Michel Périn
Michel Perin ( born January 19, 1957 in Saint- Mihiel ) is a French rally navigator.
Perin began in 1977 with the rallying. In 1984 he turned professional as co- pilot of François Chatriot. In 1986, she finished second in the French Rally Championship. In 1989 he played with Chatriot five runs of the World Rally Championship. 1988, 1989 and 1990 they managed the victory at the French Rally Championship. Until 1992, she participated in another five rounds of the World Rally Championship.
1992 Perin changes in the cross-country rallying to the side of Pierre Lartigue. Get you numerous victories, including in the Dakar Rally in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Also in the Rally of Tunisia, the Atlas Rally, the Baja Italy, Spain and the Baja Baja Portugal they stood on the podium at the top. In addition, Perin was 1993-1996 Marathon World Rally Champion. From 1997 to 1998 he drove with Patrick Magaud again in the French Rally Championship, they finished it in 1997 as the Second and in the year as third parties.
After the 1998 season, Perin ended his career provisionally as co-pilot and was Team Manager of Motorsport Department of Citroën. In 2004, he made his comeback in the cockpit and played with Chicherit two rounds of the World Rally Championship. He then set off at Volkswagen Motorsport back in cross country rallying in the passenger seat of Bruno Saby. The VW Race Touareg in 2005, they were fifth in the Dakar Rally, won the Morocco Rally and the Rallye d' Orient, and were Marathon World Rally Champion. 2006 they finished in ninth place in the Dakar Rally. He then moved to Carlos Sainz, however, they first get front places. The 2007 Dakar Rally, they finished in ninth place. Furthermore, they won the rally Transibérico and finished second in the Rally of Morocco and the UAE Desert Challenge. At the end of the season Perin was now for the sixth time Marathon World Rally Champion with Sainz. In 2008, she won in the Central Europe Rally. In the 2009 Dakar Rally Sainz and Perin lay for several days in the lead. However, they fell on the twelfth stage in a four-meter deep gorge. Perin broke his both shoulders and the team was forced to surrender.