Vincent Landais
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.jpg) Landais at the 2023 Central European Rally | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  French |
| Born | 17 October 1991 Jarville-la-Malgrange, France |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2012–present |
| Driver | Sébastien Ogier |
| Teams | Hyundai 2C Competition, M-Sport Ford WRT, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Rallies | 78 |
| Championships | 1 (2025) |
| Rally wins | 11 |
| Podiums | 19 |
| Stage wins | 103 |
| Total points | 632 |
| First rally | 2012 Rallye de France |
| First win | 2023 Monte Carlo Rally |
| Last win | 2025 Rally Japan |
| Last rally | 2025 Rally Saudi Arabia |
Vincent Landais (born 17 October 1991) is a French rally co-driver. He is the co-driver of the French rally driver Sébastien Ogier, racing for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.
Landais won the 2025 World Rally Championship.
Rally career
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Early career
[edit]Landais began his competitive career in rallying at the age of 21, debuting as co-driver to Laurent Gracial at the 2012 Rallye de France-Alsace. He joined the FIA European Rally Championship in 2014, partnering with Robert Consani in a Peugeot 207 S2000 for the first four rounds of the season. In 2015, Landais teamed up with Jonathan Hirschi, and the pair stepped up to the WRC2 category, achieving a best finish of fifth place at the Monte Carlo Rally.[citation needed]
Partnership with Pierre-Louis Loubet
[edit]The partnership with Hirschi concluded at the end of the 2015 season. For 2016, Landais began a successful collaboration with fellow French driver Pierre-Louis Loubet. The duo's most significant achievement came in 2019 when they secured the WRC2 Championship title driving a Škoda Fabia R5.[1] This success led to their entry into the top-tier World Rally Championship class in 2020 with 2C Competition.[2] Their WRC debut occurred at the Rally Estonia, although they retired due to a steering rack failure.[3] They went on to score their first WRC points later that season in Sardinia.[4]
Loubet and Landais were initially handed a full-season entry with Hyundai 2C Competition for 2021, but they parted ways after the first three rounds, with Florian Haut-Labourdette taking over as Loubet's co-driver.[5][6]
Landais and Loubet reunited to compete in the Ford Puma Rally1 during 2022.[7] The pair scored a season best of 4th place in Italy and Greece.
Toyota and championship victory
[edit]When Benjamin Veillas stepped down as co-driver for eight-time World Champion Sébastien Ogier ahead of the final round of the 2022 season, Landais was selected to join the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT team alongside Ogier.[8] Their partnership quickly yielded results, Landais secured his first career WRC victory at the opening round of the 2023 season, the Monte Carlo Rally.[9] The pair followed this up with wins at Rally Mexico and the Safari Rally, where they led a dominant 1-2-3-4 finish for the Toyota team.[10][11][12]
Heading into 2024, Ogier and Landais committed to a partial programme, competing in all but two rounds. They achieved three more victories that season in Croatia, Portugal, and Finland.[13][14][15][16] Their campaign was marked by an incident at Rally Poland where they were forced to withdraw following a car accident on a recce run prior to the official event. Their Toyota collided with a Ford, hospitalizing both Ogier and Landais. The driver of the Ford later died in hospital. [17][18][19]
Heading into 2025, Landais and Ogier continued with a part schedule. They won the opening round in Monte Carlo, before winning a further five events during the season.[20][21][22][23][24] Landais achieved the ultimate success by winning the his first World Rally Championship title alongside Ogier who won his ninth.[25][26] Their efforts also helped Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT secure the World Constructors' Championship.[27][28] Landais will continue as Ogier's co-driver at Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT for 2026, completing a partial season consisting of over half the championship events.[29]
WRC victories
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Rally results
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WRC results
[edit]* Season still in progress.
WRC-2 results
[edit]| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Jonathan Hirschi | Peugeot 208 T16 | MON 19 |
SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret |
ITA | POL Ret |
FIN | GER Ret |
AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |
| 2016 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Peugeot 207 S2000 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret |
10th | 36 | |||||||||
| Citroën DS3 R5 | ITA 6 |
POL 6 |
FIN Ret |
GER 5 |
CHN C |
FRA 5 |
ESP | GBR | AUS | |||||||||
| 2017 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Citroën DS3 R5 | MON | SWE Ret |
MEX | 10th | 39 | |||||||||||
| Ford Fiesta R5 | FRA 6 |
ARG | POR 10 |
ITA 5 |
POL | FIN 7 |
GER 5 |
ESP | GBR 8 |
AUS | ||||||||
| 2018 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Hyundai i20 R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA 6 |
ARG | POR 4 |
ITA Ret |
FIN 5 |
GER Ret |
TUR | GBR Ret |
ESP 7 |
AUS | 11th | 36 | |
| 2019 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA 10 |
ARG | CHL | POR 1 |
ITA 1 |
FIN 4 |
GER | TUR | 1st | 91 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | GBR 2 |
ESP 5 |
AUS C |
References
[edit]- ^ "Loubet lifts WRC 2 title". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Loubet set for World Rally Car début". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Rally Estonia 2020 Entry List" (PDF). rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Sordo holds on for Sardinia double dramatic finale". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Full Rally1 WRC program in 2021 for Loubet". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Vodafone Rally de Portugal: entry list". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Loubet reunites with Landais for Puma attack". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Breaking: Ogier makes co-driver switch". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Record-breaking Ogier claims ninth Monte-Carlo victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 January 2023. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Ogier dedicates Mexico win to late friend and trainer". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Seventh heaven for triumphant Ogier in Mexico". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Breaking: Ogier captures Safari Rally Kenya triumph". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 June 2023. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Ogier snatches Croatia Rally victory on extraordinary Sunday". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 21 April 2024. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ Howard, Tom (21 April 2024). "WRC Croatia: Ogier takes shock lead as Neuville, Evans crash". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Record-breaking Ogier powers to sixth Portugal win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Howard, Tom (4 August 2024). "WRC Finland: Ogier clinches victory after Rovanpera rolls". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Ogier withdraws from ORLEN 80th Rally Poland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Rally great Ogier to remain hospitalized though 'no serious injuries' from crash in Poland". apnews.com. 25 June 2024.
- ^ "69-year-old man dies after head-on car crash last week with rally great Ogier in Poland". apnews.com. July 2024.
- ^ "Ogier Strikes 10 at Rallye Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Ogier extends record with seventh Portugal WRC win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Title race intensifies as Ogier claims Paraguay spoils". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Chile triumph propels Ogier to WRC lead". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "Ogier wins rain-hit Rally Japan to set up WRC title showdown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "Ogier crowned nine-time WRC champion as Neuville wins Saudi Arabia finale". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Ogier equals Loeb's record with ninth world championship". Reuters. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Rovanperä wins in Central Europe as Toyota seals fifth straight WRC title". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "Ogier hails the impact of co-driver Landais". dirtdish.com.
- ^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing adds more proven young talent to WRC line-up for 2026". toyotagazooracing.com.
External links
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- Vincent Landais official WRC profile