RACING DRIVER

Didier Auriol

1958 - Today

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Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driver from his country to do so. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didier Auriol has received more than 187,421 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Didier Auriol is the 159th most popular racing driver (up from 165th in 2019), the 3,012th most popular biography from France (down from 2,973rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Racing Driver.

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  • 26

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  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Didier Auriol ranks 159 out of 1,080Before him are Rauno Aaltonen, Chris Bristow, Ricardo Rodríguez, Louis Rosier, Luigi Villoresi, and Gijs van Lennep. After him are Hans-Joachim Stuck, Jarno Trulli, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Stéphane Peterhansel, Johnny Cecotto, and Timo Salonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Didier Auriol ranks 103Before him are Riccardo Paletti, Sergey Sobyanin, Andy Gibb, Cornelia Funke, Lakhdar Belloumi, and David O. Russell. After him are Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Kevin Sorbo, Carlos Tavares, Natalya Estemirova, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Didier Auriol ranks 3,012 out of 6,770Before him are Auguste Vaillant (1861), Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747), István Nyers (1924), André Glucksmann (1937), Charles Tournemire (1870), and Petrus de Cruce (1300). After him are Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Manuel Amoros (1962), Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282), Paul Lévy (1886), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), and Marie-Denise Villers (1774).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Didier Auriol ranks 25Before him are Robert Manzon (1917), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Jo Schlesser (1928), Paul Frère (1917), Henri Pescarolo (1942), and Louis Rosier (1905). After him are Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Olivier Panis (1966), Raymond Sommer (1906), Paul Belmondo (1963), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), and Philippe Streiff (1955).