Benjamin Veillas

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Benjamin Veillas

| image = Llandudno 2017 Wales Rally GB - Welshman Elfyn Evans wins 20 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Veillas at the 2017 Wales Rally GB

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|26}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French

| Years = {{WRC|1999}}, {{WRC|2008}}, {{WRC|2015}}–{{WRC|2019}}, {{WRC|2021}}–present

| Teams = Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

| Championships = 0

| Races = 47

| Wins = 1

| Podiums = 3

| Stagewins = 22

| First race = 1999 Tour de Corse

| First win = 2022 Rally Catalunya

| Last win = 2022 Rally Catalunya

| Last race = 2023 Central Europe Rally

}}

Benjamin Veillas (born 26 February 1983) is a French rally co-driver competing with Pierre-Louis Loubet for M-Sport WRT in the FIA World Rally Championship.{{cite web | url=https://dirtfish.com/rally/loubet-chooses-ex-ogier-co-driver-to-replace-gilsoul/ | title=Loubet chooses ex-Ogier co-driver to replace Gilsoul | publisher=dirtfish.com }}

Biography

Veillas started his co-driver career in 1997, and made his World Rally Championship debut in {{WRC|1999}}.{{cite web|title=Benjamin Veillas|url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/coprofile/3252-benjamin-veillas/|website=eWRC-results.com|access-date=7 October 2021}} He was the co-driver of Eric Camilli, and once competed for M-Sport World Rally Team in {{WRC|2016}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.wrc.com/en/news/news-archive/wrc/camilli-back-with-co-driver-veillas/|title=Camilli back with co-driver Veillas|website=wrc.com|publisher=WRC Promoter GmbH|date=26 February 2016|access-date=7 October 2021}} He was announced to be the co-driver of multiple world champion Sébastien Ogier in {{WRC|2022}}, following the retirement of Julien Ingrassia.{{cite news|url=https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/ogier-and-ingrassias-partnership-to-end-after-2021/|title=Ogier and Ingrassia's partnership to end after 2021|website=dirtfish.com|date=7 October 2021|access-date=7 October 2021}} They are set to contest selected events for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.{{cite news|url=https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc/toyota-gazoo-racing-confirms-2022-line-up/|title=Toyota Gazoo Racing confirms 2022 line-up|website=wrc.com|publisher=WRC Promoter GmbH|date=7 October 2021|access-date=7 October 2021}}

At the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally the French pair finished second overall, after they got a puncture in the penultimate stage.{{cite news|url=https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc/breaking-news--loeb-snatches-monte-carlo-victory-from-ogier/|title=Record-breaking Loeb snatches dramatic Rallye Monte-Carlo|work=wrc.com|publisher=WRC Promoter GmbH|date=23 January 2022|accessdate=24 January 2022}}

WRC victories

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! Season

! Driver

! Car

| {{flagicon|ESP}} 2022 Rally Catalunya

| 2022

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Ogier

| Toyota GR Yaris Rally1

Rally results

=WRC results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 !{{Tooltip\|WDC\|Championship position}} ! Points
{{WRC\|1999}} ! Franck Lions ! Renault Clio Williams \| MON \| SWE \| KEN \| POR \| ESP \|style="background:#EFCFFF"\| FRA {{small\|Ret}} \| ARG \| GRE \| NZL \| FIN \| CHN \| ITA \| AUS \| GBR \| ! NC ! 0
{{WRC\|2008}} ! Franck Doveri ! Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII \|style="background:#EFCFFF"\| MON {{small\|Ret}} \| SWE \| MEX \| ARG \| JOR \| ITA \| GRE \| TUR \| FIN \| GER \| NZL \| ESP \| FRA \| JPN \| GBR ! NC ! 0
{{WRC\|2015}} ! Team Oreca ! Ford Fiesta R5 \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| MON {{small\|15}} \| SWE \| MEX \| ARG \| style="background:#EFCFFF"\| POR {{small\|Ret}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| ITA {{small\|16}} \| POL \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| FIN {{small\|52}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| GER {{small\|14}} \| AUS \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| FRA {{small\|16}} \| style="background:#EFCFFF"\| ESP {{small\|Ret}} \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| GBR {{small\|12}} \| \| ! NC ! 0
rowspan="2"\| {{WRC\|2016}} ! Julien Maurin ! Škoda Fabia R5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF"\| MON {{small\|Ret}} \| SWE \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| !rowspan="2"\| 11th !rowspan="2"\| 28
M-Sport World Rally Team ! Ford Fiesta RS WRC \| \| \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| MEX {{small\|16}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| ARG {{small\|8}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| POR {{small\|5}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| ITA {{small\|6}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| POL {{small\|10}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF"\| FIN {{small\|Ret}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| GER {{small\|50}} \|style="background:white"\| CHN {{small\|C}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| FRA {{small\|8}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| ESP {{small\|19}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| GBR {{small\|10}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF"\| AUS {{small\|Ret}} \|
{{WRC\|2017}} ! M-Sport World Rally Team ! Ford Fiesta R5 \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| MON {{small\|12}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| SWE {{small\|14}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| MEX {{small\|11}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| FRA {{small\|28}} \| ARG \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| POR {{small\|21}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| ITA {{small\|9}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| POL {{small\|14}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| FIN {{small\|12}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| GER {{small\|10}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| ESP {{small\|16}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| GBR {{small\|12}} \| AUS \| \| ! 21st ! 3
rowspan="2"\| {{WRC\|2018}} ! M-Sport Ford WRT ! Ford Fiesta R5 \| style="background:#EFCFFF"\| MON {{small\|Ret}} \| SWE \| MEX \| FRA \| ARG \| POR \| ITA \| FIN \| style="background:#EFCFFF"\| GER {{small\|Ret}} \| TUR \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| GBR {{small\|24}} \| \| \| \| !rowspan="2"\| NC !rowspan="2"\| 0
Volkswagen Motorsport ! Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| style="background:#CFCFFF"\| ESP {{small\|35}} \| AUS \| \|
rowspan="2"\| {{WRC\|2019}} ! M-Sport Ford WRT ! Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II \| MON \| SWE \| MEX \| FRA \| ARG \| CHL \| POR \| ITA \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| FIN {{small\|13}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| GER {{small\|15}} \| TUR \| GBR \| \| \| !rowspan="2"\| 28th !rowspan="2"\| 1
Eric Camilli ! Citroën C3 R5 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| ESP {{small\|10}} \|style="background:white"\| AUS {{small\|C}} \|
{{WRC\|2021}} ! Sports and You ! Citroën C3 Rally2 \| MON \| ARC \| CRO \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| POR {{small\|39}} \| ITA \| KEN \| EST \| BEL \| GRE \| FIN \| ESP \| MNZ \| \| \| ! NC ! 0
{{WRC\|2022}} ! Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT ! Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 \|style="background:#DFDFDF"\| MON {{small\|2}} \| SWE \| CRO \|style="background:#CFCFFF"\| POR {{small\|51}} \| ITA \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| KEN {{small\|4}} \| EST \| FIN \| BEL \| GRE \|style="background:#DFDFDF"\| NZL {{small\|2}} \| style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| ESP {{small\|1}} \| JPN {{small\|WD}} \| \| ! 6th ! 85
2023 ! M-Sport Ford WRT ! Ford Puma Rally1 \| MON \| SWE \| MEX \| CRO \| POR \| ITA \| KEN \| EST \| FIN \| GRE \| CHL \|style="background:#DFFFDF"\| EUR {{small\|10}} \| JAP \| \| ! 27th* ! 1*

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