Didier Auriol
Nation: | France | ||||||||
World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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First rally: | Rally Corsica 1988 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally Monte Carlo 2005 | ||||||||
Co-driver: | Denis Giraudet | ||||||||
Team: | Didier Auriol | ||||||||
Vehicle: | Peugeot 206 WRC among others | ||||||||
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Championship title: | 1994 | ||||||||
Points: | 798 | ||||||||
Status: no longer active | |||||||||
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) | |||||||||
First rally: | Rally Portugal 2008 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally Monte Carlo 2009 | ||||||||
Co-driver: | Denis Giraudet | ||||||||
Team: | Didier Auriol | ||||||||
Vehicle: | Peugeot 207 S2000 | ||||||||
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Championship title: | - | ||||||||
Points: | - |
Didier Auriol (born August 18, 1958 in Montpellier ) is a French rally driver .
Career
At the age of 21 Didier Auriol started driving an old Simca 1000 rallies. He drove the Simca for two years, then bought a Renault 5 Turbo . He drove this car in the French rally championship. In 1986 an MG dealer financed a Metro 6 R4 for him . With this car he won his first rally in the French rally championship. In 1987 and 1988 he won the national championship with a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.
Auriol won the first world championship run in France ( Rally Corsica ) in 1988 , also with a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth. For 1989 Auriol got a place in the Lancia team, where he drove for four years. In 1990 he became vice world champion with the Lancia Delta Integrale 16V.
In the fight for the world title in 1994 Didier Auriol prevailed against Carlos Sainz (Subaru) and team mate Juha Kankkunen with a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD. In 1995 the Toyota team was banned from the World Championship because of illegal turbochargers. Auriol only drove sporadically in the World Rally Championship. In 1999 he again contested a whole rally season with Toyota. With the Corolla WRC he finished third in the overall classification. At the 2005 Monte Carlo Rally , Auriol finally said goodbye to the WRC .
With four victories in the Race of Champions in 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1999, Auriol is one of the most successful participants in this event.
WRC victories
year | rally | country | Co-driver | dare |
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1988 | Rally Corsica | Bernard Occelli | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | |
1989 | Rally Corsica | Lancia Delta Integrale | ||
1990 | Rally Monte Carlo | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | ||
Rally Corsica | ||||
Rally San Remo | ||||
1991 | Rally San Remo | |||
1992 | Rally Monte Carlo | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | ||
Rally Corsica | ||||
Rally Greece | ||||
Rally Argentina | ||||
Rally Finland | ||||
Rally Australia | ||||
1993 | Rally Monte Carlo | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | ||
1994 | Rally Corsica | |||
Rally Argentina | ||||
Rally San Remo | ||||
1995 | Rally Corsica | Denis Giraudet | Toyota Celica GT-Four | |
1998 | Rally Spain | Toyota Corolla WRC | ||
1999 | Rally China | |||
2001 | Rally Spain | Peugeot 206 WRC |
Individual results WRC
year | team | vehicle | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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1984 | Didier Auriol | Renault 5 Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | - | ||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||
1985 | Didier Auriol | Renault 5 Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | - | ||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | Austin Rover WCT | MG Metro 6R4 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | United States | - | - | |||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | Ford France | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | United States | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 13 | 22nd | |||
8th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Ford France | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | United States | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 32 | 7th | |||
DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1989 | Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale | SWE | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | GBR | 50 | 5 | |||
2 | DNF | 1 | 2 | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||
1990 | Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | GBR | 95 | 2 | ||||
1 | 2 | 1 | DNF | 3 | DNF | DNF | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||
1991 | Jolly Club | Lancia Delta Integrale | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 101 | 3 | ||
DNF | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | DNF | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
1992 | Martini Racing | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 121 | 3 | ||
1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 10 | DNF | |||||||||||
1993 | Toyota team | Toyota Celica Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | OUT | ITA | ESP | GBR | 92 | 3 | |||
1 | DNF | 2 | DNF | 3 | 3 | 3 | DNF | 2 | 6th | |||||||||||
1994 | Toyota team | Toyota Celica Turbo | MON | POR | KEN | ESP | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | ITA | GBR | 116 | 1 | |||||
DNF | 2 | 3 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6th | |||||||||||
1995 | Toyota team | Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 | MON | SWE | POR | FRA | NZL | OUT | ESP | GBR | 51 | DSQ | ||||||||
DNF | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | DNF | DSQ | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza WRT | SWE | KEN | IDN | GRE | ARG | FIN | OUT | ITA | ESP | 4th | 25th | |||||||
10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | |||||||||||||||||||
8th | ||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | RAS Sport | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | IDN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 6th | 11 | ||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||
HF handles | Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Toyota Castrol team | Toyota Corolla WRC | |||||||||||||||||||
8th | DNF | 8th | 3 | DNF | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | Toyota team | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 34 | 5 | |||
14th | 6th | 4th | DNF | 1 | 6th | DNF | 2 | 2 | 4th | DNF | 3 | DNF | ||||||||
1999 | Toyota team | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA | OUT | GBR | 52 | 3 | ||
3 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | DNF | 4th | DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | DNF | |||||||
2000 | SEAT Sport | SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo2 | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | OUT | GBR | 4th | 12 | ||
DNF | 10 | 3 | 10 | 13 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 11 | DNF | 8th | 17th | 8th | 9 | |||||||
2001 | Peugeot Total | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON | SWE | POR | ESP | ARG | CYP | GRE | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | OUT | GBR | 23 | 7th | ||
DNF | DNF | 8th | 1 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7th | |||||||
2002 | Didier Auriol | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | FRA | ESP | CYP | ARG | GRE | KEN | FIN | DEU | ITA | NZL | OUT | GBR | - | - | ||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 | MON | SWE | DOOR | NZL | ARG | GRE | CYP | DEU | FIN | OUT | ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | 4th | 13 | ||
9 | 18th | DNF | 8th | 6th | 9 | DNF | ||||||||||||||
Škoda Fabia WRC | ||||||||||||||||||||
DNF | 12 | 12 | DNF | DNF | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Didier Auriol | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | DOOR | GRE | ARG | FIN | DEU | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP | OUT | - | - |
DNF |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Didier Auriol (ewrc-results.com on July 19, 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Auriol, Didier |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French rally driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montpellier |