Guerlain Chicherit

Guerlain Patrice Michel Chicherit (born 20 May 1978 in Paris) is a French rally and rallycross driver, and a professional skier who was four times world champion in freeriding (1999, 2002, 2006 and 2007).

Biography Chicherit made his professional motorsport debut in the French Rally Cup driving a Citroën Saxo, and after a successful season in 2003, he became an official Citroën driver. In 2006, after winning the 2005 Dakar Challenge, he attended his first Dakar Rally, driving a BMW X3, and won a stage on his way to finishing 9th in the final classification.

In the 2009 Dakar Rally, Chicherit suffered an accident while fighting in the general classification, and finished ninth.

Later that year, after achieving a great series of results including a third place in the Tunisia Rally and wins on Rally Transibérico and UAE Desert Challenge, Chicherit won the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup with co-driver Tina Thörner.

In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Chicherit was able to get another stage win and finish fifth in the final classification with an X-Raid BMW.

In the 2013 Dakar Rally, Chicherit won a stage and finished 8th overall driving an SMG buggy. In 2013, he also became the first driver to complete an unassisted backflip in a car.

In March 2014, Chicherit tried to break the world record for the longest car jump in Tignes, France. He crashed spectacularly on landing (which became a viral video on YouTube), but only suffered relatively minor injuries.

In August 2015, Chicherit joined JRM Racing for two events in the FIA World Rallycross Championship driving the MINI RX in the Supercar class in Loheac, France, and Franciacorta, Italy.

In 2016, Chicherit again tackled the Dakar Rally, driving an X-Raid Buggy but retiring on medical grounds following a steering related issue during SS5. 2016 also saw Chicherit rejoin the FIA World Rallycross Championship, replacing Monster Energy athlete Liam Doran at JRM Racing, with the latter being fired following the Gatebil incident. He contested events in France, Barcelona and Germany. However, a non-start for Chicherit in Loheac meant he also entered the first ever event in Riga, Latvia.

Chicherit announced plans to form his own team, GC Kompetition, driving a pair of Renault Mégane RS RXs in the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship. The team got a podium in its first season through Jérôme Grosset-Janin in Holjes.

2019 saw Guerlain and GC Kompetition continue its involvement in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, growing to a five car team by the end of the season - with three Renault Mégane RS RXs, and a pair of Renault Clio RS RXs making up the new GCK Academy team. Guerlain had his strongest season yet, threatening the top of the timesheets on a regular basis and sealing his best ever finish with 4th in Canada despite suffering mechanical issues in the final.

Away from sports, Chicherit is involved in property development. He has his own company, GC Kollection, which designs and builds chalets in the Alps. Guerlain has many other business ventures including GCK Energy, which won the FIA tender to power the upcoming electrification of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.

Racing record Dakar Rally results (key)

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points 2015 JRM Racing MINI RX Countryman POR HOC BEL GBR GER SWE CAN NOR FRA28 BAR TUR ITA16 ARG 34th 1 2016 JRM Racing MINI RX Countryman POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA31 BAR20 LAT21 GER21 ARG 26th 0 2017 Fors Performance Renault Clio IV BAR21 POR HOC21 BEL20 GBR NOR19 SWE CAN FRA LAT GER RSA 32nd 0 2018 GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS RX BAR12 POR5 BEL12 GBR15 NOR15 SWE14 CAN15 FRA12 LAT10 USA9 GER13 RSA12 11th 68 2019 GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS RX UAE8 BAR9 BEL13 GBR7 NOR10 SWE14 CAN4 FRA13 LAT15 RSA7 12th 73 2020 GCK UNKORRUPTED Renault Clio R.S. RX SWE SWE FIN FIN LAT LAT ESP ESP 17th 14 2021 Unkorrupted Renault Mégane R.S. BAR SWE FRA LAT LAT BEL PRT GER7 GER5 14th 27 2022 Guerlain Chicherit Lancia Delta Evo-e RXNORLATLATPORPORBELBELESPESP GER 10th 7 2023 Special ONE Racing Lancia Delta Evo-E RX POR NOR SWE GBR BLX GER RSA RSA CHN CHN 10th 27

RX2 International Series Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RX2 Points 2017 Olsbergs MSE RX2 BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN15 FRA RSA12 20th 8

Complete World Rally-Raid Championship results (key)