at the 1989 Monte Carlo Rally In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a
Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of
Renault,
Peugeot,
Volkswagen and
Lancia during his career in the
World Rally Championship. He took two
World Rally Championship wins in his career—his first, driving a
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2, was in the 1986
Tour de Corse, in which
Henri Toivonen and his co-driver
Sergio Cresto died. His only other win was with
Lancia in the 1988
Monte Carlo Rally. In 1978, Saby claimed the French
Rallycross Championship title with an
Alpine A110 1600. In the 1988 French Rallycross Championship, he drove a
Lancia Delta S4 to become the runner-up to Champion
Guy Fréquelin, who drove a
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Evo 2. He participated from 1992 to 2008 in cross country rallye and in the
Dakar Rally, which he won in 1993 while driving for
Mitsubishi. Alongside Mitsubishi, he competed in a Chevrolet Pro-Truck, X-Raid BMW, Volkswagen and in 2006, even for Fiat with its Panda 4x4 on the Dakar with the 'PanDakar' project. Driving for
Volkswagen, he won the 2005
FIA cross-country rallye world championship. He retired in July 2008. ==WRC victories==