 Colin McRae at theX Games XIII in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Scotland |
| Born | (1968-08-05)5 August 1968 Lanark, Scotland |
| Died | 15 September 2007(2007-09-15) (aged 39) Lanark, Scotland |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1987–2003,2005–2006[1] |
| Co-driver | Derek Ringer Nicky Grist |
| Teams | Subaru,Citroën,Ford,Škoda |
| Rallies | 146 |
| Championships | 1 (1995) |
| Rally wins | 25 |
| Podiums | 42 |
| Stage wins | 460 |
| Total points | 626 |
| First rally | 1987Swedish Rally |
| First win | 1993Rally New Zealand |
| Last win | 2002Safari Rally |
| Last rally | 2006Rally of Turkey |
Colin Steele McRae,[2]MBE (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007), was a British rally driver from Scotland. He was the 1991 and 1992British Rally Champion, and in1995 became the first Scottish driver to win theWorld Rally ChampionshipDrivers' title.
At 27, McRae was the youngest-ever World Champion, a record that stood until 2022. McRae's performances with theSubaru World Rally Team enabled the team to win theWorld Rally Championship Manufacturers' title three times in succession in 1995,1996 and1997. After four years with theFord Motor Co. team, where McRae won nine events, he moved toCitroën World Rally Team in2003 where, despite not winning an event, he helped them win their first manufacturers' title. He was appointed aMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to motorsport in 1996.[3] With 25 victories in the WRC, McRae held the record for the most wins in the series at the time of his retirement from full-time rallying in 2003.[4]
In 2007, McRae was killed when the helicopter he was piloting crashed near his home.[5] His son and two family friends were also killed.[6]
McRae was born inLanark, Scotland, to Jimmy and Margaret McRae.[2][7]Jimmy McRae was the five-time winner of theBritish Rally Championship. McRae was the eldest of three brothers; his middle brother,Alister McRae, is also a rally car driver.[8][9][10] McRae's maternal uncle Hugh "Shug" Steele was also a former rally driver.[11] He attended Robert Owen Primary School andLanark Grammar School and studied for a year atCoatbridge College.[12][13] He worked at Archie's Autos then at his father's plumbing and heating business as a technician.[12][13]
McRae was married to Alison (née Hamilton), whom he met aged 19 when she acted as his co-driver,[2] and had two children, Hollie and Johnny.[14] McRae moved to the principality of Monaco in 1995, partly through his friendship withDavid Coulthard.[15] However, as his young family grew up, he spent more time back at his home inLanarkshire.[16] The couple bought the 17th-century Jerviswood House.[17] McRae's nephew, Max McRae, is also a motorsport racer.[18]
In 1996, McRae was appointed aMember of the British Empire for services to motorsports in theBirthday Honours list.[19]
McRae began his competitive career in motorsport riding trial bikes at an early age, despite being more interested in four-wheeled machines rather than two-wheel bikes.[20] He became the Scottish schoolboy motocross champion at the age of thirteen.[2] At the age of sixteen, through theColtness Car Club, McRae foundautotesting, obtained aMini Cooper and started competing.[20] A year later, he began to negotiate with another club member to use a borrowedHillman Avenger GT[21] for the Kames Stages, a single-venue stage rally not far from McRae's home. McRae finished the event thirteenth; first in his class although he had run most of the event in a higher position.[20]
In 1986, driving aTalbot Sunbeam, McRae entered theScottish Rally Championship with Ian Grindrod, his father's co-driver, as his co-driver, and soon made a name for himself with his speed and exciting style of driving. His driving style drew many comparisons toFinnish ex-World Rally ChampionAri Vatanen, whom McRae had always idolised.[2]
His first WRC event was the 1987Swedish Rally in aVauxhall Nova where he finished 36th overall, and again two years later, driving the Sierra and finishing 15th overall.[22][23] In 1988 he took theScottish Rally Championship series crown in his Vauxhall Nova.[24] His next car was aFord Sierra XR 4x4. In 1989, he finished fifth overall atRally New Zealand in arear-wheel-drive Sierra Cosworth.[25] In 1990 McRae achieved sixth place in that year'sRAC Rally, despite several accidents.[26] In 1991, McRae turned professional as he was signed byProdrive bossDavid Richards to hisSubaru team in theBritish Rally Championship for an annual wage of approximately £10,000.[27] McRae was British Rally Champion in both 1991 and 1992, soon graduating to the Subaru factory team atWorld Rally Championship level.[28][29] In 1992, McRae made his debut in theBritish Touring Car Championship, with a one-off appearance for the Prodrive-run BMW factory team at theKnockhill round, where he collided withMatt Neal. Race officials found McRae to have caused an avoidable collision and subsequently disqualified him.[24]
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On his promotion for1993, McRae initially drove theProdrive-builtGroup ASubaru Legacy alongside Finns Ari Vatanen,Hannu Mikkola andMarkku Alén. McRae then won his first WRC rally in the car at that year'sRally New Zealand. It was also the first rally win for the newly formed Subaru World Rally Team, shortly before the Legacy was due to be pensioned off in favour of the newSubaru Impreza 555. Such were the rising fortunes of his young Subaru factory team as they competed against the frontrunningToyota-poweredTeam TTE, who were excluded from the championship after the 1995Rally Catalunya due to the use of anillegal air restrictor. It took only until 1995 for McRae to win the driver's title, which he secured with a victory in a straight contest with his double champion teammate,Carlos Sainz, on the season-endingRally of Great Britain. Although still a winner with the outfit in individual rallies in succeeding years, including, increasingly, more specialised events such as theAcropolis Rally,Safari Rally and theTour de Corse, McRae could not better second place in the standings in either 1996 or 1997, on both occasions behind Finland andMitsubishi Ralliart'sTommi Mäkinen. He helped Subaru complete their run of three consecutive manufacturers' titles during this time. In what would turn out to be his final season with the team, in1998 he won three more rallies and placed third in the standings, as well as winning theRace of Champions inGran Canaria, theCanary Islands.
After several years of varying success, McRae switched to theM-Sport-runFord factory team for1999, driving the newFord Focus rally car. The deal saw McRae earning six million pounds over two years, which at the time made him the highest-earning rally driver in history.[30] He immediately had two consecutive wins at theSafari Rally andRally Portugal. The new car had many shunts and reliability issues for much of the rest of that season, however, which resulted in only sixth place in the championship standings overall. Moreover, a rare personal pointless run had begun for McRae that year which only stopped with a podium on the following February'sSwedish Rally. McRae went on to be victorious on the asphalt turns ofCatalunya and the gravel of Greece, and post 4th in the2000 overall standings. Midway through the 2000 season, the lacking reliability of the Focus led to McRae threatening to leave the team if the problems continued.[31] The upturn towards the end of the season resulted in him deciding to renew his contract with Ford for a further two years.[32]
McRae's intermittent success with Ford continued into2001, where after failing to score in any of the first four rounds, including having momentarily led defending winnerTommi Mäkinen on the stages of the season-openingMonte Carlo Rally before being forced into retirement, he then went on to score three consecutive victories in Argentina, Cyprus and Greece to tie with Mäkinen at the top of the points table. However, having again led the championship outright entering the final round in Great Britain, McRae once more missed out on a possible second title, crashing out and finishing second in the driver's championship, two points behindSubaru'sRichard Burns.
With victory in theSafari Rally in2002, McRaemade the record books as the driver with most event wins in the World Rally Championship. His record was broken byCarlos Sainz. McRae's contract with Ford came to an end following the 2002 season, and after reportedly asking for wages of five million pounds a year, Ford decided against renewing the contract, reluctant to commit such a high amount of their budget to a driver's salary. The two parties split into amicable terms, with Ford's European director of motorsportMartin Whitaker stating "On behalf of all of us at Ford Motor Company I would like to publicly thank Colin and Nicky for their efforts during the past four years with the Ford team. I wish them both well in the future."[33] McRae said of his time with Ford "It's been a very successful four years, we've achieved a lot of very good results and I'm quite happy that myself and Ford have had a very successful partnership."[34]
For2003, McRae signed for Citroën, a team of winning pedigree due to its successes of the previous year with young FrenchmanSébastien Loeb but otherwise undertaking its first complete campaign at World Rally Championship level. McRae's second-place finish on his début inMonte Carlo alongside Loeb andCarlos Sainz whom, aboard theXsara WRC, helped complete a 1–2–3 finish, the finest result he would achieve for the team, as he ended the season in seventh in the drivers' championship, with no victories. Rule changes are brought in for the 2004 season changing the previous practice of having three nominated points-scorers within a team to two. With Loeb partway through a multiple-year contract, this meant the Citroën factory team, underGuy Fréquelin's leadership, was forced to choose between dropping McRae or Sainz. With Sainz being the more successful of the two during the 2003 season, McRae had to look elsewhere for 2004.[35] David Richards, McRae's former boss at Subaru, who had by now taken over WRC's commercial rights holders ISC and worried that the loss of a character like McRae would damage his ability to market the sport, set about trying to help McRae find a drive for 2004.[36] McRae was unable to find a team, and for the first time in over ten years he would not be competing in the World Rally Championship.
McRae also competed in racing series other than the World Rally Championship. In September 2002 he took part in anASCAR Racing Series event at theRockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire,[37] finishing in sixth place.[38]
McRae rejoinedProdrive for the2004 24 Hours of Le Mans where he took third place in the GTS class, and ninth position overall in aFerrari 550-GTS Maranello partneringDarren Turner andRickard Rydell. Le Mans winnerAllan McNish commented that "Colin has adapted far better than people expected" to endurance sportscar racing.[39][40]
McRae made his debut on theDakar Rally with Nissan in January 2004, and scored two stage wins.[41][42] He returned to the Dakar in 2005 and was fastest on two of the first three stages in Morocco, before crashing out of the rally towards the end of stage six.[43]
In 2004 and 2005, McRae represented Great Britain in theRace of Champions Nations Cup alongsideFormula One driver and fellow Scot,David Coulthard.[44][45] For the 2006 event England and Scotland entered separate teams with McRae and Coulthard re-uniting to represent Scotland.[46]
In 2005, McRae competed in the Baja 500 Portalegre, winning the competition.[47]
McRae then returned to the series for one-off drives forŠkoda on the2005Rally GB andRally Australia, respectively finishing seventh and retiring due to aclutch problem on the finalleg of the rally, the latter ending prospects of Škoda's best finish.[48]
On 5 August 2006, McRae competed for Subaru in the first live televised American rally in Los Angeles as part of theX-Games. McRae rolled the car on the penultimate corner after landing awkwardly from a jump, which damaged the front bumper and left front tyre. Despite this, McRae kept the car running and continued on to the finish, his time only 0.13 seconds slower than eventual winner Travis Pastrana.[49][50] He was unexpectedly entered for his final rally by semi-works Kronos Citroën atRally Turkey in September, where he replacedSébastien Loeb while the Frenchman recovered from an injury he sustained in a cycling accident immediately prior to the event.[51] A final-stagealternator problem led to him retiring from seventh place. He was subsequently dropped by Citroën for the upcoming Rally Australia and replaced byXavier Pons.[52]
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 2004 |
| Teams | Prodrive Racing |
| Best finish | 9th overall, 3rd in class(2004) |
| Class wins | 0 |
In August 2007, McRae said he was still hoping to find a seat for the 2008 WRC season, but said that "if it doesn't happen next year, then I won't (return) because you can only be out of something at that level for so long."[53] In 2007, talking toAutosport podcast,David Richards confirmed that he and McRae had talked about McRae's comeback to Subaru for season 2008.Robert Reid was contacted by McRae to be his co-driver and the pair were due to test together, but McRae died before the test could take place.[54][55]
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 September 2007 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Eurocopter AS350B2 Squirrel |
| Registration | G-CBHL |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
McRae died on 15 September 2007 whilst piloting his private helicopter, aEurocopter AS350B2 Squirrel,[56][57] which crashed one mile (1.6 km) north ofLanark, Scotland, close to the McRae family home. He was not licensed to fly the aircraft.[5][58] McRae's five-year-old son Johnny, and two family friends, Graeme Duncan and Johnny's six-year-old friend Ben Porcelli, also died in the crash. McRae did not have permission to take Porcelli on the helicopter.[59][60] McRae's previously active website,ColinMcRae.com, was later replaced with a memorial screen stating a few details about the crash, and then with a short statement released on behalf of McRae's father, Jimmy,[61] and later a book of condolences.[61]
The funeral for Colin and Johnny took place on 26 September at Daldowie Crematorium near Glasgow, conducted by the Rev Tom Houston, who had married the McRaes, and the Rev Steven Reid, chaplain at Johnny's school. An address was given by Robbie Head, a former rally driver and commentator who was a close friend of McRae's, with the Rev Houston giving the benediction. McRae's niece and nephews performed the tuneHighland Cathedral, a popular funeral song. The song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" byOtis Redding, a favourite song of McRae's, was played when the family entered the chapel.The Proclaimers' song "I'm on My Way" was played when they left. Colin and Johnny McRae were cremated in the same coffin. Among the attendees at the funeral were fellow Scottish racing driversJackie Stewart andDario Franchitti.[62]
A "Celebration of Life" service took place at St Nicholas Church in Lanark on Sunday 30 September at 4 p.m. Images from McRae's career and personal life were displayed on large video screens outside the church. Around 700 mourners filled the church, with crowds of up to 15,000 outside. Shortly before 4 p.m., Martin Hewins, McRae's personal bagpiper for many years, played "Flower of Scotland" as the family arrived at the church. The service was conducted by the Rev Alison Meikle, who said "Two weeks ago Lanark was struck by silence. A terrible silence bought at an enormous price. However, in our tears love is stronger than death." Later, theKenny Rogers andDolly Parton song "Islands in the Stream", a favourite of Johnny's, was played. Friends of the pair shared poems and anecdotes from the McRaes' lives. After the service, Colin McRae's widow, brother and father bowed and applauded the crowds who had gathered outside to pay tribute to the McRaes.[63]
The announcement of McRae's death took place during qualifying for the2007 Belgian Grand Prix withITV commentator James Allen informing viewers of the news.Formula One driverDavid Coulthard, a friend of McRae, who was due to represent Scotland along with him in theRace of Champions atWembley Stadium on 16 December,[64] described him as "an understated yet fantastically talented individual", and announced that he would race the2007 Japanese Grand Prix with a helmet livery similar to McRae's as a tribute.[65] During the finale of the 2007Scottish Rally Championship, the "Colin McRae Forest Stages" held inPerth in September 2007,[66] there was no number-1 car, as McRae had been due to drive the course car on the event. Instead, his car was parked at the starting point of the rally, where fans were able to sign a book of condolences.[67]
Following his win at theBrands Hatch meeting of the2007 World Touring Car Championship season,Andy Priaulx dedicated it to McRae, commenting that his death "shows how fragile life can be".[68] McRae's former rival, four-time World Rally ChampionTommi Mäkinen commented the helicopter accident as terrifying news, and described McRae as "a pleasant fellow and a tough rival".[69]Valentino Rossi, who was taught the basics of driving a rally car by McRae, said he was shocked and saddened by McRae's death. He dedicated his win at the2007 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix to McRae, saying "I want to dedicate this to Colin McRae. He was one of my big idols when I was very young, and it's because of him I have a big passion for rally".[70]
After the crash, an investigative team from theAir Accidents Investigation Branch attended the scene in cooperation with Strathclyde Police. The wreckage of the helicopter was removed toFarnborough for further forensic investigation. A report into the accident was published on 12 February 2009. In it, the AAIB did not reach a definite conclusion as to the cause of the accident, stating instead that "the helicopter crashed in a wooded valley while manoeuvering at high speed and low height. It was intact before impact, and the available evidence indicated that the engine was delivering power. The cause of the accident was not positively determined. Although no technical reason was found to explain the accident, a technical fault could not be ruled out entirely. However, it is more likely that the pilot attempted a turning manoeuvre at a low height, during which the helicopter deviated from its intended flight path; whether due to the pilot encountering handling difficulties, misjudgement, spatial disorientation, distraction or a combination of such events. There were indications that the pilot had started recovery but, with insufficient height in which to complete it, the helicopter struck trees in the valley and crashed, killing all four occupants."[71] The parents of Ben Porcelli had not given McRae permission to take their son in the helicopter.[72]
Afatal accident inquiry into the incident concluded, on 6 September 2011, that McRae was at fault for the avoidable helicopter crash that led to his death and the death of his passengers.[73] Sheriff Nikola Stewart stated, after the 16-day inquiry, that McRae had been engaged in "unnecessary and unsafe" low-level flying at the time of the crash, and that as a private pilot McRae was unqualified and untrained to fly at such a level.[72][74][75] McRae's flying licence was also found to have expired in 2005, and his "valid type rating" for the helicopter had expired in March 2007.[72][76]
In memory of McRae, theSwedish Rally organisers set up an award for the longest jump over a crest on the Vargåsen stage of the rally. The inaugural winner of the award, namedColin's Crest, wasFord's United Arab Emirates driverKhalid al-Qassimi, who recorded a distance of 30 m.[77]
On 27 September 2008, theColin McRae Forest Stages Rally took place in Perth, Scotland.[78] An enhanced entry list of several former big-name rally drivers took part in McRae's memory.[79] The entry list included ex-World Championship driversHannu Mikkola,Ari Vatanen (partnered by his 1981 WRC winning co-driverDavid Richards),Björn Waldegård,Malcolm Wilson,Russell Brookes,Jimmy McRae,Andrew Cowan andLouise Aitken-Walker, many competing in their original cars. A handful of current WRC drivers also took part includingMatthew Wilson,Kris Meeke andTravis Pastrana.[80] The outright winner wasStobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team driver Matthew Wilson in a Ford Focus WRC.[78] McRae's brotherAlister McRae won the classic category.
In November 2008 McRae was posthumously inducted into theScottish Sports Hall of Fame.[8]
In 2015, 20 years from when McRae won the 1995 WRC Championship, an exhibition of memorabilia, including cars, was displayed at a service park at 2015 Rally GB.[81]
In November 2020, a documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of McRae's WRC win was released.[82][83]
Kenyan race car driverMcRae Kimathi is named after him.[84]
Codemasters released the firstColin McRae Rally video game in 1998. Version2, known asColin McRae Rally 2.0, was released in 2000, for Sony'sPlayStation andMicrosoft Windows; it was alsoported to theGame Boy Advance in 2002. A third version found a wide audience on Windows andXbox. Versions04 and2005 arrived in 2004 on all major platforms.2005 was also remade for Sony'sPlayStation Portable andNokia'sN-Gage.
Colin McRae: Dirt was the title for the next instalment of the series, which launched in 2007 for Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 3 andXbox 360. The PlayStation 3 edition was released in the UK on 14 September, the day before McRae's death.[85] An adaptation of the game for mobile phones was released by Codemasters Mobile.
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 was released on the Wii on 8 September 2009, it released on PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on 11 September 2009, the PC version was released on 8 December 2009. This was the last mainline game in the series to bear the 'Colin McRae' moniker.[86]
On 27 June 2013, a remastered version ofColin McRae Rally 2.0, simply titledColin McRae Rally, was released for iOS devices,[87][88] with ports to Android and Windows released in 2014.[89]
In 2003, McRae started designing a rally car named the McRae R4, which he debuted at theGoodwood Festival of Speed in 2007.[90] It was designed to be an economic alternate to other rally cars, with an additional focus on safety.[91][92]
Built by DJM Race Preparation,[91] the McRae R4's chassis is based on a steel safety cage with carbon panelling front and rear, and a steel-covered cockpit area. Suspension consists of twin wishbones with Proflex dampers. The process of designing the car was assisted byCodemasters, who created a 3D model of the car based on initial sketches done by DJM Motorsport. The bodywork of the car is loosely based on afirst-generation Ford Ka bodyshell, deemed to be the optimal choice in terms of size, shape and weight.[92]
The engine is a naturally aspirated, four-cylinder, 2.5-litre Millington Diamond Engine producing 350 BHP.[93] Transmission is via a six-speed gearbox, manual or semi-automatic, and by mechanical front and rear differentials with the option of mechanical or active central differential. The car can be produced in either two- or four-wheel-drive formats.[94]
| Season | Team | Starts | Victories | Podiums | Stage wins | DNF | Points | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Private | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| British Junior Rally Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | Peugeot Talbot Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 1989 | Private | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| Gary Smith Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| R.E.D. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Shell UK Oil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 34th |
| 1991 | Subaru Rally Team Europe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 1992 | Subaru Rally Team Europe | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 8th |
| 1993 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 50 | 5th |
| Subaru M.S.G. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 8 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 49 | 4th |
| 1995 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 8 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 90 | 1st |
| 1996 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 9 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 92 | 2nd |
| 1997 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 14 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 6 | 62 | 2nd |
| 1998 | 555 Subaru World Rally Team | 13 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 5 | 45 | 3rd |
| 1999 | Ford Motor Co. | 14 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 6th |
| 2000 | Ford Motor Co. | 14 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 7 | 43 | 4th |
| 2001 | Ford Motor Co. | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 42 | 2nd |
| 2002 | Ford Motor Co. | 14 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 4th |
| 2003 | Citroën Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 7th |
| 2005 | Škoda Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22nd |
| 2006 | Kronos Citroën World Rally Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| Total | 146 | 25 | 42 | 460 | 58 | 626 | ||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | M Team Mobil | BMW 318is | SIL 1 | THR 1 | OUL 1 | SNE 1 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | DON 2 | SIL 1 | KNO 1 8 | KNO 2 DSQ | PEM 1 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | DON 1 | SIL 1 | 25th | 1 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Prodrive Racing | Darren Turner Rickard Rydell | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | GTS | 329 | 9th | 3rd |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Morellato Stars Team | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | ITA1 | GER1 23† | ESP | MON 10 | GBR | USA1 | USA2 | FRA | GER2 | HUN | ITA2 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Not eligible for points due to being a guest driver.
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Autosport National Rally Driver of the Year 1991–1992 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Autosport International Rally Driver Award 1994–1995 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Autosport International Rally Driver Award (shared withTommi Mäkinen) 1997 | Succeeded by |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by | World Rally Champion 1995 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Race of Champions Champion of Champions 1998 | Succeeded by |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by | Youngest World Rally Champion 27 years, 109 days (1995 season) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Most rally wins 25 wins, 25th at the2002Safari Rally | Succeeded by |
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