- Bruno Thiry
WRC driver
Name = Bruno Thiry
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|Belgium Belgian
Years = 1989 - 2002
Teams = Ford, Subaru,Skoda
Rallies = 71
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 5
Stagewins = 39
Points = 173
First race = 1989Acropolis Rally
Last race = 2002San Remo Rally Bruno Thiry (born
October 8 ,1962 ) is a Belgian rally driver. He was born in theSankt Vith region of Belgium.He began his career as an amateur in
1981 , driving aSimca , and quickly became very successful in the Belgian Rally Championship. In 1994, he joined theFord team to contest theWorld Rally Championship , driving aFord Escort RS Cosworth . In these years, he managed several third places; on theRAC Rally in 1994 and onRally San Remo and theRally Catalunya in 1996. He finished 5th overall in the WRC standings in 1994.In
1997 , he won the "Rally of the Azores" in a privately entered Escort Cosworth. The following year saw Thiry continue in the Ford, then in 1999 he campaigned aSubaru Impreza in his role as third driver for the Subaru World Rally Team.2001 saw Thiry join the
Skoda team and he had a disappointing year in the Octavia WRC. His highest placings that year were 8th place on theMonte Carlo Rally , theCyprus Rally andRally Great Britain .In
2002 and2003 , thePeugeot 206 WRC was Thiry's vehicle of choice. He won theYpres Rally both years, and became European Champion in 2003 after five victories). In2004 , he was runner-up in aCitroen C2 S1600.Since
2005 , Thiry has more or less retired from motorsport and only occasionally competes on events. A notable recent result was second place on the "Rally of Condroz" in 2006, driving aPeugeot 307 WRC. His co-driver for most of his rallying career was fellow-BelgianStephane Prévot .External links
* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=8 Stats at RallyBase]
* [http://www.juwra.com/thiry_bruno.html Stats at World Rally Archive]
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