Guerlain Chicherit

Guerlain Chicherit
Nationality	French
Born	20 May 1978 Paris, France

Guerlain Chicherit (born 20 May 1978 in Paris) is a French rally driver and a professional skier, four times world champion in freeriding (1999, 2002, 2006 and 2007).

Biography

He made his debut in the French Rally Cup, driving a Citroën Saxo, and after the successes on 2003, he became an official Citroën driver.^[1] In 2006, after winning the 2005 Dakar Challenge, he attended for his first Dakar, driving a BMW X3, winning a stage and finishing 9th on final classification.

In the 2009 Dakar Rally he suffered an accident while fighting the general classification,^[2] and finished 9th.^[3]

Guerlain Chicherit, driving the BMW X-Raid 2009

Later that year, after achieving a great results series, including 3rd place on Tunisia Rally, and wins on Rally Transibérico and UAE Desert Challenge, he won the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, with codriver Tina Thörner.^[4]

In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Chicherit was able to get a stage win and finish 5th on the final classification with an X-Raid BMW.^[5]

In the 2013 Dakar Rally, Chicherit won a stage and finished 8th overall driving an SMG buggy.

In 2013, he became the first driver to complete an unassisted backflip in a car.^[6]

In March 2014 Chicherit tried to break the world record for longest car ramp jump in Tignes, France. He crashed spectacularly on landing, but only suffered relatively minor injuries.

In August 2015 Chicherit joined JRM Racing for two events in the FIA World Rallycross Championship driving the MINI RX in the Supercar class in Loheac, France & Franciacorta, Italy.

In the 2016 Dakar Rally, Chicherit drove the X-Raid Buggy but retired on medical grounds following a steering related issue during SS5. He will not return to Dakar Rally with X-Raid in the future. Again, Chicherit joined the FIA World Rallycross Championship, teaming up with Monster Energy athlete Liam Doran at JRM Racing for selected events in France, Barcelona & Germany. However, a non-start for Chicherit in Loheac meant he also entered the inaugural event in Riga, Latvia.

Racing record

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Points
2015	JRM Racing	MINI RX Countryman	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA 28	BAR	TUR	ITA 16	ARG	34th	1

References

1. "Vom Schnee zum Sand" (in German). 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
2. "The film of the stage, Coma, alone in the Pampa, BMWs all over the place". Retrieved 2010-01-17.
3. "2009 Dakar Rally final standings". Retrieved 2010-01-17.
4. "Motorsport: Guerlain Chicherit fired up for Dakar Rally". 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
5. "Chicherit Wins First Stage in 2010 Dakar". 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
6. "Guerlain Chicherit's Car Backflip". 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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