With his dad being a Senna fan and his uncle an autocross driver, Sébastien Ogier fell in love with motorsports from his early childhood. After trying out karting for a while, he started entering competitions, winning the FFSA’s Rallye Jeunes - a talent spotting event organized by the French Federation – in 2005. This win secured him a driving seat in the Peugeot 206 Cup, where he began his collaboration with his co-driver, Julien Ingrassia. Best rookie of the year, he scored his first podium finish, then went on to win his first races over the next season and sealed the championship.

Sébastien Ogier made his debut in the world championship in 2008, a mere two years after his first rally. He started out as category winner in a Citroën C2 S1600 and even obtained a point in the overall standings. With two further victories, he clinched the Junior World Champion title at his first attempt. Thanks to this title he was offered a WRC wheel for the last rally of the 2008 season, in Wales. He accomplished quite a feat by winning the first stage and leading the race for a while.

This impressive performance had all eyes turned towards him when he started his WRC career in 2009 within the Citroën Junior Team. This debut came after another win at the Monte-Carlo Rally in between seasons (at that time the race was part of the IRC schedule). The first part of the year was quite hard for the rookie, until he started an upward spiral with a second place finish at the Acropolis – his first podium in the world championship.

His maiden victory came in the next season in Portugal. From then on, Sébastien Ogier’s performances just got better and better and he joined the official Citroën team for the gravel rallies of the second half of the year and won in Japan. He became a permanent member of the team in 2011 alongside Sébastien Loeb, scored five successes over the course of the season and claimed 3rd place overall.

First WRC titles with Volkswagen

At the end of 2011, Sébastien Ogier set himself a new challenge: he joined Volkswagen Motorsport to collaborate with the German brand in developing the new Polo R WRC, whose debut was announced for 2013. In the meantime, the French driver switched between testing sessions and an almost full participation in the 2012 season in a Skoda Fabia S2000.

The Polo R WRC made its debut in the Monte-Carlo Rally of 2013. First stage, first scratch for Ogier, who mounted the second step of the podium. His maiden victory behind the wheel of his new car came in the very next rally, in Sweden, which is all the more impressive as northern drivers historically dominate the race. Ogier was only the second non-Scandinavian driver to win it! This set the tone for his season, as success followed success and the title eventually came on Rally France.

And so Sébastien Ogier joined the very select club of world champions – the third French driver to have done so. At this point he set himself what was perhaps an even more daunting goal: defending his position as leader, and it was indeed a hard-fought season’s victory which was assured on Rally Catalonia 2014 after he beat off the challenge of his increasingly tough rivals. With 8 wins out of the 13 rallies contested, he became the eighth driver to secure more than one title.

These statistics speak for themselves, but they were added to in 2015, when Sebastien Ogier raced his Polo R WRC to victory on eight occasions on all surfaces between Monaco and Wales, taking the title in Australia with three rounds to spare. He continued to add to his record in 2016 and won again, securing his fourth title and equaling Juka Kankkunen and Tommi Mäkinen.

Champion with a private team

Sébastien Ogier started a new adventure with M-Sport driving a Ford Fiesta WRC in 2017. For his first rally with his new car, he immediately clinched a win on the iconic Rally Monte-Carlo. Later on, he equalled Markku Alén's record of five wins in Portugal and reached the 40 WRC wins mark. Producing a very consistent season, he achieved the feat of taking the title with a second different manufacturer and within a private team.

He managed to take the same success the following year, as he started the championship with his sixth win in Monte-Carlo, the fifth in a row, which was a new record. Also victorious in Mexico, ten years after making his world championship debut and taking his first Junior win on this rally, and in Corsica and Wales, he battled up until the very end of the championship for a historically contested title against Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville, eventually being crowned on the final day of action of the season.

In 2019, Sébastien Ogier returned to Citroën, as he decided to take up a new challenge with the C3 WRC. He continued his victorious series in Monte-Carlo equalling the record of wins on the legendary event. He won again in Mexico and Turkey, but had to settle with third in the championship as Ott Tänak clinched a maiden title.

Three new titles with Toyota

Since 2020, he has been defending the colours of Toyota. Although shortened by the health crisis, their first common season was synonymous with new successes with two wins and a title acquired at the end of the final event, in Monza. Together, they began the 2021 championship with another historic moment, that of a record victory at Monte-Carlo Rally, the eighth one there in Sébastien Ogier's whole career. After four more wins, including a first one in Croatia and Kenya, he clinched a superb eighth title as his last full season in the WRC and his partnership with Julien Ingrassia concluded.

Having switched to a part-time commitment, Sébastien Ogier has not abandoned the podiums. He continued to win every year: once in 2022, three times in the following two seasons, then six times in 2025. His appetite growing with each victory, he gradually increased his presence, first co-driven by Benjamin Veillas and then, from the end of 2022, by Vincent Landais.

Together, they played an increasingly important role in the fight for the title, culminating in their victory in 2025. After competing in 11 of the 14 rallies in the championship, Sébastien Ogier won his ninth world title at the end of a season that saw no fewer than four champions compete, a feat not seen in twenty years. He thus equalled Sébastien Loeb's record and cemented his place at the pinnacle of world rallying.

Since 2014, Sébastien Ogier has been as an Ambassador with Make-A-Wish® France, to help granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Vincent Landais developed a passion for rallying at an early age and made his debut as a co-driver in 2010 at regional level alongside Hervé Montagne. Over several years, he gained experience in the right-hand seat with numerous drivers and acquired a solid understanding of his role. He made his WRC debut in 2012, when he competed in the Rallye de France-Alsace with Laurent Gracial.

After discovering WRC2 with Jonathan Hirschi, he decided in 2015 to devote himself entirely to rallying. He then began a long collaboration with Pierre-Louis Loubet. Together, they finished the season in Junior WRC. Vincent was then 24 years old and had set himself the goal of climbing the ranks to the top of world rallying.

Partnered with Loubet, he travelled the world's roads, while continuing to hone his experience in national rallies at the same time. The 2019 season marked a new turning point, with two WRC2 wins in Portugal and Sardinia. Their solid results led the Loubet-Landais duo to the world title in the WRC2 category, then to the WRC where they competed with a Hyundai.

At the end of 2022, Vincent Landais took the co-driver place alongside Sébastien Ogier, eight-time world champion and now involved in partial seasons with Toyota GAZOO Racing. The dynamic between them was immediately positive and the results followed. Vincent Landais made his mark among the world's elite and impressed with his talent and professionalism. He was finally rewarded with the supreme title in the WRC, won with Ogier in 2025.