RACING DRIVER

Didier Auriol

1958 - Today

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Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driver from his country to do so. He was a factory candidate for Lancia, Toyota and Peugeot among others, before losing his seat at Škoda at the end of 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Didier Auriol is the 191st most popular racing driver (down from 159th in 2019), the 3,184th most popular biography from France (down from 3,013th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Didier Auriol ranks 191 out of 1,080Before him are Kunimitsu Takahashi, Pedro de la Rosa, Divina Galica, Eddie Irvine, Nino Vaccarella, and Roberto Moreno. After him are Marc Surer, Bruno Senna, Gijs van Lennep, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Toulo de Graffenried, and Brian Naylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Didier Auriol ranks 132Before him are Didier Reynders, Yoshito Usui, Hiroshi Yoshida, Kevin Sorbo, Gennady Padalka, and Luísa Diogo. After him are Gary Peters, Eddie Lawson, Luis Guillermo Solís, Domenico Dolce, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Cindy Kiro.

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In France

Among people born in France, Didier Auriol ranks 3,184 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Lorrain (1855), Charles Frédéric Petit (1857), Pal Benko (1928), Christian Ferras (1933), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), and Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678). After him are Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766), Anne Vernon (1924), Pierre Brasseur (1905), Annabella (1907), Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828), and Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Didier Auriol ranks 27Before him are Sébastien Loeb (1974), Guy Ligier (1930), Thierry Sabine (1949), Olivier Panis (1966), Raymond Sommer (1906), and Louis Rosier (1905). After him are Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Érik Comas (1963), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), Jean Ragnotti (1945), and Philippe Streiff (1955).