(French - Born : 24 June 1957) Made his debut in the Paris-Dakar Rally as a co-driver in 1983. From the 1987 Paris-Dakar he becomes "quick service" driver for the Mitsubishi Team. He eventually makes his way behind the wheel to become a top rally driver and in 1993 he powers up to the top after winning 5 consecutive events in the Cross-Country World Cup series in the T2 category. In both the 1994 Australian Safari and in the 1995 Paris to Beijing Rally he defeated the more powerful T3 vehicles in his T1 Pajero/Montero (Standard production vehicle category) to achieve an impressive overall victory. After 16 years challenging the unfamous Dakar Rally, the pinnacle of his career was an overall victory in the 1998 Paris-Granada-Dakar Rally. In 2000, the popular Frenchman finished third on the Paris-Dakar-Cairo Rally and third again on the Rally of Morocco. He took third place again on the Por Las Pampas Rally, and finished fourth overall in the UAE Desert Challenge after having sportingly stopped to help fellow Mitsubishi driver Jutta Kleindschmidt.

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
2000	Paris-Dakar-Cairo	3rd overall
	Rallye Maroc	3rd overall
	UAE Desert Challenge	4th overall