Elfyn Evans is running in second place at the opening round of the World Rally Championship season in Monte Carlo, as Josh McErlean makes his debut.

Scenes from the first day of the event look like something out of a fantasy. The World Rally Championship is back. The Monte Carlo rally kicked off this week, marking the beginning of the 2025 WRC season.

Sebastien Ogier staged an impressive comeback on Friday’s leg of the Monte Carlo Rally, the eight-time FIA World Rally Champion (main image) charging from third to first overall in the 2025 WRC

Defending WRC champion Thierry Neuville led under the stars of Rallye Monte-Carlo on Thursday evening, thrilling the thousands of fans who lined the alpine roads north-west of Monaco as early pacesetter Sébastien Ogier suffered a costly spin.

Sebastien Ogier will take a 20.3s lead into the final day of the World Rally Championship season-opener in Monte Carlo after a Saturday afternoon dominated by Hyundai's Ott Tanak. The Toyota driver managed to extend his advantage across a second pass of the morning's stages that had become incredibly dirty.

Sebastien Ogier capitalised on a mistake from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans to end an eventful Friday leading the World Rally Championship opener in Monte Carlo. The eight-time world champion began the day sitting third after a mistake on Thursday night cost him the rally lead.

World rally champion Thierry Neuville described his Friday at the Monte Carlo Rally as a “day to forget” after a mistake and a puncture resulted in two offs at the same corner. The Hyundai driver ended Friday in eighth position,