Bruno Saby

Bruno Saby

Saby at the 1989 Monte Carlo Rally
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1949-02-23) 23 February 1949 (age 75) Grenoble
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1973 – 1991
Co-driver	Jacques Penon Jean-Christian Court-Payen Michel Guégan Daniel le Saux Jean-Marc Andrié "Tilber" Françoise Sappey Chris Williams Jean-François Fauchille Daniel Grataloup
Teams	Renault, Peugeot, Lancia
Rallies	39
Championships	0
Rally wins	2
Podiums	7
Stage wins	58
Total points	192
First rally	1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	1986 Tour de Corse
Last win	1988 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally	1991 RAC Rally

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

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

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	30ème Tour de Corse	1986	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
2	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)

External links

• Profile of Saby and list of results, Rallybase.nl

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hubert Auriol	Dakar Rally Car Winner 1993	Succeeded by Pierre Lartigue