Alain Oreille
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 France
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| World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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| First rally: | Rally France 1984 | ||||||||
| Last rally: | Rally Great Britain 1995 | ||||||||
| Co-driver: |
Sylvie Oreille Jean-Marc Andrié Gilles Thimonier Michel Roissard Jacques Boyere
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| Team: | Renault Dealer Rallying UK Société Diac Simon Racing Philips Renault Elf |
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| Vehicle: |
Renault 11 Turbo Renault 5 GT Turbo Renault Clio 16S Renault Clio Williams Renault Clio Maxi |
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| Points: | 68 | ||||||||
| Status: 05.10.2014 | |||||||||
Alain Oreille (born April 22, 1953 in Martigues ) is a former French rally driver .
Alain Oreille began his career in 1974 and drove car races until 1996. Twice, in 1989 and 1990, he won the World Drivers Championship for Group N cars. In the 1990s he, who mostly drove with his wife Sylvie as co-driver, was a works driver for Renault in the French rally championship.
With his victory in the Ivory Coast Rally in 1989 - at that time a round of the World Rally Championship - Oreille wrote a small piece of motorsport history. To date, he is the only rally driver who has won a world championship race with a Group N vehicle ( Renault 5 GT Turbo ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alain Oreille (ewrc-results.com on October 5, 2014)
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| SURNAME | Oreille, Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Martigues |