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Central European Rally 2025 counts for:
2025 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2025 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2025 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2025 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2025 FIA Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 666th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 12 of 14 |
| Official name: | Central European Rally |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Date: | from Thursday 16-Oct-2025 to Sunday 19-Oct-2025 |
| Rally HQ: | Bad Griesbach im Rottal, Bavaria; Germany |
| Clerk of the Course: | Uwe M. Schmidt |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 47 | |
| Starters: | 46 | |
| Finishers: | 36 | (78.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 10.86 | km | (SS3 Granit und Wald 1) |
| Longest: | 26.52 | km | (SS18 Muhltal 2) |
| Slowest: | 112.89 | km/h | (SS16 Muhltal 1) |
| Fastest: | 125.44 | km/h | (SS17 Beyond Borders 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 306.08 | km | (21.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 293.71 | km | (20.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,138.61 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,432.32 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 18th win and 30th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Second place was 44th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 58th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 104th win and 1-2 win were 284th to 285th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 143rd podium for Hyundai. |
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Rovanpera (pictured) kept close to Ogier from start and took lead after SS9. On next stage Ogier went off and retired, allowing Kalle to ease off and cruise to finish. 1-2 result for Toyota made sure of their manufacturers' title.
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On pre-event test, Tanak (pictured) compared 2025 and 2024 cars and chose to drive with older specification car. Hyundai did not nominate him for manu points to allow more freedom (including engine change). Fourmaux was initially faster but towards the end Tanak moved ahead and was second overall until on PS Evans went past. Neuville crashed onto a bridge and retired while Fourmaux finished fifth.
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McErlean finished fastest of the M-Sport Fords as Munster broken his suspension on a jump and retired on SS5.
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Related links
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Rally Chile 2025
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Rally Japan 2025
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