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In 1995 Rally Catalunya, team<br />
principal David Richard<br />
decided that Carlos Sainz<br />
should take the win on home<br />
turf over his Subaru<br />
teammate, and main<br />
championship rival, Colin<br />
McRae at the penultimate<br />
round of the season.<br />
McRae, with the red mist<br />
enveloping most of his helmet,<br />
summarily overhauled his<br />
Spanish teammate to the tune<br />
of eight seconds during the<br />
final stage, but later gifted the<br />
win back to Sainz by<br />
deliberately arriving at the<br />
final time control one minute<br />
late. ‘Winner takes all’, and one<br />
of the most memorable WRC<br />
season finales in history, was<br />
set.<br />
McRae won seven rallies in an Impreza 555 – New<br />
Zealand 1994, RAC ’94, NZ 1995, RAC ’95, Acropolis<br />
1996, Sanremo ’96 and Spain ’96 – and of course his one<br />
and only World Rally Championship Drivers' title 1995.
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