Has the WRC found the sweet spot with its 2025 points system?

OPINION: The much derided 2024 points system has been revamped for next year. Although it would make very little difference to the outcome of his year's championship, the tweaks appear to be an improvement

The World Rally Championship will adopt a revamped and much simpler points system next year to replace 2024’s widely criticised and often confusing concept. Confirmation of the new system, announced at last week's World Motor Sport Council, has been much anticipated following a season where the distribution of points generated more headlines than the rallies themselves.

Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier went as far as labelling this year’s points system a “joke”, with his main gripe being that this complex system devalued rally wins and was difficult to understand. His was a view shared by his rivals, teams and fans.

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Author Tom Howard

Tom Howard is a News Editor working across both Autosport.com and Motorsport.com websites. Starting out as a sports reporter in local newspapers, Tom focussed on motorsport covering several national championships in the UK, including the BTCC.

After a period working as a freelance journalist, Tom moved to Australia in 2013 landing a job at leading Australian motorsport news outlet speedcafe.com, covering international motorsport events including F1, WRC and Supercars. Progressing to Editor in 2017, Tom was named Motorsport Australia Journalist of the Year for his work. He is also a two-time winner of Supercars Journalist of The Year (2017,2019) and a Supercars Championship Media Award winner in 2019.

Tom moved back to his native UK in 2020, firstly working in BTCC, before joining Autosport and motorsport.com in 2021.