2025 IFMAR World Championship Calendar

With all of the 2023 IFMAR World Championships producing new winners, a picture of where those drivers will defend their titles is starting to come together with 2025 a year that will also see the number of World Championship titles awarded increase from 6 to 8.  With the 2-year cycle never long coming round, already confirmed is the 1:10 Offroad World Championships which was awarded to Australia after last year’s indoor event in Arizona where David Ongaro added a first Electric World title and Tater Sontag joined the elite club of World Champions.  Another event to be confirmed during the running of the 2023 edition was the 1:8 GT World Championship.  In Australia it was announced that South America would be destination with Toni Gruber set to defend his title in Peru.  Set to be only third running of the 1:8 GT World Championships, there will be two IFMAR World Championships up for grabs as Electric moves from two years of World Cup status to a full World Championship category.  After one of the most intense finals of the year in Japan, 1:8 Onroad is going to the FAMAR Bloc with Chile expected to bid to host the sport’s original World Championship.  Wrapping up the 2023 IFMAR World Championship season in Florida, where Michal Orlowski and Max Machler took the titles, 1:12 moves to the FEMCA Bloc with China widely expected to host the 22nd running of IFMAR longest running electric World Championship.  New to the calender for 2025 will be the 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship.  Portugal will host an IFMAR World Cup this coming April for eBuggy with the host Federation expected to apply to run the inaugural World Championship for the category one year later.

2024 IFMAR World Championship Calendar

1:8 Nitro Offroad
Casa Raceway, Sao Paulo, Brazil
September 8-15th
Reigning Champion Davide Ongaro

Large Scale Touring Car
John Grant International Raceway, Sydney, Australia
October 20-27th
Reigning Champion Markus Feldmann

1:10 Electric Touring Car
Finishline RC Raceway, California, USA
November 5-10th
Reigning Champion Bruno Coelho

1:10 Nitro Touring Car
Heredia, Costa Rica
November 14-24th
Reigning Champion Tadahiko Sahashi

2025 IFMAR World Championship Provisional Calendar

1:8 Onroad
Chile* (FAMAR)
Reigning Champion Dario Balestri

1:8 GT
Peru (FAMAR)
Reigning Champion Toni Gruber
Inaugural 1:8 eGT title

1:10 Electric Offroad
Australia (FEMCA)
Reigning Champions Davide Ongaro (4WD) / Tater Sontag (2WD)

1:12 Onroad
China* (FEMCA)
Reigning Champions Michal Orlowski (Mod) / Max Machler (Spec)

1:8 Electric Offroad
Portugal* (EFRA)
Inaugural WC title

*leading host candidate