Sébastien Ogier

Sébastien Eugène Emile Ogier (French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ ɔʒje]; born 17 December 1983) is a French rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He is currently teamed with co-driver Vincent Landais. He has won 8 World Rally Drivers' Championship including 6 consecutive titles from 2013 to 2018, and in 2020, and 2021, and is the 2nd most successful WRC driver after Sébastien Loeb (9 titles). He has achieved 64 rally victories and is one of the only two drivers (with Juha Kankkunen) to have won the World Championship with 3 different manufacturers. He holds various WRC records including the most drivers' championship points overall, biggest points gap with the championship runner-up, most stage victories and points in a single season.

Ogier started his rally career in France in 2005 and won the Peugeot 206 Cup in 2006. He won the title in his first season in the Junior World Rally Championship, driving a Citroën C2 in 2008. He debuted in the World Rally Championship at the 2008 Rally Mexico and scored a point in his first race after finishing eighth. He drove a World Rally Car for the first time, a Citroën C4 in 2008 Rally GB and was promoted to a full-time drive for the next season with the Citroën Junior Team. He got his first podium in the 2009 Acropolis Rally after securing a second place finish. He drove select races for the Citroën World Rally Team in the 2010 season and took his maiden WRC win in the 2010 Rally de Portugal.

Ogier secured a full time drive with the Citroën factory team for the 2011 season. Ahead of the 2012 season, he joined the Volkswagen and drove a Škoda Fabia S2000. He drove the Volkswagen Polo R WRC for the first time in the 2013 season, in which, he won his first WRC Drivers title with nine rally victories from 13 events. He won a further three consecutive titles in 2014, 2015, and 2016. He won a further two tiles in the next two seasons, driving the Ford Fiesta WRC before finishing third in the lone season back with the Citroën team. He moved to Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT before the 2020 season and won the two titles in 2020, and 2021 season while driving a Toyota Yaris WRC. Since the 2022 season, he has been competing in select rallies with the Toyota team.

Ogier has also competed in the International Rally Championship, and Porsche Supercup. Apart from rallying, he tested a Red Bull Racing RB7 Formula one car in 2017. He also took part in the Race of Champions in 2011, and drove a Ferrari F430 Scuderia in the 2011 French GT Championship. He participated in three races in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship including the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Richard Mille Racing Team.