Bernard Darniche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bernard Darniche

rally driver, two-time winner of the French and European Rally Championships in the 1970s

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1942

Place of Birth: Cenon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Profession: color commentator, rally driver

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Bernard Darniche (born 28 March 1942 Cenon is a commune in the Gironde department) is a French former rally driver.
He won the European Rally Championship in 1976 and 1977 and the French Rally Championship in 1976 and 1978, each time behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos HF.
He also holds the record for most victories in the Tour de Corse which he won six times (1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981), a feat later equalled by Didier Auriol. He competed in the first World Rally Championships in 1973, winning the 16th Moroccan Rally and placing second in the 44th Alpine Rally, and was one of the top competitors for the remainder of the decade.
He finished third in the inaugural FIA Cup for Rally Drivers in 1977, the first of three successive top ten finishes in the drivers' championship. He also won the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo in 1979, the event where he holds the record for most wins on the infamous Col de Turini stage, a 1,600 m Alpine mountain pass normally driven in darkness.
The so-called "Night of the Long Knives" has seen Darniche victorious on ten occasions. he is present at the Grandes heures de l'automobile 2017 at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry or been present too Sébastien Loeb, Robert Neyret, Bruno Saby, Gilles Panizzi or David Piper.