Sepp Haider

Sepp Haider
Personal information
Nationality Austria Austrian
Born (1953-09-26) September 26, 1953
Dienten, Austria
World Rally Championship record
Active years 19771993
Teams Opel, SMS Audi
Rallies 14
Championships 0
Rally wins 1
Podiums 1
Stage wins 17
Total points 33
First rally 1977 Swedish Rally
First win 1993 Rally Australia

Josef "Sepp" Haider (born 26 September 1953 in Dienten) is a former Austrian rally driver, who won Rally New Zealand in 1988, a round of the World Rally Championship.

Career

After starting out in local rallies, Haider bought an Opel Kadett GT/E and competed in three rallies in the 1977 World Rally Championship season, but retired from all three. In 1987 he was signed by GM Euro Sport for a programme that included three WRC rounds, scoring his first points by finishing 10th on Rallye Sanremo. In 1988 he again did two WRC rounds, winning Rally New Zealand. He did three more WRC events for Opel in 1989, also winning the German championship.[1] In 1993 he did three rounds in an Audi S2 entered by SMS, finishing seventh in Sweden and fifth in Australia, his final WRC event.

WRC Victories

 #  Event Season Co-driver Car
1 New Zealand 18th Rothmans Rally of New Zealand 1988 Ferdi Hinterleitner Opel Kadett GSI

References

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