of course he was all that...
but the teams nowadays care more about about money than they did in the past....so the Mcrae attitude will not get a driver very far today, that is what i am trying to say.
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of course he was all that...
but the teams nowadays care more about about money than they did in the past....so the Mcrae attitude will not get a driver very far today, that is what i am trying to say.
Colin McRae was my hero.
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Originally Posted by ste898
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Originally Posted by ste898
Same here, I was just ten years old when he won the championship, he got me interested rallying!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
I wonder if he would have sordos seat in the mini? Imagine Meeke and mcrae in one team?! Lots of wins, lots of tow trucks if they diddn't win, a forest fire or two, and constant entertainment, what ever happenned!
Colin was not able to win a citroen...so i doubt he was gonna do it with a mini...Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Being romantic works with Girls...with rallying results are a bit strange...
Colin was retired before he caused that horrible accident.
Heros and monsters are made for little kids...you should grow up and accept some things.
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Originally Posted by ste898
Yes Colin was exciting and I too was a big fan, but most exciting ever? People who watched Ari, Markku or Henri might not think so.
Part of rallying died with Colin? Really? What part?
If you consider his career as NOT does, unemotively, he is just one of a long line of drivers but whose results failed to reach expectations due to a propensity for tossing his car off the island. His one title was gifted to him and his major claim to fame was a kid's video game for which, according to some, the sport owes him a huge debt of gratitude.
In today's financial landscape it's doubtful Mini would have tolerated his rate of write-offs, a worthy consideration for Meeke to ponder.
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Originally Posted by Nornbugger
Bit like when I say about Wilson on the Irish forum
Its rallying for gods sake enjoy no matter who is sitting in what car, not performing or whether father allegedly pays the rides or throws it off each event
Interestingly in the recent GPWeek there is a story about how Mini/BMW are jointly developing the engine for Rally and Touring Cars. They have a single engine block used in both series and they incrementally develop the part for the purposes of reliability alone. The scary thing is that the Prodrive engineers have a long list of developments that they want to homoligate and they must choose only a few of them due to FIA rules. while Citroen remakes their engines as they see fit.
@Mini/Meeke/Sordo detractors: Mini will be glorious and will be on the pace very quickly next year. Guaranteed. Prodrive is not M-Sport and has won many rallies while competing on other series (consider BAR in F1, BTCC Fords, Le Mans). They are there to win not to be tourists.
Dont you start with that tourists b.s. ;0 :laugh:
It was a very impressive effort from Mini considering the car was the same as in Germany. They said back in Finland that they needed a better engine, so they must have been giving away a few tenths on every long, uphill section.