- Jean-Pierre Nicolas
WRC driver
Name = Jean-Pierre Nicolas
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Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = 1973 - 1980, 1984
Teams =Alpine-Renault ,Peugeot
Races = 40
Championships = 0
Wins = 5
Podiums = 13
Stagewins = 31
Points = 32
First race = 1973Monte Carlo Rally
First win = 1973Tour de Corse
Last win = 1978Ivory Coast Rally
Last race = 1984San Remo Rally Jean-Pierre Nicolas (born
January 22 ,1945 ) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed mainly in the 1970s.Nicolas took five WRC event wins in the
World Rally Championship . His best placement in the drivers' championship was second with 31 points, afterMarkku Alén (53) and ahead ofHannu Mikkola (30), in the 1978 "FIA Cup for Drivers". [ [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=fiacd1978 RallyBase - 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers] ]He was the Sporting Director for Peugeot, around the time the 206 WRC was the official works Peugeot car.He is now the FIA Intercontinental Rally Challenge's Motorsport Development Manager.
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