The FIA has confirmed the numbers chosen by each of the Priority 1 drivers in the World Rally Championship, which as with Formula 1, will become their permanent WRC career number.
A regulation change for 2019 means for the first time in the WRC's 40-year history, car numbers will be linked to the driver, not the team.
Drivers were given the opportunity to select their own number, from #2 through to #99, with the #1 always being reserved for the reigning champion.
Sebastien Ogier will therefore race with #1 on his Citroen C3 WRC, having switched from M-Sport for 2019. It hasn't been confirmed what number Ogier chose.
Kris Meeke will race with the #5 for his return to the championship. He revealed that his daughter chose his number.
Andreas Mikkelsen chose the highest number with #89, representing the year (1989) in which both he and his co-drover Anders Jaeger were born.
WRC Driver Permanent Competition Numbers
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| 1 | Sebastien Ogier |
| 3 | Teemu Suninen |
| 4 | Esapekka Lappi |
| 5 | Kris Meeke |
| 6 | Dani Sordo |
| 7 | Pontus Tidemand |
| 8 | Ott Tanak |
| 10 | Jarri-Matti Latvala |
| 11 | Thierry Neuville |
| 19 | Sebastien Loeb |
| 33 | Elfyn Evans |
| 37 | Lorenzo Bertelli |
| 89 | Andreas Mikkelsen |
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