Guy Fréquelin

Guy Fréquelin (born 2 April 1945 at Langres) is a French former rally and sports car driver.

Biography Perhaps Fréquelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wheel of a briefly competitive Sunbeam Lotus Talbot in the driver's classification of the 1981 World Rally Championship. In this position he oversaw the four consecutive world championship titles of Sébastien Loeb and an impressive number of victories in the Paris Dakar and in WRC, with cars such as the ZX, the Xsara and the C4.

In rallying circles he is nicknamed the Grizly

WRC victories Event Season Co-driver Car 1 3º Rally Codasur 1981 Jean Todt Talbot Sunbeam Lotus

Racing record

Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 1973 Audi - NSU France Audi 80 MON SWE POR KEN MOR GRE POL FIN AUT ITA USA GBR FRA 1974 Guy Fréquelin Alfa Romeo Alfetta MON SWE POR KEN GRE FIN ITA CAN USA GBR FRA 1975 Guy Fréquelin Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV MON SWE KEN GRE MOR POR FIN ITA FRA GBR 1976 Guy Fréquelin Porsche 911 Carrera MON SWE POR KEN GRE MOR FIN ITA Opel Kadett GT/E FRA GBR 1977 Guy Fréquelin Alpine A310 1800 MON SWE POR KEN NZL GRE FIN CAN NC 0 Renault 5 Alpine ITA FRA GBR 1978 Guy Fréquelin Renault 5 Alpine MON SWE KEN POR GRE FIN CAN ITA NC 0 Renault Elf Gitanes CIV FRA GBR 1979 Guy Fréquelin Renault 5 Alpine MON SWE POR KEN GRE NZL FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR CIV 54th 3 1980 Talbot Sport Talbot Sunbeam Lotus MON SWE 8th 34 Talbot Cars GB POR KEN GRE ARG FIN NZL ITA GBR CIV Talbot Cars GB FRA 1981 Talbot Sport Talbot Sunbeam Lotus MON SWE POR FRA GRE ARG BRA FIN ITA GBR 2nd 89 Marshalls (EA) Ltd. Peugeot 504 Coupé V6 KEN SARI Peugeot CIV 1982 Esso Porsche 911 SC MON SWE POR KEN 12th 16 Alméras / Esso FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA CIV Peugeot Talbot Sport Talbot Sunbeam Lotus GBR 1983 Rothmans Opel Rally Team Opel Ascona 400 MON SWE POR KEN NC 0 Opel Manta 400 FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR 1984 Opel Euro Team Opel Manta 400 MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR 53rd 2 1985 Opel Euro Team Opel Manta 400 MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR NC 0 1987 GM Euro Sport Opel Kadett GSI 16V MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR 36th 6

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1977 J. Haran de Chaunac Didier Pironi René Arnoux Renault Alpine A442 S+2.0 0 DNF DNF 1978 Equipe Renault Elf Sport Calberson Jean Ragnotti José Dolhem Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault Alpine A442A S+2.0 358 4th 4th 1980 WM Esso Roger Dorchy WM P79/80-Peugeot GTP 316 4th 2nd 1981 WM A.E.R.E.M. Roger Dorchy Xavier Mathiot WM P79/80-Peugeot GTP+3.0 46 DNF DNF 1982 WM Esso Roger Dorchy Alain Couderc WM P82-Peugeot C 112 DNF DNF