On October 17, 2024, the calendar for the 2025 season was announced. It was due to start on January 23, 2025, in Canada on a brand new ice-surface circuit, and featured a further seven rounds in Hungary, Portugal, Great Britain, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, and Australia. The venue for the season opener in Canada, the Circuit de Trois-Rivières, put out a statement on December 13, 2024, that the round had been postponed to 2026. The original calendar was then removed from official FIA World Rallycross sources. On January 16, 2025, the series put out a statement saying the process to find a new series promoter was underway. A statement was put out by the Nyírad Racing Center on February 23, 2025, that stated the previously scheduled round in Hungary had been cancelled. A new calendar was announced by the FIA on March 27, 2025. It featured six rounds, of which one was at a yet unannounced venue. On August 14, 2025, the series announced that the previously scheduled unannounced event in November had been cancelled, and instead the World RX of Turkey had been converted into a double header season finale to preserve the six events that were planned.
On November 13, 2024, it was reported that the FIA had launched a process to find a new promoter for the series after four years of management by Rallycross Promoter, which took over from IMG in 2021. On March 10, 2025, it was announced that the FIA had made a direct investment into the series and would take over operation of it with immediate effect. They announced that the FIA would operate the series with the support of a service provider. As part of the FIA announcement, it was announced that the series would return to free-to-air coverage with a priority on digital accessibility. On December 5, 2024, the FIA published their strategic vision for the future of their off-road championships. It stated that the Battle of Technologies-ruleset that was introduced in 2024 would remain until 2026. Following that, the goal is to propose a chassis based on the 2027 WRC technical regulations. On April 4, 2025, the FIA published the updated sporting and technical regulations for the championship. The weekend format was reverted back to a time-based heat system that was previously used in the championship. The regulations were also updated to allow for FIA European Rallycross Championship competitors to compete in the heats alongside the World RX competitors but with separate classifications. The point system was also updated.
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