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Didier Auriol (born August 18, 1958) is a French rally driver.
Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a French rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first from his country to do so. He was a factory candidate for Lancia, Toyota and Peugeot among others, before losing his seat at Škoda at the end of 2003.
ol won his first World Championship event, the 1988 Tour de Corse, whilst driving a Ford Sierra Cosworth.
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Didier Auriol (born August 18, 1958) is a French rally driver.
Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a French rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first from his country to do so. He was a factory candidate for Lancia, Toyota and Peugeot among others, before losing his seat at Škoda at the end of 2003.
Career
Auriol won his first World Championship event, the 1988 Tour de Corse, whilst driving a Ford Sierra Cosworth. For 1989 he moved to the Martini Lancia team, where he remained for four seasons, driving three successive versions of the then-dominant Lancia Delta Integrale. In 1992, driving the final evolution of the car, he won six events in one season (a record until beaten by Sebastien Loeb in 2005), but poor results on other rounds and retirement on the last event of the season, the RAC Rally, handed the world championship to Carlos Sainz.
In 1993 Auriol switched to the Toyota team, and won the World Championship in 1994 driving one of the most fabled mounts in the history of the series: the Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185. However he has found fame and distinction for a plethora of other reasons. In 1995, he took the first win for the Celica GT-Four ST205 in Tour de Corse. However, later in the same season, on the Catalunya Rally, Toyota were found to have used an illegal device in the turbocharger to increase the power of the engine, and were excluded from the results of the 1995 championship and banned for 1996.
Another notable achievement in Auriol's reportoire is being a six-time winner of the Tour de Corse, level record holder with Bernard Darniche. Even as late as 2001 Auriol was still racking up podiums there.
WRC victories
| Number | Event | Season | Co-driver | Car |
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| 1 | 32ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | 1988 | Bernard Occelli | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | | 2 | 33ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | 1989 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta Integrale | | 3 | 58ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo | 1990 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | | 4 | 34ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | 1990 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | | 5 | 32º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia | 1990 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | | 6 | 33º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia | 1991 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | | 7 | 60ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo | 1992 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | | 8 | 36ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | 1992 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | | 9 | | 1992 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | | 10 | 12º Rally Argentina | 1992 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | | 11 | 42nd 1000 Lakes Rally | 1992 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | | 12 | 5th Telecom Rally Australia | 1992 | Bernard Occelli | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | | 13 | 61ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo | 1993 | Bernard Occelli | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | | 14 | 38ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | 1994 | Bernard Occelli | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | | 15 | 14º Rally Argentina | 1994 | Bernard Occelli | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | | 16 | 36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia | 1994 | Bernard Occelli | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | | 17 | 39ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | 1995 | Denis Giraudet | Toyota Celica GT-Four | | 18 | 34º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) | 1998 | Denis Giraudet | Toyota Corolla WRC | | 19 | 3rd China Rally | 1999 | Denis Giraudet | Toyota Corolla WRC | | 20 | 37º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) | 2001 | Denis Giraudet | Peugeot 206 WRC |
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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| 1984 | Didier Auriol | Renault 5 Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA
Ret | GRC | ARG | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | | | | | - | 0 |
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| 1985 | Didier Auriol | Renault 5 Maxi Turbo | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA
Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | | | | | - | 0 |
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| 1986 | Austin Rover World Championship Team | MG Metro 6R4 | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA
Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | GBR | USA | | | | | - | 0 |
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| 1987 | Ford France | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA
8 | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA
4 | GBR | | | | 22nd | 13 |
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| 1988 | Ford France | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | MON | SWE | POR
Ret | KEN | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 32 |
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| Ford Motor Co | | | | | FRA
1 | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN
3 | CIV | ITA
Ret | GBR | | | |
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| 1989 | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale | SWE | MON
2 | POR
Ret | KEN | FRA
1 | GRC
2 | NZL | ARG | FIN
Ret | AUS | | | | | | | 5th | 50 |
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| Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v | | | | | | | | | | | ITA
Ret | CIV | GBR | | | |
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| 1990 | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v | MON
1 | POR
2 | KEN | FRA
1 | GRC
Ret | NZL | ARG
3 | FIN
Ret | AUS
Ret | ITA
1 | CIV | GBR
5 | | | | | 2nd | 95 |
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| 1991 | Jolly Club | Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v | MON
Ret | SWE
9 | POR
2 | KEN | FRA
2 | GRC
4 | NZL
3 | ARG
3 | FIN
2 | AUS
Ret | ITA
1 | CIV | ESP | GBR
12 | | | 3rd | 101 |
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| 1992 | Martini Racing | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | MON
1 | SWE | POR
Ret | KEN | FRA
1 | GRC
1 | NZL | ARG
1 | FIN
1 | AUS
1 | ITA
Ret | CIV | ESP
10 | GBR
Ret | | | 3rd | 121 |
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| 1993 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | MON
1 | SWE
Ret | POR | KEN | FRA
2 | GRC
Ret | ARG
3 | NZL
3 | FIN
3 | AUS
Ret | ITA | ESP
2 | GBR
6 | | | | 3rd | 92 |
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| 1994 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | MON
Ret | POR
2 | KEN
3 | FRA
1 | GRC
Ret | ARG
1 | NZL
5 | FIN
2 | ITA
1 | GBR
6 | | | | | | | 1st | 116 |
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| 1995 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Celica GT-Four | MON
Ret | SWE
5 | POR
5 | FRA
1 | NZL
2 | AUS
Ret | ESP
DSQ | GBR | | | | | | | | | DSQ | 51 |
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| 1996 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru Impreza 555 | SWE
10 | KEN | IDN | GRC | ARG | FIN | AUS | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 4 |
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| Team Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | | | | | | | | ITA
8 | ESP | | | | | | | |
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| 1997 | R.A.S. Sport | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | MON
Ret | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 6 |
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| H.F. Grifone | Toyota Celica GT-Four | | | | | | | ARG
5 | GRC | NZL | | | | | | | |
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| Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Corolla WRC | | | | | | | | | | FIN
8 | IDN
Ret | ITA
8 | AUS
3 | GBR
Ret | | |
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| 1998 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON
14 | SWE
6 | KEN
4 | POR
Ret | ESP
1 | FRA
6 | ARG
Ret | GRC
2 | NZL
2 | FIN
4 | ITA
Ret | AUS
3 | GBR
Ret | | | | 5th | 34 |
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| 1999 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON
3 | SWE
4 | KEN
2 | POR
3 | ESP
2 | FRA
5 | ARG
3 | GRC
Ret | NZL
4 | FIN
Ret | CHN
1 | ITA
3 | AUS
Ret | GBR
Ret | | | 3rd | 52 |
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| 2000 | Seat Sport | Seat Córdoba WRC Evo2 | MON
Ret | SWE
10 | KEN
3 | POR
10 | ESP
13 | ARG
Ret | GRC
Ret | NZL
Ret | | | | | | | | | 12th | 4 |
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| Seat Córdoba WRC Evo3 | | | | | | | | | FIN
11 | CYP | FRA
8 | ITA
17 | AUS
8 | GBR
9 | | |
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| 2001 | Peugeot Total | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON
Ret | SWE
Ret | POR
8 | ESP
1 | ARG
Ret | CYP
Ret | GRC
Ret | KEN
Ret | FIN
Ret | NZL
6 | ITA
3 | FRA
3 | AUS
3 | GBR
7 | | | 7th | 23 |
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| 2002 | Didier Auriol | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON
Ret | SWE | FRA | ESP | CYP | ARG | GRE | KEN | FIN | GER | ITA | NZL | AUS | GBR | | | - | 0 |
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| 2003 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 | MON
9 | SWE
18 | TUR
Ret | NZL
8 | ARG
6 | GRE
9 | CYP
Ret | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 4 |
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| Škoda Fabia WRC | | | | | | | | GER
Ret | FIN
Ret | AUS
12 | ITA
12 | FRA
Ret | ESP
Ret | GBR
11 | | |
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| 2005 | Didier Auriol | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON
Ret | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS | - | 0 |
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