Jean-Luc Thérier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French racing driver
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Place of Birth: Hodeng-au-Bosc, Normandy, France
About Jean-Luc Thérier
- Jean-Luc Thérier (7 October 1945, Hodeng-au-Bosc – 31 July 2019, Neufchâtel-en-Bray) was a French 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. He participated in the Monte Carlo Rally 13 times between 1969 and 1984, with second place in 1971 as best result there.
- His career lasted until early 1985 when he suffered severe injuries while participating in the 1985 Paris to Dakar rally.
- He died on July 31 2019 at the age of 73 after a long illness.
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