2025 Rally de Portugal
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Portugal| 2025 Rally de Portugal Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2025 | |||
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Round 5 of 14 in the 2025 World Rally Championship
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 Rocks and deep ruts were the features of the Rally de Portugal. | |||
| Host country | Portugal | ||
| Rally base | Matosinhos, Porto | ||
| Dates run | 15 – 18 May 2025 | ||
| Start location | Figueira da Foz, Central Region | ||
| Finish location | Fafe, Braga | ||
| Stages | 24 (344.50 km; 214.06 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,446.15 km (898.60 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,790.65 km (1,112.66 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 95 | ||
| Crews | 89 at start, 66 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT3:48:35.9 | ||
| Sunday Accumulated leader |  Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT47:03.8 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 6:22.7 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Printsport3:57:51.0 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star4:15:07.3 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Taylor Gill Daniel Brkic FIA Rally Star 4:15:07.3 | ||
The 2025 Rally de Portugal (also known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2025) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days from 15 to 18 May 2025.[2] It marked the fifty-eighth running of the Rally de Portugal, and was the fifth round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The event was also second round of the 2025 Junior WRC Championship.[3] The 2025 event was based in Matosinhos in the Porto District and was contested over twenty-four special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 344.50 km (214.06 mi).[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturer's winners.[4] Jan Solans and Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio were the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category.[5] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category.[6]
Ogier and Landais, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[7] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson were the winners in the WRC2 category.[8] Taylor Gill and Daniel Brkic were the winners in the WRC3 category, as well as the junior class.[9]
Entry list
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Twelve were entered under Rally1 regulations, as were forty-seven Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and eighteen Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship. A total of twelve crews participated in the Junior World Rally Championship.[10]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 39 |  Nikolay Gryazin |
 Konstantin Aleksandrov |
Nikolay Gryazin |
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | H |
| 40 |  Dani Sordo |
Cándido Carrera |
Dani Sordo |
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | H |
| 41 | Kris Meeke |
Stuart Loudon |
Kris Meeke |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | H |
| 46 | Gonçalo Henriques |
Inês Veiga |
Gonçalo Henriques |
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | H |
| 49 | Ricardo Teodósio |
José Teixeira |
Ricardo Teodósio |
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | H |
| 51 | José Pedro Fontes |
Inês Ponte |
José Pedro Fontes |
Citroën C3 Rally2 | H |
Itinerary
All dates and times are in WEST (UTC+1).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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| 15 May | — | After 8:01 | Baltar [Shakedown] | 5.72 km |
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After 17:00 | Opening ceremony, Coimbra | — | |
| SS1 | After 19:05 | SSS Figueira da Foz | 2.94 km | |
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After 19:18 | Tyre fitting zone, Figueira da Foz | — | |
| 16 May | SS2 | After 7:35 | Mortágua 1 | 14.59 km |
| SS3 | After 9:05 | Lousã 1 | 12.28 km | |
| SS4 | After 9:53 | Góis 1 | 14.30 km | |
| SS5 | After 10:41 | Arganil 1 | 14.41 km | |
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11:16 – 11:31 | Regroup, Arganil | — | |
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11:31 – 11:51 | Remote service 1, Arganil | — | |
| SS6 | After 9:05 | Lousã 2 | 12.28 km | |
| SS7 | After 9:53 | Góis 2 | 14.30 km | |
| SS8 | After 10:41 | Arganil 2 | 14.41 km | |
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15:16 – 15:31 | Regroup, Arganil | — | |
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15:31 – 15:51 | Remote service 2, Arganil | — | |
| SS9 | After 17:05 | Mortágua 2 | 14.59 km | |
| SS10 | After 18:35 | Águeda / Sever | 15.08 km | |
| SS11 | After 19:20 | Sever / Albergaria | 20.24 km | |
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21:15 – 22:04 | Flexi service A, Exponor | — | |
| 17 May | SS12 | After 7:35 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 17.69 km |
| SS13 | After 8:35 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 19.91 km | |
| SS14 | After 10:25 | Amarante 1 | 22.10 km | |
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12:16 – 12:46 | Regroup, Exponor | — | |
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12:46 – 13:30 | Service B, Exponor | — | |
| SS15 | After 15:05 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 17.69 km | |
| SS16 | After 16:05 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 19.91 km | |
| SS17 | After 17:55 | Amarante 2 | 22.10 km | |
| SS18 | After 19:05 | SSS Lousada | 3.52 km | |
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20:15 – 21:04 | Flexi service C, Exponor | — | |
| 18 May | SS19 | After 6:43 | Paredes 1 | 16.09 km |
| SS20 | After 7:48 | Felgueiras 1 | 8.81 km | |
| SS21 | After 8:35 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | |
| SS22 | After 9:58 | Paredes 2 | 16.09 km | |
| SS23 | After 11:03 | Felgueiras 2 | 8.81 km | |
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11:30 – 12:50 | Regroup, Fafe | — | |
| SS24 | After 13:15 | Fafe 2 [Power Stage] | 11.18 km | |
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After 15:00 | Finish, Matosinhos | — | |
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After 16:00 | Podium ceremony, Matosinhos | — | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
