Colin McRae Tribute | 1995 World Rally Champion

25 years ago, Colin McRae won the 1995 WRC Championship. This is his story of the final events that led to this iconic feat.
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[@DirtFish]

*What is your favorite memory of Colin?*

[@ianlloyd5111]

Winning the 1995 world rally championship

[@GeorgeX.]

His 5 wins in the Acropolis rally.

[@jonathanlim9219]

Rolling the car completing the course without skipping a beat at X Games 2006. Won himself a whole new generation of fans that day, myself included

[@bonesXU1]

Colin doing the Manx National Rally in his Mk2 Escort in 2007,.

[@adamadam-bicskei3783]

My first ever WRC round as a spectator (and also for my father) 2002 Deutschland Rallye. St. Wendel Super Special Stage. Theres a final coner a 90 degree right Colin was doing it absolutely drifting. I remember me and our friand and my father go wild and he does it 2 more times same as the first (the superspecial was three laps) and we just humming that is impossible. Maybe a year or two later we watching the television at home the WRC news on Eurosport and it begins with Colin drifting in that corner. I will always remember for that. P.S and becouse of those celebration donuts we int the family calling this Mcraeing :D

[@gunsnrosesforever100]

The embodiment of giving it your all. " when in doubt, flat out "

[@Kaiceratops27]

the way he nailed that 2 left + narrows at 9:28 pure perfection

[@DirtFish]

Colin had a way with car control👌🏻

[@hollyhillbilly1747]

It gets me every time I watch it. Its hard to imagine that it was actually the last tight corner between him and a world championship title and he had the bravery and confidence to attack it like that. Just shows the level he was on that weekend. On his day, he was the best that there ever has been.

[@markroberts868]

Yeah,the guy was outrageously FAST. R.I.P Scottish brother.

[@karenstewart3047]

Watched it 6 or 7 times now!

[@pilarypazalastuey443]

@@hollyhillbilly1747 e7ujbbblmnok

[@YouilAushana]

I had graduated High School in 2004 but i remember watching WRC on Speed Channel in USA back in the early 2000's. My favorite Colin McRae memory was during his in the Peugeot days. When he had spun a 360 donut mid tight hairpin corner in front of the giant crowd gathered and they absolutely went wild for the feat of rally car mastery. What an absolute legend! The good die young. R.I.P. Colin and the McRae family!

[@fanaticjay3825]

mate, Colin didnt do that it was Gilles Panzi in Spain he did a 360 in a hairpin:)

[@JoaoABRodrigues]

It's also very good to see Richard there in the podium with Colin and Carlos. That was a great era for Subaru.

[@DirtFish]

It really was!

[@richardrevett8242]

What a driver What a champ RIP Colin 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@donswier]

Wow. What a well-told tale! A small Japanese car company, then at a crossroads financially, a possible first-ever British WRC Champion, and a title fight with a beloved world-class teammate. ... All this at the final rally of the year in GB. Here in the states, pre-internet, we had to be crafty and patient getting ANY sort of WRC news. Thank you guys for covering this history 25 years on!

[@nathanpocock]

I waited 20 years to be able to buy my Subaru in commemoration of this era and that car.

[@DirtFish]

Was it worth the wait??

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

@@DirtFish should you ever meet your Heroes?

[@Pal.Cockrum]

🤣 twenty years of savings to buy a car that would be at best rated average by today’s standards, fuck me it must suck to be poor. Lucky you’re not into helicopters.

[@nubie1100]

Still haven't had one:-(

[@Luck-jl3hp]

@@Pal.Cockrum Maybe is average for you, not for this guy that acomplished one of his dreams. Man people are annoying in tje internet sometimes.

[@birelboy1]

Colin is my childhood hero. When following him his wrc career. Always wanted to get an impreza because of him. When I was 18 I bought my first impreza and at 21 build my own impreza widebody coupe. Getting as close as I can get in being a tiny bit Colin.

[@dickmccarthy9496]

For exact same reasons Lancer is my absolute favourite rally car. Tommi Mäkinen is my childhood hero. Impreza and Lancer Evolution both AWESOME

[@garinakbar1907]

An iconic rally driver and an iconic rally car....

[@CameronGreenwoodCramp]

1995, 1998, 2001, 2003 and of course, 1983, as well as 1982 to 1986. The best rally seasons ever. Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of the greatest rally drivers of all time. Group B is the best era of rallying by far. :)

[@berniecoles2337]

I met Colin while I was working for the WRC as a courier. He came up to me and had a chat about my bike as fellow bikers do. I was awestruck but Colin was just like a normal guy and was impressed by my Technoflex race shock with its hi and low speed compression damping. Great guy and a terrible loss.RIP Colin. Gone but never forgotten.😔

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

After 27 years, I bought the dream and it truly lives up to it, even though I've had to spend a lot on it, it's been sensational.

[@rallyburnz2simracing416]

Colin Mac crae rally rock star...we need more of these characters is rallysport today

[@G4RY1159]

Still a hero to many of us even now We never forget true legends like Colin

[@sayeedjabar8660]

Tha best driver till tomorrow no 1 could match him may God keep him an his child an freinds in peace

[@olekaarvaag9405]

6:40 They are wet, covered in mud, and probably cold. But you KNOW they were standing in a good spot to watch the rally.

[@lukearr928]

and all of them happy and smiling with bits of twigs and mud in their teeth. loving it!

[@jamesdavis8452]

I don't think people realise how much balls and pure talent and trust In your own skill this takes . Literally one false move away from hitting a very firm tree at 100mph plus Doff my hat to you all

[@susanmathai2266]

Thank you for putting this together! 🎉🎊 Lovely to remember Colin especially now with the return of the Safari Rally in Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪 after 19years when Colin & Grist won in a Ford focus.

[@darrel.cooper]

The fastest I’ve ever seen. Rallying at its absolute best.

[@sanchoohches]

Car? Driver? Era? Great(est) driver, for sure. Personally love the Group B era, golden age of Rally.

[@bakersmileyface]

Even in life, he passed his stage faster than most of us.

[@Edgar-gl9lj]

Collin and Sainz were amazing. Rivals in rally, really good friends outside.

[@mattemattscarse7415]

Forever in my heart..Pure Talent, pure Man.

[@paulinemercer538]

God bless you👍😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mjsrcs3725]

You see that footage of the rally that's the reason why I love the WRC and it was insane back then not like two days rallys man they where definitely the best days of the WRC and will be fore the history of the WRC 👍👍👍

[@Joselo3280]

Great video ! Hope you do something like this next year for the 20th anniversary of Burnsie championship

[@DirtFish]

We may or may not have something in the works😉

[@rb5stevenumber903]

I remember it well, we slept in my car overnight at grizedale visitors centre in 6 below freezing temperatures and in some place you could hardly walk on the stage it was that slippery, then colin came flying past us, just incredible, then in Clocanog he was flying and some of the lines he was taking through the bends were incredible. Good memories, that and Richard Burns in 2001.

[@rallycsx]

I was fresh out of high school in 1995 when I watched the WRC season on Speedvision. It was the amazing driving and Colins performance that hooked me into Rally. By 1999 I had bought and refitted a former Tim O’Neil Shelby CSX and ran Maine Forest Rally. Colin McRae completely redirected my life.

[@zenna6000]

Wow

[@zenna6000]

The legend. We won't forget you bro , you are the real rally champion

[@MentalParadox]

Yes, how dare a rally driver try to win a rally. Outrageous!

[@prodriveofficial]

Thanks David and Colin a great piece was a pleasure helping you to pull this together - great memories.

[@cmcc3721]

the only thing you pulled was your **** ya mad *******

[@StephenLMW]

Colin McRae is without one of bests driver in wrc history His flat out was outstanding, his crashes were ridiculously incredible and his skill was uncanny He raced against some of the wrc heavy weights such as Juha Kankkunen, Marcus Gronholm, Tommi Makinen, the late Richard Burns, Sebastian Loab, Peter Solberg and of corse el matador himself Carlos Sainz and Colin beat them all F1s greatest and also the greatest of all time is Michael Schumacher MotoGPs greatest and also the greatest motorcycle rider is Valentino Rossi And the WRCs greatest and the greatest rally driver is Sebastian Loeb but Colin McRae comes close That's how highly I rate Colin because like the great Schumacher and Rossi Colin was a man who never gave up and would win in/on anytype of machine and also faced a huge amount of competition and beat them all RIP Colin

[@99mintaltezza2]

Makinen was was more consistent and won more rally events than McRae, altogether he was a great driver I think if he stayed with Subaru in 2000 I think he would have won another world rally championship. He’s by far one of the most legendary drivers of all time so much that he became a household name.

[@StephenLMW]

@@99mintaltezza2 Colin won 25 rallies whiles Tommi won 24

[@jamiemcguire3907]

Great Vid.. an absolute LEGEND, of the highest order.. and, so proud he was a Scotsman.. loved him so much.. GBNF 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ianlloyd5111]

I remember watching colin in the cloceneog on that last stage and still remember as if it was yesterday what a legend of a driver always remembered never forgotten

[@DirtFish]

That’s amazing! We can only imagine how exciting that must have been.

[@D4rthyyy_]

Was fortunate enough to meet him finally in 2003 at Rally NZ. Got him to autograph a Citroen poster which is one of my most treasured things

[@anthonywhite721]

They say never meet your ideal but this is one man I would of love to talk to. God bless Colin rip 😓😔

[@tracytoh282]

Legend ❤

[@sicmic]

An amazing driver. An amazing man. Gave it absolutely everything every time he got in the car.

[@theexhaustnote]

What a legend, Great video as well!

[@rallyburnz2simracing416]

I watched this on TV when Colin was rallying Subaru...golden years of Rally sport

[@dct1]

Phenomenal tribute guys. I rally hope his nephew can bring the McRae name back into WRC.

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

Love it. We could have another champion in Elfyn Evans

[@gemotors1]

We hope so 😉

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

@@gemotors1 I very much hope so. It is quite nice that someone else has won the championship without the first name Sebastian😂

[@ArnoldTriyudho]

@@dyslexiksteve2488 Ott:"Am I a joke to you..!?"

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

@@ArnoldTriyudho Ott is amazing and could have had more championships under his belt. Again he did break the Sebastian's. I thing they are great driver and think Loab is one of my favourite drivers of all time. But variety is the spice of Life. 😁

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

@@gemotors1 do we get discounts if we sub to your channel? Fyi, I think I am your first, that must mean I get 50%right.😂

[@monsiursnowman66]

Made me cry at 9:52 😢 what a man what a professional and the best there will ever be RIP

[@WoodsyRally]

Omg that rally where the suspension broke is literally where I live our local rally which isn't in anymore is in keilder forest

[@deeneedle6036]

I grew up watching Colin never missed a race. One of a few R.I.P.

[@whatfffd]

Colin was an absolute beast! Trouble is he didnt believe in less than 100% ever. Wouldnt of wanted him any other way.

[@nickayivor8432]

Rest In Peace 🙏 🕊 THANK YOU COLIN MCRAE

[@razorrs25]

Thanks for this...Enjoyed it.

[@andyjones5120]

Hey guys…wow I just looked this up and the memories of that rally will never be forgotten.I was there there for the last 2 days with my friend joe who got us press passes so we could see a lot of stages and I remember that atmosphere so well and we were even on the press gantry watching those doughnuts!!!incredible and amazing I must try to find the video footage I have and watch it again 🤗🤗thanks for this video and the memories it has bought flooding back!!!

[@andrewdrabble8939]

King Colin. One of my two rallying heroes (Richard 'Burnsie' Burhs the second). Absolutely superb. Hard to believe that the world driver's title was so long ago, it just seems like yesterday

[@petejmartin]

I am now in love with your videos. You have such a fantastic type one personality. When u tear up I know it's genuine, and I tear up too. This one on Colin was unmatched. Now go do one on rally about Rod Millen from New Zealand, best ever during his era. Many thanks for what you make with your team, mate. Kiwi Pete

[@RandomGuitarist7]

I feel like he was just playing his game but also really fascinating to see that enthusiasm and maximalism wow beautiful

[@bug6stars]

史上最高のラリードライバーと史上最高のラリーカー。 もう二度とこんなに素晴らしい走りを見ることは出来ないでしょう。

[@gordonthomson481]

He was one of the greatest of all time

[@Alpharchie]

Iconic car and driver never to be replicated. Cars like the 6R4, T16, Cossie, Evo and Scooby, with drivers like McRae, Makinen, Burns, Loeb will never come round again...I’m lucky it was my era and witnessed it irl

[@jamesdavis8452]

Absolute absolute driver Forget F1 forget any other form of real driving Colin was the pinnacle Pure skil at 1 with your car

[@skyguy1230]

0:55 the top of the trophy went flying 😂😂😂

[@ChasingCars71]

Great video guys - thanks for putting that together - now where can I buy a DirtFish Parka? Looking good

[@mjsrcs3725]

Man my all time favourite rally driver I watched him in the rally played the games I remember the one where he did his run and fans where all over the track could not even see it but he still did it I still get emotional a bout it now even watching this has brought tears two my eyes god bless Conin Mcrae and his familie well loved and missed even more couple of his saying I love if in doubt flat out and here for a good time not a long time RIP Colin McRae my be gone but never forgotten god bless 🙏🙏🙏✌👍👍

[@lukasmorski-zmij8030]

RALLY makes You understand what it means go 101% or higher .

[@mickyfinn1737]

IF IN DOUBT FLAT OUT !!! rest in peace champ 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@optimusprimus89]

The co drivers laugh at the end is wholesome af

[@matthewchapman1046]

Great video as always

[@DirtFish]

Thank you! We’re glad you like it.

[@matthewchapman1046]

@@DirtFishalways great work by Colin and David

[@ThePaulz80]

When you mention wrc, my mind always focus on Subaru / Mitsubishi rivalry

[@ari_seidel]

I think of Hyundai i20, ford fiesta and Volkswagen polo

[@fanaticjay3825]

@@ari_seidel i think of audi quattro lancia 037 lancia delta s4 opel manta 400 bmw m1 and more

[@markcherniy9059]

And focus;)

[@valibrad]

The best.

[@ifthikarsheriff9580]

One of the best rally drivers in my mind.

[@gordonthomson481]

Had the privilege of meeting him

[@leadlefthand]

There are those who valued consistency to win titles. They were quick, yes, but they knew how to throttle back and take 2nd or 3rd place when the pace wasn't there. Then, you have guys like Vatanen and McRae who only knew how to drive balls to the wall, whether they were in the lead or in last place. Some could argue it's their high propensity of risk taking that prevented them from winning more titles. But no one could deny that these were the guys that brought the entertainment, and that captured the imagination of most people because their style was impossible to not be exciting.

[@nathannavachenja3513]

Great content guys following from Kenya

[@robertrishel3685]

Great story! Reminds me of Heiki Mikkola at the Namur Motocross GP, with such a lead, he was able to stop at the infamous trackside pub and drink a beer on the final lap👍 Legendary stuff.

[@yangerjamir0906]

Colin lived, unlike most of us who are merely existing.

[@ifdoubtflatout]

it's better quality than WRC official channel

[@mjsrcs3725]

My respect two all WRC drivers past and present 💯%✌✌✌

[@Caledonia747]

Legends never die

[@christiphermeadows5348]

The best rally driver ever......it's as simple as that..........👏👏👏👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@richardnixon4345]

Not such a good pilot

[@christiphermeadows5348]

@@richardnixon4345 bit below the belt that mate wasn't it......👎

[@evangelosntavaris7445]

Colin_McRae_is_a_true_legend_of_WRC!!!

[@owainjohns2815]

I shook hands with him on one of those welsh stages, RIP.

[@cryptosammy]

Yeah and rest in peace to the kids he killed the guy is a dick

[@lexluthor6497]

1992 rally finland.You have to be great to beat our guys over here on gravel. After that everyone here knew that this guy is going to be a pain in the ass for our rally superstars.

[@immikeurnot]

Imagine calling Fuji Heavy Industries, AKA Subaru, a "little car company." They've built fighter jets. Has Lancia built anything capable of Mach 2? Has Ford? No?

[@thanosthegamer14]

Those days we had 9 world champions on the roster..From 2004 was only Loeb and then Ogier and thats that..pfff I miss THE LEGENDS'S DAYS!COLIN'S DAYS!🙏💯

[@Countrymusicnumber1]

that story about colin in the pub is hilarious

[@RedPowellMotorsport]

Happy birthday Colin

[@grahamhumble3023]

Watched colin through Sweet Lamb in 99 he was so much faster than every one else. The atmosphere when he went throuth was electric Only wish i saw him in the scooby

[@kevmcc1985]

Captain Colin ❤

[@YllaStar95970]

Rally sport fans...Another level of fan! ( The WRC screams through the forests where l live in Poland, it would be just as exciting 26 years later if a British driver took those stages, and was presented in Mikołajki Square, with the Cup, and then shook the hand of the only British resident living there! The Polish are very, very, very good drivers, less than 100kph around here.....And you're just not driving hard enough. ( No barriers too, those trees, just don't move).

[@adrianbunyard6015]

Fast, talented, fearless, complete nutter....... Total legend. The subaru team tried to slow him down.... Good luck with that.

[@kalsaumesatungiamata9066]

The wrc legend lives 👍Colin McRae

[@etreintero9012]

El mejor de todos los tiempos,sin duda Colín forever

[@rych7852]

I was a huge Colin fan. I grew up watching this Grp A era of WRC. Escort, Impreza, Lancer. Had the books, the model cars, the VHS videos. But the circumstances surrounding his death (showing off with an expired licence) and the innocent children he killed in the process (whose parents had no idea their child was even in his helicopter) meant I can NEVER EVER take enjoyment from seeing him anymore. Had to dispose of the memorabilia too! I find this constant deifying of him distasteful. We shouldn't ignore a sportspersons utterly toxic characteristics just because they were good at a sport we love Others may find differently.

[@ethanhunt637]

only Sena and McRae could drive completely flat out

[@Ammon6]

He is one of the gods of driving!

[@cobbcows97]

I miss Colin

[@mosca3289]

Great stuff. Very emotional.

[@JozeatTxb]

RIP. You only got a measure of how good Colin was when trying (and mostly failing) to break his lap times in Collin McRae 2.O the classic (still great) game. .

[@grandmasterplank]

Legend. The End.

[@RJA]

Surprised they haven't made a movie about this season yet.

[@TheGamingCircle]

My hat goes off to people Cheering on the side lines:-)) #ScottishBravehearts

[@diegojpmunoz7663]

Por siempre el Mejor. Leyenda pedal to metal...... very Good.

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

God bless 😢

[@prodrive7105]

I hope everyone will remember 25th of november in 2026 as well, when its Richard Burns 25 year celibration. But i doubt it. 😥

[@ianmcrae1974]

WHO?

[@prodrive7105]

@@ianmcrae1974 The man that was faster than McRae from 1999 onwards.

[@ianmcrae1974]

@@prodrive7105 no one cares, apart from you that is, everyone knows colin mcrae, even people who know nothing about rally driving have heard of colin mcrae, and pretty much no one apart from yourself and his family have heard of Raymond burns.

[@prodrive7105]

@@ianmcrae1974 Yes, correct, people that know nothing about rally dont know or care about Richard Burns a 34 year old world champion that died of a brain tumour, people like you.

[@ianmcrae1974]

@@prodrive7105 yeah your right, i do know he only won 10 rallies, mcrae 25, and i know that when he won the world title he never won a single rally, everyone else was useless that year, i also know your a Raymond burns fan boy i understand that but as i said already, no one cares, he's not important in rallying history, they'll be talkin about colin mcrae as long as there's rally driving, I bet there not talkin about Raymond burns, NO ONE CARES, Get over it.