The 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship is the fifth season of the annual competition for rally raid events sanctioned by both the FIA and FIM.
Lucas Moraes starts the season as the reigning FIA drivers champion, whilst Daniel Sanders is the reigning FIM riders champion.
A new 'Stock' category has been introduced within the FIA classes for 2026.
Calendar The calendar for the 2026 season features five rally-raid events. Like in the previous seasons, the Dakar Rally once again hosts the opening event, while the Desafío Ruta 40 returns to the calendar, replacing South Africa Safari Rally.
Round Dates Rally name Format Report 1 3–17 January Dakar Rally Marathon Report 2 17–22 March BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal Rally Report 3 24–29 May Desafío Ruta 40 Rally Report 4 28 September–3 October Rallye du Maroc Rally Report 5 22–27 November Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Rally Report
FIA World Rally-Raid Championship Entrants competing in the Ultimate, Stock, Challenger, and SSV classes are eligible for the overall World Championship.
Entry list Ultimate Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds Century CR7 Century Racing Factory Team Mathieu Serradori Loïc Minaudier 1–2, 4 SRT Rally Team Lionel Baud Lucie Baud 4 Dacia Sandrider The Dacia Sandriders Lucas Moraes Dennis Zenz 1–3 Pablo Moreno 4 Nasser Al-Attiyah 1–4 Sébastien Loeb 1–4 Cristina Gutiérrez Pablo Moreno 1 Ebro S800 XRR Ebro Audax Motorsport Laia Sanz Maurizio Gerini 1–2, 4 Ford Raptor Ford Racing Carlos Sainz Sr. Lucas Cruz 1 Daniel Oliveras 2–4 Mattias Ekström Emil Bergkvist 1–2, 4 Nani Roma Alex Haro 1, 3–4 Kellon Walch 1, 3–4 Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 2 M-Sport Rally Raid Team 1, 3–4 Jourdan Serderidis Grégoire Munster 1 Lucas Cruz 4 Orlen Jipocar Team Martin Prokop Viktor Chytka 1–4 RD Limited Romain Dumas Alexandre Winocq 1 Anthony Pes 4 Kees Koolen Wouter Rosegaar 2–4 MM Rallye Mark Mustermann Michael Zajc 2, 4 Energylandia Rally Team Eryk Goczał Szymon Gospodarczyk 4 Marek Goczał Maciej Marton 4 F150 Offroadsport Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sýkora 1–2 Bronco Raptor The Gear Shop Canada TM Nathan Hayashi Shane Hairsine 1 MD Rallye Optimus JLC Racing Jean-Luc Ceccaldi Pascal Delacour 1 Christophe Crespo 4 Mini JCW Rally 3.0i X-Raid Mini JCW Guillaume De Mévius Mathieu Baumel 1, 4 JCW Rally 3.0D Lionel Baud Lucie Baud 1 Red-Lined Revo T1+ Buggyra ZM Racing Aliyyah Koloc Marcin Pasek 1 Martin Koloc Mirko Brun 1 Toyota Hilux Overdrive Racing Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk 1–3 Dennis Zenz 4 Hernán Garcés Juan Pablo Latrach 1–4 Kevin Benavides Lisandro Sisterna 4 Dania Akeel Séastien Delaunay 4 Energylandia Rally Team Eryk Goczał Szymon Gospodarczyk 1–3 Marek Goczał Maciej Marton 1–3 Michał Goczał Diego Ortega 1 Repsol Toyota Rally Team Isidre Esteve José Maria Villalobos 1, 4 Hilux GR Toyota Gazoo Racing W2RC Henk Lategan Brett Cummings 1–4 Seth Quintero Andrew Short 1–4 Toby Price Armand Monleón 1 Akira Miura 2–4 Hilux IMT EVO Toyota Gazoo Racing SA Juan Cruz Yacopini Daniel Oliveras Saood Variawa François Cazalet 1–3 Charan Moore 4 Guy Botterill Oriol Mena 1–2 Henry Köhne 4 João Ferreira Filipe Palmeiro 1–4 SVR Team Marcos Baumgart Kleber Cincea 2–4 Lucio Alvarez Bernardo Graue 2–4 Cristian Baumgart Luis Felipe Eckel 3 Volkswagen Amarok PS Laser Racing Daniel Schröder Henry Carl Köhne 1 Stock Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds Defender Dakar D7X-R Defender Rally Stéphane Peterhansel Michaël Metge 1–4 Rokas Baciuška Oriol Vidal 1–4 Sara Price Sean Berriman 1–2, 4 Saydiie Gray 3 Toyota Land Cruiser GR Sport Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body Akira Miura Jean-Michel Polato 1 Yasir Seaidan 4 Ronald Basso Julien Menard 1 Challenger Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds Bairons SIA SRT Viking Bairons SIA Pau Navarro Jan Rosa 2 BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS BBR Motorsport Lucas Del Rio Bruno Jacomy 1 Maverick R QMMF Team Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Xavier Panseri 4 GRallyTeam G-Ecko KTM X-Bow Powered By G Rally Team Puck Klaassen Augusto Sanz 1–4 Charles Munster Xavier Panseri 1–2 G Rally Team Kees Koolen Jurgen van den Goorbergh 1 Rui Carneiro Fausto Mota 2 MMP T3 Rally Raid G Rally Team 1 Odyssey CR-X BBR Motorsport Daniel Schröder Leonard Cremer 4 PH-Sport Zephyr Phase 2 BTR-Proparc Hervé Guillaume Maxime Guillaume 1 Taurus EVO Max Vertical Motorsport Nicolás Cavigliasso Valentina Pertegarini 1 Team Race World Yasir Seaidan Xavier Flick 1 Rebellion - Spierings Paul Spierings Jan Pieter van der Stelt 1 Mark Salomons 2 Kala Senders 4 QMMF Team Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Stéphane Duple 1 Daklapack Rallysport Pim Klaassen Mark Laan 1 T3 Max BBR Motorsport Sergei Remennik Aleksei Ignatov 1 David Zille Sebastian Cesana 1 Pedro Gonçalves Hugo Magalhães 1–2 Sébastien Delaunay 3 Lucas Del Rio Bruno Jacomy 2 Odyssey Academy by BBR Dania Akeel Sébastien Delaunay 1–2 Pau Navarro Jan Rosa 1 Kevin Benavides Lisandro Sisterna 1 Alexandre Pinto Bernardo Oliveira 3–4 Old Friends Rally Team 2 Daklapack Rallysport Mitchel van den Brink Bart van Heun 2 RC Motorsport Rui Carneiro Fausto Mota 4 X-Raid Fenic X-Raid Rebecca Busi Sergio Lafuente 1 SSV Teams & DriversConstructorVehicleTeamDriverCo-driverRounds BRP Can-Am Maverick R Can-Am Factory Team João Monteiro Nuno Morais 1–2 Hunter Miller Jeremy Gray 1 Kyle Chaney Jacob Argubright 1 Can-Am Factory Team LATAM Francisco López Álvaro Leon 1 Manuel Andújar Andrés Frini 1 Jeremias Gonzalez Ferioli Gonzalo Rinaldi 1–4 South Racing Can-Am Maciej Oleksowicz Marcin Sienkiewicz 1 Richard Aczel Wouter Rosegaar 1 Hassan Jameel Maciej Giemza 1 Xavier Flick 4 Luís Cidade Valter Cardoso 2 Pedro MacDowell Daniel Spolidorio 2–3 Matthias Walkner Oriol Mena 4 Eugenio Amos Paolo Ceci 4 Buggy Masters Team Joan Piferrer Xavier Blanco 1–4 Izoton Sport Mindaugas Sidabras Ernestas Česokas 1–4 Polaris RZR Pro R Sport Old Friends Rally Team Alexandre Pinto Bernardo Oliveira 1 Santag Racing Helder Rodrigues Gonçalo Reis 1 João Dias Daniel Jordão 1
Scoring system Points are awarded to every W2RC-listed entrant, regardless of whether they finish the event or not. Stage points are awarded for the top five finishers of every stage whose special section exceeds 100km. In a Power Selective Section, only the top three receive points.
Rally points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Retired Points302520171513119876543221
Marathon points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Retired Points504030262320171513119765442
Stage points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Points54321
Power Selective Section points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points321
World Drivers' & Co-Drivers' championships The driver/co-driver who records a points-scoring classification would be taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.