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

Thierry Neuville during the 2025 Rally Finland, with car number 1 on his Hyundai i20 N Rally1. Thierry Neuville Rally Finland 2025 Ouninpohja (cropped).jpg
Thierry Neuville during the 2025 Rally Finland, with car number 1 on his Hyundai i20 N Rally1.
No.DriverFirst usedLast used
1Reserved for champion 2019 2026
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Solberg 2021 2022
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Diogo Salvi 2025 2025
3 Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Suninen 2019 2023
4 Flag of Finland.svg Esapekka Lappi 2019 2026
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kris Meeke 2019 2019
Flag of Finland.svg Sami Pajari 2024 2026
6 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 2019 2026
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 2025
9 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 2020 2020
Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen 2024 2024
Flag of Greece.svg Jourdan Serderidis 2021 2025
10 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 2019 2020
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville 2019 2026
13 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Grégoire Munster 2023 2026
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 2026
17 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier 2019 2025
18 Flag of Ireland.svg Craig Breen 2019 2019
Flag of Japan.svg Takamoto Katsuta 2020 2026
19 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 2019 2022
Flag of Greece.svg Jourdan Serderidis 2024 2024
20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon 2019 2026
Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah 2025 2025
21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop 2019 2020
22 Flag of Latvia.svg Mārtiņš Sesks 2024 2025
28 Flag of Chile.svg Alberto Heller 2023 2025
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elfyn Evans 2019 2026
37 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bertelli 2019 2025
42 [a] Flag of Ireland.svg Craig Breen 2019 2023
43 [b] Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block 2019 2019
44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gus Greensmith 2019 2022
55 Flag of Ireland.svg Josh McErlean 2025 2026
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 2025
89 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen 2019 2019
95 Flag of Ireland.svg Jon Armstrong 2026 2026
96 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Christian Veiby 2020 2020
97 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 2023 2023
99 Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Solberg 2025 2026
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]

References

  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.