Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article but the stresses in France at the end of the war proved to be overwhelming and the French Indochina War provided a basis for consistent attacks from both the communists and the Gaullists Auriol refused renomination in 1954 and removed himself from politics entirely in 1960 Auriol’s WRC return 30 years after becoming champion Didier Auriol tells DirtFish why he's back behind the wheel on a WRC event three decades after his title win Photography by Girardo & Co Archive Words by Three decades ago Didier Auriol was on top of the world he and Toyota combined to secure the World Rally Championship crown bringing the Celica to its third successive title across two generations of the car Three decades later the Frenchman is getting back behind the wheel at a WRC event to celebrate that success – albeit this time in a production-spec GR Yaris A sponsor of Toyota’s current WRC team is behind the celebratory outing “Fit Easy proposed to me that I do this event just to enjoy it,” Auriol told DirtFish “People in Japan have great memories of me driving with the Toyota Celica so the thinking was it would be nice to come here for the fans.” “I called my old co-driver [Denis Giraudet] and said it could be interesting to do this to be back in a Toyota 30 years after my title But we won’t be pushing like hell – we’ll enjoy this one in a different way.” Auriol's Japan outing is a celebration of 30 years since becoming world champion driving a Toyota Auriol is the first to admit he’s not entering to compete toe-to-toe with the current generation of drivers As he pointed out to Fit Easy president Hisashi Kunie when the idea was initially floated: “Okay That didn’t stop him from wanting to scratch the natural itch of a world champion Learning plans were afoot for a Rally Japan entry his first question was: why not enter WRC2 “When they proposed this rally with the JN1 car I tried to push to have a Rally2,” said Auriol “Even if it was just to enjoy driving a proper rally car But it would be even nicer to have been in a faster car!” The car he will drive is a road-going GR Yaris with some modifications to match the Japanese championship’s JN1 regulations he won’t be classified as a WRC entrant – the car he’s driving is homologated by the Japanese federation but not by the FIA – the new car will still present a challenge to the 1994 world champion “It’s right-hand drive,” Auriol pointed out “The last time I drove right-hand drive was with the Metro 6R4 [in 1986] It’s also complicated because there is no hydraulic handbrake – I asked!” Auriol will drive a production-spec GR Yaris similar to this one in Japan he insisted on a pre-event test to get accustomed to the car before attacking the stages around Aichi and Gifu It might be his last outing on a WRC event – but equally maybe he’ll be crossing the start ramp even into his seventies setting up the car for my driving style and everything But I don’t dream about that anymore “But if there is an opportunity for a nice rally Tags: , , , 2024 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2024/10/K6FgyEEj-Girardo_Co._Archive_648978-780x520.jpg October 28 Sign up today and be the first to know about special offers Legal it's a powerhouse in several other sports as well where Notre Dame seemingly competes for a national championship on an annual basis Yves Auriol served as Notre Dame's women's head fencing coach from 1985-2002 and men's head coach from 1995-2002 In that time Notre Dame fencers combined to earn 69 All-American honors while bringing home eight individual national championships.The University of Notre Dame announced that Auriol recently passed away at the age of 87.His teams claimed the 1987 women's national title while the Notre Dame fencing as a whole won the 1994 combined title as he wasn't coaching the men yet.Notre Dame earned several national runner ups during Auriol's time as he was named the national coach of the year in both 2001 and 2002 Auriol also coached the United States Olympics team in the 1980 He is survived by his wife Georgette (Jo) and son Stephane who was a four-time monogram winner and two-time foil captain at Notre Dame The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER It’s quiet in this basement rehearsal room the energy like a held breath until the crack of metal on metal breaks the silence.  are toiling under the watchful eye of fencing coach Sarah Lippai The rehearsal won’t draw any blood but there will be sweat and even some tears Renee and DeLaney star in Gracie Gardner’s play “Athena,” running at ArtsWest through May 4 and presented in collaboration with Salle Auriol Seattle You don’t often see sports outfits and arts organizations joining forces but this relationship has proved symbiotic As Salle Auriol shares the fun and fitness benefits of fencing with Seattle’s artistic community ArtsWest creates the athletic verisimilitude that Gardner’s play requires.  nothing ruins an audience’s suspension of disbelief quite like watching expert characters — in whatever area — fumbled by inexpert actors.  it’s both a coming-of-age story and a ruthless competition — a recipe for high drama.  When it came to finding a partner organization ArtsWest artistic director Mat Wright said Salle Auriol was the obvious choice as the only nonprofit fencing club in town.  The script sold Kundry Haberkern, general manager of Salle Auriol ‘A fencer actually wrote this,’” she said of Gardner’s play In addition to loaning ArtsWest all the gear it needed — clothing fencing foils — Salle Auriol provided critical training the actors had about 15 hours of fencing practice under their belts “What’s being asked of them physically is no joke,” said “Athena” director Kathryn Van Meter and they’re also getting a new vocabulary that they have to be able to process through their brains and then out through their bodies in a moment Before getting to work on “Athena,” neither Renee nor DeLaney had ever fenced before DeLaney had never even done stage combat.  “I’ve received the occasional stage slap and done a stage fall but that’s the extent of my experience,” she said Although Renee has had plenty of stage combat experience she said that it’s actually worked against her because stage combat is all about avoiding contact with your partner while fencing is about (safely) making the hit.  “It was a lot of rewiring the brain,” she said.  Honing a new skill is often rife with frustrations and setbacks and “they’re learning on a very fast curve,” Haberkern said Their first two weeks of training were about building basic technique.  “Fencing actions are not actions we do in normal life or even normal sports,” Haberkern said “So if (the actors) are moving like fencers To see them evolve has been really awesome.” observation was as important as hands-on training Watching some fencing tournaments at Salle Auriol gave her and DeLaney an idea of the ways that different personalities could manifest in a fencer’s physicality “You not only have to build this character from the inside out as a person but also who they are when they’re fencing,” DeLaney said.  and hasn’t spent much time in fencing clubs which shows at first in the way she fences It’s an acting challenge and an athletic feat in equal measure.  Wright knew he needed a director with a strong movement background to steer this ship Not only is she an experienced director and choreographer as well as their stressors and motivations All this lived experience helped Van Meter create “authenticity within an artificial world.”   When it comes to artistic representations of sports sports and theater have a lot in common in terms of what satisfies an audience Quoting David Mamet’s famous playwriting book “Three Uses of the Knife,” he said “We wish for a closely fought match that contains many satisfying reversals.”   And it’s true: A close game is always a narrative thrill.  “There’s a literal fencing match going on but there’s also a metaphorical fencing match going on,” Wright said The opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser University of St. Thomas Professor Craig Eliason published an article titled “Auriol as a Text Typeface: An Early Twentieth-Century Challenge to the Conventionality of Book Typography” in Printing History the journal of the American Printing History Association who is in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Art History a more than 120-year-old typeface based on the designs of illustrator George Auriol “became a go-to type for splash titles that convey turn-of-the-last century exuberance we associate with continental Europe.” He said Auriol is a display typeface “made to grab attention in short bursts Printing History has been published since 1979 Digital copies of the journal are available on the Gale and EBSCO databases Didier Auriol's 2000 season with Seat was one of frustration but did yield an impressive podium in Kenya Photography by Girardo & Co. Archive Words by There’s no better example of this than what Armin Schwarz achieved in 2001 His run to third place in a Škoda Octavia WRC that year is the stuff of legend – particularly today with the Czech tank’s popularity among internet groups and forums But Schwarz is far from the only driver to punch above his weight on this most punishing of rallies Škoda’s VAG stablemate scored a podium result it was hardly renowned for during its spell in the WRC This is the story of Didier Auriol’s third place finish for Seat at the 2000 Safari Rally as told by him and why it was ultimately a brief high in a season plagued by problems Auriol found a home at Seat after Toyota left the WRC at the end of 1999 WRC manufacturer involvement was booming with seven brands all taking part but he chose Ford as team-mate to Colin McRae so Auriol was destined for a Seat move to lead its Córdoba WRC project alongside fledgling driver Toni Gardemeister I was really trying to find another car to race “It was quite complicated at this time but for me what was very important in this discussion was to manage to grow up the team and grow up the car “It can be a very interesting challenge in one way so it was my way to accept the offer.” Seat had been a real force to be reckoned with in the F2 Kit Car class with its Ibiza but its results had been modest in the top class Debuting halfway through the 1998 season in Finland Gardemeister had given the car a debut podium 12 months later in New Zealand with Harri Rovanperä following up with another third place at the season-concluding RAC Rally who now had a world champion to lead the development of the car and consistently bring in the results But things wouldn’t work out as planned “They promised me a lot of things about the car,” the 1994 world champion remembers And the only thing I complain about is the engine And it was very clear for me that the big problem at this time of the Seat was not the handling of the car “I tested the car in one place that I know very well in Spain I have the time to compare with the [Toyota] Corolla but uphill I was slower by one second per kilometer Auriol timed the Seat against his old Corolla and found it to be 1s/km slower on uphill sections I think the only problem of this car is the engine’ And I accept to sign if we work and if a new engine comes soon But I want to be sure that a new engine must come it was in my contract that a brand new engine must come.” But despite an Evo3 version of the Córdoba being developed in time for August’s Rally Finland alarm bells began to ring in Auriol’s heads that his promise hadn’t been met “I tested in the same place and the time was the same,” he says “Uphill I am still one second per kilometer [slower] [then] it was starting to be complicated with the team I told some friends and the team to go to the top of a fast 10km uphill section we were nearly one second slower than everybody ‘now you put somebody at the downhill’ but the car was fantastic when everything was working.” Relations were beginning to thaw between driver and team but the combination did at least enjoy one early shot of success Winning the first section gave Auriol a shot at claiming a podium for Seat Although he never won the rally throughout his career Auriol was always strong at the Safari Rally with three podiums from five starts he sensed another opportunity to reach the rostrum So I was quite confident to drive,” Auriol recalls “The only question was really if we get some little problem during the rally because maybe at this time we did not have the same budget as another team to really make a lot of tests “But the car was very good and was fast I tried to drive fast straight away to say Auriol’s 14s win on the first section gave Seat the lead of a WRC event for the very first time It wasn’t to last as Richard Burns soom stormed past destined for a dominant victory for Subaru ahead of team-mate Juha Kankkunen “I was driving quite fast,” Auriol admits “It was quite rough but the car was feeling good at this time we take the decision to slow down a little bit because the rally was very long I can explain the story of this puncture…” co-driver] and me to make some tests to change the tire as fast as possible And we don’t understand [at the time] but the team was very upset that we said no “But it was not because we were not professional it was just because we have done so much testing in Toyota and we know the place of everything We put the nut gun and everything in the same place [as the Corolla] “So when we have a puncture during one stage so we must stop for change of the wheel’ Auriol surprised his team with how quickly he was able to change a puncture “We stopped the car very fast and we changed the wheel in less than one minute I was practising to put the front of my car [in a ditch] to lift the rear of the wheel [where] the puncture [was] So straight away I found a good place to change the wheel they must lose a lot of time and everything as Auriol was in podium contention throughout but made it back up to third when the engine in McRae’s Focus was drowned through a water crossing he suspected was dammed coupled to power-steering failure for the chasing Sainz gave Auriol the break he needed to secure what would ultimately prove to be Seat’s third “I was very happy of course for the team,” Auriol reflects “At this time I was thinking they understand that the car was good very happy and confident for the rest of not only the season but the progress of the car with the engine for next year Auriol had signed a two-year contract when he joined Seat but the relationship would not continue into 2001 with questions now being asked of his ability as a driver Auriol was considering his options and eventually found his way to Peugeot while Seat pulled the plug on its program altogether “due to a reorientation of Seat Sport business” after a new CEO came in Auriol’s best result was a pair of eighth places in Corsica and Australia they start to fight with me,” he says And now you are really upset because you feel to know the truth we have something happening during the rally more and more and after we know I don’t stay two years and I leave the team Auriol felt like he was blamed for poor results when really it was the Córdoba's poor engine performance “I was driving a lot of teams and I was developing a lot of cars like the Corolla – I start from zero and I make all the tests of the Corolla,” Auriol adds we are ready to put the car in the world championship to fight for the victory’ you want to export your experience to the team Straight away we were leading the rally [Monte Carlo] And I remember the journalist come see me and say Auriol did enjoy his season spent in a Córdoba WRC though The Auriol and Seat story only lasted one year but the Frenchman still holds good memories I had good work with the team – it was very interesting to work with them everybody was working very hard with me to give me the best is that the people inside understood the problem There was a lot of frustration also for these people because they start to work very hard to make the best it’s always the same when you are budget limited and I have no complaint about these people and really they try always the maximum for the team “It’s just the budget problem to have this new engine I think the problem became the driver because you have a lot of pressure of the press of the Spanish journalists [for the bad results] “But I have really good moments in this year and it can be much better The 14th edition of the Défi Azimut - Lorient Agglomération is almost here kicking off the return to competition before the grand finale of the year Lorient La Base will be buzzing with the thrill of offshore racing as the top IMOCA skippers gather for this unique event Expect a spectacular showdown as we go head-to-head with the other IMOCA teams in the final warm-up Excitement is building—get ready to follow every moment of the action Wheeling mode into the finish for Malizia - Seaexplorer Subscribe to our My Ocean Challenge Newsletter Helene Auriol Potier has built her career in digital technologies and in the telecommunications industry A truly global career spanning multiple geographies She started her career in New York in telecommunications in 1986 Helene joined the Canadian mobile technology company Nortel Networks Corporation where she spent 15 years and held various senior leadership positions among which were also Vice President Sales Mobile Division Worldwide and Vice President Services & Operations EMEA she served in various senior leadership capacities including CEO Microsoft Singapore and Managing Director Artificial Intelligence Europe she was Executive Vice-President in charge of International Business B2B for Orange Helene is often called to speak on the topics of digital transformation She served as independent director on the boards of US listed company Mimecast Limited until May 2022 Helene received a Master of Science in Engineering from Telecom Paris and an Executive MBA from INSEAD Helene currently serves as independent non-executive director on the boards of Safran S.A. the Randstad Technology committee and the Oddo BHF board compensation committee Helene is also ESG co-chair and board member at Institut Français des Administrateurs the French association of corporate directors She is also a senior advisor at a leading global private equity firm and a Managing Director in Alinerom S.C.I DirtFish speaks to the 1994 world champion about how his rallying career began France has more World Rally Championship titles than any other nation thanks to its two Sébastiens It has an enviable structure for identifying and promoting junior talent which has become the template for the FIA’s recently introduced Rally Star program It took Auriol a decade of rising through the ranks to get his big break but Finland’s fast and sweeping gravel roads Lancia was the best factory team in the world To drive a Lancia was every driver’s dream,” recounts Auriol The big boss of Lancia [Cesare Fiorio] just gave me his number and said ‘please call me’ Auriol had just finished on the podium with a two-wheel-drive Ford Sierra RS Cosworth defeated only by the factory Lancia Delta Integrales He’d beaten Timo Salonen’s four-wheel-drive Mazda 323 and his more esteemed Ford team-mate Stig Blomqvist And this after he’d already humbled the works Lancias in Corsica that year winning with the Sierra by several minutes over Yves Loubet and Bruno Saby It was a modest road-going Simca 1301 that changed everything “I started in rallying because when I got my driving license and straight away I enjoyed driving,” explains Auriol “I knew absolutely nothing about rally but I still enjoyed driving and playing with the car I still hadn’t made any racetracks before His father’s Simca was one half of the inspiration for Auriol to go fast The other half was the Critérium des Cévennes which he went to spectate not long after he’d started throwing the 1301 around And that was the first and last time I was a spectator Calling his first competition vehicle a ‘rally car’ might be a bit of a stretch A standard road-going Simca 1000 Rallye II was his weapon of choice for his first ever ventures into rallying though it didn’t last long – he craved more power to go faster “I understood immediately the car did not have enough performance because it was a really standard car So I bought an Opel [Kadett] GTE and this car it was not a good idea because the engine was very bad and the car was completely…” almost as if he wants to avoid insulting his old steed despite its deficiencies with Auriol on the hunt for more gusto yet again He was still an amateur driver with no sponsors his wallet was severely lacking gusto needed to procure a car with more oomph “I looked in the newspaper at what cars I could buy that had power So I found a car and called the man [selling it]; it was in the middle of France I called the guy and he said: ’Don’t look at the bodyshell because the paint is terrible but I promise you the mechanicals are very good.’” A more experienced driver might have brought the car back to the garage given everything a once-over and done a full re-prep ahead of hitting the stages Youthful exuberance meant he wanted to play with his newly acquired toy without delay but it has already helped launch Ogier and Loeb's careers as well as that of Adrien Fourmaux “In the first stage I was something like 120th behind [in seeding]; nobody knows who I am Then we went off in the second stage with a mechanical problem because the car was not serviced and everything But after that the car was a little bit destroyed.” his first sponsor came on board soon after not only from usurping Porsche 911s in his smaller Escort RS 2000 Three years in various flavors of Renault 5 followed ascending gradually from the French second division to the main championship and making his WRC debut on Rally Corsica in 1984 Auriol’s 1985 season had been promising but difficult But it was far from the end of the road – he’d established himself as one of the fastest drivers in the national championship And he’d picked up an even bigger sponsor along the way “I spoke with Renault Sport and asked to make the French championship in a Renault 5 to try to win the title,” explains Auriol we don’t want you to do the French championship in Tarmac We want you to do the French championship on gravel.’ because there is no media value if you win the French championship on gravel’ That was the official driver of Renault Sport at this time in France if you don’t want [to drive the gravel series] we don’t give you anything; no money if you don’t drive the Renault 5 what car can we find?’ I didn’t know So I managed to partner with Austin France and to have the R.E.D team in England to build and prepare my car for the French championship.” That decision looked like it would backfire early on His first two events ended in mechanical failures but Auriol felt the car was simply too slow and uncompetitive even when it wasn’t breaking down I was absolutely not happy with the Metro 6R4 “That year I was practicing for Corsica with this car and during the practice so I stopped to try and meet the engineers and say who I am I asked ‘can I drive a little bit your test car?’ and the engineer you can go drive a little bit on the main road’ “And I sat in the car and thought ‘Hey This isn’t the car I have in France!’ So I pushed a lot after to have the same car I think on Tarmac I had the best car in the world.” He won the next five rallies he competed in with the MG and added another podium to his tally after a brief dalliance with a Mercedes 190E on the Tour de France Chatriot in the works Renault 5 had led the championship almost the entire way after Auriol’s disastrous start It was apt that the tide finally turned on Critérium des Cévennes the same event which provided the spark for Auriol to start rallying years earlier The cards were stacked in Auriol’s favor heading to the season finale at Rally du Var The factory Renault driver demolished the field to win by nearly five minutes while Auriol struggled his way to the finish The pair finished level on points but Auriol took home the French title thanks to picking up one more win than his arch-rival Winning a first title may have been satisfying But showing Renault the error of their ways was an even greater reward There was no full-time move to the WRC off the back of his first national title but as he’d done on his way through the ranks in France Auriol edged closer towards becoming a full-time WRC driver bit-by-bit Occasional appearances with Ford on the world stage while winning another two domestic titles was putting him firmly on the radar of the bigger works teams He’d proven he was a master of sealed surfaces But what really piqued the works teams’ interest was his pace on gravel – he was no one-dimensional asphalt specialist “In Portugal ’87 and ’88 we also started being fast on gravel [I was] in the middle of the Lancias in some stages with a two-wheel-drive [car]!” It wasn’t until his second season with the Sierra RS Cosworth that he got a full-on factory-spec car “The first time I had a factory car I won the race And [on] 1000 Lakes with the factory car again we finished third but were very fast behind the two Lancias We were ahead of Ari Vatanen even though we had two-wheel drive and everything.” That third place trophy wasn’t the most important prize Auriol won in Finland that year Cesare Fiorio’s phone number would be the far greater reward Auriol out after stunning Rally of Nations start The Frenchman is forced out with an engine problem after thrilling thousands of fans at the Guanajuato start Words by In partnership with Rally of Nations Guanajuato Former World Rally Champion Didier Auriol has retired from the Rally of Nations Guanajuato following the second superspecial in Guanajuato The Frenchman completed the opening test but his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X ran sick in the second pass of the hugely popular Guanajuato street stage I don’t think we will take the start tomorrow (Saturday) morning – something was burning in the engine Forced to fly home for family reasons ahead of the start of the 2022 Rally of Nations the 1994 title holder was disappointed still not to have turned a wheel on the Méxican gravel “We come here to promote the race and the country,” he said with nice stages and we came to enjoy ourselves with the people Auriol’s departure leaves eight-time world champion co-driver Julien Ingrassia flying the lone French flag Ingrassia completed the two stages in an impressive 12th place aboard his Mitsubishi Mads Østberg (Škoda Fabia Rally2) leads after SS2 with Mexico TV4 leading the Rally of Nations Tags: , , , 2024 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2024/02/tKrdXI7l-Auriol-RoN-780x437.jpg February 24 The 1994 World Rally Champion planned a return to the top level on the 2019 Tour de Corse There is a long-held tradition among World Rally Championship drivers hailing from Finland to make a return to their home WRC round on their 50th birthday year who amassed 20 WRC wins and won the 1994 title with Toyota at 36 years old made his final appearance on the world stage in 2005 retiring with engine failure from the Monte Carlo Rally in a privateer Peugeot 206 Auriol had lined up a return to the world stage with a works Ford Fiesta WRC prepared by M-Sport though budget issues ultimately stopped him from returning “Two years ago I tried for my 60th birthday to rent a current World Rally Car,” Auriol told DirtFish “I had some contact with Malcolm Wilson to do Corsica with the Ford but unfortunately we didn’t manage to get the budget It was a very big budget and it was impossible “Malcolm tried really hard and tried to make a good deal for me but still I don’t manage.” Auriol was quick to acknowledge that he wouldn’t have been competing with the current crop of WRC stars for overall position but instead targeting fast times on specific stages but this fight that you have when you are young I am sure I wouldn’t fight with these guys “I mean not only driving but the style and making the difference with tires with the feeling of the tire and when it starts to go [down in grip] making little driving style difference to keep the tire [life] and to attack again “Making some good times sometimes was my hope Auriol wouldn’t have been the first world champion to make a one-off return in a current WRC-spec car had his planned Corsica comeback materialized As part of DirtFish's lookback at the 2001 WRC season Auriol recalls his victory in Spain and why his Peugeot tenure didn't go as planned His former Toyota and Peugeot team-mate Marcus Grönholm rented a Yaris WRC for Rally Sweden in 2019 but retired on the first leg suffering an off on every stage in the first leg before going off into a tree on stage four and coming back the next day ‘I think Marcus is a very fast driver but you can see [what happens] when you stop and don’t drive,” said Auriol then maybe Marcus would have made some good times And maybe that would be my story on Tarmac if I tried to do that!” The 1994 World Rally Champion recalls his final WRC success and why his Peugeot tenure didn't work out In the current age of young upstarts like Kalle Rovanperä and Oliver Solberg making World Rally Championship debuts as teenagers with factory teams it’s hard to imagine a time when drivers wouldn’t get their big break until hitting their fourth decade “I am not so much into this internet stuff,” Auriol quips to DirtFish giving away the fact he’s in free bus pass territory these days at 62 years old But Auriol wasn’t one to hang up his helmet easily He’d already won the biggest prize – he’d proven his point but keeping busy behind the wheel allowed an opportunity with Peugeot Peugeot had just won the WRC title two decades ago this year and the field was closer than ever the top six drivers were separated by only 11 points It was not the outcome most – least of all Auriol himself – had expected He only scored once in the first nine rallies and by Corsica it had already been revealed that eventual 2001 champion Richard Burns would be taking control of his 206 WRC for 2002 Another stint with a factory team would come in 2003 with Škoda but his single season with Peugeot had been his last opportunity to drive a car capable of winning rallies and championships a glance at the results sheet gives away little of the real story that unfolded I was fighting with some engineers at this time and I was not really enjoying driving.” His 20th and final career victory in Spain that year was a case in point and fought his team to have the car set-up as he wanted “There was a long gearbox and a short gearbox and I asked for the short gearbox,” explains Auriol Harri Rovanperä only won one round of the WRC but was that a fair reflection of his talent I compared the two gearboxes and I was faster with the short gearbox and I fought until the morning of the start of the rally to have my short gearbox “I want to set up my car because I know what I want I know when I feel well and I know when I can go faster For me that was so logical and I was working like that with all my teams before So I don’t understand why they didn’t accept that.” Component failures were a constant in the first half of both Auriol’s season and reigning champion team-mate Marcus Grönholm a first win of his title defense had to wait until round 10 in Finland which was only the second time he’d finished all season up to that point It had been an equally painful start for Auriol but for one rally: round four in Spain Peugeot’s fellow PSA brand Citroën was debuting its Xsara WRC and it was rapid from the off It was little surprise to see Phillippe Bugalski at the sharp end having won the rally in the F2 kit car version of the Xsara two years earlier But fastest out of the blocks was his team-mate Jesús Puras amid controversy over potentially reusing pacenotes from other rallies for the WRC event’s stages However the potential pace-note violation was not the biggest concern for Auriol as he settled into third place early on behind the two red cars “We were a little bit upset because we were practicing we were making all the world championship and we have no time to practice more And we heard at this time some drivers were practicing a lot while another driver practices 10 times or 12 times but it was not only me complaining about that.” justice had been served when Puras’ Xsara ground to a halt on the road section at the end of day two That left only Bugalski ahead for Auriol to chase and in the end Bugalski would fall into his sights A clutch fault on Bugalski’s Xsara meant Auriol overtook his compatriot in the start control for stage 15 The resulting penalties for the sole remaining Citroën handed Auriol a lead of nearly a minute over the first non-Peugeot The car held up its end of the bargain by not breaking and Auriol held up his by bringing it to the finish in first That final WRC win nearly didn’t happen at all after a wayward moment on the final day’s opening test It’s likely you’ve seen the moment in video at some point; Auriol grabs as much opposite lock as his hands can muster it was scary only to stop and lose the race “We started and it was a slippery type of Tarmac but the tire was maybe a little bit cold on the back and suddenly I managed to come back making two or three right-left right-left [on the steering wheel] and we touched nothing and continued It was a bad moment but only a little stupid mistake.” That victory over team-mate Panizzi was the only meaningful result Auriol had to show for the first half of 2001 But that outcome wasn’t a true reflection of his pace that year Auriol had accrued a 20-second lead but hit a wall But he’d still outlasted his team-mates; Panizzi had crashed out one stage earlier and Grönholm’s car had already broken down “I had a lot of rallies where I was fighting for the victory; we broke one turbo I was also close to the front and we broke one suspension So it was really bad luck this season with Peugeot.” While a driving mistake had led to the Monte Carlo retirement which in some results sheets is down as an accident was really down to spontaneous combustion in the engine bay It surprised few when Auriol was gone at the end of the year even though he scored three podiums on the bounce in the latter half of the year He wanted to quit – but not because of the 206’s woeful early-season reliability very good car but the team was not working 100% with me,” Auriol explains it was OK but still I need to fight with the team to set up my car [as I wanted] “I developed all my cars until ’86; [between] all my cars I have won every rally in the world and you ask me to do something where I don’t choose [what goes on] my car So I was a little bit fighting all the season with the team “I had signed for two years with Peugeot but I took the decision to cancel my contract maybe I wouldn’t stop after that season It was bad in the result of the whole season Auriol’s last WRC win was symbolic in a wider sense It not only marked the twilight of his career but was a final chapter before a change of the guard across the board The 1995 Tour de Corse perhaps should've belonged to Bruno Thiry Citroën got its first win with the Xsara WRC later that year in Corsica and subsequently introduced the world to Sébastien Loeb Panizzi picked up the mantle as Peugeot’s sealed surface specialist de jure And Petter Solberg stepped up to lead Subaru after Burns took Auriol’s place at Peugeot Auriol belonged to the previous generation The one that didn’t bother with the internet he reminded everyone that you can never write off a world champion Pembrokeshire couple Auriol and Bernie Scourfield have celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary at the Plas Hotel in Narberth. Auriol and Bernard first met at the former Kilgetty Co-operative Society where they both worked in the early 1960s. They were married at Cold Inn Baptist Chapel on Boxing Day, December 26, 1964. Much of their married life was taken up with employment and enjoyment in Sidmouth then Swindon from January 1970 to July 2002. By this time both children, Cheryl and Dean had completed their education and pursued their own life choices, frequently moving between the UK, Europe and even Australia. Both children have since settled and are married. Cherry living in Germany, with husband Gerhard and grand children, Jessica and Robyn. Dean, too, is married to Jayne and living in Milford haven. From 2002 to 2011, Bernie set up as a freelance accountant and independent examiner to charities. Auriol became heavily involved in fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support - both as secretary and treasurer to the local Pembrokeshire committee. On December 28, 2024, around 50 members of the family, together with friends, enjoyed a meal, lots of chat and memories of the past 60 years. Thanks go to the staff at the Plas Hotel for providing the meal and for being very helpful. A particular and pleasant surprise was the presence of Bernie’s best man, Peter, whom he had not seen for 10 years. Bernie and Auriol requested no presents but donations if desired to the British Heart Foundation. This raised £1,000 in donations, for which the charity expressed much gratitude. 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in Norway’s modernised penal regime, the figure is about 20% any prison sentence renders them unemployable Jails should be for rehabilitation or public protection They are no deterrent or they would not be full It is impossible to see what public good is served by imprisoning Grey Deterrents cannot prevent accidents; we can only see what lessons can be drawn when one occurs community service and restorative processes Other regimes have found such ways forward This article was amended on 28 March 2023 An earlier version included an example of a person who was jailed for being “offensive” in a cathedral; that misrepresented the case in question Dakar Rally legend Hubert Auriol dies First competitor to win in both the bike and car classes succumbs to illness aged 68 Words by who won the Dakar Rally on three occasions between 1981 and 1992 has died following a lengthy illness at the age of 68 Auriol plied his early Dakar days in the motorbike category competing nine times and winning the event for BMW in 1981 and 1983 Auriol was a natural on the fast desert tracks of the Dakar and gained universal admiration in the 1987 edition following an epic rally-long duel with great rival Cyril Neveu with Auriol crashing agonizingly close to the end on the penultimate stage he made it to the finish broken and in tears as Neveu claimed victory Auriol then moved into the car category the following year contesting the 1988 edition in a factory Mitsubishi Pajero T3 South Africa with Mitsubishi before joining Citroën for 1993 His final Dakar as a competitor came in 1994 marred by controversy when both Auriol and team-mate Pierre Lartigue by-passed a waypoint while the Mitsubishi duo of Bruno Saby and Jean-Luc Fontenay got stuck in the sand dunes Auriol still holds the record for the highest number of stage wins in one Dakar in the bike category (9) and has a total of 37 stage wins across the bike and car classes and was race director of the event between 1995 and 2004 before handing over to Patrick Zaniroli who was also crowned cross-country rallies champion five times was awarded the National Order of Merit and the Légion d’honneur in 1995 A number of current competitors paid their tributes to Auriol at the bivouac upon finishing Sunday’s stage seven of the Dakar including former bike winners Stéphane Peterhansel and Cyril Desprès Speaking to French television station France 4 Peterhansel said Auriol inspired him as a young rider in the late 1980s “Hubert typified class,” he said “I think the whole of the rally raid world will shed a tear today There are a lot of the newer generation who don’t know him but I was one who discovered the Dakar because of him.” Desprès was another to feel the impact of Auriol’s legacy on two wheels “He made us dream [of the Dakar],” said Desprès I was just a kid when he was flat out in the African deserts in his duels with Cyril Neveu which undoubtedly marked my childhood and my first steps into rallying I am lucky enough to have met him on numerous occasions Xavier de Soultrait in action during stage seven Current bike competitor and former Yamaha rider Xavier de Soultrait added: “he was the inspiration for me; he arrived as an adventurer rather than a competitor and then became a competitor and he is an example for a lot of people I believe.” who won the Dakar in a car in 2007 and who now works for France Télévision’s coverage of the event said Auriol ‘had an aura about him’ “I remember I had a tough time on my very first Dakar and he tried to help me through to get me back on course,” Alphand said we’re all here to get to the finish and complete the dream [of competing on the Dakar] Hubert was someone who had an aura about him there was something in his eyes that made it clear he was happy to see the competitors to be in the bivouac and to soak up the atmosphere of the Dakar.” Tags: , 2021 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2021/01/940101Dakar-Auriol-2-ctp.jpg January 10 Henry Riley is Leading Britain's Conversation A 50-year-old disabled woman who was wrongly jailed for causing a cyclist's death has applied for compensation after the ordeal caused her "untold pain" Auriol Grey was seen on CCTV shouting at retired midwife Celia Ward to "get off the f****** pavement" in Huntingdon veered into the road and died after she was struck by a car who has cerebral palsy and partial blindness denied manslaughter but was found guilty after a retrial and was jailed for three years in March 2023 Her conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal in May this year Read more: Disabled pedestrian who waved at cyclist before she fell into path of car ‘should never have been charged' Read more: 'Total miscarriage of justice': Family furious after disabled pedestrian, 50, has manslaughter conviction overturned Ms Grey's family called for "lessons to be learned" saying the justice system needed to provide better support to vulnerable people They said she had faced "unnecessary and prolonged suffering" with her lawyer adding that the ordeal caused her "untold pain" has since told MailOnline: "Auriol is doing OK She's pleased to be home and is getting on with her life and is relieved she is no longer being branded a killer." He added: "Auriol is applying for compensation after having her conviction overturned and being completely exonerated she knows it cannot make up for what happened but she feels the process could help recognise the pain and harm caused "Auriol was very upset at being jailed in the first place family and neighbours all thought it was totally ridiculous she had been convicted of manslaughter and given a custodial sentence." Another friend said: "Auriol is recalibrating back into the community She is trying to put this episode of her life behind her." Ms Grey is understood to be seeking compensation under miscarriage of justice rules which allow people to do so if their conviction is overturned It is unknown how much she could be awarded if her application is successful See more More Latest News See more Latest News See more The News Explained See more Royals See more Highlights & Opinion See more More Topics should never have been charged over Cambridgeshire incident A woman who shouted and waved at a cyclist causing her to fall into the path of a moving car has had her manslaughter conviction overturned was seen on CCTV shouting at the 77-year-old cyclist to “get off the fucking pavement” as she approached her in Huntingdon On Wednesday the court of appeal in London overturned her conviction after her lawyers argued she was a vulnerable pedestrian who “should never have been charged” sitting with Mrs Justice Yip and Mrs Justice Farbey said: “We have no hesitation in concluding that the appellant’s conviction for manslaughter is unsafe.” Grey’s family said: “While we welcome the decision of the court of appeal our thoughts today are also with the Ward family and I am sure a day doesn’t go by when they don’t remember their tragic loss “There has been unnecessary and prolonged suffering and vulnerable people like Auriol need better support from the justice system – we hope lessons will be learned.” who attended the hearing after she was granted bail earlier this year was charged with unlawful act manslaughter which requires an unlawful action to take place that caused death Her lawyers told appeal judges that no such “base offence” was ever identified at the trial and that Grey’s actions were only referred to as “hostile gesticulation” said in the appeal: “Hostile gesticulation is not a crime otherwise we would have 50,000 football fans each weekend being apprehended.” on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) argued the base offence was common assault although this had not been identified by name during the trial When asked what actions could have been deemed common assault Spence said: “The walking towards the cyclist the gesticulation with her left arm towards the road and the words ‘get off the fucking pavement’ Those words are capable of turning a gesture and nothing more into an unlawful act.” we regard it as inconceivable that the appellant would have been charged with assault.” said in a statement after the ruling: “Ms Grey simply should never have been charged Misconceived prosecutions and wrongful convictions such as this cause untold pain to all those affected The statement added that Ward “should never have been faced with the choice between cycling on the pavement or cycling on a busy and dangerous ring road” “Had a clear and well-signed cycle path been in place safely separating vulnerable pedestrians such as Ms Grey this accident would never have occurred,” they said A previous court of appeal bid to reduce Grey’s sentence on the grounds that she had recently been diagnosed as autistic and that this might have affected the outcome of her case Spence asked for the case to be sent back to the crown court for a retrial Auriol completes Team France’s Rally of Nations lineup The 1994 world champion will compete alongside M-Sport's WRC driver Adrien Fourmaux 1994 World Rally champion Didier Auriol will partner M-Sport Ford driver Adrien Fourmaux and race for Team France at this weekend’s Rally of Nations Guanajuato a winner of 20 World Rally Championship rounds was last in México for the inaugural Rally of Nations in 2009 where he finished third overall in a Mitsubishi E9 His ride for this year is yet to be confirmed but alongside Fourmaux – who is competing in México for the first time in a Ford Fiesta Rally2 – France has a formidable lineup for the three-day competition Despite his professional rally career ending in 2003 Auriol has been no stranger to competition since Just this year the 63-year-old has already competed in Switzerland with a Citroën DS3 WRC and was part of France’s lineup for the inaugural Race of Champions on snow and ice teaming up on that occasion with nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb Auriol won’t be the only WRC winner on the entry for Rally of Nations Guanajuato either as both Mads Østberg (Norway) and Auriol’s old Peugeot team-mate Harri Rovanperä (Finland) will also compete Other leading entries include Matthew Wilson (Great Britain) Eyvind Brynildsen (Norway) and Alberto Battistolli (Italy) Tags: , 2022 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2021/05/881010Sanremo-Auriol-1-rk.jpg March 29 1995 Rewind: Auriol wins Thiry’s Corsican heatbreaker Didier Auriol scored a record-breaking sixth Tour de Corse success but only after a missing suspension bolt cost Bruno Thiry a maiden win In the hills high above Ajaccio’s Napoléon Bonaparte airport Bruno Thiry sat in the long grass and turned his back on the world Thiry had come close to landing the biggest victory A failed wheel bearing aboard his Ford Escort RS Cosworth after 20 of 22 stages Coming into the fourth round of the championship most folk would have pointed to the French rather than Belgian-flagged RAS Sport Ford Escort RS Cosworth if they’d been asked for a potential Blue Oval victory but missed last year’s event while he recovered from a Citroën ZX bouncing off his friend’s Ferrari F40 Thiry finished a largely unspectacular sixth on the French island 12 months ago with fastest time (his only of the event) on the 23rd and final stage Last Wednesday morning he picked up where he left off He halved the 11-miler from Penitencier-Tassinca with Deleçour but fastest times on the following three tests moved the amiable Belgian into the clear air of the lead for the first time in his career “It’s a little bit crazy right now,” he said but I have to keep the pressure on and try to do my best.” Leading was a novelty for the man out front and he wouldn’t be looking any further than the afternoon’s four stages carrying the cars back up north to an overnight halt in Bastia Deleçour narrowed that gap by four seconds to close out day one six down on the leading sister car Didier Auriol was half a minute off the lead in his Toyota Celica GT-Four The Frenchman has won five of the last seven starts in Corsica and success this time around would move him past the record he shares with Bernard Darniche for the most driver on the island Auriol’s was a lone Toyota among the leaders Team-mate Armin Schwarz retired with alternator failure after Thursday morning’s opener but the German had struggled for pace through day one Juha Kankkunen’s never at his best on the island asphalt and the Finn He recovered from a final day accident to finish round out the top ten at the finish Thiry redoubled his effort on Thursday’s opener stopping the clocks a spectacular 10s faster than anybody Fastest or joint fastest on half of day two’s six stages he built a 35-second lead with one day to run he was wary of answering the question about thinking what might lie in wait back in Ajaccio a day later “I have got some good confidence now,” he said “But still we have to remember Didier [Auriol] He has pushed very hard for the last two days taking time out of Deleçour on four stages to slash the gap to just two seconds The second-placed Frenchman’s fortunes hadn’t been helped by a gearbox problem aboard his Escort but the final day was finally poised for an absolute thriller of a run back down the island’s west coast on what would be the longest leg of the rally “Now I just try to stay in the second place.” taking a Toyota not made for these roads and using it to split a pair of Escort’s dialled down and totally in tune with the precise demands of Corsica and its 10,000 corners His ability in running softer Michelins than his team-mates and making them last was testament to a man entirely at one with these roads – a point borne out by a late co-driver change Bernard Occelli – Didier’s co-driver since 1983 – was forced home by a family problem leaving Denis Giraudet to step in Dropping three seconds to Auriol on the 20-mile SS19 was by no means the end of the world At a refuel just outside Albitreccia the wheels came off the #8 Escort A nut holding the near-side front hub in place had come adrift in the stage pulling the driveshaft out to get a closer look at the problem Prévot was close to tears as the harsh reality dawned That reality harsher still with the RAS Sport mechanics all in attendance having alighted a service truck full of the nuts and solutions which would allow Thiry to continue and realise his dream The service regulations which the teams and crews have berated since they were introduced in January claimed their highest profile victim on Friday afternoon The team couldn’t touch the car or offer any assistance The rest of the teams stood at a respectful distance but still close enough to ensure no physical fix was passed in any direction Mitsubishi team principal Andrew Cowan had seen enough The competitor in him came out and the Scot shook his head One by one Thiry’s rivals departed the refuel bound for two more stages which should have been a parade lap for the brilliant Belgian the forlorn Escort rested alongside the service truck in an empty car park at a time when he should have been celebrating the highlight of his career so far “It just wasn’t possible to repair,” he said But jubilant in becoming the most successful driver in the history of the Tour de Corse “This isn’t an easy rally,” said the winner Auriol’s sixth Corsica win hadn’t just broken records it had breathed life into a championship challenge which seemed a distant hope after a start to the season which had delivered a pair of fifth places and a Monte Carlo crash But this win – the Celica GT-Four’s first in the WRC – said more about Auriol’s ability than the Toyota’s pace Deleçour’s chances of containing Auriol went south when he damaged the car’s suspension after hitting as bridge on the final loop Andrea Aghini repeated his third place of last year this time for Mitsubishi rather than Toyota Aghini made the most of the Rugby team’s latest Lancer improved aerodynamics and an improved anti-lag system Aghini’s team-mate Tommi Mäkinen was on his Corsican debut last week and admitted he’d started to figure the event out as it progressed “It’s been getting better slowly,” said the eighth-placed Finn “Now I have an idea of how I should drive here.” Cowan added: “We were under no illusion that this was always going to be a tough rally – even with a new car We’re happy: Andrea’s gone well and Tommi has learned a lot.” It was a similar story of education from Subaru chief David Richards “We’ve been learning all the time on this event,” he said “We’ve made suspension changes to the cars and that helped.” Championship leader arriving on the island Carlos Sainz found more speed from the car following those suspension changes aboard his Impreza 555 and fourth place would be enough to keep him at the top of the table at the season’s halfway point Sainz’s team-mates Piero Liatti and Colin McRae switched positions elevating Subaru’s full-time Scot from sixth to fifth in the final stage Corsican Patrick Bernardini brought the third RAS Escort home in seventh helping himself to a handsome haul of French Championship points Philippe Bugalski placed his Renault Clio Maxi ninth making the most of a rare mistake for team-mate and two-time Corsican winner Jean Ragnotti in the other factory front-wheel drive flyer the season’s next stop is Auckland for Rally New Zealand – a place which Subaru and McRae have made their own for the last two years If Auriol and Toyota are to build on a victory whipped from beneath the nose of the heartbroken Thiry they will have to find more pace and consistency across the North Island gravel they’ve got the next couple of months to ponder and plot a potential downfall for Subaru’s Scot and championship leader Sainz Rallye de France Tour de Corse (May 3-5) Round 4/8 Leaders: SS1 Bruno Thiry/Deleçour; SS2-20 Thiry; SS21-22 Auriol Retirements: Bruno Thiry/Stéphane Prévot (Ford Escort RS Cosworth) wheel bearing SS20; Armin Schwarz/Klaus Wicha (Toyota Celica GT-Four) alternator Drivers’ championship points: 1 Sainz 50; 2 Kankkunen 38; 3 Auriol 36; 4 Deleçour 30; 5 Mäkinen 28; 6 Eriksson/Thiry/McRae 20 Manufacturers: 1 Mitsubishi 168; 2 Toyota 163; 3 Subaru 145; 4 Ford 143 Starters: 89  Finishers: 44 Next round: Smokefree Rally New Zealand (July 27-30) Tags: , , , , , 2020 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/950503TdC-Thiry-1-rk.jpg May 5 Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article on a justice system stuck in the dark ages Simon Jenkins points out the inappropriateness of the custodial sentence handed down to Auriol Grey (A tragic accident should not have landed Auriol Grey in prison. The UK justice system is stuck in the dark ages, 28 March) That Grey should have been held solely responsible for the death of a cyclist using the pavement is a travesty of justice Grey was visually and cognitively impaired and only dimly perceived a threat and overreacted to a fear for her own safety That the judge failed to understand those mitigating circumstances is regrettable The local authority was unable to ascertain whether the walkway was a shared facility for pedestrians and cyclists there is a duty on both parties to use it safely When the Department for Transport first proposed the introduction of shared-use paths blind and visually impaired people made strenuous objections The first involved signage: a visually impaired or blind person would not be able to see this The second involved the acceptance that a cyclist was effectively silent so a blind person could not determine a cyclist’s approach It must be held partly responsible for creating the conditions that led to this tragedy; Grey herself should not be held responsible on the grounds of her dual impairments.Dr Allan DoddsEx-director Simon Jenkins correctly suggests that the culture of imprisonment is endemic in the British legal system much was done to encourage sentencing benches to avoid sending defendants to prison without extremely good reason We were expected to consider the advantages of alternative community sentencing of which there are many for both defendants and society My experience of working with the probation service produced many success stories The bench and probation service regularly gave joint presentations to groups such as Rotary clubs and schools and almost always the audiences changed their views on the benefits of community punishments over imprisonment The government’s “new” idea of community orders for minor offences is of course nothing new But it will never work unless there is a considerable increase in probation and judicial funding.Julian BlackShepton Beauchamp Simon Jenkins’ assertion that we are obsessed with imprisonment as the best way to deal with offending resonates with my experience of working in a young offender institution I was involved in facilitating restorative justice as a volunteer Prison does change lives – sadly for the worse And the cost of keeping one young person in jail exceeds the annual salary of a police officer community worker or mental health professional Why not use some of the horrendous cost of running overcrowded prisons to prevent people falling into a criminal lifestyle Rightwing politicians and the rightwing press keep making the same cruel statements about how best to respond to crime They never see some of the awful things they say as damaging to society whereas a child who decides (wrongly) that the only way to be noticed is to emulate Banksy and scrawl something on a wall earns a lifetime criminal record with all of its consequences.Bob PerrisNorth Shields winner of the women's shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 (© Getty Images) Portugal’s Auriol Dongmo won shot put gold with a stupendous personal best of 20.43m in a final she had first dominated and then appeared to have lost at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 It was an event rivalling in its drama and intensity the men’s shot put final at the Doha 2019 World Championships won by USA's Joe Kovacs in a championship record of 22.91m from his teammate Ryan Crouser who threw a personal best of 22.90m to beat the defending champion had arrived as favourite to win on the back of her Portuguese record of 19.90m the best women’s indoor throw since 2016 far more than that to live up to her billing Everything appeared to be going to script as the 31-year-old took the initiative with her first effort with Jessica Schilder of Netherlands also clearing 19 metres with her opening throw a mark she replicated with admirable consistency in the second round Dongmo also exactly replicated her first-round mark with her second throw But nobody else in the field was making any seriously challenging moves until Chase Ealey of the United States began to give chase – moving up to silver medal position with her second attempt of 19.11m The third round saw another major player take their cue as Fanny Roos of Sweden moved into second place with 19.22m Schilder managed 19.46m – 20cm up on the personal best she set in Apeldoorn last month and enough to take her into the gold medal position The bar was rising swiftly – and in round five it went up again as Ealey took over at the top with a North American indoor record of 20.21m dwarfing her outdoor and outright personal best of 19.68m set in finishing second at the 2019 Diamond League final and also bettering Dongmo’s best mark by 31cm It was a stupendous effort – and next up to throw was Dongmo Astonishingly the Portuguese athlete resumed gold medal position with – 20.43m And while no one else could get near the gold and silver medallists on the night who added two centimetres to her best in the final round overcome by the convoluted emotions of the foregoing hour fell to her knees with arms raised in celebration Maggie Ewen of the United States fifth on 19.15m Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd sixth on 19.12m and Canada’s Sarah Mitton seventh on 19.02m – seven women throwing over 19 metres – it constituted the best-ever depth in a women’s world indoor final Martinez makes history with triple jump gold .. Team Malizia on-board reporter Antoine Auriol fell in love with windsurfing at the age of 15 before graduating in 2004 to competitive kitesurfing a sport in which he was crowned Professional World Tour champion in 2010.Aside from his sporting prowess Auriol is a highly regarded digital creator and documentary maker with TV series and shows such as Wind Quest and Hopeful Earth to his name Previous participation in The Ocean Race:Taking part in The Ocean Race for the first time Women are under-represented among academic economists only 13.9% of full professors in the US were women despite the fact that over the last decades between 30% and 35% of PhDs in economics have been earned by women (CSWEP 2017) The large gap between the percentage of women holding a PhD and those who are eventually go on to become full professors has been interpreted as evidence of a ‘leaky pipeline’ in which the attrition of women is higher than that of men (Bayer and Rouse 2016 An important concern with the leaky pipeline literature is that most of its evidence comes from the US To learn more about the situation in Europe the Women in Economics (WinE) Executive Committee of the EEA sponsored a web-scrap data collection by the two of us who are based at Goethe University Frankfurt (Friebel and Wilhelm 2019).1 One problem with the European academic market is its lack of standardisation in labour management practices After web-scraping the websites of research institutions we carefully separated the data entry of non-academic from academic staff and then translated the multitude of different titles (more than 1,000) into a simple hierarchy of positions in descending order: (full) professor we seek to (1) provide an answer to the question of whether the situation in Europe is similar to the US or whether there are important differences (2) investigate to what extent there are important differences within Europe and (3) study when exactly the leaky pipeline starts Table 1 Female position share across Europe (percentage) Table 1 reveals that there a leaky pipeline in Europe the share of women falls to 22% at the level of full professor European countries have a higher share of women full professors in their research institutions but the attrition rate between junior and senior ranks is comparable on both sides of the Atlantic the proportion of female researchers at all levels is much higher than at the full professor level Figure 1 shows that there are important differences throughout Europe The Nordic countries and France score much higher on gender equality than This may partly owe to historical and institutional reasons (the formerly socialist countries possibly because economics was a rather a ‘female’ occupation during socialist times) it may also be partly driven by other factors such as recruitment policies related to the ranking of the research institution which is next measured through research output from RePEc Figure 1 Percentage of women in the position of full professor Comparing the top half of the top 300 institutions in terms of research output on Repec with the bottom half Figure 2 shows that at the full professor level the better institutions have fewer women researchers This could be interpreted as evidence of the leaky pipeline the figure also shows that at the junior (entry) level the more prestigious research institutions in Europe hire significantly fewer women than the less prominent institutions The mode for the bottom half of the top 300 research institutions is much higher (around one third) than for the top half (around 15%) for the full professorship level the gap is of similar magnitude for the entry level This suggests that the leaky pipeline is only one part of the story or that the leaky pipeline may start much earlier than is usually considered (notably at the transition between graduation and first job) This result that has not been documented in the literature and it remains to be seen whether the same is true in the US Figure 2 Kernel density estimates by level a cohort effect explanation cannot explain the current numbers alone it does not explain why economics is an outlier compared to other social sciences and STEM fields with similar requirements (Ceci et al because higher ranked universities are employing women to a lesser degree than lower ranked universities even at entry level It is hard to believe that women are not as ‘good’ as men when graduating (if anything the early difference is likely to be caused by the process of matching graduates to research institutions It cannot be excluded that part of this could be driven by unconscious biases against women Another possibility is that women may tend not to apply for the best academic positions perhaps because they lack confidence or encouragement by placement officers and their advisors letters of recommendation written for individuals applying for academic positions use different adjectives to describe men and women with adjectives used to describe women viewed more negatively in hiring decisions (Madera et al To find out whether this is the case in our profession in Europe we would need data from the hiring committees of as many research institutions as possible – a hard  Another possibility is that women apply but do not get selected by the good research institutions which again could be tested with such data A and C E Rouse (2016) “Diversity in the Economics Profession: A New Attack on an Old Problem” Journal of Economic Perspectives 30(4): 221-242 “Women in Academic Science: A Changing Landscape” Psychological Science in the Public Interest 15(3): 75–141 The 2017 Report on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Friebel, G and S Wilhelm (2019), “The Women in European Economics Monitoring Tool: Technical Description”. Lundberg, S and J Stearns (2019), “Women in Economics: Stalled Progress”, Journal of Economic Perspectives 33(1): 3–22 Madera, J M, M R Hebl, and R C Martin (2009), “Gender and Letters of Recommendation for Academia: Agentic and Communal Differences,” Journal of Applied Psychology 94: 1591–1599. Schmader, T, J Whitehead, and V H Wysocki (2007), “A Linguistic Comparison of Letters of Recommendation for Male and Female Chemistry and Biochemistry Job Applicants”, Sex Roles 57: 509–514. [1] We designed an algorithm to monitor on a daily basis all known URLs of European institutions that contribute to research in economics. The algorithm identifies the individuals listed on these websites and, where available, records the position titles these individuals hold. Gender is identified through first names, and a gender identification software analysing pictures of the individuals. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Auriol Grey’s actions had been described as ‘hostile gesticulation’ towards Celia Ward during her original trial I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice A pedestrian who shouted and waved her arm at a cyclist, causing her to fall into the path of an oncoming car, has had her manslaughter conviction overturned at the Court of Appeal Auriol Grey was seen on CCTV shouting at retired midwife Celia Ward to “get off the f***ing pavement” in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, causing her to fall into the road. Grandmother Ms Ward, 77, of Wyton, Cambridgeshire, died after she was struck by a car in the incident in October 2020. Ms Grey, who has cerebral palsy and partial blindness, denied manslaughter but was found guilty after a retrial and was jailed for three years in March 2023. But at the end of a hearing on Wednesday, three judges at the Court of Appeal in London overturned her conviction. Sitting with Mrs Justice Yip and Mrs Justice Farbey, Dame Victoria Sharp said: “In our judgment, the prosecution case was insufficient even to be left to the jury.” She continued: “In all the circumstances, we have no hesitation in concluding that the appellant’s conviction for manslaughter is unsafe.” The court heard Ms Grey, who attended the hearing, was charged with unlawful act manslaughter – which requires an unlawful action to take place that caused death. However, her lawyers told appeal judges that no such “base offence” was ever identified at the trial. Adrian Darbishire KC, for Ms Grey, said: “The trial seems to have proceeded on the basis that some kind of unlawfulness, undefined and unspecified, was sufficient to found this offence of homicide.” Dame Victoria and her fellow appeal judges agreed, ruling that the jury were not asked to decide “the fundamental question of whether a base offence was established”. The senior judge continued: “The appellant’s actions that day contributed to Mrs Ward’s untimely death … Had Mrs Ward not died, we regard it as inconceivable that the appellant would have been charged with assault.” Ms Grey’s actions had been described as “hostile gesticulation” towards Ms Ward during her original trial. However, Mr Darbishire said in the appeal: “Hostile gesticulation is not a crime, otherwise we would have 50,000 football fans each weekend being apprehended.” The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had responded to the appeal, with its barrister Simon Spence KC telling the court it was accepted that “common assault as the base offence was not identified by name”. 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UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus Department of Energy and Environmental Materials and advance cancer research in a leading translational institute Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute We are seeking a tenure-track associate professor to promote interdisciplinary research in nanoprobe life sciences or related interdisciplinary field Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Get quick access to your favorite articles Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers Make your voice heard with article commenting passed away on Sunday "after a long battle with heart disease" Auriol was among the participants of the inaugural edition of what was then known as the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1979 scoring his first stage wins in 1980 and then the first of two outright victories on a motorcycle for BMW in 1981 After having to withdraw from the 1982 race and finished second to Gaston Rahier in 1984 before switching to Cagiva machinery in 1985 Auriol famously came close to delivering the Italian brand victory in 1987 but had to give best to Cyril Neveu after breaking both of his ankles in a crash on the penultimate stage Auriol initially enjoyed little success piloting single-seater buggies before joining the Oreca squad for 1991 The following year he became part of the factory Mitsubishi team and he won his third title on an epic three-week rally that took competitors from Paris all the way to Cape Town South Africa - beating teammate Erwin Weber by less than five minutes Auriol moved from Mitsubishi to Citroen for 1993 and on his final participation in the event as a pro in 1994 - which ran from Paris to Dakar and then back to Paris - he completed a one-two for the French brand as he finished runner-up to Pierre Lartigue Auriol became the director of the rally following the Dakar being taken over by its current organiser he was replaced by another former competitor on the event and in 2006 he made a one-off return driving an Isuzu Auriol was responsible for organising the first Africa Eco Race - launched in 2008 following the cancellation of that year's Dakar and the event's subsequent move to South America due to terrorist threats - alongside Jean-Louis Schlesser He also was the race director for the China Grand Rally between 2013 and 2016 From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport In order to keep delivering our expert journalism we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker Being a mum has certainly not proved a bar to success in the shot circle.  Just six months after giving birth to her first child double Olympic champion Dame Valerie Adams snared a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games former world champion Christina Schwanitz returned to win bronze at the 2019 World Athletics Championship in Doha and another mum making her mark is Portugal’s 2021 world number one Auriol Dongmo who later this week will be gunning for gold at the European Indoor Championships in Torun Since Dongmo gave birth to her son in June 2018 balancing motherhood and training has clearly brought the best out of the 30-year-old Portuguese thrower On her return to international competition in 2020 she set no less than six national records (two indoors and four outdoor marks) and hurled the 4kg shot out to a best of 19.53m to end the year joint number one on the world lists She has built further on that form during the 2021 indoor campaign unbeaten for the year highlighted by a Portuguese record and world leading mark of 19.65m in Karlsruhe So what role has being a mum played in Dongmo’s success over the past couple of seasons “It has made me more open to seeing things from another perspective,” she explains “I now have an extra motivation to fight not only for myself but also my son This has made me more resilient and more focused in my desire to achieve better results.” Born and raised one of four siblings in Ngaoundere Dongmo was a keen handball and basketball player at school until she was introduced to the shot put at 15 “A sports teacher at school invited me to throw at a school championship because he saw that I was strong,” says Dongmo “I didn’t want to go but he pressured me a lot and convinced me to compete Although I had not competed in one training session I finished third to win a bronze medal.” Dongmo was not instantly taken with the shot For the next two years she focused on handball only to finally succumb to the pressure of coaches and others persuading her to continue as a thrower With some initial reluctance she switched her focus to throwing and committed to training three times a week Naturally big and strong – despite her parents being relatively small – she quickly made gains but with no specialist shot coach in her city of birth in 2009 she moved to the capital city of Yaoundé to improve her athletics education she quickly made technical gains and on her international debut in 2011 the then 21-year-old made a huge breakthrough winning the All African Games title in Maputo with a national record throw of 16.03m “That was a very important win for me,” she explains “I was a young athlete at that time and the federation selected me to gain experience I went into that competition with a PB under 15 metres so to win with 16.03m was a big surprise and it gave me huge satisfaction.” In 2012 she notched a bronze medal at the African Championships in Benin and two years later further revealed an ability to perform to her best when it counted by setting a national record of 16.50m to place seventh at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and added a further 34 centimetres on to this mark to claim gold at the African Championships in Marrakech More precious metal was secured in 2015 as she defended her All Africa Games title in Brazzaville and later that season improved her PB to 17.64m she decided to leave Cameroon to live and train in Morocco under the coaching guidance of Mohamed Fatihi “I wanted to improve my training environment by training with a new coach a better training group with better training facilities,” says Dongmo The move also gave her the opportunity for greater competitive opportunities and under Fatihi’s guidance that year she set three national records improved her PB to 17.92m in Olympic qualification at the Rio and retained her African title.  Despite being unable to match her national record throw in qualification - she placed 12th with 16.99m in the Olympic final - it could not hide the fact 2016 had been a big success “Reaching the Olympic final with a personal best meant I’d achieved two of my big goals,” she recalls “To reach the final made me very happy.” In March 2017 she moved to Leiria in Portugal to take the next step in her career development where she came under the guidance of her current coach good weather and a great overall training environment The training regime suited her requirements yet she insists Reis offers far more than a good training programme “Paulo’s main quality is he is always concerned about your overall life situation,” she adds it is not just about the training but that you are happy in every area of your life He is also a great communicator and always make himself available.”  In 2018 it was all change for Dongmo as she took a year out of the sport to give birth to her son and also decided to change allegiance from Cameroon to represent her new homeland of Portugal “I love the country and the people and since I arrived here in 2017 everybody has been so nice to me,” she explains “I found in Leiria all the conditions to improve as a thrower and reach all the goals I have set for myself My child was born here and Portugal is where I intend to live long after my career has ended.” Juggling motherhood with training and not yet ready to compete internationally she opted to compete only domestically in 2019 Achieving a season’s best of 17.90m to win the Portuguese title she admits returning to competition as a mum was initially “more difficult than I expected.” making big gains physically and technically through the winter of 2019-20 she enjoyed a fantastic year last season she improving her outdoor best by more than a metre with her national record of 19.53m set at the national championships enabling her to end 2020 a joint world number one with world champion Lijiao Gong.  I was happy but I acknowledge the most important thing is to be able to throw these distances in international competition,” she adds “But 2020 proved to me I could throw far and compete with the best in the world.” Focusing more on the intensity of her training she admits she has a relatively small training volume of between three to four throws sessions per week and two to four gym sessions Dongmo and her coach focused on improving power speed and technique in the circle and she went on to prove the fruits of her labour with that new national indoor record and absolute personal best of 19.65m I was happy because I always want to throw my best in the top competitions,” she adds Subsequently victorious with wins in Lievin (19.18m) and Braga (18.91m) she secured the World Athletics Indoor Tour shot crown and booked a spot at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 Dongmo will enter this week’s European Indoor Championships in Torun the favourite for gold where her aim is to further “improve my PB.” the goal is to continue to improve and “achieve a big result” in Tokyo where should Dongmo medal she would become the first Portuguese athlete to win a throws medal at an Olympic Games.  and I believe in myself and the work I am doing,” she explains “As I’ve also proved over time I’m a good competitor in top events.” Automobili Amos’s Safarista is a new take on the 16-valve Delta rally car Thirty-four years on from Didier Auriol tumbling a brand-new Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v across Tuscany on 1989’s Rallye Sanremo I didn’t expect to be standing staring at another brand-new one He’s the sharp-looking Italian who first dreamed this whole project up Beside him is Carlo Borromeo – he’s a designer “He has four letters in his name,” Borromeo tells me He had to become a car maker like Fiat or Ford – all the best have four letters!” But Safarista comes with a cage and is a full-blown rally car his rosso red Delta emerged from a rolling cloud of dust in a seriously twisted form) with Miki Biasion and went on to land 12 more victories at the highest level “We want to protect the history of the 16-valve car,” he said It might also have something to do with the fact the 16-valver is a touch more available and a chunk cheaper than the Deltona The road-going Futurista wears a carbonfiber shell shorn of two rear doors and includes suspension modifications and a good few more bits and pieces The boys then sold 21 of them at €350,000 plus tax (and you have to buy your own donor car) “After we sold those cars,” grinned Borromeo “We wanted to make the car that would be the most fun between 0-140kph,” said Amos but Safarista has gone above and beyond that but it’s a rally car – through and through.” There’s a slightly awkward-looking rear wing that adds an Evo-vibe but the wheelbase and the view from the front remind you that it’s very definitely a HF Integrale from a few years before “We take the original block from the engine,” he said It’s a French company doing lots of work now It’s a five-speed gearbox with three mechanical differentials – it’s like a rallycross set-up We also have a propshaft from GKN and Reiger dampers “The shell is an original shell with lots of reinforcements and modifications.” Inside is where the modifications really show themselves There’s a paddle shift and buttons for engine mapping and ALS and launch adjustments It’s a very different world to the one Biasion won in 34 years ago All this rally-ready kit comes at a cost and this one’s €570,000 plus tax (and you still need to supply your own donor car) Borromeo’s not going to get caught up in too much technical talk Eugenio wanted to change this to an oversteering car We did this with power but also with suspension Sensing there were more technical questions coming I’m just the one with the coloring pencils!” Launched from Max Girardo’s impressive Oxfordshire showroom the Futurista and Safarista are both very cool motors and both worthy of the Lancia badge they wear alongside the all-important four letters: AMOS And written while having a whole lot of fun Cover Anna d'Auriol is back in Hong Kong after returning from teacher training in New Zealand She chats to Tatler about what it was like growing up with her mother Anna d'Auriol is back in Hong Kong after returning from teacher training in New Zealand In January’s issue of Tatler magazine, Claudia Shaw, head of style advisory for Chanel Asia-Pacific and her daughter Anna d’Auriol shared their family traditions, beauty secrets and their fondest memories together d’Auriol checks back in to reveal what she has been up to since returning from teacher training in New Zealand Find out where she likes to eat and how she stays fit My roots are here and it’s where I feel most comfortable.  I spent three years in London at Middlesex University doing my bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and then I did a one-year graduate diploma in teaching at the University of Auckland in New Zealand I am now back in Hong Kong hoping to put my skills to use at an international school.  Where does your love for health and fitness come from I never played any sports and never went hiking with my family It wasn’t until I graduated high school that I started my fitness journey Now I love working out and my family are utterly shocked. I’m not sure what caused this change in me; it’s like I woke up one day and decided it was time to work out my gym routine increased and I have kept fit ever since I love the after-effects of a good workout What are your favourite activities to stay fit outdoor HIIT workouts and weights sessions at the gym.  See also: Tatler Time Travel: Claudia Shaw And Anna d’Auriol  Above d'Auriol and Shaw at home with their rescue dogs Moxie and Millie (Photo: Affa Chan/Tatler Hong Kong) d'Auriol and Shaw at home with their rescue dogs Moxie and Millie (Photo: Affa Chan/Tatler Hong Kong) What are some of your favourite family traditions and why Sunday dinners at my grandmother’s place with all my aunts It’s just good food and good company and the best way to keep the family close-knit. Choosing a favourite dish at grandma’s house is very hard All of my grandmother’s cooking is delicious The cuisine on Sundays is always Chinese with a heavy influence of Shanghainese food due to my grandfather’s heritage One of my favourite dishes is [stir-fried Shanghai rice cakes] Nian Gao I am a listener and observer and sometimes people think I come across quite stern once you get to know me I am full of laughter and happiness.  What is the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever heard about yourself I was often bullied at school and one of the most ridiculous comments I remember was “Anna did you come to school in your helicopter today?” At the time it wasn’t so funny but looking back now it’s totally hilarious.  See also: Edwin Pun Talks Opening US$620 Million Hello Kitty Theme Park In Sanya What’s the best restaurant you’ve been to in HK Posto Pubblico. I have been going there for more than five years The food is delicious and the service is incredible.  I am completely useless at anything that involves hand-eye coordination or a ball What was it like growing up with such a stylish mum?  I admire my mum for being such a fashion icon I love going into the Chanel shops and seeing what’s new each season listening to her chatting to staff about what’s selling and what isn’t and getting to go behind the scenes when she’s working in Paris See also: Chanel Launches New Podcast Series “Chanel Connects”, Featuring Conversations With Pharrell Williams, Tilda Swinton And More I would accompany my father in the vineyards and cellars of the château where he was estate manager I was fascinated by the winemaking process and used to be told off for dipping my hand in the fermenting vats I joined the Val d’Orbieu co-operative group and eventually became export director I left after 10 years to become director of the AOC Corbières syndicate where I worked on wine tourism initiatives Why did you decide to set up your own business By then I had over 20 years’ professional experience and I felt I had made as much difference as I could working for others It was high time for me to start my own business focus on the family estates and put my values in practice: building a better and cleaner future for the next generations Claude Vialade is going the extra mile to promote organics Is it hard to stand out against so much competition there My family and my roots are there and there is no way I could live or work anywhere else is the largest French region for organic wines with over 10% of the total vineyards surface Organic winegrowing is the way forward and is at the centre of what we do and believe in What is your biggest achievements in wine to date I am delighted by the success of our organic conversion initiative which will double the volume of organic wines Domaines Auriol will bring to market in three years’ time.’ Starting my career in the co-operative world was tough the main challenge has been to implement change be it within the company or in the vineyards for example convincing winegrowers to plant the right varietals to improve their winemaking techniques or to adapt to the market Can you talk through the idea to convert the estate to organic farming Why have you decided to do that and how hard has it been was famed in his day for his political activism and passionate commitment to the green cause He created the first organic village at Ribeaute in 1973 Our family estates couldn’t be anything but organic These are our family values and they’re not negotiable What have been the key stages in the process Our own organic conversion process is long in the past but I was aware of the complexity and cost of the process for new converts This is why I launched a new initiative in autumn 2018 Estate owners interested in converting to organic standards stand to receive a substantial financial support from Domaines Auriol towards the administrative and oenological costs of the first two years of conversion Domaines Auriol also takes over sales of the estate’s wines from the first year of conversion and commits to paying 90% of the price that the wine would fetch when certified organic You clearly see a big future for organic wines in France and in your region…why do you think that is Organic wines are a runaway success both on the French and the export market with demand increasing by 20% in France and over 10% internationally over the last five years plummeting yields due to climate change – the average yield for Chardonnay in the region has decreased from 64hl/ha to 55hl/ha – and a reluctance from winegrowers to embark on the costly three year conversion to organic standards mean a growing gap between offer and demand My ambition is to plug this gap with our organic conversion initiative How do you think it is best to communicate that to the trade and to consumers We try to engage personally with the trade and consumers whenever possible We have developed a new neck collar for wines in our organic conversion programme so that consumers are aware they are supporting a new initiative Time is an issue however and I am aware we could and should do a lot more Claude Vialade is following in her family’s footsteps in the Languedoc What are the main wines in your range – what sort of price point do they have Our range includes wines from our own properties Montmija and last but not least Ciceron where we are experimenting with new varieties We also distribute wines from partner winegrowers and vinify wines to our clients’ specifications We therefore cover a wide range of price points Which target market are you looking to sell them to Ultimately we are targeting consumers who share our philosophy and who are interested in exclusive Sommeliers are great ambassadors for wines like ours What are your main export markets and why…is that changing Possibly because of my previous professional experiences but also because they offered more development opportunities and were more receptive to innovation than the French market The Japanese and Scandinavian markets have been key drivers for the business as they understand and espouse our organic and innovative philosophy How do you hope to build distribution there The UK is a crucial market for Domaines Auriol We have an established market there but are convinced there is still untapped potential We recruited Marie Annick Consola (formerly of Foncalieu) in January 2019 to boost our business in the UK The Buyer TVClick below to watch The Buyer's library of online debates, videos and webinars. Auriol Grey has spent more than a year in prison While her name and face might not be immediately familiar almost everyone will be aware of the controversy surrounding her incarceration Her three-year sentence for causing the death of an elderly cyclist on a narrow pavement in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, divided public opinion could be seen gesticulating angrily as 77-year-old Celia Ward approached her on a bike At the point when Celia toppled into the path of an oncoming car made 'a lateral sweeping movement' with her left arm either made contact with the former midwife or made her recoil and fall In that split second the lives of so many people were destroyed Many, though, believe what happened was an accident and that Auriol Grey should never have been charged with manslaughter, and that her three year sentence was excessive — a punishment that did not fit the crime three Court of Appeal judges agreed and overturned her conviction should not have spent even a day behind bars at HMP Peterborough the prosecution case was insufficient even to be left to the jury,' they said we have no hesitation in concluding that the appellant's conviction for manslaughter is unsafe.' The controversy fuelled by the increasingly heated 'pedestrian versus cyclist' debate in town centres was unbearably painful for the thoroughly decent family of Mrs Ward; her husband's dignified 'impact' statement to the court was heartbreaking who has said her marriage has collapsed since the incident troubling aspects to the case from the very start whatever side of the debate you might be on Auriol remains a most unlikely killer: she has cerebral palsy walks with a splint on her leg and has a 'degree of cognitive impairment' Auriol Grey was accompanied to court today by her brother-in-law Alisdair Luxmoore despite the media coverage — and the furore — little is actually known about the bespectacled middle-aged woman who stood in the dock at Peterborough Crown Court in March last year It was the second time she had gone on trial over the death of Mrs Ward in October 2020; the first jury failed to reach a verdict in an adapted ground floor flat in Huntingdon run by a charity that provides homes for disabled people who want to live independently Her legal team said that imprisonment would inevitably mean that she would lose her home and all her possessions because she has no financial or family support CCTV footage shows Auriol Grey walking along Nursery Road in Huntingdon more than three years ago at the point where she sees Celia Ward cycling on the pavement Celia Ward wobbles into the road as she passes Auriol Grey and was struck by a passing car mother-of-two Carla Money Many readers who have followed the case will be surprised to learn that her humble circumstances detailed in court bear little resemblance to an earlier How she ended up living alone in sheltered accommodation is the unreported subplot to an already terribly tragic story the youngest daughter of bridge-playing matriarch Verna and her architect husband Thomas who was also well known as a cartographer locally in the 17th-century wing of Hunstanton Hall The ancestral pile of the Le Strange family in its heyday it was one of the 'great houses' of the county with a moat a friend of the then owner Charles Le Strange was a frequent visitor during the early 20th century when he would often sit with his typewriter on a rowing boat on the river flowing through the grounds of the estate He is said to have reimagined Hunstanton Hall as Blandings Castle The eight-sided summer house in the grounds And it was in these magnificent surroundings that Auriol spent her formative years 'Her family are very posh and she [Auriol] sounds very la-di-da,' said her closest friend back in Huntingdon she attended a private convent school in a remote part of Norfolk at around the age of 15 or 16 before going on to college and gaining a typing qualification and a number of NVQs (national vocational qualifications) which appears to have been her only romantic relationship She never went back to live at Hunstanton Hall after college choosing instead to move to a property provided by the Papworth Trust for people with special needs and disabilities went on to become a director of numerous villa and yacht investment companies with her husband; the couple had a £2.5 million home in Chiswick which was once showcased in a glossy magazine Grand: Auriol Grey's childhood home was in a grandiose apartment in the 17th-century wing of Hunstanton Hall (pictured) The contrast between the lives of the two sisters could not have been starker which must have been felt keenly by both women and their parents Auriol became cut off from both her sister who died from ovarian cancer two years ago and living in a smart Victorian terrace in Sudbury appeared upset when asked about her daughter before politely declining to comment further she has one true friend — the kind-hearted family man who drove her to court every day supported her for many years and knew her better than anyone when she was released from prison after being given permission to appeal her manslaughter conviction buying a newspaper for him and then dropping it off at his home en route She liked shopping and going to restaurants: her favourite place to eat was her local Wetherspoon's Auriol was also a member of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) which arranged occasional days out; one such event was a tea party to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022 where she was pictured in a lilac cardigan sitting at a table decorated with a flag on which there is a picture of the late monarch Auriol celebrated The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022 - at a tea party her solitary existence — enjoying hobbies such as bird watching and painting and listening to brass bands — was not always easy she was sometimes teased mercilessly by 'lads on scooters' who swore at her and shouted: 'Get off the path on the day of the fateful confrontation on Nursery Road in Huntingdon more than three years ago was on her way to the GP to collect a repeat prescription for her medication at which Auriol chose not to give evidence a shared path for cyclists and pedestrians that allowed them to go round the busy ring road.' 'territorial about the pavement' and 'resented the presence of an oncoming cyclist' said they could not categorically state that the route in question was a shared cycleway and the county council could find no legal records showing that it was And according to Department for Transport guidance on cycle infrastructure design — issued to councils in July 2020 — shared routes should be at least three metres wide on roads used by up to 300 cyclists per hour and 4.5 metres wide on roads used by more than 300 cyclists per hour The stretch of pavement where Celia Ward fell off her bike into the path of an oncoming Volkswagen Passat was just 2.4 metres wide and there wasn't a sign indicating a 'shared path' The pavement was certainly used by cyclists but unlawfully This is not meant in any way as a criticism of Mrs Ward who was riding responsibly along the route was the polar opposite of an aggressive or reckless cyclist Judge Enright's comments now seem entirely unfair in light of this information Almost everyone who knows Auriol has described her as 'childlike' and 'vulnerable' something which was reiterated by her barrister in court Judge Enright was not persuaded when passing sentence He told her: 'Experts suggested that childhood surgery resulted in 'a degree of cognitive impairment' these difficulties do not bear on your understanding of what is right and wrong and what is appropriate or not.' Disability campaigners criticised her jail sentence 'The sentence given to Auriol does seem extremely harsh,' said one Auriol was freed from the hospital wing of HMP Peterborough — a permanent prison place was not available — in March pending today's hearing it is hard not to compare her sentence with the one given to 18-year-old cyclist Charlie Alliston who killed a woman crossing a road in East London in 2016 but no law exists yet to charge a cyclist with the equivalent of causing death by dangerous driving The consequences of that fatal collision have been truly devastating retired RAF pilot David Ward: 'Rarely a day goes by without thinking of her and our happy life together as I have done on so many occasions,' he said in an impact statement mother-of-two Carla Money who now suffers from PTSD: 'My relationship has collapsed with my husband so much we are getting divorced,' she told the court her family said in a statement: 'While we welcome the decision of the Court of Appeal our thoughts today are also with the Ward family and I'm sure that a day doesn't go by when they don't remember their tragic loss 'There has been unnecessary and prolonged suffering and vulnerable people like Auriol need better support from the justice system — we hope lessons will be learnt.' Additional reporting: TRACEY KANDOHLA and TIM STEWART The comments below have not been moderated We are no longer accepting comments on this article The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group The Board of Directors of Accor has decided to submit the appointment as Director of Mrs Hélène Auriol Potier at next Shareholders' meeting to be called to approve the 2021 financial statements Sophie Gasperment's decision not to be submitted for the renewal of her term of office The Board of Directors would like to thank Mrs Sophie Gasperment for her strong involvement and significant contribution to the Board's works since 2010 Compensation and CSR Committee in the recent years Hélène Auriol Potier reflects the Board's desire to reinforce its expertise in the digital and technology area in order to further support the Group in this field Hélène Auriol Potier built her career in the digital technologies and the telecommunications industries in the United States She started her career in New York at France Telecom in 1986 Auriol Potier joined the Canadian mobile technology company Nortel Networks Corporation where she spent 16 years and held different senior leadership positions including Vice President Wireless Worldwide Sales and Vice President Services & Operations EMEA Auriol Potier joined Dell Technologies Inc during her 10 years at Microsoft Corporation Auriol Potier served in a number of executive roles including as CEO Microsoft Singapore International Business Unit for Orange and was a member of the Executive Committee of Orange Business Services Auriol Potier has served as non-executive director of companies in Europe and in the United States Auriol Potier received a Master of Science in Engineering from Telecom Paris and an Executive MBA from INSEAD She is ESG Co-Chair at Institut Français des Administrateurs (IFA) If this proposed appointment is approved by the Shareholders' meeting Auriol Potier would qualify as an independent director MSNBC walks back guest's claim 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his residency at Yishu 8 in Beijing Thomas Auriol chose to be as free as possible to be himself: a body that observes the world capturing the waves of bicycles on wide streets and also capturing glimpses through the studio window." cultural attache at the French embassy in China said at the opening ceremony of the exhibition that Yishu 8 not only provides the artists with accommodation and studios but also accompanies their artistic growth "Next year marks the 60th anniversary of Sino-French diplomatic relations," Brunel says "And the French embassy in China and Yishu 8 will collaborate on a retrospective exhibition at Yishu 8," she adds Maui Pops Orchestra Music Director James Durham (left) presents King Kekaulike High School senior Xaden Kiyoshi Nishimitsu with one of the four 2021 Auriol Flavell Student Scholarship Awards for Young Musicians Nishimitsu plans to major in music in college and pursue a performance career The Maui Pops Orchestra recently selected four winners of the 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Copyright © 2025 Maui News Publishing Company LTD | https://www.mauinews.com | 100 Mahalani Street The word legend is often wafted about but in the case of Hubert Auriol in the sport of rally it was certainly true Auriol won the Dakar Rally three-times – twice on motorcycles when the bikes and the rally itself were seemingly of another world When Hubert won the 1992 Dakar in a car he became the first competitor to take victory on two and four wheels setting a precedent many have tried and failed to replicate since Only Stephane Peterhansel and Nani Roma have matched it so far in all these years Auriol went on to be Dakar race director for almost a decade from the mid-1990s be one of the founders of the Africa Eco Race and was also a television presenter Remarkably in 1987 he also set a record for the fastest circumnavigation of the earth in a propeller airplane as part of a four-person team (in 88 hours Enduro21 extends condolences to Hubert’s family and friends Create a personal Enduro21 account to access our new forum receive exclusive competitions and money saving offers Enduro21 is all about motorcycle enduro and off-road riding. Read more Donations to Enduro21 can make a huge difference to what we do Learn more We're on the lookout for writers, photographers, videographers and enduro enthusiasts, from all around the world. Read more This website uses cookies that are necessary to its functioning and required to achieve the purposes illustrated in the privacy policy By accepting this OR scrolling this page OR continuing to browse The Sunday TimesAlisdair Luxmoore placed his hand tenderly on the shoulder of his sister-in-law as a panel of three of the country’s most senior judges made their decision a profoundly disabled 50-year-old who had part of her brain removed as a child It had been three-and-a-half years since her first encounter with Britain’s criminal justice system Partially blind, with cerebral palsy and autism, Grey was jailed for three years for manslaughter last year after being found guilty of causing the death of an elderly cyclist during a five-second confrontation in Huntingdon Had it not been for Luxmoore — who only found out about Grey’s conviction when it the first person to win the Dakar Rally on two and four wheels has died after contracting Coronavirus hubert auriol THE French enduro and Dakar legend Auriol is reported to have been ill for some time although it seems that he contracted Coronavirus recently and has since passed away He even became the first person to win the iconic desert rally first on a motorcycle by Peterhansel and Nani Roma more recently but Auriol will nonetheless remain the firs that completed the double Dakar organisers confirmed the news on Sunday paying tribute to a man that was "a guiding light throughout the history of the rally." "He inspired generations of riders and drivers and has been an integral part of the rally throughout its history," read the statement from organizers They later shared the video you can see below on their social media as a tribute to the man Visordown and its staff send their condolences to his family exclusives and promotions direct to your inbox For more information, read our Privacy Policy and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth Growing up around British-built single and twins it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards © Crash Media Group Ltd 2025.The total or partial reproduction of text photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form A group of students from the Montpelier School of the Arts in France have produced a short animated film based on the true story of Jacqueline Auriol who was the first European woman to break the sound barrier The effort won an award early this year for best student film at the Paris Images Digital Summit and recently the creators have begun to post the full seven-minute video on social media Auriol learned to fly in 1948 and was an accomplished aerobatics flier and test pilot She logged time in more than 100 aircraft types and set five world speed records for women in the 1950s and 1960s Auriol's records broke the previous record set by Jacqueline Cochran of the U.S. and the two maintained a famous rivalry for years "Supersonic Women: A Duel in the Sky." Auriol published her autobiography French president Jacques Chirac called her ''the incarnation of courage and modernity for the French people.''