Yves Loubet (aka Publimmo) is a French rally driver born on October 31, 1958 in

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(Mostaganem, former French Algeria). His son

Pierre-Louis Loubet Pierre-Louis Loubet (born 18 February 1997) is a French rally driver. He is the 2019 World Rally Championship 2 Champion. He is the son of the 1989 European Rally Champion Yves Loubet. Career Early career Loubet started karting at 7 yea ...

is also rally driver.

Career

He started racing in 1976 on an

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. He has participated in the

Tour de Corse The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, an ...

(2nd in 1987 and 1988 on Lancia Delta HF 4WD and Integrale official Martini Racing, 3rd in 1986 on

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Group A, following the tragic accident of

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and the withdrawal of the other official

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, as well as participation in the Rallye San Remo and Monte Carlo. He was European champion in 1989 on

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, co-driven by Jean-Marc Andrié, and finished vice-champion of France rally in 1985 on an official Alfa Romeo (winner of Group A). He also participated in 30 rallies counting for the world rally championship and the WRC, from 1977 to 1999. In 2003 he won the

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in rally-raid, with Jacky Dubois as co-driver. Since 2008, he organizes, with José Andréani, the "Historic" version of the Ronde de la Giraglia. He organizes the Maroc 'Historic' Rally since its first edition in 2009. To keep alive the spirit of one of the toughest rallys from the past, Rally of Morocco. This year, 2019, the 10th edition, has been won by former 'Group N' world champion (1989 and 1990), Alain Oreille assisted by copilot Sylvie Oreille.

Achievements

*1999 - 3rd in the Rally of Lebanon (Middle East Championship) - Lancia Delta HF Integrale - co-driver, Bruno Brissart *1996 - 2nd of the Rally of the Azores (European Championship and Portugal) *1995 - 3 rd of the Semperit Rally (European and Austrian championship) *1993 - 5th in the French Rally Championship *1992 - Rally São Miguel / Azores (European and Portuguese championship) *1991 - 2 victories in the French Rally Championship (Rallye du Rouergue and Rallye du Mont-Blanc) *1990 - 5th of the French Rally Championship *1989 - European Rally Champion - Lancia Delta Integrale, Team Grifone, with 4 victories: **25th Rally Catalunya - Costa Brava (rally of Spain ) **30 th Rally Vinho da Madeira ( Portugal ) **14 th Elpa Halkidiki Rally ( Greece ) **17th Rally of Cyprus **and 2nd at the Albena-Zlatni Piassatzi ( Bulgaria ), Garrigues-Languedoc-Roussillon, and Poland rallies, and 3rd at the Deutschland ADAC Rally 1988 - 10th in the World Rally Championship . Victory at the Garrigues-Languedoc-Roussillon Rally ( 2nd Division European and French Championship). 3rd of the automobile Tour of Italy 1985 - 2nd in the French Rally Championship - Alfa Romeo GTV6 Group A

Results in World Rally Championship

*2nd Tour de Corse 1987 - Lancia Delta HF 4WD

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*2nd Tour de Corse 1988 - Lancia Delta Integrale Martini Racing *3rd Tour de Corse 1986 - Alfa Romeo GTV6 Rothmans *3rd Portugal Rally 1988 - Lancia Delta Integrale Martini Racing *4th Tour de Corse 1989 - Lancia delta Integrale Martini racing *5th Tour de Corse 1985 - Alfa Romeo GTV6

References

External links

Yves Loubet sur www.ewrc-results.com

Yves Loubet sur www.rallye-info.com

Yves Loubet sur www.rallybase.nl
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