List of World Rally Championship driver numbers

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This is a list of seasonally allocated competition numbers that crews of WRC manufacturers opt to use. The option to choose was introduced into the World Rally Championship since 2019.[1] Similar to the regulation that was implemented in Formula One, only the reigning world champion is allowed to use No.1.[2]

WRC driver numbers[edit]

No. Driver First used Last used
1 Reserved for champion 2019 2022
2 Sweden Oliver Solberg 2021 2022
3 Finland Teemu Suninen 2019 2021
4 Finland Esapekka Lappi 2019 2024
5 United Kingdom Kris Meeke 2019 2019
6 Spain Dani Sordo 2019 2024
7 Sweden Pontus Tidemand 2019 2019
France Pierre-Louis Loubet 2020 2023
8 Estonia Ott Tänak 2019 2024
9 France Sébastien Loeb 2020 2020
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 2024 2024
Greece Jourdan Serderidis 2021 2023
10 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 2019 2020
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville 2019 2024
13 Luxembourg Grégoire Munster 2023 2024
14 Spain Nil Solans 2021 2021
16 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 2020 2020
France Adrien Fourmaux 2021 2024
17 France Sébastien Ogier 2019 2024
18 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 2019 2019
Japan Takamoto Katsuta 2020 2024
19 France Sébastien Loeb 2019 2022
20 New Zealand Hayden Paddon 2019 2019
21 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 2019 2020
28 Chile Alberto Heller 2023 2023
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 2019 2024
37 Italy Lorenzo Bertelli 2019 2024
42[a] Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 2019 2023
43[b] United States Ken Block 2019 2019
44 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith 2019 2022
68 Finland Marcus Grönholm 2019 2019
Finland Jari Huttunen 2022 2022
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 2020 2024
89 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 2019 2019
96 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 2020 2020
97 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 2023 2023
Sources:[5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Number retired for 2023 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile following the death of Craig Breen in the pre-event test of the 2023 Croatia Rally.[3]
  2. ^ Number retired for 2023 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile following the death of Ken Block.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ^ "2019 Revamp for WRC 2". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Hyundai To pay tribute to Craig Breen with special livery for Croatia Rally". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. ^ "FIA WRC pays tribute to Ken Block by withdrawning #43". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ Evans, David (12 January 2019). "WRC drivers' competition numbers revealed at Autosport International". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

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