Bruno Thiry

Bruno Thiry

Personal information
Nationality	San Remo Rally

Bruno Thiry (born 8 October 1962) is a Belgian rally driver. He was born in St. Vith, Liège Province.

He began his career as an amateur in 1981, driving a

. He finished fifth overall in the WRC standings in 1994.

In 1997, he won the Rally of the Azores in a privately entered Escort Cosworth. The

in his role as third driver for the Subaru World Rally Team.

Rally Great Britain

.

In 2002 and 2003, the Peugeot 206 WRC was Thiry's vehicle of choice. He won the Ypres Rally both years, and became European Champion in 2003 after five victories. In 2004, he was runner-up in a Citroën C2 S1600.

Since 2005, Thiry has more or less retired from motorsport and only occasionally competes on events. A notable recent result was a second place on the Rally of Condroz in 2006, driving a Peugeot 307 WRC. His co-driver for most of his rallying career was fellow-Belgian Stéphane Prévot.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
1989	Bruno Thiry	Audi 90 Quattro	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC 13	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR		-	0
1991	Opel Team Belgium	Opel Kadett GSI 16V	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 12	CIV	ESP		-	0
1992	Opel Team Belgium	Opel Calibra 16V	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 9				17th	17
		Opel Kadett GSI												CIV 2	ESP	GBR
1993	Opel Team Belgium	Opel Astra GSi 16V	MON 8	SWE	POR 10	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC Ret	ARG	NZL	FIN 18	AUS	ITA 5	ESP 7	GBR		17th	16
1994	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	MON 6	POR Ret	KEN	FRA 6	GRE	ARG 4	NZL	FIN Ret	ITA 4	GBR 3					5th	44
1995	R.A.S. Ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	MON 5	SWE 6	POR 6	FRA Ret	NZL Ret	AUS 6	ESP Ret	GBR 5							6th	34
1996	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRE 6	ARG 5	FIN 11	AUS 6	ITA 3	ESP 3						6th	44
1997	Seat Sport	Seat Ibiza GTi 16V	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP Ret	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	AUS		-	0
	Gazprom Rally Team	Ford Escort WRC														GBR Ret
1998	Ford Motor Co	Ford Escort WRC	MON 6	SWE 8	KEN	POR	ESP Ret	FRA 5	ARG Ret	GRC Ret	NZL Ret	FIN 10	ITA 6	AUS 7	GBR 3		9th	8
1999	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC99	MON 5	SWE 10		POR 6	ESP 7	FRA Ret	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS		14th	6
		Subaru Impreza WRC98			KEN Ret
	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC														GBR 4
2000	H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON 5	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR	18th	2
2001	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	MON 8	SWE 10	POR Ret	ESP 10	ARG Ret	CYP 8	GRE 10	KEN Ret	FIN 18	NZL	ITA 13	FRA Ret	AUS	GBR 8	-	0
2002	Peugeot Bastos Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON 11	SWE	FRA Ret	ESP Ret	CYP Ret	ARG	GRE 12	KEN	FIN	GER 5	ITA 13	NZL	AUS	GBR	16th	2

External links

• Stats at RallyBase
• Bruno Thiry - EWRC Profile Page
• Stats at World Rally Archive

Sporting positions
Preceded by Renato Travaglia	European Rally Champion 2003	Succeeded by Simon Jean-Joseph