Jean-Luc Thérier

WRC driver


Name = Jean-Luc Thérier
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|France French
Years = 1973 – 1984
Teams = Alpine-Renault, Toyota Team Europe
Races = 46
Championships = 0
Wins = 5
Podiums = 10
Stagewins = 61
Points = 42
First race = 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win = 1973 Rallye de Portugal
Last win = 1980 Tour de Corse
Last race = 1984 Monte Carlo Rally

Jean-Luc Thérier (born Hodeng-au-Bosc, October 7, 1945) is a French former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events. However, until 1977 the championship was only formally contested by manufacturers, not individuals, so only Thérier's Alpine-Renault team were formally awarded the title.

He most frequently competed in an Alpine Renault A110, winning the Rallye Sanremo and the Acropolis Rally in 1970. He won the same two events again in 1973, along with the Rallye Sanremo, during his "annus memorabilis".

He also won the 1974 Press-on-Regardless Rally in the United States driving a Renault 17 Gordini, and the 1980 Tour de Corse behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 SC.

WRC victories

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External links

* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=3520 Profile of Thérier] , Rallybase.nl