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Ogier had partial programme which he did extend when championship title began to seem possible but still he started only 11 rallies (out of 14 possible). He finished on podium every time except once and won more than half of the rallies he entered (six our of eleven). Such dominance left only scraps to others in terms of wins and podiums.
Toyota enjoyed almost total dominance, leaving only two wins to Hyundai and not even one podium to M-Sport (although that was down to their total lack of competitiveness).
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Even if Ogier outscored Evans 6-2 in terms of wins and 10-8 in terms of podiums, both of them finished every rally on points. And because Evans contested three more rallies than Ogier, he was able to fight for the title until the last moment despite the inferior points haul per rally.
Third driver to score points on all events was Hyundai's Tanak, which is no mean feat due to reliability problems that Hyundai still had. Admittedly, the new (albeit revised) scoring scheme which rewarded points in three separate ways (overall, Sunday and Power Stage) meant that driver could easily score at least some points even if they had problems or retirement early on.
M-Sport's drivers collected lots of non-scores, both scoring only approximately half of the rallies they started, in stark contrast what was said earlier, mostly because both were too slow to be in contention for Super Sunday or Power Stage points which were awarded for top-5 only. Otherwise, Hyundai's Fourmaux and Toyota's Katsuta collected most DNF's, four and three respectively.
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As with overall wins, in stage wins Ogier was the top man in 2025 despite missing three rallies. Tanak came close with just four less stage wins and also Rovanpera was close with seven less than Ogier. Ogier also won most Power Stages (five) during the season which meant that he scored 25 extra points for that.
With six wins, it's no wonder that Ogier has clear advantage in number of stages where he held rally lead and similarly Toyota held lead on three out of four stages ran during the season. Given that Toyota won 86% of the events but lead only in 74% of the stages underlines the fact that Hyundai was able to fight early on but usually faltered enough to let Toyota take the silverware home at the end.
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Finland was again the fastest rally with clear margin while Acropolis was at the other end of the spectrum, being slowest. Safari average speed came down quite a lot, ending second slowest rally of the season.
Safari had respectable itinerary, being by far the longest event on calendar and apart from Sweden, all events surpassed the minimum distance of 300 kilometers of stages. In fact, average stage distance went up slightly and with one more event, total stage distance increased by 500 kilometers.
Most starters were seen in Portugal where national rally entrants bloated the entry list and once again, Safari had only pitiful 29 crews. Most retirements were seen in Sardinia where over one third of the crews retired while Sweden saw least retirements.
Longest stage of the season was in new event at Saudi Arabia, 33.28 kilometers, beating traditionally long Safari stage by a few kilometers. Six out of ten fastest stages were in Finland but also new event in Paraguay had a very fast stage, fifth fastest during the season, exceeding 130 kph marker.
Toyota's popularity in Rally2 category saw marked increase and it went past previously most popular makes Ford and Skoda, if only just. French and Finnish were once again two most numerous nationalities amongst crews.
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Statistical king of the 2025 season, Sebastien Ogier. Most wins, most podiums, most stage wins and leading rally, record equaling ninth drivers' title and more.
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