Wednesday 23rd February 1949

Born on this day, Bruno Saby, rally driver from France. In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in the World Rally Championship.He took two World Rally Championship wins in his career, his first, driving a Peugeot 205 T16, was in the infamous 1986 Tour de Corse, in which Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto died. His only other win was with Lancia in the 1988 Monte Carlo Rally.