Brice Tirabassi

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Brice Tirabassi
Brice Tirabassi - 2008 Rally Catalunya.jpg
Brice Tirabassi - 2008 Rally Catalunya
Personal information
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1977-06-15) June 15, 1977 (age 47)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 1999 2008
Co-driver Flag of France.svg Delphine Bernardi
Flag of France.svg Sabrina De Castelli
Flag of France.svg Serge Le Gars
Flag of France.svg Jacques-Julien Renucci
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Gordon
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel
Teams Subaru
Rallies25
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally 1999 Tour de Corse
Last rally 2008 Tour de Corse

Brice Tirabassi (born 15 June 1977) is a French rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2003.

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Career

Tirabassi won the French Rally Championship in 2002, before stepping up to the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in 2003. He won three out of seven rounds to take the crown. In 2005, he competed in the Production World Rally Championship. In 2006, he competed in four rounds of the JWRC in a PH Sport-prepared Citroën C2, winning in Corsica. In 2008, he competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in a Peugeot 207 S2000, with a best results of 7th on Rally Russia. Towards the end of the year, he was called up by the Subaru World Rally Team to drive one of their new Subaru Impreza WRCs on the tarmac WRC rounds of Catalunya and Corsica. He finished 10th in Catalunya, but retired with engine failure in Corsica. [1]

Complete WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
1999 Brice Tirabassi Peugeot 106 S16 MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA
Ret
ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC0
2000 Brice Tirabassi Peugeot 306 Rallye MON
29
SWE KEN POR -0
Peugeot 106 S16 ESP
Ret
ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR
2001 Equipe de France FFSA Citroën Saxo Kit Car MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRC KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA
Ret
AUS GBR NC0
2002 Brice Tirabassi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN
Ret
GER ITA NZL AUS GBR -0
2003 Renault Sport Renault Clio S1600 MON
17
SWE TUR
Ret
NZL ARG GRE
17
CYP GER FIN
20
AUS ITA
Ret
FRA ESP
17
GBR
Ret
-0
2004 Brice Tirabassi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER
Ret
JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS -0
2005 Brice Tirabassi Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX NZL
23
ITA CYP
12
TUR
26
GRE ARG
Ret
FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS -0
2006 PH Sport Citroën C2 S1600 MON SWE MEX ESP
30
FRA
14
ARG ITA
27
GRE GER
Ret
FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR -0
2007 Brice Tirabassi Peugeot 207 S2000 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA
12
JPN IRE GBR -0
2008 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 08 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP
10
FRA
Ret
JPN GBR -0

JWRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789Pos.Points
2003 Brice Tirabassi Renault Clio S1600 MON
1
TUR
Ret
GRE
1
FIN
2
ITA
Ret
ESP
1
GBR
Ret
1st38
2006 PH Sport Citroën C2 S1600 SWE ESP
9
FRA
1
ARG ITA
Ret
GER
Ret
FIN TUR GBR 14th11

IRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910WDCPoints
2008 Flag of France.svg BSA Peugeot 207 S2000 TUR
Ret
POR
Ret
BEL
Ret
RUS
7
POR
Ret
CZE ESP ITA SWI CHI 27th2

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References

  1. "eWRC-results.com - rally database".
Sporting positions
Preceded by Junior World Rally Champion
2003
Succeeded by