Bruno Saby

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

Career

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.

Saby participated from 1992 to 2008 in cross country rallye and in the Dakar Rally, which he won in 1993 while driving for Mitsubishi Ralliart. 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. Driving for Volkswagen, he won the 2005 FIA cross-country rallye world championship. He retired in July 2008.

WRC victories