Jean-Pierre Nicolas

Jean-Pierre Nicolas

Jean-Pierre Nicolas in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1945-01-22) 22 January 1945 (age 76) Marseille
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1973–1980, 1984
Co-driver	Jean Todt
Teams	Alpine-Renault, Peugeot
Rallies	40
Championships	0
Rally wins	5
Podiums	13
Stage wins	31
Total points	32
First rally	1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	1973 Tour de Corse
Last win	1978 Ivory Coast Rally
Last rally	1984 San Remo Rally

Jean-Pierre Nicolas (born 22 January 1945 in Marseille) 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 result in the drivers' championship was second with 31 points, after Markku Alén (53) and ahead of Hannu Mikkola (30), in the 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers.^[1]

He was the Sporting Director for Peugeot in the WRC until 2005, around the time the 206 WRC and the short-lived factory-spec 307 WRC from 2004 to 2005 was the official works Peugeot car. He was then the FIA Intercontinental Rally Challenge's Motorsport Development Manager.

WRC wins[]

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	17ème Tour de Corse	1973		Alpine-Renault A110 1800
2	19ème Rallye du Maroc	1976		Peugeot 504
3	46ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	1978		Porsche 911
4	26th Safari Rally	1978		Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé
5	10ème Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire	1978	Michel Gamet	Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé

Nicolas and Jean-Claude Lefèbvre won the 26th Safari Rally in 1978 driving a Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé

Complete IMC results[]

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