Nicolas Bernardi

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Nicolas Bernardi
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Bernardi in 2005
Personal information
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1976-05-16) 16 May 1976 (age 48)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 1998 – 2007
Co-driver Flag of France.svg "Crack"
Flag of France.svg Rose-Marie Lenormand-Bassière
Flag of France.svg Jacques-Julien Renucci
Flag of France.svg Delphine Bernardi
Flag of France.svg Jean-Claude Grau
Flag of France.svg Bruno Brissart
Flag of France.svg Denis Giraudet
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Marc Fortin
Teams Peugeot, Suzuki
Rallies23
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points4
First rally1998 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally 2007 Tour de Corse

Nicolas Bernardi (born 16 May 1976) is a French rally driver.

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Bernardi made his World Rally Championship (WRC) debut in 1998 on the Monte Carlo Rally. In 2001 he contested the Junior World Rally Championship in a Peugeot 206, later returning for a second campaign in 2004 in a Renault Clio and finishing second in the standings to Per-Gunnar Andersson.

In 2005 he won the French tarmac championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC run by Bozian Racing. He contested the German and British rounds of the WRC in the same model of car, entered under the banner of 'Equipe de France FFSA', but he retired from both events. After Markko Märtin stepped down from the factory Peugeot following the death of his co-driver Michael Park on Rally GB, Bernardi replaced him in the second Peugeot 307 WRC on the asphalt events in France and Spain. [1] He finished eighth in Corsica and then sixth in Catalunya.

Bernardi made one final WRC appearance on the 2007 Tour de Corse, driving the new Suzuki SX4 WRC on its first event.

Bernardi during the 2004 Rally Finland. Nicolas Bernardi - 2004 Rally Finland.jpg
Bernardi during the 2004 Rally Finland.

Complete World Rally Championship results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
1998 Nicolas Bernardi Peugeot 106 Rallye MON
Ret		 SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR NC0
1999 Nicolas Bernardi Peugeot 106 S16 MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA
31		 ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC0
2000 Nicolas Bernardi Peugeot 106 Maxi MON
25		 SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC0
2001 Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 MON SWE POR ESP
Ret		 ARG CYP NC0
Nicolas Bernardi GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN
Ret		 NZL ITA
Ret		 FRA
21		 AUS GBR
35
2003 Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA
13		 FRA ESP
Ret		 GBR NC0
2004 Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 MON
10		 SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE
15		 TUR
Ret		 ARG FIN
19		 GER JPN GBR
Ret		 ITA
15		 FRA ESP
14		 AUS NC0
2005 Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 JPN 20th4
Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC FRA
8		 ESP
6		 AUS
2007 Suzuki World Rally Team Suzuki SX4 WRC MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA
31		 JPN IRE GBR NC0

JWRC Results

YearEntrantCar1234567JWRCPoints
2001 Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 ESP
Ret		NC0
Nicolas Bernardi GRE
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
7		 GBR
7
2004 Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 MON
1		 GRE
2		 TUR
Ret		 FIN
3		 GBR
Ret		 ITA
6		 ESP
1		2nd37

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