Hubert Auriol
Hubert Auriol (born June 7, 1952 in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ; † January 10, 2021 in Garches ) was a French motocross and enduro racing driver , rally driver and later director of the Dakar Rally and the Africa Eco Race . He was not related to the 1994 world rally champion , his compatriot Didier Auriol .
Auriol won the Dakar Rally on BMW GS motorcycles in 1981 and 1983 ; In 1984 he finished second behind Gaston Rahier . In 1992 he won the Dakar Rally in the automobile classification with a Mitsubishi - Pajero-Evolution - SUV . From 1995 to 2003 he was director of the Dakar Rally. From 2006 he headed the Heroes Legend desert rally , which - like the original Dakar Rally - also runs from Paris to Dakar . In 2011 he and Jean-Paul Forthomme took part in the Africa Eco Race on a Predator X-18 buggy.
He died on Sunday, January 10, 2021 after a cardiovascular collapse.
Web links
- Official website of the Heroes Legend desert rally (French, English, Spanish, Dutch)
- Official website of the Dakar Rally (German) ( Memento from January 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legend of motorsport: Ex-rally star Hubert Auriol is dead. In: t-online.de . January 11, 2021, accessed January 12, 2021 .
- ↑ Uli Baumann: Hubert Auriol died, the "African" won the Dakar 3 times. In: motorradonline.de . January 11, 2021, accessed January 12, 2021 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auriol, Hubert |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | French motocross and enduro racing driver, rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Addis Ababa , Ethiopia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 2021 |
| Place of death | Garches , France |