Jean-Pierre Nicolas

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

Nicolas took five WRC event wins in the World Rally Championship. His best result 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.

Nicolas was born in Marseille. He was the Sporting Director for Peugeot in the WRC until 2005, around the time the 206 WRC and the short-lived factory-spec 307 WRC from 2004 to 2005 was the official works Peugeot car. He was then the FIA Intercontinental Rally Challenge's Motorsport Development Manager.

WRC wins Event Season Co-driver Car 1 17ème Tour de Corse 1973 Michel Vial Alpine-Renault A110 1800 2 19ème Rallye du Maroc 1976 Michel Gamet Peugeot 504 3 46ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1978 Vincent Laverne Porsche 911 4 26th Safari Rally 1978 Jean-Claude Lefèbvre Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé 5 10ème Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire 1978 Michel Gamet Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé

Nicolas and Jean-Claude Lefèbvre won the 26th Safari Rally in 1978 driving a Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé.

Complete IMC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1970 Alpine Renault Alpine-Renault A110 1600 MON3 SWERet ITARet KEN AUT GRE6 GBRRet 1971 Alpine Renault Alpine-Renault A110 1600 MONRet SWE ITA6 KEN MARRet AUT GRE2 GBR 1972 Alpine Renault Alpine-Renault A110 1800 MON33 SWE KEN MARRet GRE AUT ITA USA GBR