The FIA has announced a new, updated points-scoring system which will be used from the upcoming 2025 WRC season onwards.
A new championship points-scoring system has been announced at the FIA’s WMSC (World Motor Sport Council) meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.
The FIA says in a statement that the new points system is an evolution and simplification of the system introduced for the 2024 season. Effectively, the ‘Saturday Points‘ are a thing of the past from the 2025 WRC season onwards.
In 2025, points are, like pre-2024, awarded based on the overall (general) classification of a rally. Further, the rally winner will (again) be awarded 25 points. The distribution of points based on the general classification of a rally is as follows:
P1: 25 points
P2: 17 points
P3: 15 points
P4: 12 points
P5: 10 points
P6: 8 points
P7: 6 points
P8: 4 points
P9: 2 points
P10: 1 point
Saturday Points gone, Sunday Points to stay
As mentioned above, the ‘Saturday Points’ from 2024 are gone. However, the ‘Sunday Points’, obtainable during ‘Super Sunday’, will stay for 2025. Like the previous season, points will be awarded based on the classification from Sunday only. The Sunday classification “includes the section from the first time control after the overnight regroup to the final time control of the competition element, accounting for all time penalties accrued during this segment.”
The distribution of the Sunday Points are updated however. In 2024, the top 7 were awarded points. Next year, only the top 5 of the ‘Sunday classification’ will be awarded points:
P1: 5 points
P2: 4 points
P3: 3 points
P4: 2 points
P5: 1 point
Finally, the points awarded for the Power Stage remain unchanged meaning the top 5 in the Power Stage, the final stage of the rally, can score another 5 points.
A perfect result with the new, updated points system awards 35 points (25 for P1 in the rally O/A, 5 for P1 for ‘Super Sunday’ and 5 for P1 in the Power Stage). That’s 5 points up from 2024’s points system where 30 points was the maximum per rally weekend.
Rally winner still won’t necessarily score the most points, but chances happing are lower
The rally winner (P1 in the overall classification of the rally) still won’t necessarily score the most points in a weekend. However, with the new points system, the chance that the rally winner will score the most points in a rally weekend is now higher as (more) points are now awarded based on the overall classification of the rally.
“The revised format brings simplification by removing Saturday points, reduces the chances of a rally winner scoring fewer points than the second-placed competitor, and continue to enhance Sunday’s excitement and competitiveness. The “Super Sunday” format will maintain its role as a critical competition day, while the Power Stage remains a key element for broadcasters and fans alike”, the FIA statement read.
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