Bruno Saby
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 France
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| World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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| First rally: | Monte Carlo Rally 1979 | ||||||||
| Last rally: | Rally Great Britain 1991 | ||||||||
| Co-driver: |
Jean-François Fauchille
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| Team: | Lancia Fina | ||||||||
| Vehicle: | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | ||||||||
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| Points: | 55 | ||||||||
Bruno Saby (born February 23, 1949 in Grenoble ) is a former French rally , rallycross and rally raid driver.
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His first participation in the World Rally Championship was in 1973 at the Monte Carlo Rally . In 1978 he won the French rallycross championship in a Renault Alpine A110 1600. In 1981 he was French rally champion in a Renault 5 Turbo . His first victory in the World Rally Championship was 1986 in a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 at the Corsica Rally , in which Henri Toivonen and co-driver Sergio Cresto had a fatal accident in their Lancia Delta S4 . His second and final victory followed in 1988 in a Lancia Delta 4WD at the Monte Carlo Rally. In 1988 he was runner-up behind Guy Fréquelin in the French Rallycross Championship .
From 1992 Saby took part in marathon rallies. In 1992 he won the Atlas Rally Morocco . In 1993 he won the Dakar Rally in a Mitsubishi . In the years that followed he came close to winning several times. In 1996 he won the UAE Desert Challenge . In 2004 he became a works driver at Volkswagen Motorsport and in 2005 won the Por Las Pampas Rally with co-driver Michel Périn . This made him the first Race Touareg driver to win a rally. In 2005 Saby won the marathon rally world cup . He finished the 2006 Dakar Rally in eighth place, having finished fifth the previous year. Saby then drove for two years as a Fiat factory driver in a defeated Fiat Panda 4x4. In 2008 he drove as a backup driver for X-Raid after its driver Colin McRae was killed in a helicopter crash. The 2008 Dakar Rally was canceled, however. Instead, Saby took part in the Central Europe Rally , where he finished sixth. In July 2008, Saby retired from racing at the age of 59.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stephan Heublein: Bruno Saby: A very special experience. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 13, 2005, accessed September 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Bruno Saby on kap-text.de ( Memento from January 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Nico Schweinzer: In Colin's footsteps. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 1, 2008, accessed September 23, 2014 .
- ^ Bruno Saby retires from International Rallying. automobilsport.com, July 18, 2008, accessed September 23, 2014 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Saby, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grenoble |