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The father-son bond that extends to the WRC stages

“I really wanted him to be a good footballer, but it didn’t work out. There was absolutely no expectations whatsoever from my behalf, for him to ever become a professional driver. I’m very proud obviously, he’s surpassed my expectations many years ago and still going strong.”

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Watch The Most-Talented British Rally Driver of All Time Win At Home

Nope, it's not Colin McRae; In the final round of the 2000 WRC championship, Richard Burns took the win but lost the title.

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David Richards: ‘There’s not a single driver I haven’t fallen out with’

Chair of British motor sport and Silverstone sage has been there, won that, battled egos and ruffled Ferrari’s feathers

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The remarkable 22-year streak M-Sport is celebrating at WRC Rally Poland

When it comes to streaks in motorsport, M-Sport’s run of scoring manufacturer points in 300 consecutive World Rally Championship rounds, spanning 22 years, is difficult to beat.

Autosport

How a WRC legend first took centre stage 30 years ago

Thirty years have now passed but the 1993 World Rally Championship season will always be remembered as a year of firsts. It witnessed the rise of the WRC’s most popular figure amid the crowning of a bona fide record-breaking rally legend.

Autosport

WRC at 50: Ranking the 10 greatest WRC drivers

Autosport’s top 10 was determined by a panel including Toyota WRC team principal Jari-Matti Latvala, M-Sport Ford managing director Malcolm Wilson and Hyundai Motorsport’s WRC programme manager Christian Loriaux. Autosport also produced its own list.

Autosport

FIA president reveals Subaru WRC comeback talks

The three-time constructors’ champion became synonymous with the WRC in the 1990s and 2000s winning drivers’ titles with Colin McRae (1995), Richard Burns (2001) and Petter Solberg (2003).

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WRC at 50: Ranking the world championship's 20 greatest moments

Since it launched in 1973, the WRC has created a myriad of memorable moments from emotional victories and defeats, historic game changing achievements, to feats that simply defy belief.

Autosport

Subaru Impreza 22B Owned By Colin McRae Fetches $606K At Auction

The buyer got the original tires and lots of invoices and receipts showing the maintenance history.

Motor1

How a breakthrough Safari win established a future WRC champion

“Richard Burns crossed the final flying finish line, punched the air and shouted something so obscene that the BBC won’t be able to show the moment!” That was how Autosport’s rally reporter Keith Oswin described Burns’ first win of what would become a glittering but unfortunately short World Rally Championship…

Autosport

WRC Safari Rally: Everything you need to know

The rally has prided itself on being one of the WRC’s jewel in the crown events given its difficulty to win. Its unique stages feature a mix of rough gravel and soft sandy roads sprawled across Kenya’s iconic wildlife-filled savannah. amid changeable weather, poses an altogether different challenge for crews.

Autosport

Three rally cars owned by Scottish racing legend Colin McRae up for auction

An auction later this summer is set to see three cars originally owned by late Scottish racing legend Colin McRae go under the hammer — including one that is set to fetch over £400,000.

Daily Record

Racing through injury: What Stroll can learn from past cases

After missing Formula 1 testing with a wrist injury sustained in a cycling accident, Lance Stroll is attempting to race through the pain barrier in Bahrain. Here are some tales of inspiration, and caution, of drivers who have attempted hurried comebacks

Autosport

McRae's 1995 WRC title wins Autosport International motorsport memories poll

Colin McRae clinching the World Rally Championship in the dramatic 1995 RAC Rally has won a fan poll on the top motorsport memories of all time.

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The rise and fall of Britain's flawed NASCAR imitation

It’s a little over 20 years since ASCAR hit its peak, filling Rockingham's grandstands while luring top international and BTCC talent. But the domestic stock car series' boom couldn't last. Here's how the curio exploded, then imploded

Autosport

The rise and fall of Britain’s flawed NASCAR imitation

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Autosport 2022 Top 50: #3 Kalle Rovanpera

1st in World Rally Championship

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Vote for your best motorsport memory of all time

You can now vote for your favourite motorsport memory of all time, which will become part of a special gallery at Autosport International in January.

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WRC Rally New Zealand: The Good, The Bad and a new king

New Zealand finally returned to the World Rally Championship at the third time of asking and its perfect gravel roads delivered. Its comeback will forever be etched in history as the place where the WRC crowed its new youngest ever world champion Kalle Rovanpera. Autosport reviews the highs, lows, turning…

Autosport

Alister McRae: Colin would have been amazed by Rovanpera’s WRC success

Alister McRae believes his late brother Colin McRae would have looked on with amazement at seeing Kalle Rovanpera eclipse his record as youngest ever world rally champion.

Autosport

M-Sport WRC boss surprised by Breen Rally NZ error

M-Sport boss Richard Millener was surprised to see Craig Breen crash out of the Rally New Zealand lead battle, and is keen to understand the reason behind it.

Autosport

WRC New Zealand: Everything you need to know

New Zealand makes its long awaited return to the World Rally Championship this weekend with a history making feat in the offing as Kalle Rovanpera closes in on the title.

Autosport

Steiner: Colin McRae was “the most gifted driver I ever met”

Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner reckons the late world rally champion Colin McRae was the “most gifted driver” he ever met during his motorsport career that began in rallying.

Autosport

Friday Favourite: A misunderstood WRC rivalry which forged a friendship

When two drivers go head-to-head for the biggest prize and there’s controversy, it is often followed by a seismic rift between the pair. The World Rally Championship rivalry between Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz is well documented, but the Spaniard feels it doesn’t always portray the truth behind their relationship,…

Autosport

The WRC three-peat that crowned McRae the Acropolis master

The World Rally Championship is gearing up to tackle the Acropolis Rally this weekend, where Kalle Rovanpera could steal Colin McRae’s record as its youngest ever world champion. Toyota's starlet won the event last year, but he'll have to go some way to match the prowess of McRae on the…

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