Co-driver

The co-driver is seated lower in the car to improve weight distribution.

Co-driver is the term given to the navigator of rally car in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat. The co-driver's job is to navigate, by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver, often over a radio headset, due to the high level of noise in the car.^[1] The co-driver tells the driver what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity of the turn, and what obstacles to look out for.^[2][3] Co-drivers are also often called on to perform maintenance on the car during road sections and special stages, such as changing a wheel.

Famous co-drivers

Manfred Stohl and co-driver Ilka Minor changing a tire on a road section of Rally Argentina.

• Björn Cederberg
• Sergio Cresto
• Mike Doughty
• Daniel Elena
• Sean Galael
• Fred Gallagher
• Denis Giraudet
• Nicky Grist
• Seppo Harjanne
• Arne Hertz
• Denis Jenkinson (inventor of the pacenote)
• Lee McKenzie
• Ilkka Kivimäki
• Gino Macaluso (owner of Girard-Perregaux)
• Risto Mannisenmäki
• Tony Mason
• Phil Mills
• Luís Moya
• Bernard Occelli
• Michael Park
• Maurizio Perissinot
• Juha Piironen
• Fabrizia Pons
• Timo Rautiainen
• Robert Reid
• David Richards
• Derek Ringer
• Tiziano Siviero
• Jean Todt

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