Bruno Saby

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Bruno Saby
1989 Rallye Monte Carlo, Lalouvesc - Saby and Fauchille's Lancia Delta HF Integrale (1).jpg
Saby at the 1989 Monte Carlo Rally
Personal information
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1949-02-23) 23 February 1949 (age 76)
Grenoble
World Rally Championship record
Active years1973 1991
Co-driver Flag of France.svg Jacques Penon
Flag of France.svg Jean-Christian Court-Payen
Flag of France.svg Michel Guégan
Flag of France.svg Daniel le Saux
Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Andrié
Flag of Monaco.svg "Tilber"
Flag of France.svg Françoise Sappey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Williams
Flag of France.svg Jean-François Fauchille
Flag of France.svg Daniel Grataloup
Teams Renault, Peugeot, Lancia
Rallies39
Championships 0
Rally wins 2
Podiums7
Stage wins58
Total points192
First rally1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win1986 Tour de Corse
Last win1988 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally1991 RAC Rally

Bruno Saby (born 23 February 1949 in Grenoble) is a rally driver from France.

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In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in the World Rally Championship. He took two World Rally Championship wins in his career—his first, driving a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2, was in the 1986 Tour de Corse, in which Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto died. His only other win was with Lancia in the 1988 Monte Carlo Rally.

In 1978 Saby claimed the French Rallycross Championship title with an Alpine A110 1600. In the 1988 French Rallycross Championship he drove a Lancia Delta S4 to become the runner-up to Champion Guy Fréquelin who drove a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evo 2.

He participated from 1992 to 2008 in cross country rallye and in the Dakar Rally, which he won in 1993 while driving for Mitsubishi. [1] Alongside Mitsubishi, he competed in a Chevrolet Pro-Truck, X-Raid BMW, Volkswagen and in 2006, even for Fiat with its Panda 4x4 on the Dakar with the 'PanDakar' project. [2] Driving for Volkswagen, he won the 2005 FIA cross-country rallye world championship. He retired in July 2008.

WRC victories

 # EventSeasonCo-driverCar
1 Flag of France.svg 30ème Tour de Corse 1986 Jean-François Fauchille Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
2 Flag of Monaco.svg 56ème Rallye Monte-Carlo 1988 Jean-François Fauchille Lancia Delta HF 4WD

References

  1. "Another Mitsubishi holiday". Manila Standard . 18 January 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. YouTube . 8 April 2024 = Dakar 2007 Video 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SbUSRGi0cs&list=PLy7z90r9IcNjQpWbSGZrwDTe2kQQz7t_H&index=1&t=877s = Dakar 2007 Video 1.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dakar Rally
Car Winner

1993
Succeeded by