The very important Co-Driver´s
Without them, no rally driver would be able to achieve success.
They are indispensable in rallying, yet they are not in the spotlight like the drivers when victories are celebrated.
We present the most important co-drivers of the European Rally Championship in short portraits on our website.
Alessandro ALESSANDRINI
PROFILE
Born: ITALY
Drivers: Paolo ALESSANDRINI, Piero LIATTI, Andrea NAVARRA
Career: 1982 – 1997
Success: 3rd Place Overall ERC 1995 (P. LIATTI); 3rd Place Overall Rally Madeira 1986 (P. ALESSANDRINI); Winner Rali Vinho da Madeira 1995 (P. LIATTI)
Jean-Marc ANDRIE
PROFILE
Born: 16th of May 1955 – FRANCE (died on 9th of April 1999)
Drivers: Yves LOUBET, Bernard BEGUIN, Pierre-César BARONI
Career: 1976 – 1998
Success: 1989 European Rally Champion; 1991 French Rally Champion
Arnaldo BERNACCHINI
PROFILE
Born: 6th of October 1941 – ITALY
Drivers: Adartico VUDAFIERI, Andrea ZANUSSI, Raffaele PINTO
Career: 1965 – 1997
Success: 1981 European Rally Champion
Fred BERSSEN
PROFILE
Born: 11th of February 1962 – GERMANY
Drivers: Dieter DEPPING, Armin KREMER, Franz WITTMANN
Career: 1986 – 2008
Success: 2001 European Rally Champion (A. KREMER); 4th Overall ERC 1996 (D. DEPPING); Winner Deutschland 1996 & 1999; 2nd Place Rajd Polski 1996
Raffaele CALIRO
PROFILE
Born: 30th of July 1957 – ITALY
Drivers: Fabrizio TABATON, Piergiorgio BEDINI, Matteo LUISE
Career: 1982 – 2006
Success: 1st Place group N Rajd Polski 1994 (BEDINI); 2nd Place Overall Rally YPRES 1992 (Tabaton); 3rd Place Overall Rally PIANCAVALLO 1996 (Luise)
Renzo CASAZZA
PROFILE
Born: 23rd of March 1952 – ITALY
Drivers: Andrea NAVARRA, Piero LONGHI
Career: 1977 – 2014
Success: 1998 European Rally Champion
Giuseppe CERRI
PROFILE
Born: ITALY
Drivers: Dario CERRATO
Career: 1973 – 1992
Success: 1985 & 1987 European Rally Champion; 5 x Italian Rally Champion
Massimo CHIAPPONI
PROFILE
Born: 14th of July 1959 – ITALY
Drivers: Enrico BERTONE, Alessandro FASSINA
Career: 1978 – 2008
Success: 1995 & 1999 European Rally Champion
Dany COLEBUNDERS
PROFILE
Born: 15th of September 1948 – BELGIUM
Drivers: Patrick SNIJERS, Kris PRINCEN
Career: 1972 – 2002
Success: 1994 European Rally Champion; 8 x Belgium Rally Champion
Sergio CRESTOVISTA
PROFILE
Born: 19th of January 1956 – USA (died on 2nd of May 1986)
Drivers: Carlo CAPONE, Henri TOIVONEN, Andrea ZANUSSI
Career: 1976 – 1986
Success: 1984 European Rally Champion
Roberto DALPOZZO “RUDY”
PROFILE
Born: 12th of March 1947 – ITALY
Drivers: “TONY” Antonio FASSINA, Maurizio VERINI
Career: 1972 – 1983
Success: 1982 European Rally Champion
Sauro FARNOCCHIA
PROFILE
Born: 22nd of May 1960 – ITALY
Drivers: Andrea AGHINI, Gianmarino ZENERE
Career: 1982 – still rallying
Success: 2nd Place 1997 European Rally Championship (G. ZENERE); 5th Place 1992 European Rally Championship (A. AGHINI); Winner ERC: Madeira 1992 (AGHINI), Hebros 1997 (ZENERE)
Jean-Marc FORTIN
PROFILE
Born: 4th of July 1968 – BELGIUM
Drivers: Marc SOULET, Gregoire DE MEVIUS, Krzysztof HOLOWCZYC, Bruno THIRY
Career: 1988 – 2007
Success: 2003 European Rally Champion (B. THIRY); Winner ERC: Bohemia 1992 (M. SOULET), Acores 1999 (G. DE MEVIUS); 2nd Place ERC: Deutschland 1996 (G. DE MEVIUS); 3rd Place ERC: Polski 1994 (D. BRUYNEEL)
Fred GALLAGHER
PROFILE
Born: 16th of April 1952 – GREAT BRITAIN
Drivers: Tony POND, Henri TOIVONEN, Björn WALDEGARD, John BUFFUM
Career: 1973 – 1999
Success: Winner ERC: Ypres 1980 (Pond), Manx 1983 (Toivonen), Cyprus 1984 (Buffum), Cyprus 1988 (Waldegaard); 5 x Winner WRC events (Björn WALDEGARD & Juha KANKKUNEN)
Krzysztof GEBORYS
PROFILE
Born: 28th of January 1955 – POLAND
Drivers: Andrzej KOPER, Pawel PRZYBYLSKI
Career: 1980 – 2013
Success: 5 x Polish Rally Champion
Denis GIRAUDET
PROFILE
Born: 16th of December 1955 – FRANCE
Drivers: Armin SCHWARZ, Pierre-César BARONI, Francois CHATRIOT
Career: 1977 – still rallying
Success: 1993 & 1996 European Rally Champion
Kevin GORMLEY
PROFILE
Born: 22nd of June 1948 – GREAT BRITAIN
Drivers: Terry KABY, John BOSCH
Career: 1968 – 2000
Success: 1989 Dutch Rally Champion
Manfred HIEMER
PROFILE
Born: 23rd of June 1961 – GERMANY (died on 29th of July 2023)
Drivers: Erwin WEBER, Harald DEMUTH, Armin SCHWARZ
Career: 1981 – 2007
Success: 1992 European Rally Champion; 1991 German Rally Champion
Maurizio IMERITO
PROFILE
Born: ITALY
Drivers: Fabrizio TABATON, Piero LIATTI, Piero LONGHI
Career: 1984 – 2009
Success: 2005 Italian Rally Champion
Ronny JOOSTEN
PROFILE
Born: 25th of September 1954 – BELGIUM
Drivers: Robert DROOGMANS
Career: 1976 – 1993
Success: 1990 European Rally Champion; 3 x Belgium Rally Champion
Willy LUX
PROFILE
Born: 25th of October 1944 – BELGIUM
Drivers: Marc DUEZ, Harald DEMUTH, Pascal GABAN, Gregoire DE MEVIUS
Career: 1968 – 1994
Success: 3rd Place ERC 1984 (H. DEMUTH); 5th Place ERC 1982 (M. DUEZ); 1982 Belgium Rally Champion; 1984 German Rally Champion
Luigi PIROLLO
PROFILE
Born: 28th of JULY 1954 – ITALY
Drivers: Andrea ZANUSSI, Carlo CAPONE, Adartico VUDAFIERI, Michele RAYNERI, Alex FIORIO, Piero LIATTI, Piero LONGHI, Gianfranco CUNICO
Career: 1975 – 2022
Stéphane PREVOT
PROFILE
Born: 7th of January 1969 – BELGIUM
Drivers: Bruno THIRY
Career: 1987 – still rallying
Success: 2nd Place Overall 2000 European Rally Championship
Loris ROGGIA
PROFILE
Born: 4th of September 1953 – ITALY (died on 20th of June 2003)
Drivers: Andrea AGHINI, Michele RAYNERI, Gilberto PIANEZZOLA
Career: 1976 – 2003
Success: 1993, 1998 & 1999 Italian Rally Champion
Jordi SABATER
PROFILE
Born: SPAIN
Drivers: Antonio ZANINI, Salvador SERVIA
Career: 1971 – 1989
Success: 1980 European Rally Champion; 1985 & 1986 Spanish Rally Champion
Massimo SGHEDONI
PROFILE
Born: ITALY
Drivers: Mauro PREGLIASCO, “TONY”, Gianmarino ZENERE
Career: 1976 – 1998
Success: 2nd Place 1996 F2 European Rally Championship
Tiziano SIVIERO
PROFILE
Born: 28th of October 1957 – ITALY
Drivers: Massimo BIASION
Career: 1979 – 2002
Success: 1983 European Rally Champion; 1988 & 1989 World Rally Champion; 1983 Italian Rally Champion
Dr. János TANDARI
PROFILE
Born: 3rd of June 1940 – HUNGARY (died on 30th of March 2001)
Drivers: Attila FERJANCZ
Career: 1972 – 1993
Success: 3rd Place 1981 European Rally Championship; 7 x Hungarian Rally Champion
Luciano TEDESCHINI
PROFILE
Born: 13th of December 1954 – ITALY
Drivers: Fabrizio TABATON, Piero LIATTI, Vanio PASQUALI
Career: 1977 – 1996
Success: 1986, 1988 & 1991 European Rally Champion; 1985 & 1987 Italian Rally Champion
Maciej WISLAWSKI
PROFILE
Born: 19th of January 1944 – POLAND
Drivers: Krzysztof HOLOWCZYC, Andrzej KOPER
Career: 1974 – still rallying
Success: 1997 European Rally Champion; 1995 & 1996 Polish Rally Champion