If I will ask everyone in the office to name their favorite driver, I put money on names like Röhrl, Kankkunen, Sainz, Mäkinen and Mcrae.
In fact, each of these hot has statistics to prove their endless talent. But for me, there is one worthy of his head and shoulders away from the rest: Richard Burns.
Here it was an important name, burning in my mind early, when my parents bought a pair of radio -controlled assembly: Subaru Impreza WRC and Peugeot 206 WRC, with each of them the names of Burns and his co -driver Robert Reed on the back window.
I used to take them regularly and try to drift them through the music institute, as the wooden floors were amazing to master art.
It was the blue and yellow Scopy that has emerged for me, and watching Petter Solberg Plot his copy of his life on a huge top and between trees on TV and put the foundations for the love of the gathering from an early age.
My real appreciation for Berkenshere, later, came when he stumbled in his excellent autobiography, leading his ambition, which tracks his rise to his emergence from the Peugeot Challenge chain, which helped launch the jobs of many great drivers.
Orabi used to compete in the Peugeot challenge in his 1.6 -liter car alongside Burns (which was in a 1.9 -liter large car) and my father was part of the service staff.
He once narrated the story of Burns from the Dis Ardeen circle in 1991: not only the event was won, but it was faster in most of the stages and it was easy to locate his location during the night because Farmleh was glowing orange, and this was his commitment.
Burns will continue to become the youngest British rally champion ever, and eventually a global rally champion in 2001 with Subaru – an incredible achievement, given that he was behind the likes of Colin McCray and Tommy Mochein heading to the last round of Wales.
Cold, calm and complex, Burns Embriza kept the road while Mcrae crashed and Mäkinen retired from the event early. From today, Burns is still the only English driver to win the WRC title.
You only need to see footage of burns on board to measure the extent of talent and fast talent at the head of a gathering car. His smooth leadership style was allowed, along with his detailed Red notes, to draw a clear picture of the next stage.