Nicolas Bernardi

Nicolas Bernardi
Bernardi in 2005
Personal information
NationalityFrance French
Born (1976-05-16) 16 May 1976 (age 48)
World Rally Championship record
Active years1998–2007
Co-driverFrance "Crack"
France Rose-Marie Lenormand-Bassière
France Jacques-Julien Renucci
France Delphine Bernardi
France Jean-Claude Grau
France Bruno Brissart
France Denis Giraudet
Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin
TeamsPeugeot, Suzuki
Rallies23
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points4
First rally1998 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally2007 Tour de Corse

Nicolas Bernardi (born 16 May 1976) is a French rally driver.

Bernardi made his World Rally Championship (WRC) debut in 1998 on the Monte Carlo Rally. In 2001 he contested the Junior World Rally Championship in a Peugeot 206, later returning for a second campaign in 2004 in a Renault Clio and finishing second in the standings to Per-Gunnar Andersson.

In 2005 he won the French tarmac championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC run by Bozian Racing. He contested the German and British rounds of the WRC in the same model of car, entered under the banner of 'Equipe de France FFSA', but he retired from both events. After Markko Märtin stepped down from the factory Peugeot following the death of his co-driver Michael Park on Rally GB, Bernardi replaced him in the second Peugeot 307 WRC on the asphalt events in France and Spain.[1] He finished eighth in Corsica and then sixth in Catalunya.

Bernardi made one final WRC appearance on the 2007 Tour de Corse, driving the new Suzuki SX4 WRC on its first event.

Bernardi during the 2004 Rally Finland.

Complete World Rally Championship results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1998 Nicolas Bernardi Peugeot 106 Rallye MON
Ret 		SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1999 Nicolas Bernardi Peugeot 106 S16 MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA
31 		ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2000 Nicolas Bernardi Peugeot 106 Maxi MON
25 		SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2001 Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 MON SWE POR ESP
Ret 		ARG CYP NC 0
Nicolas Bernardi GRE
Ret 		KEN FIN
Ret 		NZL ITA
Ret 		FRA
21 		AUS GBR
35
2003 Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA
13 		FRA ESP
Ret 		GBR NC 0
2004 Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 MON
10 		SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE
15 		TUR
Ret 		ARG FIN
19 		GER JPN GBR
Ret 		ITA
15 		FRA ESP
14 		AUS NC 0
2005 Equipe de France FFSA Peugeot 206 WRC MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		JPN 20th 4
Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC FRA
8 		ESP
6 		AUS
2007 Suzuki World Rally Team Suzuki SX4 WRC MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA
31 		JPN IRE GBR NC 0

JWRC Results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 JWRC Points
2001 Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 ESP
Ret 		NC 0
Nicolas Bernardi GRE
Ret 		FIN
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
7 		GBR
7
2004 Nicolas Bernardi Renault Clio S1600 MON
1 		GRE
2 		TUR
Ret 		FIN
3 		GBR
Ret 		ITA
6 		ESP
1 		2nd 37

References

  1. ^ Redmayne, Tim (10 October 2005). "Martin Won't Return this Season". autosport.com. Haymarket. Retrieved 26 December 2012.