Philippe Bugalski
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 France
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| World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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| First rally: | Monte Carlo Rally 1984 | ||||||||
| Last rally: | Rally Catalonia 2003 | ||||||||
| Co-driver: |
Jean-Paul Chiaroni
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| Team: |
Citroën Total World Rally Team Martini Racing Jolly Club Société Diac Automobiles Citroën |
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| Vehicle: |
Citroën Xsara WRC Citroën Xsara Kit Car Renault Mégane Maxi Lancia Delta HF Integrale Renault 21 Turbo Volkswagen Golf GTi Renault Clio 16S |
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| Championship title: | - | ||||||||
| Points: | 59 | ||||||||
| Status: 09/28/2014 | |||||||||
Philippe Bugalski (born June 12, 1963 in Busset , † August 10, 2012 in Vichy ) was a French rally driver .
Career
Bugalski brought the first victories on Citroën in the group N . From 1984 to 2003 he was a rally driver in world championship races. He won the French rally championship title in 1998 and 1999. At the height of his career he was employed by Citroën as a specialist in asphalt rallies in the World Rally Championship . He managed to win two World Championship races in 1999 with the Citroën Xsara Kit Car (class F2). In 2001 Bugalski was able to win the Rallye Deutschland in the Citroën Xsara WRC , which was held for the first time in its current form, but was not yet a world championship run.
After he retired from active rallying in the 2003 season and founded his own Automeca Solutions rally team, he continued to work as a test driver. Among other things, he helped develop the current Citroën DS3 WRC in 2010 .
death
Bugalski fell while cutting branches from a tree on August 10, 2012 and suffered fatal injuries.
WRC race wins
| No. | rally | season | Co-driver | vehicle |
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| 1 |
 Rally Catalonia
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1999 | Jean-Paul Chiaroni | Citroën Xsara Kit Car |
| 2 |
Rally Corsica
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1999 | Jean-Paul Chiaroni | Citroën Xsara Kit Car |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Biewer: RIP Philippe Bugalski . In: rallye-info.com , RallyeInfo, August 10, 2012.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Reported in La Montagne August 11, 2012 as a source for the place
- ^ Henry Hope-Frost, John Davenport, Carlos Sainz: The Complete Book of the World Rally Championship . MotorBooks International, July 23, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7603-1954-3 , p. 83, (accessed April 6, 2011).
- ^ Philippe Bugalski est décédé ce vendredi (French) . In: rallye-sport.fr , Rallye-Sport, 10 August 2012.
- ↑ Ex-rally driver Bugalski had a fatal accident - Motorsport-Total.com
Web links
- Profile on eWRC-results.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bugalski, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Penance |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2012 |
| Place of death | Vichy |