Benjamin Veillas

Benjamin Veillas

Veillas at the 2017 Wales Rally GB
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 (age 42)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1999, 2008, 2015–2019, 2021–present
Teams	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	47
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	3
Stage wins	22
First rally	1999 Tour de Corse
First win	2022 Rally Catalunya
Last win	2022 Rally Catalunya
Last rally	2023 Central Europe Rally

Benjamin Veillas (born 26 February 1983) is a French rally co-driver competing with Pierre-Louis Loubet for M-Sport WRT in the FIA World Rally Championship. ^[1]

Biography

Veillas started his co-driver career in 1997, and made his World Rally Championship debut in 1999. ^[2] He was the co-driver of Eric Camilli, and once competed for M-Sport World Rally Team in 2016. ^[3] He was announced to be the co-driver of multiple world champion Sébastien Ogier in 2022, following the retirement of Julien Ingrassia. ^[4] They are set to contest selected events for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. ^[5]

At the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally the French pair finished second overall, after they got a puncture in the penultimate stage. ^[6]

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Driver	Car
1	2022 Rally Catalunya	2022	Sébastien Ogier	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1

Rally results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1999	Franck Lions	Renault Clio Williams	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA Ret	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR		NC	0
2008	Franck Doveri	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	TUR	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR	NC	0
2015	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 15	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 16	POL	FIN 52	GER 14	AUS	FRA 16	ESP Ret	GBR 12			NC	0
2016	Julien Maurin	Škoda Fabia R5	MON Ret	SWE														11th	28
	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC			MEX 16	ARG 8	POR 5	ITA 6	POL 10	FIN Ret	GER 50	CHN C	FRA 8	ESP 19	GBR 10	AUS Ret
2017	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 12	SWE 14	MEX 11	FRA 28	ARG	POR 21	ITA 9	POL 14	FIN 12	GER 10	ESP 16	GBR 12	AUS			21st	3
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER Ret	TUR	GBR 24					NC	0
	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5												ESP 35	AUS
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN 13	GER 15	TUR	GBR				28th	1
	Eric Camilli	Citroën C3 R5													ESP 10	AUS C
2021	Sports and You	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON	ARC	CRO	POR 39	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ				NC	0
2022	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON 2	SWE	CRO	POR 51	ITA	KEN 4	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL 2	ESP 1	JPN WD			6th	85
2023	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR 10	JAP			27th*	1*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Loubet chooses ex-Ogier co-driver to replace Gilsoul". dirtfish.com.
2. "Benjamin Veillas". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
3. "Camilli back with co-driver Veillas". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
4. "Ogier and Ingrassia's partnership to end after 2021". dirtfish.com. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
5. "Toyota Gazoo Racing confirms 2022 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
6. "Record-breaking Loeb snatches dramatic Rallye Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

External links

• Benjamin Veillas's e-wrc profile