Guerlain Chicherit
Guerlain Chicherit (born on 1978, May 20th at Paris) is a French rally driver and a professional skier, four times world champion in freeriding (1999, 2002, 2006 and 2007).
He made his debut in the French Rally Cup, driving a Citroën Saxo, and after the successes on 2003, he became an official Citroën driver.[1] On 2006, after winning the 2005 Dakar Challenge, he attended for his first Dakar, driving a BMW X3, winning a stage and finishing 9th on final classification.
On 2009 Dakar Rally he suffered an accident while fighting the general classification,[2] and only could finished 9th.[3]
Later that year, after achieving a great results series, including 3rd place on Tunisia Rally, and winnings on Rally Transibérico and UAE Desert Challenge, he won the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies, forming team with codriver Tina Thörner.[4]
On 2010 Dakar Rally, Chicherit was able to get a stage win and finish 5th on the final classification.[5]
References
- ^ "Vom Schnee zum Sand" (in German). 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "The film of the stage, Coma, alone in the Pampa, BMWs all over the place". Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "2009 Dakar Rally final standings". Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Motorsport: Guerlain Chicherit fired up for Dakar Rally". 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "Chicherit Wins First Stage in 2010 Dakar". 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-01-17.