Jean-Claude Andruet

A former European champion and winner of the very first world championship rally, Jean-Claude Andruet brought class to some unusual Group B machinery: a Ferrari 308, a works Lancia 037 and Citroën’s ill-fated BX 4TC.

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podium 1982–86
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2nd
1982 Tour de Corse
13th
1982 championship
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Before Group B

Born in Montreuil in 1940, Andruet was European rally champion in 1970 and won the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, the first round of the first world rally championship, in an Alpine-Renault A110. He later won the 1974 Tour de Corse and the 1977 Rallye Sanremo.

Group B years

  • 1982 Tour de Corse – second in a Ferrari 308 GTB prepared by the Pozzi team, the best world championship result for a Ferrari.
  • 1983 – a works Lancia 037 drive, finishing eighth on the Monte Carlo Rally.
  • 1985 Monte Carlo Rally – eighth in a Citroën Visa.
  • 1986 Swedish Rally – sixth in the Citroën BX 4TC, the best result the car ever achieved.

His co-driver for much of this period was ‘Biche’ (Michèle Petit).

Statistics on this page cover world championship rallies from January 1982 to December 1986, excluding the annulled 1986 Rallye Sanremo, and are counted from the entry lists and results in Jonkka’s World Rally Archive. ‘Starts’ means appearances on an entry list.

The first world championship rally winner, later second in a Ferrari and sixth in the BX 4TC.

European and national championships

Andruet won the 1982 Tour de France Automobile with ‘Biche’ in Charles Pozzi’s Ferrari 308 GTB, beating the Renault 5 Turbos. In 1984 he won the Garrigues and Var rallies in the French championship in a Lancia 037 and was second on the Tour de France Automobile. See the French championship.

Career in the Group B years

World Rally Championship podiums of the driver, year by year (1982–1986). win 2nd 3rd

1982
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1 podium
1983
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0 podiums
1984
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0 podiums
1985
0wins
0 podiums
1986
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0 podiums

0 WRC wins · 1 podium finishes, 1982–1986

In pictures 2 photos

A rally-prepared Ferrari 308 GTB.
A rally-prepared Ferrari 308 GTB.Photo: Calreyn88 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ferrari 308 GTB Group B rally car (one of four built), the type driven by Jean-Claude Andruet (photographed 2012)
Ferrari 308 GTB Group B rally car (one of four built), the type driven by Jean-Claude Andruet (photographed 2012)Photo: Falcon® Photography from France via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN), Jean-Claude Andruet — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Andruet
  2. Jonkka's World Rally Archive (juwra.com), results and entry lists 1982–1986 — https://www.juwra.com/

All text is original writing for Grouve Sports Management Group, based on the sources above. Facts checked on 21 October 2026.

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