Alain Oreille

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Alain Oreille
Nation: FranceFrance France
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally: Rally France 1984
Last rally: Rally Great Britain 1995
Co-driver: FranceFranceSylvie 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
Vehicle: Renault 11 Turbo
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Renault Clio 16S
Renault Clio Williams
Renault Clio Maxi
Rallies Victories Podiums WP
28 1 2 -
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 ).

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Individual evidence

  1. Alain Oreille (ewrc-results.com on October 5, 2014)