Entry list: who will compete in WRC Rally Monte Carlo 2026?

7th January 2026 0 By Kamron Kent

The World Rally Championship is about to get back underway with the traditional curtain raiser, the Rallye Monte Carlo, and here’s who is confirmed to compete.

Feature image credit: Jaanus Ree // Red Bull Content Pool

11 cars are set to compete in the Rally1 field, which will launch the 2026 WRC season into action later this month, which will also include the newly-crowned nine-time world champion, Sebastien Ogier.

Toyota is set to lead a five-car line-up whilst Hyundai and M-Sport Ford are sporting three-car entries at the traditional curtain raiser.

So, who will be competing?

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Toyota

Ogier will lead the Toyota crews, sporting the champion’s number 1 on his Rally1 Yaris. He will be accompanied by teammates Elfyn Evans, Takamoto Katsuta, Sami Pajari and new arrival, Oliver Solberg.

Additionally, Solberg has been nominated to score points for the Toyota team whilst Katsuta will not. Pajari will also score points for the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 squad.

Hyundai

Following the departure of Ott Tanak, Thierry Neuville will head the line-up for the South Korean manufacturer alongside Adrien Fourmaux.

Hayden Paddon will get first dibs on the first round of the 2026 season as part of a rotating driver line-up in the third car, shared by Dani Sordo and Esapekka Lappi who will make appearances later in the season.

M-Sport Ford

M-Sport Ford will only enter two point-scoring entries in Monte Carlo with Jon Armstrong and Joshua McErlean set to score points for the Cumbrian squad.

Gregoire Munster will also compete in the season opener for the team but has not been selected to score points.

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I’m Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion.

I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I’ve loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.

Entry list: who will compete in WRC Rally Monte Carlo 2026?