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Didier Auriol
Auriol driving in 2014
Personal information
Nationality
French
Born
(1958-08-18) 18 August 1958 (age 65) Montpellier, France
World Rally Championship record
Active years
1984–2003, 2005
Co-driver
Bernard Occelli Denis Giraudet Jean-Marc Andrié Jack Boyère
Teams
Austin Rover, Ford, Lancia, Toyota, Subaru, Mitsubishi, SEAT, Peugeot, Škoda
Rallies
152
Championships
1 (1994)
Rally wins
20
Podiums
53
Stage wins
554
Total points
747
First rally
1984 Tour de Corse
First win
1988 Tour de Corse
Last win
2001 Rally Catalunya
Last rally
2005 Monte Carlo Rally
Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driver from his country to do so. He was a factory candidate for Lancia, Toyota and Peugeot among others, before losing his seat at Škoda at the end of 2003. His sister Nadine was also involved in rallying as a co-driver,[1] while his brother Gerrard was also a former rally driver.[2][3]
DidierAuriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally...
were they beaten in a straight fight, on the dry asphalt of Corsica by DidierAuriol in a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth. By the season's end Lancia had won ten...
1994 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion: DidierAuriol World Manufacturers' Champion: Toyota Previous 1993 Next 1995 The 1994 World Rally...
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times; Bernard Darniche (1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981) and DidierAuriol (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995). The only non-French drivers to...
launched in July 1997, and made its debut at the 1997 Rally Finland with DidierAuriol and Marcus Grönholm behind the wheel. For 1998 WRC season, double World...
championship in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185, ahead of Juha Kankkunen and DidierAuriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Ford...
championship in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of François Delecour and DidierAuriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Ford and Subaru...
slippery. On tarmac it was a much more serious competitor, and a young DidierAuriol won the 1988 Corsica Rally outright, the only time that season that...
world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Richard Burns and DidierAuriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Mitsubishi...
placed third in the drivers' world championship, between his teammates DidierAuriol and the defending world champion Biasion. Lancia edged out Toyota to...
was won by Carlos Sainz in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165, ahead of DidierAuriol and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead...
Kankkunen in a Lancia Delta Integrale 16V, ahead of Carlos Sainz and DidierAuriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi...
Manufacturer's Titles in 1993 with Juha Kankkunen, and in 1994 with DidierAuriol. In 1995 TTE was banned for 12 months from the World Rally Championship...
compatriot Harri Rovanperä and the French 1994 world champion, DidierAuriol. Rovanperä and Auriol each contributed single wins, on Swedish Rally and Rally...
several World Rally Championship wins with Lancia were Markku Alén, DidierAuriol, Sandro Munari, Bernard Darniche, Walter Röhrl, Björn Waldegård and...
30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, DidierAuriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships...
Gran Canaria DidierAuriol Stig Blomqvist Timo Salonen (Rally Masters) Jean-Louis Schlesser (Classic Masters) 1993 Gran Canaria DidierAuriol Carlos Sainz...
Colin McRae and Nicky Grist (1st), Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya (2nd) and DidierAuriol and Denis Giraudet (3rd). Lemos has two sons, Tomás and Martim, from...
rally has had some famous pilots and co-pilots participating, such as DidierAuriol, Colin McRae, Alister McRae, Juha Kankkunen, François Duval, Michèle...
Mäkinen) 1997 Succeeded by Tommi Mäkinen Sporting positions Preceded by DidierAuriol World Rally Champion 1995 Succeeded by Tommi Mäkinen Preceded by Carlos...
The pair led the event until the final night, when a late charge by DidierAuriol, driving a Toyota Celica, saw him win, with the Fords second and third...
rally competition. It's a championship that has been won three times by DidierAuriol, Guy Fréquelin, Patrick Bernadini and Philippe Bugalski. Reflecting...
Race. Hubert Auriol lived in Suresnes with his wife and three children. He was not related to former World Rally Champion DidierAuriol. Auriol, who had been...
was held twice, paying tribute to the route's legacy in the event. DidierAuriol in June 1991, dismantled a wheelrim and his suspension there, losing...
Lancia to win a rally, with primary driver DidierAuriol winning the Tour de Corse in his Sierra RS Cosworth. Auriol would only reach 6th in the drivers' competition...
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