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 Motors' Ralliart team. 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 # EventSeasonCo-driverCar1 30ème Tour de Corse1986Jean-François FauchillePeugeot 205 Turbo 16 E22 56ème Rallye Monte-Carlo1988Jean-François FauchilleLancia Delta HF 4WD
Racing record
Complete IMC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1971 Bruno Saby Ford Capri 2300 GT MONRet SWE ITA KEN MAR AUT GRE FRA GBR
Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points 1973 Bruno Saby Renault 12 Gordini MONRet SWE POR KEN MOR N/A N/A Opel Ascona SR GRERet POL FIN AUT ITA USA GBR FRA 1974 Bruno Saby Opel Ascona SR POR KEN FINRet ITA CAN USA GBR FRA N/A N/A 1976 Team Chardonnet Autobianchi A112 Abarth MONRet SWE POR KEN GRE MOR FIN ITA FRA GBR N/A N/A 1978 Team Chardonnet Autobianchi A112 Abarth MON92 SWE KEN POR GRE FIN CAN ITA CIV FRA N/A N/A Bruno Saby Alpine A110 1600 GBRRet 1979 Renault Elf Calberson Renault 5 Turbo MON94 SWE POR KEN GRE NZL FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR NC 0 Bruno Saby CIVRet 1980 Garage Galtier Renault 5 Alpine MON15 SWE POR KEN GRC ARG FIN NZL ITA 25th 10 Renault 5 Turbo FRA4 GBR CIV 1981 Renault Elf Renault 5 Turbo MON85 SWE POR KEN NC 0 Garage Galtier FRARet GRC ARG BRA FIN ITA CIV GBRRet 1982 Garage Galtier Renault 5 Turbo MON5 SWE POR KEN 9th 26 Renault Sodicam Elf FRA5 GRC NZL BRA FIN ITA Renault Sport Elf CIV4 GBR 1983 Philips Auto Radio Renault 5 Turbo MON13 SWE POR KEN FRA5 GRC NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR 20th 9 1984 Philips Auto Radio Renault 5 Turbo MON83 SWE POR KEN FRARet GRE NZL ARG FIN8 ITA CIV GBR 43rd 3 1985 Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 MON5 SWE POR KENRet 11th 23 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 FRA2 GRC NZL ARG FIN ITARet CIV GBR 1986 Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 MON6 SWE POR KEN FRA1 GRE3 NZL ARGRet FIN CIV ITADSQ GBR USA 7th 38 1987 Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD MONRet SWE POR KEN FRARet GRE USA NZL ARG FIN CIV 20th 15 Team Chardonnet ITA2 GBR 1988 Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD MON1 SWE POR KEN 6th 32 Lancia Delta Integrale FRA3 GRC USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR 1989 Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale SWE MON3 POR KEN FRARet GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV GBR 25th 12 1990 Lancia Fina Lancia Delta Integrale 16V MON6 POR KEN FRA4 GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV GBR 15th 16 1991 Lancia Fina Lancia Delta Integrale 16V MON6 SWE POR KEN FRARet GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR9 33rd 8
References
External links Profile of Saby and list of results, Rallybase.nl