Guerlain Chicherit
Guerlain Chicherit
Nationality	French
Born	(1978-05-20)20 May 1978 (age 47) Tignes,France
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	GC Kompetition
Car number	36
Former teams	Fors Performance JRM Racing
Starts	44
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Best finish	10th in2022,2023
Finished last season	10th

Guerlain Chicherit (born 20 May 1978 inParis) is a Frenchrally andrallycross driver, and a professionalskier who was four times world champion infreeriding (1999, 2002, 2006 and 2007).

He made his professional motorsport debut in the French Rally Cup driving aCitroën Saxo, and after a successful season in 2003 he became an official Citroën driver.^[1] In 2006, after winning the 2005 Dakar Challenge, he attended his firstDakar Rally, driving aBMW X3, and won a stage on his way to finishing 9th in the final classification.

In the2009 Dakar Rally he suffered an accident while fighting in the general classification,^[2] and finished 9th.^[3]

Later that year, after achieving a great series of results including a 3rd place in theTunisia Rally and wins onRally Transibérico andUAE Desert Challenge, he won theFIA Cross Country Rally World Cup with co-driverTina Thörner.^[4]

In the2010 Dakar Rally, Chicherit was able to get another stage win and finish 5th in the final classification with an X-Raid BMW.^[5]

In the2013 Dakar Rally, Chicherit won a stage and finished 8th overall driving an SMG buggy. In 2013, he also became the first driver to complete an unassisted backflip in a car.^[6]

In March 2014 Chicherit tried to break the world record for the longest car jump in Tignes, France. He crashed spectacularly on landing (which became a viral video on YouTube), but only suffered relatively minor injuries.

In August 2015 Chicherit joined JRM Racing for two events in theFIA World Rallycross Championship driving the MINI RX in the Supercar class in Loheac, France, and Franciacorta, Italy.

In 2016, Chicherit again tackled the Dakar Rally, driving an X-Raid Buggy but retiring on medical grounds following a steering related issue during SS5. 2016 also saw Chicherit rejoin the FIA World Rallycross Championship, replacingMonster Energy athleteLiam Doran at JRM Racing, with the latter being fired following the Gatebil incident. He contested events in France, Barcelona and Germany. However, a non-start for Chicherit in Loheac meant he also entered the first ever event in Riga, Latvia.

Chicherit announced plans to form his own team,GC Kompetition, driving a pair ofRenault Mégane RS RXs in the 2018FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[7] The team got a podium in its first season throughJérôme Grosset-Janin in Holjes.

2019 saw Guerlain and GC Kompetition continue its involvement in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, growing to a 5 car team by the end of the season - with 3Renault Mégane RS RXs, and a pair ofRenault Clio RS RXs making up the new GCK Academy team. Guerlain had his strongest season yet, threatening the top of the timesheets on a regular basis and sealing his best ever finish with 4th in Canada despite suffering mechanical issues in the final.

Away from sports, Chicherit is involved in property development. He has his own company, GC Kollection, which designs and builds chalets in the Alps.^[8] Guerlain has many other business ventures including GCK Energy, which won the FIA tender to power the upcoming electrification of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[9]

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