Nicolas Bernardi

Nicolas Bernardi
Personal information
Bernardi in 2005
Nationality	French
Born	(1976-05-16) 16 May 1976
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1998–2007
Co-driver	Jean-Marc Fortin
Teams	Peugeot, Suzuki
Rallies	23
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	4
First rally	1998 Monte Carlo Rally
Last rally	2007 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 Martin 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
2001	Nicolas Bernardi	Peugeot 206 S1600							GRE Ret	KEN	FIN Ret	NZL	ITA Ret	FRA 21	AUS	GBR 35			NC	0
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
2005	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC														FRA 8	ESP 6	AUS	20th	4
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
2001	Nicolas Bernardi	Peugeot 206 S1600		GRE Ret	FIN Ret	ITA Ret	FRA 7	GBR 7		NC	0
2004	Nicolas Bernardi	Renault Clio S1600	MON 1	GRE 2	TUR Ret	FIN 3	GBR Ret	ITA 6	ESP 1	2nd	37

References

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

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