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, and in 2020 and 2021 with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. He retired in 2021 but returned to partner Ogier for Rally Finland in August 2026.

Career While starting his professional life as a sales representative for Coca-Cola, Ingrassia discovered rallying and made his debut as a codriver in 2002 in France's Critérium des Cévennes. For several years, he gained experience in regional rallies, and then competed in the Peugeot 206 Cup in 2004.

At the end of 2005, Ingrassia attended the Rallye Jeunes selection organised by the French Federation and discovered Sébastien Ogier, winner that year. They teamed up for the 2006 season in the Rallye Jeunes FFSA team and Ingrassia codrived Ogier for his first rallies and his first wins in the Peugeot 206 Cup. Together, they learnt their work in regional and national rallies and then quickly entered the international scene.

J-WRC World Champion (2008) In 2008, Ingrassia reached the world level through the Junior World Rally Championship with the FFSA French team. Winner of three of the season's six rallies, he won the JWRC title with Sébastien Ogier. Seen as the new generation of French rallying talents, the crew only contested one season in JWRC before moving up to the WRC.

WRC (2009-2021)

Citroën (2009-2011) Joining the Citroën Junior Team in 2009, Ingrassia scored his first podium finish at the Acropolis Rally together with Ogier. A first win came the following season, in Portugal. Promoted in the official Citroën Total World Rally Team for the last gravel rallies of the 2010 season, the crew took a second win in Japan, a rally that they were discovering.

Despite his late arrival in motorsport, it only took Ingrassia two seasons in the WRC class together with Ogier to star at the highest level of rallying. In 2011, the Ogier/Ingrassia crew was full-time part of the factory Citroën team, winning as many rallies as their team-mates Loeb/Elena (5), despite team's orders in favour of Loeb at the end of the season.

Volkswagen (2012-2016) After their departure from Citroën, Ingrassia and Ogier linked up with Volkswagen Motorsport in 2012, choosing the German manufacturer instead of Ford: this meant skipping the 2012 WRC championship in order to fully develop the new Polo R WRC, but they indeed experienced a very busy year in 2012, competing in almost the entire season at the wheel of a Skoda Fabia S2000 while developing the new car for 2013. The Polo R WRC was ready at the end of the year and was on the start line at the 2013 Rally Monte Carlo. First special stage and first win! Ogier and Ingrassia ended the weekend on the podium, and then went on to win Rally Sweden. Now leaders of the season, the French crew consolidated their domination rally after rally: they scored nine victories, 111 fastest times and no less than 290 points, a record in WRC. They secured their first WRC title in the first stage of Rallye France, while Volkswagen took also the manufacturers title on the following round in Spain.

In 2014, the reigning World Champions got off to a perfect start by winning Rally Monte Carlo. After already winning this prestigious rally when it was part of the IRC championship in 2009, this was the first time they achieved this success in the WRC class. Also victorious in Mexico, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Australia, Spain and Wales, Ingrassia and Ogier clinched their second title on the penultimate round of the season. Ingrassia became the first French co-driver to have won two WRC titles. With a total of 24 victories in five seasons, he was also at that time the third most successful co-driver in the WRC (tied with Luís Moya, who retired in 2002), behind Timo Rautiainen (30) and Daniel Elena (78).

The French pair remained with Volkswagen in 2015 and won again the championship, thanks to eight rally wins and nine Power Stages maximum points taken during the season, this despite new rules that made it difficult for the championship leaders to open the road during the first two legs of each rally.

With unchanged regulations for 2016, Ingrassia and Ogier made it four titles in a row with six new wins to their credit. They won the championship in Spain and went on to celebrate Volkswagen's manufacturers' title in Wales, before the German manufacturer's surprise announcement that it was withdrawing from WRC.

M-Sport (2017–2018)

A month later, the World Champions were announced at M-Sport for 2017. They began that new challenge with a victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo and then confirmed their leadership with nine podiums and another win in Portugal. They won the title at the penultimate rally of the season, beating rivals Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak in the championship.

The duo remained another year with M-Sport. Yet again, they kicked off the championship with a victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the sixth for them and fifth in a row, which is a record for this legendary rally. After winning also in Mexico and France, the rest of the season was less successful for them, to the point that they were only third in the championship three rounds from the end, behind Neuville and Tänak. But Ogier and Ingrassia won Wales Rally GB, regained the championship lead in the following rally and then ended Rally Australia with their sixth title.

Return to Citroën (2019) Seven years after their collaboration ended, Ogier and Ingrassia were back in Citroën for 2019. For the sixth time in a row, they began the season with a win at Rallye Monte-Carlo, after an intense duel with Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul and a gap of just 2.2 at the end, the smallest in the event's history. After a more complicated Rally Sweden, the pair put in a strong performance on the first gravel rally of the season, in Mexico, collecting the maximum possible points with the rally win and the best time in the Power Stage. Despite another win in Turkey, it was a season of ups and lows with the C3 WRC and they ended third overall. The crew then left Citroën and signed up with Toyota Gazoo Racing for 2020.

Toyota (2020-2021) For the first time in six years, they were beaten at Rally Monte Carlo, but scored their first win in the Toyota Yaris WRC in Mexico, which took place in early March. While the COVID-19 pandemic began to break out, the event was cut short and the championship went into an enforced six-month break. As the season resumed with new events, Ingrassia and Ogier won the Monza Rally that rounded off a shortened season and clinched their seventh world title, all of them set with three manufacturers.

The French pair re-signed for a final year, this time more complete. The first half was very strong, with four wins in six rallies, including a successful first visit to the legendary Safari Rally.

On 7 October, Ingrassia announced his decision to end his career as a co-driver at the end of the 2021 season after 16 seasons alongside Ogier.

Post-WRC Following his retirement from the WRC, Ingrassia worked as a television presenter and commentator for various motorsports programmes and news outlets. In 2025, Ingrassia co-founded the World Rally Drivers Alliance, a trade union of professional rally crew members formed to address concerns by drivers and co-drivers within the World Rally Championship, particularly the ruling by Mohammed Ben Sulayem in the International Sporting Code which imposed harsh penalties against the use of profanities during events sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

In 2026 Ingrassia made a one-off return as a co-driver for Ogier to fill in for Vincent Landais who was unable to participate with Ogier in the 2026 Rally Finland for personal reasons.

Stats Titles SeasonTitleCar 2007 French 206 Cup winner Peugeot 206 2008 Junior World Rally Champion Citroën C2 S1600 2013 World Rally Champion Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2014 World Rally Champion Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2015 World Rally Champion Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2016 World Rally Champion Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2017 World Rally Champion Ford Fiesta WRC 2018 World Rally Champion Ford Fiesta WRC 2020 World Rally Champion Toyota Yaris WRC 2021 World Rally Champion Toyota Yaris WRC

Victories

WRC victories Event Season Driver Car 1 44th Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2010 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 2 6th Rally Japan 2010 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 3 45th Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2011 Sébastien Ogier Citroën DS3 WRC 4 29th Jordan Rally 2011 Sébastien Ogier Citroën DS3 WRC 5 57th Acropolis Rally 2011 Sébastien Ogier Citroën DS3 WRC 6 29th ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2011 Sébastien Ogier Citroën DS3 WRC 7 2nd Rallye de France-Alsace 2011 Sébastien Ogier Citroën DS3 WRC 8 61st Rally Sweden 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 9 27th Rally Guanajuato México 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10 47th Rally de Portugal 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 11 10th Rally di Sardegna 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 12 63rd Neste Oil Rally Finland 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 13 22nd Rally Australia 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 14 4th Rallye de France-Alsace 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 15 49th Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 16 69th Wales Rally GB 2013 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 17 82nd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 18 28th Rally Guanajuato México 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 19 48th Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 20 11th Rally di Sardegna 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 21 71st LOTOS Rally Poland 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 22 23rd Coates Hire Rally Australia 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 23 50th Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 24 70th Wales Rally GB 2014 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 25 83rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 26 63rd Rally Sweden 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 27 29th Rally Guanajuato México 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 28 12° Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 29 72nd LOTOS Rally Poland 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 30 33rd Rallye Deutschland 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 31 24th Rally Australia 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 32 71st Wales Rally GB 2015 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 33 84th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2016 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 34 64th Rally Sweden 2016 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 35 34th Rally Germany 2016 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 36 60th Rally France 2016 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 37 52nd Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada 2016 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 38 72nd Wales Rally GB 2016 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 39 85th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2017 Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 40 51° Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2017 Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 41 86th Automobile Rallye Monte-Carlo 2018 Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 42 32nd Rally Guanajuato México 2018 Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 43 61ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France 2018 Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 44 74th Wales Rally GB 2018 Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 45 87ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2019 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C3 WRC 46 33rd Rally Guanajuato México 2019 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C3 WRC 47 12th Rally Turkey 2019 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C3 WRC 48 34th Rally Guanajuato México 2020 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC 49 ACI Rally Monza 2020 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC 50 89ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2021 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC 51 45th Croatia Rally 2021 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC 52 18th Rally Italia Sardegna 2021 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC 53 68th Safari Rally 2021 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC 54 ACI Rally Monza 2021 Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC

JWRC victories Season Rally Country Driver Car12008 22nd Rally Mexico Mexico Sébastien Ogier Citroën C2 S160022008 26th Rally Jordan Jordan Sébastien Ogier Citroën C2 S160032008 27th Rally Germany Germany Sébastien Ogier Citroën C2 S1600

IRC Victories Event Season Driver Car 1 77th Rallye Monte-Carlo 2009 Sébastien Ogier Peugeot 207 S2000

Other victories Season Rally Country Driver Car12010 26th Rallye della Lanterna Italy Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC22011 26th Rallye National Vosgien France Sébastien Ogier Citroën DS3 WRC

World rally championship records

Win with the slightest margin: 0.2 seconds on Jari-Matti Latvala at the Rally Jordan, 16 April 2011 Stage wins rate in one season: 46.25% (111 wins out of 240 stages) Stages as a leader in one season: 62.92% (151 SS as a leader out of 240 stages) Points scored in one season: 290 pts in the 2013 World Rally Championship Most codrivers' championship points overall: 2511 (2008–)

Rally records

WRC results

Complete WRC results

Complete JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JWRC Points 2008 Equipe de France FFSA Citroën C2 S1600 MEX1 JOR1 ITA5 FIN GER1 ESPRet FRA2 1st 42

Full results in WRC SeasonTeamStartsVictoriesPodiumsStage winsDNFPointsFinal result 2008 Private 8 0 0 1 1 1 21st 2009 Citroën Junior Team 12 0 1 13 ** 4 24 8th 2010Citroën Junior Team 10 1 4 27 * 0 124 4thCitroën Total WRT 3 1 2 10 1 43 2011 Citroën Total WRT 13 5 7 56 ** 2 1963rd 2012 Volkswagen Motorsport 12 0 0 1 2 41 10th 2013 Volkswagen Motorsport 13 9 11 110 * 0 2901st 2014 Volkswagen Motorsport 13 8 10 94 1 2671st 2015 Volkswagen Motorsport 13 8 10 95 ** 1 2631st 2016 Volkswagen Motorsport 13 6 11 72 **** 0 2681st 2017 M-Sport 13 2 9 22 1 2321st 2018 M-Sport 13 4 6 38 1 2191st 2019 Citroën Total WRT 13 3 8 24* 0 2173rd 2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 7 2 5 26* 1 122 1st 2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 12 5 7 43***** 0 230 1st 2026 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 1 0 0 5 1 0 NCTotal 169 54 91 636 16 2537

(*) including one ex-aequo stage win (**) including two ex-aequo stage wins (****) including four ex-aequo stage wins (*****) including five ex-aequo stage wins

IRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points 2009 BF Goodrich Drivers Team Peugeot 207 S2000 MON1 BRA KEN POR BEL RUS POR CZE ESP ITA SCO 8th 10 2010 Sébastien Ogier Peugeot 207 S2000 MONRet BRA ARG CAN ITARet BEL AZO MAD CZE ITA SCO CYP – 0