Laurent Aiello’s remarkable career encompassed touring car titles in France, Germany and Britain, as well as Le Mans 24 Hours victory with the Porsche 911 GT1-98. In Britain he is best-known for his efforts in the British Touring Car Championship with RML’s ultimate Nissan Primera and he raced the legendary Audi R8 prototype, but it’s an earlier car he quickly selects as his favourite.
“The 406 was built around my style of driving,” says the Frenchman, now 55. Aiello raced the Peugeot Sport-developed 406 in Germany’s Super Tourenwagen Cup for three years, winning 20 races and never finishing lower than third in the points against top opposition from Audi, BMW and Opel.
