My Take
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.
Overview
Colin Steele McRae (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a British rally driver. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title. At the age of 27, McRae was the youngest-ever World Champion, a record that stood until 2022.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- コリン・マクレー
- Name (Japanese)
- コリン・マクレー
- Reading
- こりん・まくれー
- Born
- August 5, 1968 – September 15, 2007
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Lanark, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- co-driver / racing automobile driver / rally driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1996 Member of the Order of the British Empire
- 1995 Segrave Trophy
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://colinmcrae.com/
- 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
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.