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Colin McRae

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Colin McRae was a Scottish rally driver who lived from 1968 to 2007. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1995 at age 27, becoming the first Scottish champion and, at the time, the youngest ever, a record that stood until 2022, and he won the British Rally Championship in 1991 and 1992 before his world title. Driving for Subaru he took 25 world championship rally wins and helped the team to three consecutive manufacturers' titles from 1995 to 1997, later added event wins for Ford, and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1996 before dying in a helicopter crash near his home in 2007.

Facts
Birth Year
1968 1
Birth Date
1968-08-05 1
Death Year
2007 1
Death Date
2007-09-15 1
Nationality
Scottish 1
Career Highlight
Became the first Scottish driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title, in 1995. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
FAQs

Did Colin McRae win the World Rally Championship more than once?

He won the drivers' title once, in 1995, and finished second in 1996 and 1997 behind Tommi Mäkinen.

No. McRae won the drivers' title once, in 1995, securing it with a victory on the season-ending Rally of Great Britain in a straight contest with his double champion teammate Carlos Sainz. He could not better second place in the standings in either 1996 or 1997, finishing behind Tommi Mäkinen of Mitsubishi Ralliart on both occasions.
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Competed In

World Rally Championship, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Colin McRae

Plays

Motor Racing, Sports
Source Wikipedia, Colin McRae
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Nationality

United Kingdom

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Colin Steele McRae (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a Scottish rally driver.
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1. Wikipedia, Colin McRae
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  • Introduction
    Colin Steele McRae (5 August 1968 - 15 September 2007) was a Scottish rally driver.
  • Career section
    in 1995 became the first Scottish driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title.
  • Competed In: World Rally Championship, Lead
    He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first Scottish driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title.
  • Plays: Motor Racing, Lead sentence
    was a Scottish rally driver.
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