2012 World Rally Championship

Sébastien Loeb won the drivers' championship for the ninth time in his career, ahead of Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala.

The 2012 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.

The 2012 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Singapore on 26 September 2011.

[1] Notes: The WRC Academy uses identical Ford Fiesta R2s.

[78] Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Sébastien Loeb won his ninth Drivers' Championship title.
Mikko Hirvonen , who finished second, interviewed during the Rally Finland
After 12 years, Petter Solberg returned to the Ford factory team.
Evgeny Novikov drives for M-Sport Ford.