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Nicolas Bernardi (born 16 May 1976) is a French rally driver.
Bernardi made his World Rally Championship (WRC) debut in 1998 on the Monte Carlo Rally. In 2001 he contested the Junior World Rally Championship in a Peugeot 206, later returning for a second campaign in 2004 in a Renault Clio and finishing second in the standings to Per-Gunnar Andersson.
In 2005 he won the French tarmac championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC run by Bozian Racing. He contested the German and British rounds of the WRC in the same model of car, entered under the banner of 'Equipe de France FFSA', but he retired from both events. After Markko Martin stepped down from the factory Peugeot following the death of his co-driver Michael Park on Rally GB, Bernardi replaced him in the second Peugeot 307 WRC on the asphalt events in France and Spain. He finished eighth in Corsica and then sixth in Catalunya.
Bernardi made one final WRC appearance on the 2007 Tour de Corse, driving the new Suzuki SX4 WRC on its first event.
Complete World Rally Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Nicolas Bernardi | Peugeot 106 Rallye | MON Ret | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | AUS | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
| 1999 | Nicolas Bernardi | Peugeot 106 S16 | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA 31 | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA | AUS | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Nicolas Bernardi | Peugeot 106 Maxi | MON 25 | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | AUS | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Team Gamma | Peugeot 206 S1600 | MON | SWE | POR | ESP Ret | ARG | CYP | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nicolas Bernardi | GRE Ret | KEN | FIN Ret | NZL | ITA Ret | FRA 21 | AUS | GBR 35 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Nicolas Bernardi | Renault Clio S1600 | MON | SWE | TUR | NZL | ARG | GRE | CYP | GER | FIN | AUS | ITA 13 | FRA | ESP Ret | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Nicolas Bernardi | Renault Clio S1600 | MON 10 | SWE | MEX | NZL | CYP | GRE 15 | TUR Ret | ARG | FIN 19 | GER | JPN | GBR Ret | ITA 15 | FRA | ESP 14 | AUS | NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Equipe de France FFSA | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER Ret | GBR Ret | JPN | 20th | 4 | |||
| Marlboro Peugeot Total | Peugeot 307 WRC | FRA 8 | ESP 6 | AUS | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Suzuki World Rally Team | Suzuki SX4 WRC | MON | SWE | NOR | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA 31 | JPN | IRE | GBR | NC | 0 |
JWRC Results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | JWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Team Gamma | Peugeot 206 S1600 | ESP Ret | NC | 0 | ||||||
| Nicolas Bernardi | GRE Ret | FIN Ret | ITA Ret | FRA 7 | GBR 7 | ||||||
| 2004 | Nicolas Bernardi | Renault Clio S1600 | MON 1 | GRE 2 | TUR Ret | FIN 3 | GBR Ret | ITA 6 | ESP 1 | 2nd | 37 |