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]

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WRC driver numbers

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

Notes

  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]

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