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The legendary Colin McRae<br />
Most of us will remember<br />
where we were on<br />
September 15th, 2007,<br />
when the news<br />
reverberated around the<br />
motoring world that rally<br />
legend Colin McRae had<br />
died in a crash while<br />
flying his helicopter near<br />
Lanark, Scotland.<br />
Colin, the 1991 and 1992<br />
British Rally Champion,<br />
and the 1995 WRC<br />
champion had amassed<br />
25 victories in an impressive career which was cut short by his tragic<br />
demise at the age of 39. He held the record for the most wins in the<br />
series from 2002 to 2004.<br />
Colin had become a legend in his time.<br />
He competed for Subaru in the first live televised American rally in<br />
Los Angeles as part of the X-Games in 2006. McRae rolled the car on<br />
the penultimate corner, damaging the front bumper and left front<br />
tyre. Despite this, he continued on to finish only 0.13 seconds slower<br />
than winner Travis Pastrana.<br />
Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner, who worked alongside McRae<br />
in his 1999 and 2000 campaigns during a spell at the factory Ford<br />
WRC operation run by M-Sport, has labeled Colin as one of the most<br />
natural drivers he’s ever seen<br />
“Colin was the man at the time and I think there will never be<br />
anybody, I mean there is always somebody, but I haven’t seen<br />
anyone with the sheer talent Colin had at the time" Steiner said.
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