(French - Born : 24 June, 1957) Entered the Paris-Dakar for the very first time in 1983 as a navigator and joined the Mitsubishi team as a@quick assistantÓ in 1987. During his time in the team in this role he impressed the team with his range of talents, especially his quietly intent enthusiasm, strategic sense, and technical know-how. He soon joined the team as a regular works driver. In 1993 he competed in the T2 (Modified Cross Country Car) category of the World Cup for Cross Country Rallies and had the amazing result of perfect five victories in five events entered. Then in the 1994 Australian Safari and the 1995 Paris-Beijing he piloted a Pajero/Montero entered in the T1 (Production Car) category to outright victory, overcoming in the process a lot of veteran drivers and T3 (Prototype) vehicles in the process. He entered the 1998 Paris -Granada - Dakar and it was in this event, 16 years after his first "Dakar" that he at last took the victorŐs laurels, thus fulfilling his greatest dream. The UAE Desert Challenge of the same year also saw him score another outright win.

Recent results :
1992	Paris-Beijing	1st overall
1993	Paris-Dakar	12th overall
1993	Paris-Dakar	12th overall
	Tunisia Rally	2nd overall
	Baja Sardinia	1st overall
1994	Australian Safari	1st overall
1995	Granada-Dakar	3rd overall
	Paris-Beijing	1st overall
1996	Granada-Dakar	3rd overall
1997	Dakar-Agades-Dakar	2nd overall
1998	Paris-Granada-Dakar	1st overall
	UAE Desert Challenge	1st overall
1999	Granada-Dakar	9th overall