Bernard Béguin: “The only thing missing was a full WRC campaign!”

Hello Bernard. How does it feel to have your car from the 1982 season back?

I didn't think it would have such an effect on me! (Laughs) It was then in Kenwood colours. These are good memories, because we had performed well with my co-driver Jean-Jacques Lenne, quite a few podiums and two victories at the Critérium de Touraine and at Antibes. Porsche is a brand very attached to my career, in rally and on the circuit. The 911 SC is the car that allowed me to blossom. To compete in a season, it was the least expensive for an independent, because there was no maintenance. In 1979, when I won my first French Champion title, I competed in 16 rallies and I only rebuilt the engine once. I remember that my friend Francis Vincent, who had chosen to do the season with a Alpine A310, spent a fortune on maintenance. For the semi-pro that I was at the beginning of my career, it was the ideal car. I