30 years after becoming champion, Frenchman Didier Auriol returns to world rally championship

FILE - France's Didier Auriol, right, and his co-driver Denis Giraudet, of the Peugeot Team, celebrates from the winner's podium after winning the Catalonian rally, north eastern Spain, Sunday, March 25, 2001.

FILE - France's Didier Auriol, right, and his co-driver Denis Giraudet, of the Peugeot Team, celebrates from the winner's podium after winning the Catalonian rally, north eastern Spain, Sunday, March 25, 2001. (AP Photo/Cesar Rangel, File)


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PARIS — Thirty years after clinching the 1994 world rally title, Frenchman Didier Auriol is back to celebrate that victory. The 66-year-old Auriol will compete next month in the final round of this year's world championship taking place in Japan, making his first start in the competition since 2005. Auriol will be supported by co-driver Denis Giraudet behind the wheel of a Toyota GR Yaris in the event's national category, the World Rally Championship said.

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