Benjamin Veillas (born 26 February 1983) is a French

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competing on a part-time basis with

Sébastien Ogier Sébastien Ogier (born 17 December 1983) is a French rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC), who is teamed with the co-driver Julien Ingrassia. He has won the World Rally Drivers' Champions ...

for

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in the

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Biography

Veillas started his co-driver career in 1997, and made his

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debut in . He was the co-driver of

Eric Camilli Eric Camilli (born 6 September 1987) is a French rally driver. He has competed in the World Rally Championship since 2014. After starting out in the lower levels, he made his debut in the top level in 2016 while driving for M-Sport in a Ford Fi ...

, and once competed for

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in . He was announced to be the co-driver of multiple world champion

in , following the retirement of

Julien Ingrassia Julien Ingrassia (born 26 November 1979) is a retired French rally co-driver. Working with Sébastien Ogier, he became World Rally Champion in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 with Volkswagen Motorsport, 2017 and 2018 with M-Sport World Rally Team, ...

. They are set to contest selected events for

. At the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally the French pair finished second overall, after they got a puncture in the penultimate stage.

WRC victories

Rally results

WRC results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

Benjamin Veillas
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