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The 93rd Monte-Carlo Rally got underway on Thursday from Casino Square, a perfect setting in the heart of the Principality, for 68 drivers and crews, including four world champions (Thierry Neuville, Sébastien Ogier, Kalle Rovanperä and Ott Tänak), who immediately set off on a long road liaison to the first three special stages, scheduled for the evening between Alpes de Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes.
“It’s never easy to start a rally season, especially in Monte Carlo, where nothing is ever the same from one year to the next, even in the special stages we know so well. We will need to avoid all the traps, right to the end, as usual”, said Sébastien Ogier, the eight-time world rally champion and nine-time Monte-Carlo winner (8 times in the WRC, once in the IRC), on the starting podium. His Toyota Yaris, still in a superb matte-black livery, bears his lucky number, 17 (he was born in Gap on December 17, 1983). The Hautes-Alpes driver is no longer aiming for the world title, but only a few rounds each year, just for fun. “I want to spend time with my family, so I mainly look at school vacation dates before drawing up my rally calendar, in agreement with my team,” Ogier added. For the last 12 years, he has always finished 1st or 2nd in the Principality!
Lighter, more agile cars
As of every year, Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) had perfectly organized this top-of-the-range starting ceremony, attended on site by a number of VIPs including Thierry Boutsen, the former Formula 1 driver, and Michèle Mouton, now retired after ten years’ service as head of safety for the World Rally Championship. They watched the parade of 68 superb rally cars, including those in the queen category (Rally1) which, as of this year, are no longer equipped with a hybrid propulsion system.
“The cars are lighter, so they’re more agile, and there are also new tires (Korean tires, supplied by Hankook), so there’s a lot that’s new. I’ve got a new car, I’m in a new team. It’s going to be a long rally, and a long season, so we’ll have to see what the others’ pace is at first…” said Adrien Fourmaux, the new Hyundai driver, before stepping onto the starting ramp. The Monegasque flag was waved by various Monegasque personalities, in front of the 68 competitors. These included five official Gazoo Racing Toyota Yaris, three Hyundai i20Ns entered by Hyundai Motorsport, and two Ford Puma entered by Malcolm Wilson’s English M-Sport team. There will also be 24 cars in the WRC2 category, where the battle will be fierce between a number of young, sharp-toothed drivers.
Three nightly stages as a spicy starter
With the final destination being the service park in Gap, the prefecture of the Hautes-Alpes, everyone set off on a long liaison to the first three special stages of this 2025 edition, covering a total of 54.16 km of timed sections. First to come was SS1 between Digne-les-Bains and Chaudon-Norante (19.01 km). Then SS2 between Faucon-du-Caire and Bréziers (21.18 km), the longest stage on this eagerly-awaited first evening. And SS3, between Avançon and Notre-Dame-du-Laus (13.97 km), where drivers have a good chance of finding patches of snow or black ice, in the middle of the night (first car to set off at 9 pm).
It will be a very short night in Gap, before a long Friday, with two loops of three special stages (SS4 to SS6, then SS7 to SS9, totalling 107 km of timed sections). A full day of fierce battling at all levels of the overall standings. The 93rd Monte-Carlo Rally is off to a good start. Suspense guaranteed, right up to the grand finale on Sunday at midday, on Col de Turini!
Relive the ceremony in full
Ott Tänak (Hyundai) got the 93rd Rallye Monte-Carlo off to a good start by setting the absolute fastest time (2’09″8) in the shakedown on Wednesday evening in the hills above Gap. The 2019 world champion gave a first idea of what this 2025 edition could be: a sumptuous and fierce battle between four World Champions, from Thursday to Sunday, over 18 special stages and more than 300 km of timed sections.
Even if the results of this last practice session before Thursday’s big start in Monaco cannot be considered significant, they will provide food for thought ahead of the start of the first special stage in Digne-les-Bains on Thursday evening. Tänak set the fastest time on his first run, at an ambient temperature of 5°C, before the sun disappeared for good, making it more difficult to improve performance. He was just under a second quicker than Toyota’s two former World Champions, Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier, who tied for 2ndplace with a time of 2’10″6. The Estonian had already won the shakedown last year. But he has never yet won in the Principality.
Neuville very close…
Another big favourite, Belgian Thierry Neuville, the reigning World Champion, had to be content with a time of 2’10″9 on his 2nd run (5th), one tenth only behind another Toyota driver, Welshman Elfyn Evans (4th). Nothing to worry about, then. By way of comparison, this time last year, Tänak set a time of 2’00″4 on this 3.28 km section. Since then, the cars in the Rally1 category have lost their hybrid system and thus a few dozen horsepower. Their drivers also have to adapt to the new South Korean Hankook tires, which have replaced the Pirelli tires of recent years.
On the honour roll of this full-scale test session, third Hyundai driver Adrien Fourmaux, just transferred from Ford M-Sport, was ahead of Japan’s Takamoto Katsuta, at the wheel of Gazoo Racing’s 4th works Toyota. For Malcolm Wilson’s British team, the best time was set by Irish newcomer Josh McErlean, 25, ahead of Grégoire Munster, who is starting his 2nd full season in a Rally1 car. The lowest Rally1 position was taken by Sami Pajari, the reigning WRC2 champion, at the wheel of the 5th works Toyota entered in this 93rd edition.
Solberg fastest in WRC2
The WRC2 will also be hotly contested this year between Gap and Monaco, with 24 crews entered. In this shakedown, Oliver Solberg (Toyota Yaris Rally2), son of 2003 world champion Petter, was the fastest (2’17″3). Having switched from Skoda to Toyota during the off-season, the Swede was ahead of Nikolay Gryazin and Gus Greensmith, in Skoda Fabias. On the French side, Yohan Rossel (Citroën C3) beat Eric Camilli (Hyundai i20N) and Léo Rossel (Citroën C3), while Matthieu Margaillan (Skoda Fabia) went off the road.
From Thursday evening, things get serious, with three special stages starting at 6 pm in the Alpes de Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes. This will happen after the official start, on the Place du Casino in Monte-Carlo, to be followed live from 2 pm on the Automobile Club de Monaco Facebook and YouTube pages.
🏁 SHAKEDOWN 🏁
Ott Tänak réalise le meilleur temps du Shakedown !
Kalle Rovanperä et Sébastien Ogier terminent juste derrière avec le même chrono ⏱️—
Ott Tänak sets the fastest time of the Shakedown!
Kalle Rovanperä and Sébastien Ogier finished just behind with the same… pic.twitter.com/bRUJmQBL45— Automobile Club de Monaco (@ACM_Media) January 22, 2025
© ACM - Olivier Caenen
There will be four World Rally Champions, on Thursday, at the start of the 93rd Rallye Monte-Carlo, that’s two more than last year: Thierry Neuville has finally been crowned at the end of 2024, at the end of a season that was mastered from start to finish (2 wins, 6 podiums), and Kalle Rovanperä , who only contested 7 rallies last year (2 wins), is back full-time. If we add that Sébastien Ogier, eight-time World Champion and nine-time winner in the Principality, remains a luxury freelancer, and that Ott Tänak, crowned in 2019, has no desire to retire, that makes for four World Champions, with 12 titles between them.
Two of these World Champions, Belgium’s Neuville and Estonia’s Tänak, will be driving a Hyundai i20N, while the other two, France’s Ogier and Finland’s Rovanperä, will be at the wheel of a Toyota Yaris. But the Japanese Gazoo Racing will have the advantage of numbers, with Welshman Elfyn Evans and Japan’s Takamoto Katsuta also in their ranks, as they were last year, and a newcomer, Sami Pajari (23), crowned champion last year in the WRC2 category. There will be a total of five Toyotas competing in the queen category, as well as three Hyundai cars, since Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux has joined the Korean team following an excellent season (5 podiums) with Ford M-Sport. To complete the line-up, two Ford Pumas have been entered by Malcolm Wilson’s M-Sport team. They will be driven by Luxemburg’s Grégoire Munster and Irishman Josh McErlean, a 25-year-old graduate of the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy.
As has been the case since the rally’s return to Hautes-Alpes last year, the service park for this 93rd Rallye Monte-Carlo will once again be based in Gap, in the main city of Seb Ogier’s native département. On roads he knows like the pockets of his overalls, the Frenchman from Toyota will be aiming for a tenth Monte Carlo victory, which would be a new all-time record. Provided he negotiates the many pitfalls of the 18 special stages on the menu, totalling 343km of timed sections, from Thursday evening to Sunday morning. Especially if the weather takes part, as snow is still possible in these mountains at the end of January.
A tough route
After the ritual shakedown on Wednesday, on the heights of Gap, everything will really get underway on Thursday, at siesta time, with the start ceremony in front of Casino de Monte-Carlo, broadcast live on the Automobile Club de Monaco’s Facebook account and YouTube channel. Then, in the evening, the first three special stages will total 54.16km of timed stages between Alpes de Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes. The first special stage is scheduled for 6pm between Digne-les-Bains and Chaudon-Norante (SS1, 19.01km). Then the second stage between Faucon-du-Caire and Bréziers (SS2, 21.18km), the longest stage of the first night. And the third, from 9pm, between Avançon and Notre-Dame-du-Laus (SS3, 13.97 km). Before a good night’s sleep in Gap.
On Friday, around Gap, there will be three special stages in the morning (SS4 to SS6) and the same three in the afternoon (SS7 to SS9), totalling 107.34km of timed sections, including Saint-Maurice/Aubessagne, the longest special stage of the day (18.68km). And on Saturday, there will be two more loops of three stages (SS10 to SS12, then SS13 to SS15), but in the Drôme, for a total of 131.4km of timed sections. This includes a very tricky 27km between La Motte-Chalancon and Saint-Nazaire, a great classic and the longest special stage of the rally. All that remains is the final morning’s racing, with 50.9km spread over three stages (SS16 to SS18) between Gap and Monaco. In keeping with tradition, the final stage will be the Power Stage between La Bollène-Vésubie and Peïra-Cava, via the iconic Col de Turini (start 12:15).
Family stories in WRC2
The ACM received 92 applications for 2025. It selected 70 crews, including 47 ‘priority’ drivers designated by the FIA. A word about the growing popularity of the FIA WRC2 category, which features Rally2-type cars that are less expensive to run but also offer excellent performance. The ACM has selected 24 crews for this race within the race, starting with Oliver Solberg, the son of Petter (2003 world champion), in a Toyota Yaris Rally2. There will also be Nikolay Gryazin (Škoda Fabia RS) and Yohan Rossel (Citroën C3), 3rd and 4threspectively in last year’s WRC2 championship. Yohan’s brother Léo Rossel, just crowned French asphalt champion, will be alongside his older brother in the French PH Sport team, while Charles Munster, Grégoire’s younger brother, will be driving a Hyundai i20 N Rally2.
Stéphane Sarrazin’s son Pablo, the former Subaru driver turned team boss, will drive a Citroën C3 for Sarrazin Motorsport. Another of the French team’s C3s is entered for Sarah Rumeau and Julie Amblard, an all-female pairing supported by Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA). Finally, because goodness knows no lies, Eliott Delecour, the 17-year-old son of François Delecour, will be making his international debut on this Rallye Monte-Carlo, 34 years after his father’s podium finish in 1991 in a Ford Sierra Cosworth, his first in the WRC. Eliott will drive an Opel Corsa in the Rally4 category.
An army of volunteers
This promises to be a great event, and it will also be possible thanks to the hundreds of volunteer marshals and officials who, among the more than two thousand people mobilised and supervised by the ACM, will ensure the safety and smooth running of this 93rdMonte-Carlo Rally. ‘This is a mythical rally, maybe the most mythical and prestigious of all. Every WRC driver dreams of winning it at least once,’ sums up Thierry Neuville. He’s Belgian, he’s the current World Champion, he’s already won twice in the Principality (2020, 2024). He knows what he’s talking about and he’s one of the favourites…
For this 93rd edition, the opening round of the World Rally Championship will once again have an extensive TV programme. All the stages of the 2025 Rallye Monte-Carlo will be broadcast in their entirety, including the Power Stage, which will be available on free-to-air television.
Once again this year, the Canal Group will be offering an exceptional programme for this legendary event. The Monte-Carlo Rally will be broadcast live every day, with eight-time winner Julien Ingrassia once again as co-driver, alongside Laurent Dupin and Pauline Sanzey. From the first evening (Thursday 23), 2 special stages will be available free of charge and live on Canal+ Sport’s Facebook and YouTube channels. To round things off, the Power Stage La Bollène-Vésubie / Peïra Cava will be broadcast free-to-air on Canal + on Sunday 26th from 12.15pm.
Monaco Info will be watching the Official Start from the Place du Casino on Thursday at 2pm. The Rally Experts (Vanessa Dessi, Christophe Pacaud, Franck Phillips) will be on hand each evening to review the day’s special stages: Friday 24 – 9.00pm / Saturday 25 – 9.00pm / Sunday 26 – 9.00pm.
The awards ceremony on Sunday will be available on TVMonaco from 4.15pm.
The full season on RallyTV
For enthusiasts looking for a more immersive experience, subscribing to the official WRC+ All Live platform is a must. It allows you to follow all the stages live with exclusive content (replay, videos, archives, broadcasts).
The Automobile Club de Monaco will also be broadcasting the Rally Start Ceremony live online from the Place du Casino in Monaco, as well as the Prize-Giving Ceremony. These events will be broadcast on the ACM Facebook and YouTube pages and on our website.
The teams of ACM Media Commission met a relaxed and happy Thierry Neuville last week, a few days before the start of the 93rd Monte-Carlo Rally. The Monegasque resident, who is now a full-time member of ACM, has two good reasons to shine this year: he is the current World Rally Champion and last year’s winner in the Principality!
How does it feel to be starting the Rally Monte-Carlo again?
“Monte-Carlo is definitely one of the most mythical rallies on the calendar, if not the most mythical and prestigious. Every WRC driver wants to win it at least once in his life. I’ve won it twice (2020, 2024) and both victories had a special flavour. They were great victories, and they were won in the right way. So to complete a hat-trick wouldn’t be bad”.
Does your new status as World Champions change anything in your approach?
“We’re the defending champions, but we are back to square one. We’re starting a new season with the same ambitions, the same goals, the same desire, but a little less weight on our shoulders. We’re a bit relieved about that (having won the world title), but the pressure to get the big points for the team is still there. That’s good, and we’re ready. I’m looking forward to having a great time, always with the aim of helping Hyundai win, so that its commitment to rallying continues. There are also the 2027 regulations on the horizon, the promotion of the championship and a lot of open questions. We’re going to put everything in the same basket to give ourselves the best possible chance”.
Who will be your main rivals?
“This year, there will be one more title contender: Kalle (Rovanperä) will be one of the men to beat, even if last year Sébastien Ogier decided, during the season, to play the title race to the end. There will also be Ott Tänak, Elfyn Evans and maybe Adrien Fourmaux too”.
Do you always listen to the notes of your co-driver, Martijn Wydaeghe?
“I always listen to my co-driver’s notes. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be competitive at all. There are certain stages that we redo every year, so we’re getting to know them, but there are a lot of changes on the roads from one year to the next, with the weather, the bumps, the quality of the asphalt. Even if you think you know the terrain, you always have to listen to your co-driver. Once you’ve set off on a special stage, once you’ve got the right rhythm, it’s almost automatic”.
How are the road connections going?
“We never get bored on the sometimes very long road sections. We’re always thinking about what we can do to improve the car, the tires we need to put on, the information we get from the team, the weather, with updates every five minutes, the engineer who often asks for things. In the first phase of the road section, we debrief the previous stage, then we stop and make changes to the car for the next stage. Then we have to put ourselves in a bubble of concentration, as we warm up the tires and put on the helmet, focusing on the stage ahead. The atmosphere in the car changes radically”.
What language do you speak with Martijn in the car?
“We are good symbols of what Belgium is like, with three official languages spoken. Martijn is Flemish and I was born in a German-speaking region, but we speak French in the car. It’s the language best suited to our notes, so that it’s precise in terms of road conditions”.
And how do you feed yourselves during a rally?
“Florian (Haut-Labourdette) organizes our meals for each day, with a nutrition plan that we follow as closely as possible, even if it’s not always easy. We also have a catering service at the service park, and we’re very well organized. We eat at lunchtime while watching the videos and notes for the afternoon. In the evening, we get back to the hotel as quickly as possible to prepare for the next day, with lots of videos to watch”.
Are you still enjoying life in Monaco?
“I’ve been living here for ten years, my children go to school and nursery in Monaco, so I appreciate life here. There are a lot of facilities for a top-level athlete, it’s small, a little isolated, with plenty of sunshine. There’s the proximity of the airport, and above all the ease of dealing with administrative formalities. You can do almost everything on foot, so it’s very quick”.
If you had the opportunity to contest a Rallye Monte Carlo Historique, which car would you choose?
“I’d probably go for an Opel Manta 400, just to enjoy myself. But on a rally with lots of snow, a Porsche would be more competitive, with its rear engine”.
What would you have done if you hadn’t become a rally driver?
“I think I could have become a helicopter pilot. I got my license eight years ago. I love it”.
Can’t be missed! From Tuesday 23 to Sunday 28 January, the Fan Zone will play host to the 92nd Rallye Monte Carlo. Based in the Théâtre de verdure of the Parc Givaudan in Gap, close to the Service Park, visitors will enjoy a wide range of activities:
Some 30 exhibitors’ chalets will be on hand to welcome you, including a catering area, road safety and the event’s partners.
In addition, take a look at the Official ACM Boutique and discover the Rallye Monte-Carlo 2025 collection.
Interviews with the drivers:
From Wednesday to Saturday, meet your favourite drivers and managers on stage for public interview sessions. Discover the programme:
Opening hours:
Tuesday 21.01 : 16:00 – 00:00
From Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25.01 : 09:00 – 00:00
Three days to go! The 2025 season of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) kicks off on Thursday afternoon, with a ritual start on Monte Carlo’s Casino Square at 14:30, and there’s no shortage of new features: a new world champion, new events on the calendar, new tires and a new points system. Not to mention a step backwards desired by all competitors: there is no longer a hybrid propulsion system on the cars in the premium category (Rally1), which will reduce power for the drivers, but improve the bottom line for the teams!
This 2025 season was the subject of an inaugural ceremony on Sunday evening, in the sumptuous setting of Monaco’s Casino Square, in front of several hundred WRC fans and tourists visiting the Principality. FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem was in attendance, as was WRC chief promoter Jona Siebel and executives from Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM). It was also an opportunity to officially present Korean manufacturer Hankook, the new exclusive official tire supplier for the WRC, succeeding Michelin and Pirelli, among others.
Neuville, the new champion!
The main news of this WRC season is the identity of the driver carrying number 1 on the doors of his Hyundai i20N: Belgian Thierry Neuville, resident of Monaco and finally rewarded, at the end of his 15th season of international rallying (he made his debut in Catalonia in 2009!), after 168 starts (21 winsn 69 podiums. He will continue to have at his side the excellent Martijn Wydaeghe, the efficient accomplice of his latest victories and above all of that long-awaited and much-deserved world title in 2024.
A Frenchman at Hyundai
Alongside Neuville and Estonian Ott Tänak, another world champion, in the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team in 2025, there will be a French driver, Adrien Fourmaux, who was very much in evidence last year in his Ford and was therefore logically recruited this winter by Cyril Abiteboul, the boss at Hyundai Motorsport. At M-Sport Ford WRT, the leader this season will be Grégoire Munster, in his second full season in Rally1. He will be able to play big brother to Josh McErlean, a product of the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy and the FIA WRC2 championship.
Toyota: Rovanperä returns full-time
The Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team has a main asset back this season: two-time world champion Kalle Rovanperä, who took a step back last year. He’s back for a full season, alongside regulars Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, who along with luxury freelancer Sébastien Ogier managed to reclaim the Manufacturers’ World Rally Championship crown last year. There will also be a newcomer at Toyota, the very talented Sami Pajari, 2024 FIA WRC2 champion and thus promoted to the higher echelon.
Two major technical innovations…
The main technical news for the 2025 season is the arrival of Korean company Hankook as exclusive tire supplier. It will supply Ventus Z215 soft and super-soft tires, as well as SR20 snow tires, with or without studs. Hankook will then launch its Dynapro dirt tire later in the year.
In another notable development, the cars in the queen class (Rally1) are now lighter, simpler and more affordable, and they continue to use 100% sustainable fuel, as they have done since 2022. They are lighter because they no longer feature the plug-in hybrid units of the last three years. As part of the rule change, the minimum weight of the cars has been lowered from 1260 to 1180 kilos. To maintain an equivalent power-to-weight ratio between the 2024 and 2025 Rally1 cars, the size of the air restrictor has been reduced from 36 mm to 35 mm.
Improved points system
Championship points allocation has been further improved for 2025, to place greater emphasis on outright victory, while ensuring that there is still plenty to compete for on Sundays. Points will now be awarded on a sliding scale of 25-17-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 to the top 10 finishers. On Sunday, the top five of the last Leg only will also be rewarded, as well as the Top 5 drivers in the Power Stage (5-4-3-2-1). So that after being able to accumulate a maximum of 30 points in 2024, a driver who wins the rally, leads the Super Sunday standings and is fastest in the Power Stage can now earn 35 points.
Three new rallies!
Held over 14 rounds, compared with 13 previously, the WRC will visit the Spanish island of Gran Canaria for the first time, followed by Paraguay and Saudi Arabia at the end of the year, for the final round of the 2025 season. Finally, the Estonian Rally returns to the calendar, after a brief stint last year in the Euro Championship.
On all these rallies, former co-driver Nicolas Klinger will be the new FIA WRC safety delegate, following the decision of Michèle Mouton, the great French champion, to retire after more than ten years of loyal service. Klinger’s role as deputy safety delegate will be filled by Estonian Priit Priimägi.
With just 16 days to go before the start of scrutineering for the 93rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, which will mark the start of the opening round of the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the Organising Committee published on this Friday the official list of the 70 crews entered*.
And at the top of the list are the reigning World Champions and winners of the 2024 edition, Thierry NEUVILLE and Martijn WYDAEGHE, who for the first time in their careers will be wearing the No. 1 and not the No. 11 as has been the case since 2019 and the introduction by the FIA of personalised numbers for professional drivers.
With 10 Rally1s representing the 3 official manufacturers (5 TOYOTA, 3 HYUNDAI and 2 FORD M-SPORT) at the start, the battle for victory promises to be as indecisive as it is intense!
While the crews of Elfyn EVANS / Scott MARTIN, Takamoto KATSUTA / Aaron JOHNSTON (TOYOTA GR Yaris), Ott TANAK / Martin JARVEOJA (HYUNDAI i20 N) and Grégoire MUNSTER / Louis LOUKA (FORD Puma) remain loyal to their respective employers. The transfer of the winter concerns Adrien FOURMAUX / Alexandre CORIA, who switched from the FORD Puma to the HYUNDAI i20 N.
The local man of the event, Sébastien OGIER from the Hautes-Alpes Department – paired with Vincent LANDAIS (TOYOTA GR Yaris) – although not taking part in the entire Championship, remains on paper one of the main contenders, looking for a record 10th victory in the Monegasque event.
The two-time World Champions in 2022 and 2023, Kalle ROVANPERA and Jonne HALTTUNEN (TOYOTA GR Yaris), are also back full-time this year.
Last but not least, two newcomers from the WRC2 have joined the elite: 2024 Champion Sami PAJARI – now partnered by Marko SALMINEN – has been promoted to TOYOTA and Joshua MCERLEAN / Eoin TREACY to FORD M-SPORT.
There are also other favourites in the other categories, starting with the WRC2. The leading names include Oliver SOLBERG / Elliot EDMONDSON (TOYOTA GR Yaris), Nikolay GRYAZIN / Konstantin ALEKSANDROV (SKODA Fabia RS), Yohan ROSSEL / Arnaud DUNAND (CITROËN C3) and Gus GREENSMITH / Jonas ANDERSSON (SKODA Fabia RS)….
*On top of the 70 entries accepted under the regulations, after studying the 92 complete entry forms received, including 47 FIA priority crews, and in addition to the presence of the 10 Rally1s (Priority 1), we should highlighted the following record-breaking registrations :
Looking to take part in the 93rd Rallye Monte-Carlo? Discover the maps of each special stage of the 2025 route, with details of the areas accessible to the public.
Find also the access conditions to each public area (access roads, closing and reopening times), in order to plan your visit to this 93rd edition.
We remind you that these areas are dedicated to the reception of the public (marked by green net or green tape), with a minimum overhang of 1.50 m and out of the path of the competitors. Outside these areas, spectators are not permitted. It is not permitted to enter the special stages and to move around in them, on the road or on the shoulders, 30 minutes before the start of the first competitor and until the end of the event. Failure to comply with these rules may result in the delay or cancellation of the special stage.
Rally Guide 2 now available
On Friday 20 December, the Organising Committee also unveiled the Rally Guide 2, which can be downloaded from the Competitors’ Area > Official Documents. This document will enable future competitors to prepare their participation in this 93rd edition in the best possible way.
Next up is the publication of the entry list on Monday, January 03, 2025, as well as the deadline for the registration of opening cars and the closing of accreditation for the international media. The 93rd Rallye Monte-Carlo will be held from 20 to 26 January 2025.
Learning, practice, knowledge of the regulations and studying scenarios. The marshals who will be working on the Rallyes Monte-Carlo next January came on Sunday December 8 for a training day. Divided into several teams, the 130 volunteers from the “Corps des Commissaires” were able to practise their skills during a fictitious rally organized on the roads of the Monegasque hinterland, with a special guest: Julien Ingrassia.
For over 40 years, the aim of the “Circuit Routier d’Instructions Commissaires” (C.R.I.C.) has been to check the application of rally procedures and regulations. Some fifteen virtual competitors were on hand to test the skills of the crews’ guardian angels. After the briefings which marked the start of the day, the teams of volunteers were divided up over the route, which consisted of 3 special stages in real conditions.
Julien Ingrassia, who was invited to take part in this training day after having worked alongside the marshals for several years, was present as a competitor with 2 scenarios to simulate: a delay at the starting point and a red flag simulation. A first for the 7-time Monte-Carlo winner alongside his former driver Sébastien Ogier.
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As proof of its attention to detail, the Rallye Monte-Carlo Organising Committee has invited the WRC World Championship timing provider to give the marshals a chance to practice their skills. Each steward’s post is monitored by an assessor, who checks and rates the level of each steward and post supervisor. “Their reactions and behavior are carefully scrutinized“, explains Cyril Vada, who is in charge of the Training.
The next Rallye Monte-Carlo WRC (23-26/01) and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique (29/01-05/02) are scheduled for January 2025.
