Jean-Pierre Nicolas

WRC driver


Name = Jean-Pierre Nicolas
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Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = 1973 - 1980, 1984
Teams = Alpine-Renault, Peugeot
Races = 40
Championships = 0
Wins = 5
Podiums = 13
Stagewins = 31
Points = 32
First race = 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win = 1973 Tour de Corse
Last win = 1978 Ivory Coast Rally
Last race = 1984 San Remo Rally

Jean-Pierre Nicolas (born January 22, 1945) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed mainly in the 1970s.

Nicolas took five WRC event wins in the World Rally Championship. His best placement in the drivers' championship was second with 31 points, after Markku Alén (53) and ahead of Hannu Mikkola (30), in the 1978 "FIA Cup for Drivers". [ [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=fiacd1978 RallyBase - 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers] ]

He was the Sporting Director for Peugeot, around the time the 206 WRC was the official works Peugeot car.He is now the FIA Intercontinental Rally Challenge's Motorsport Development Manager.

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