Denis Giraudet (born 16 December 1955) is a French

rally Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event Sport ...

co-driver A co-driver is the navigator of a rally car in the sport of rallying, who sits in the front passenger seat. The co-driver's job is to navigate, commonly by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver (what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity ...

Rally career

Giraudet started his career in 1981. He won his first rally at 1993 Rally Finland alongside four-time world champion

Juha Kankkunen Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen (; born 2 April 1959) is a Finnish former rally driver. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002. He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles, which we ...

. His most successful partnership was with the 1994 world champion

Didier Auriol Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driv ...

. His last appearance in the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

was at 2019 Monte Carlo Rally, where he was the navigator of

Rhys Yates Rhys Yates (born in Chesterfield on 6 May 1992) is a British rally driver currently competing in WRC-2 for M-Sport Ford World Rally Team in a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II. Rally career Brought up in a motorsport environment, Rhys started in motorcycl ...

in a

Škoda Fabia R5 The Škoda Fabia R5 is a rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda Fabia road car and is built to R5 regulations. It made its competition début in 2015 as a successor to the Škoda Fabia S2000. The car proved to be very ...

Victories

WRC victories

References

External links

Denis Giraudet
s e-wrc profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Giraudet, Denis 1955 births Living people French rally co-drivers World Rally Championship co-drivers