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Born | Hazebrouck, France | 9 April 1963
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Active years | 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000–2004, 2006-2008, 2012-2015, 2017-present |
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Teams | Private |
Rallies | 26 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
Total points | 7 |
First rally | 1991 Monte Carlo Rally |
Last rally | 2024 Monte Carlo Rally |
Olivier Burri (born 4 September 1963 in Hazebrouck, France) is a rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship on various occasions since 1991, almost exclusively at the Monte Carlo Rally.
Burri's professional rallying début was at the 1991 Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth. 1991 also saw his début in the European Rally Championship which he has had modest success in. He has entered in eighteen ERC rounds, winning six of them. He has also competed in the Rallye International du Valais, a Swiss-based rally that is also a part of the ERC, which he has won numerous times. During the Monte Carlo Rally's time as part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, it has not stopped Burri from competing regularly at the infamous rally, finishing seventh overall in 2009.
* Season still in progress.
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
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2008 | ![]() | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | TUR | POR | BEL | RUS | POR | CZE | ESP | ITA | SWI Ret | CHI | NC | 0 | ||
2009 | ![]() | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | MON 7 | BRA | KEN | POR | BEL | RUS | POR | CZE | ESP | ITA | SCO | 37th | 2 | |
2010 | ![]() | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | MON 13 | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | BEL | AZO | MAD | CZE | ITA | SCO | CYP | NC | 0 |
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