The organizers of Rallye Monte Carlo announced the route of their event which will be held on January 22-26 in 2025.
More specifically, the recce will last three days starting on Monday 20 January and ending on Wednesday 22 January. After the end of the third day of recce, the Shakedown session will take place in Gap on Wednesday with the first car running at 16:01 local time. Casino Square in Monaco will host the ceremonial start for one more year which will be held on Thursday at 14:30. The action will begin the same day with three night stages and 52,23 Km against the clock. " Digne-les-Bains / Chaudon-Norante" remains at the route and will be the longest stage of Thursday with 19,01 Km, but this time will host the opening stage of the rally instead of the 16th which was in 2024. The crews will head to "Esparron / Oze" which will be the second stage of the day while "Avançon / Notre-Dame-du-Laus" returns back to the itinerary since 2020 and will be held at 21:06.
Friday includes three repeated stages and 107,38 competitive kilometers. The morning and the afternoon begin with the brand-new stage "Saint-Maurice / Aubessagne" which will be the longest stage of the day with 18,70 Km. "Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes / La Bâtie-Neuve" will host the second stage of both loops and will be the sixth time which will be running in World Rally Championship. "La Bréole / Selonnet" will be the concluding of both loops with 18,31 competitive kilometers, just 390 meters shorter than "Saint-Maurice / Aubessagne".
Saturday contains two loops of three stages and 132,10 kilometers in distance. The crews will start their day with "La Motte-Chalancon / Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert" which is the longest stage of Rallye Monte Carlo with 27,30 Km and makes its return to WRC since 1986 as previously it has been a stage for the historic cars the recent years. Moreover, the organizers added a new stage to the route, the "Aucelon / Recoubeau-Jansac", with 20,91 Km which will be running after "La Motte-Chalancon / Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert". Finally, both loops will conclude with "La Bâtie-des-Fonts / Aspremont" which will make its appearance to WRC after four years.
The final day of Rallye Monte Carlo includes three stages of 51,88 Km. "Avançon / Notre-Dame-du-Laus" will host the opening stage of Sunday and returns to the route since 2020 while it will be the shortest stage of the day with 14,90 Km. "Digne-les-Bains / Chaudon-Norante" stays at the itinerary for a second year in a row and will be the penultimate stage of the rally with 19,01 Km. "La Bollène-Vésubie / Peïra-Cava" will host the Powerstage and 2020 was the last year where it was running in World Rally Championship while 1998 was introduced to WRC for the first time. This means that the crews will not have the chance to make changes to their pacenotes for Powerstage, as there will be only a single pass from "La Bollène-Vésubie / Peïra-Cava", and it would be interesting to see which crew will be the most well-prepared to set the fastest time and to take the five bonus points from it. In addition to this, the final stage of the rally will define the SuperSunday standings as the seven top crews take points for the championship. At the end of Powerstage, the podium ceremony will take place at Casino Square in Monaco at 16:15 where the top three crews will receive their trophies.
Totally, the Rallye Monte Carlo of 2025 includes 18 stages and 343,59 competitive kilometers.
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