Colin McRae

Colin McRae was the kind of driver who made rally feel like controlled insanity — and I mean that as the highest compliment. Growing up in Lanark, Scotland, he went on to become the 1995 World Rally Championship champion, the first Brit ever to do it, and at just 27 the youngest world champ the sport had seen until 2022. What I love about him isn't just the trophy; it's the style. He drove on the absolute edge, sometimes over it, with this fearless aggression that made every stage feel like it could go sideways at any moment — and often did. He earned the Segrave Trophy and an MBE, but honestly his real monument is the way a generation of fans fell in love with rally watching him attack a corner. Losing him in 2007 at 39 hurt. The sport never quite replaced that spirit.

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Name (English)

Colin McRae

Name (Japanese)

コリン・マクレー

Reading

こりん・まくれー

Born

August 5, 1968 – September 15, 2007

Origin

Lanark, United Kingdom

Occupation

co-driver / racing automobile driver / rally driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Member of the Order of the British Empire
• 1995 Segrave Trophy

• Official sitehttp://colinmcrae.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20McRae
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201291

Tags

• co-driver
• racing automobile driver
• rally driver

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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