to 14 rather than 13 rounds, with interest in who’s driving what this year and the geography of this season’s world championship breaking new ground and taking the sport to more and more new countries. Starting early, it’s the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in April. The twists and turns of the roads around Las Palmas will provide some of the season’s most challenging asphalt. Delfi Rally Estonia is back in the summer, with Paraguay’s all-new South American qualifier coming two rounds later, also Saudi Arabia, for a fascinating return to the Middle East and, almost certainly, one of the warmest conclusions to a WRC season ever. Kalle Rovanperä’s back full-time and ready to chase a third driver’s title in four years with the Toyota team. Adrien Fourmaux has jumped ship from M-Sport Ford to Hyundai and Irishman Josh McErlean steps up for the biggest season of his career to drive a second factory Puma Rally1.