Jean-Claude Andruet is a retired French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 professional rally

Rallying

Rallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars...

 driver who competed in the World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...

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Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, 1974 Tour de Corse

Tour de Corse

The Tour de Corse - Rallye de France is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was part of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season to 2008. The name "Tour de Corse" refers to the fact that in the early days it was run around the island; nowadays it only features...

 and 1977 San Remo Rally. The 1973 Monte Carlo was the first ever rally in the FIA

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

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 World Rally Championship. His best placement in the overall drivers' championship was 13th in 1982. He also competed in the European Rally Championship

European Rally Championship

The European Rally Championship is the European continental championship series in rallying. It is organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile .-History:...

 he won in 1970 and finished second overall in 1981.

Andruet's son Gilles

Gilles Andruet

Gilles Andruet was a French chess player, International Master and France champion . He is the son of rally driver Jean-Claude Andruet.-Chess career:...

 was a chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

player and was murdered in 1995 in murky circumstances.