British squad M-Sport Ford will field an expanded line-up for Puma Rally1s for the WRC’s only pure snow fixture, which takes place from 13 – 16 February and is based in the Swedish city of Umeå.
Alongside full-time drivers Grégoire Munster and Josh McErlean, Latvian talent Mārtiņš Sesks begins his much-anticipated half-season programme in the frozen forests, while gentleman driver Jourdan Serderidis also joins the squad in a fourth Puma Rally1.
Hyundai Motorsport has entered three i20 N Rally1 cars, led by reigning world champion Thierry Neuville. Joining him are two-time Rally Sweden winner Ott Tänak and Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux.
Defending manufacturers’ champions Toyota GAZOO Racing, meanwhile, will field an impressive five GR Yaris Rally1 cars with points-scoring duties for the main team falling to two-time champion Kalle Rovanperä, Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta. Sami Pajari is entered under Toyota’s B-team while Italy’s Lorenzo Bertelli, piloting a rented car, is not scoring points for the manufacturer.

Fri 17 Jan 2025
Entry List: Rally Sweden 2025
The entry list for Rally Sweden, round two of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship, was published on Friday and boasts 12 cars in the headline Rally1 category.

Although Oliver Solberg will contest Rallye Monte-Carlo next week, the GR Yaris Rally2 driver’s WRC2 season officially begins in Sweden with the youngster opting to count his home event as his first point-scoring opportunity of the year.
2017 WRC2 champion Pontus Tidemand, who enjoyed a handful of top-level outings with M-Sport in 2019, returns to the championship after almost five years away in a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2. Other drivers to watch in the premier support category include Lauri Joona, Robert Virves, Fau Zaldivar and Mikko Heikkilä as well as rising stars like Roope Korhonen and Romet Jürgenson.
The WRC3 field also looks strong, additionally bolstered by the opening round of the Junior WRC for which the entrants were revealed on Thursday. Drivers like Matteo Fontana, Peru’s Andre Martinez and Finland’s Ville Vatanen are among those set to compete for honours in the third tier.

