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Rally Japan 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)
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| 667th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 14 |
| Official name: | Forum8 Rally Japan |
| Edition: | 10th |
| Date: | from Thursday 6-Nov-2025 to Sunday 9-Nov-2025 |
| Rally HQ: | Toyota City, Chubu Region; Japan |
| Clerk of the Course: | Haruo Takakuwa |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 38 | |
| Starters: | 36 | |
| Finishers: | 29 | (80.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 1.98 | km | (SS17 Okazaki SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 21.74 | km | (SS11 Mt. Kasagi 2) |
| Slowest: | 60.72 | km/h | (SS17 Okazaki SSS 1) |
| Fastest: | 109.06 | km/h | (SS7 Shinshiro 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 305.34 | km | (32.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 305.34 | km | (32.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 628.53 | km |
| Total distance: | 933.87 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 67th win and 114th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 45th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Sami Pajari. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 105th win and triple win were 286th to 288th podiums for Toyota. |
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Ogier was fast but battled with Evans for most of the rally. He was able to make better times on stages on second runs, extending his lead slightly on those. On final day, Ogier pressed harder, claiming not only the overall win but also maximum points from Sunday and Powerstage to close gap in championship to just three points.
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Hyundai did not score any points at all because Fourmaux crashed, Neuville retired with wiper problem and while Tanak (pictured) did finish he was not nominated for manufacturer points. Fourmaux was fastest of the three until he ripped off half of the right side body panels of his car on opening stage of final day and retired.
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After McErlean's heavy crash on SS3, Munster was sole M-Sport Ford remaining. His pace was not very good and he was nearly overtaken by Rovanpera who had lost several minutes on puncture on first day. Due to numerous retirements and delays for other drivers, Munster did finish fifth overall.
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Related links
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Central E. Rally 2025
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Past performance overview
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