2020 WRC2 Championship

[1] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions,[a] but they did not defend their titles as they were contesting the World Rally Championship with Toyota.

[4] Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country.

[20] Events in Argentina,[40] Portugal,[22] Kenya,[24] Finland,[26] New Zealand,[27] Germany,[28] Great Britain[29] and Japan were cancelled.

[42] The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitated the opportunity for additional rounds.

[46] Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event,[47] but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[48] The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.

[7] The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.

[58] M-Sport Ford WRT committed two cars to the championship for crews led by Adrien Fourmaux and Rhys Yates.

[59] Gus Greensmith and co-driver Elliott Edmondson, who drove for the team in 2019, did not contest the championship as they joined the sport's premier class.

The company cancelled all of its petrol-powered motorsport programmes to focus on electric racing, but would allow development of the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to continue.