McRAE onboard Rally Argentina 2001 - Ford Focus RS WRC - FLAT OUT - MAXIMUM ATTACK!

Colin McRae onboard WRC Rally Argentina 2001. Very fast WRC onboard with high average speed of 107.9 km/h in his Ford Focus RS WRC rally car on the World Rally Championship WRC Rally Argentina. SS19 El Mirador - San Lorenzo. McRae was 3rd fastest in his Ford Focus RS WRC rally car, but McRae won this Rally Argentina 2001 overall, beating Richard Burns by 26.9 seconds. Watch our rally highlights video here: • Rally Argentina 2001: ...
The co-driver is Nicky Grist reading pacenotes in English.
Stage time was 11 minutes 28.9 seconds, 3rd fastest. Average speed of 107 km/h !
Rally car is Ford Focus RS WRC rally car.
Video actually starts with the end of stage 18 - SS18 Chamico. At 2:00 you see the start of SS19 El Mirador - San Lorenzo
Rally 5 out of 14 in the 2001 FIA World Rally Championship Season. Watch our FULL rally highlights video: • Rally Argentina 2001: ... with crashes and action!
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Each rally has timed sections called special stages, on closed roads. Drivers complete these stages as quickly as possible. A co-driver reads pace notes that explain the hazards ahead. Rally drivers use the same rally car to travel to each stage on public roads, following normal traffic regulations. The crew which completes all the stages in the shortest time is the rally winner. Championship points are won using the same scoring system as Formula 1. The championship is administered by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.
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TOP TIP: LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES TO HEAR PACE NOTES read by Nicky Grist in your left ear, Ford Focus RS WRC raw engine noise in your right ear. BEST COLIN MCRAE ONBOARD ACTION: 0:33 wipers on for a watersplash, 0:50 two bigger watersplashes, 1:45 end of stage 18 Chamico 24km long and start of stage 19 El Mirador - San Lorenzo 20km long, 2:38 start of a long flat out straight road with maximum attack, 4:25 very fast straight road again with tight corners at the end, 5:05 hits the edge of the road on the left side maybe, 5:32 awesome long fast corner with drift, 6:14 jump landing on two wheels, 6:40 very big watersplash and co-driver Nicky Grist turns a switch to protect the engine from water, 6:55 deep ruts in the road makes the car jump around, 7:12 can you spot the gaucho cowboys horse?, 7:21 another jump, 8:13 bump and fast watersplash, 8:24 very fast again into watersplash and onto two wheels, 8:47 flat out top speed to the end of the video.

[@jesusclemente7976]

Thanks!

[@Spyker8921]

Thank you, as always. You make the stages more interesting.

[@FeddeVega]

From the Mirador - San Lorenzo section. Do you have the complete video? Because there are several kilometers to complete the section.

[@barsorrro]

I've already said this, but I can't help repeating it: this was such a fantastic era for rallying, so many great factors contributing to making it such a memorable, absolutely legendary time. There was a bunch of great drivers, all with their own personalities, but all of them interesting people, driving with flair; the rallies were classics, every one of them; (...)

[@91plm]

the onboard camera was better back then.you could see the driver as well and watch the road.now you can only see the road OR the driver:(.

[@MS-qm3ml]

91plm yeah this feels like you're actually driving a lot more ! Petition!!

[@ThisIsMyRodrick]

@@MS-qm3ml they said the reason why they can't is cause of the new safety features in the cars make it hard mount the camera properly otherwise they would.

[@JesusProtects]

And in perfect HD.

[@JesusProtects]

@@ThisIsMyRodrick I'm pretty sure engineers could figure it out

[@joeygarcia7468]

Yeah it makes watching a lot less interesting.

[@joshuambranam]

If this is a commercial for wiper blades, I'm sold!

[@suflexpro]

The biggest talent i've ever seen on rallying, god bless you colin

[@soridia1]

Steering, accelerating, braking, shifting, and even that wiper!

[@bigtoepapa]

I miss this guy more than most of my family members.... What a driver!!

[@nickb8998]

lol hopefully your family don't read your comments. But yes for guy's that have there names on video games the only good ones are dead. RIP Dave Mirra and Colin McRae

[@MentalParadox]

And Richard Burns...

[@installshieldwizard3017]

Then you don't deserve them.

[@2K-Tan]

​@@installshieldwizard3017You don't know his situation. For all you know his family was awful to him. Stop assuming.

[@ramonmoreno99]

Estuve en ese rally y cuando paso colín McRae fue impresionante!!!!

[@juanjoseeizmendi2506]

Yo también, en Soconcho, prime Santa Rosa-San Agustín.

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

Yo tenia 5 años ni me acuerdo casi de eso

[@WalterStart]

It's Awesome. Always Flat-Out, very calm, never brake before jumps, strong in many esses... What a Driver he was. Colin, we miss you all. You already have a place in my Motorsport Hall of Fame. Rest in Peace.

[@user-cw2of8qj3z]

My mind cannot follow his driving...damn good!

[@Maft3i]

I love how he prepares for turns like a magician!... he flicks the car away pre turn and sometimes does 2 flicks in each direction(when hes slowing down) be4 going in the turn; and if u watch closely most of the times hes in a turn he spends it turning the wheel in the opposite direction of the turn to counter the oversteer. Man rally is completely a diff beast!

[@ANDREWF891]

Thanks WRC for loading this video! Thanks for turning down the navigator voice too.. with the engine louder it just makes it more intense / scary, like it should!! Colin on Maximum Attack!

[@icemax7]

That’s what sheer awesomeness looks and feels like. RIP Colin. Respects.

[@damarfadlan9251]

20 years later..... This onboard video from McRae still fresh like milk.

[@jasonvogelsang3376]

Spectators are absolutely amazing and insane.

[@diegoa2022]

Colín el más grande! Tuve la suerte de ir a verlo a Cordoba. Cómo soplaba ese turbo compresor cuando le metía la sexta marcha. Impresionante! Nadie llevaba a "la foca" mejor que el. Un fuera de serie. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@MrFabiobassman]

Gracias a Dios que lo pude ver en los ralies cordobeses! Me dan escalofríos despues de más de 20 años! COLIN ABSOLUTELY GREAT

[@mbc92028]

The guy is on the limit everywhere, thats why he was so loved. Most spectcular driver of all time! Colin Mcrae-"Everybody loves to see someone trying their hardest."

[@barsorrro]

Again, gorgeous car control presented by Colin here. And it's all too easy to forget what a superb event the Argentina is, and that it doubtlessly deserves to be called a classic. The stages have absolutely everything to test the driver. I was struck by the low traction of that seemingly hard-packed surface.

[@dario24devoto]

3 minutes incredible fast...I was there...I miss you Colin.

[@sk8rat4eva]

i love how on every single corner he counter steers!

[@martinfrontera3853]

Un loco divino verlo manejar asi lo mas...

[@martinfrontera3853]

Lo mas grande de la historia del rally le doy gracias a dios de averlo visto en mi ciudad Cordoba ARGENTINA .Lo mejor de camaras a bordo ...

[@regfenster]

Best driver of his generation by far, only his recklessness cost him more world titles and ultimately his life, great loss, very sad

[@shogun_arasaka]

You mean Tommi Makkinen right...

[@sr.hughes8712]

@@shogun_arasaka no, you idiot

[@shogun_arasaka]

@@sr.hughes8712 I'm afraid you are mistaken sir, if you would read the comment from the gentleman above again, I think you'll find that he was indeed referencing the best WRC driver of that generation,, so obviously he's refferring to Tommi Makinen.

[@sr.hughes8712]

@@shogun_arasaka nope, he has his own opinion and he thinks McRae is the best from that generation. Look, i don't know much about rally as im much more interested in F1 and endurance racing, but what i know is that McRae was great and there are reasons to believe he was the best, even if he wasn't. Genuine question now tho, Tommi won 4 consecutive titles right ? Did he have the fastest car all these times or not ? Because if he did its a completely different story

[@shogun_arasaka]

@@sr.hughes8712 Hey mate, I was gonna take you for a wee ride here, but since you've been straight up I can only give you the courtesy of doing the same. Tommi and Colin were the two major rivals of that generation, fan banter comparing the two was just that, just like say, the Scuderia vs Merc or Red Bull, City vs Liverpool (I wouldn't consider United as rivals to City 😉😅). I was obviously a Tommi fan, hence my smart ass comment above. Truth is, both McRae and Makinen were astonishingly skilled drivers and both deserve a place in the WRC hall of fame, real fans respected them both as deserved. They both had equally balanced machinery, one of the great things about the WRC in those days was the mostly evenly balanced vehicles populating the top tier, any of the factory team cars could win on any given weekend. The season long battles between Colin and Tommi were epic and legendary, unfortunately for him, Colin just could never quite get that edge over Tommi and always ended up the bridesmaid. By the numbers, yep, Tommi takes top spot, but all things considered, their thrones both sit proudly beside each other on the highest of peaks (just below Loeb's pinnacle) in the world of rally. (I follow many different types/classes of motor racing, particularly fond of Endurance and GT racing, but like yourself, F1 rules the roost for me, have been an F1 enthusiast and a die hard tifosi since I was a little kid. 🙂 For the glory of the Scuderia! FORZA FERRARI 😁). Have a good one mate, happy new year and all that. Cheers.

[@WRCfan]

You are very right. The era where we had 3 cars for most teams, Auriol, Burns, Gronholm, Makinen, Kankkunen, Sainz, Martin, Rovanpera, Panizzi and Delecour was magic! Never forget those times. Rallying has evolved a lot since then and it may be a long time before we have the privilege to be entertained like we were through those years...

[@VektorVirus]

superb drive. incredible skill

[@albatrosrallyteam5936]

A true great!! Amazing driving skills and talent.

[@GoriChavez]

El mejor Colin, lejos.Te extrañamos!!!

Sometimes I look at how he steers when approching a corner and it looks so random to me but when hes gone trough the corner it all make sense.

[@GoriChavez]

En este tramo, Colin McRae marcó un tiempo de 11:28.9, a +3.6 del scratch de Richard Burns: 11:25.3. Colin McRae y Nicky Grist (Ford Focus RS WRC '01) ganaron este rally con un tiempo total de 4:18:25.3

[@hugooliva5904]

Correcto. El tramo es El Mirador - Mina Clavero. SS 19 del rally, corrido el domingo 6 de mayo de 2001.

[@maartinRACINGCHANNEL]

TOMA PA VO

[@vmondude]

Wow! alnerry is right, no one drives like that any more! Colin was an artist! He'd be lined up perfectly for the apex before he even got to the corner!! Incredible. His style was so fast and on the edge of the limit, but at the same time was so smooth and controlled. I doubt we will ever see another with this talent. The one and only Colin McRae... RIP you'll always be missed

[@Marcos_Leuno]

What a driver and what a cars. I miss all of that.

[@dmrsim94]

Wow, amazing car controll !! He is the best rally driver in the world !! RIP Colin.

[@louvros10]

In every single corner you thing that he is off the road, but not Colin!!! Such a great loss for all the rally fans...

[@JMAgr]

FANTASTIC RALLY ARGENTINA THE BEST!!!!! q Grande COLIIINNN

[@ampedfilms1]

perfection!!! im racing in rally ithica this weekend and if i could do 1/10 as good as this id be happy...simply the best!! RIP Colin

[@dariog22]

My best driver ever :D RIP

[@CamiloRomerocarajo87]

Love the Classic On Boards!

[@perezllanos]

How can a human being go so fast!!!, Colin you was a machine, we never forget you, you STILL ARE #1, RIP

[@vandorigo]

Love this onboards. Thanx a lot WRC!!!

[@kams1001]

Absolutely superb, thanks for uploading, pure spine tingling watching Colin throw the car around in the manner that only he can do.

[@gkcmgk]

co-driver says after 1st stage,...that was quicker 9 secs. than last year..colin was racing to himself every stage..

[@dmasta46]

damn! how does he sit in that seat with such big balls?! This guys is the one true legend!

[@kevfromnorwichUKGGKev]

There was a rear-facing camera too that shows a trailer that carried his balls.

[@guzmanmendez3878]

Forever Colin 🔝🏁👏! With Subaru and Ford, only you Drive by flying.. thanks Legends!! 🙌

[@barsorrro]

(...) and then the cars -- those cars let the driver show so much skill, not like the later machines, which are faster, but that's mainly through finding every bit of straight-line traction and making the car handle in a rather dull way, on comparison. We can only be grateful that those great circumstances coincided, which made it possible for the genious of Colin and the true brilliance of such fames as Sainz, Makkinen, Auriol, Delecour, and many others, come through and shine.

[@freddy692000]

see Colin and see others from the argentinta rally it will seem to u like the others go very slow. He was driving to the limits of getting off road what a driver RIP

[@arnoldobh]

Beautiful!

[@bartekzurek]

best driver of wrc ever

[@shogun_arasaka]

Nope, that would be Sebastian Loeb..

[@sanceee1]

better than a roller coaster

[@Haigoku.]

Insane driving

[@LandinRallyteam]

Amazing.. Simply the best!!

[@blueflagcfcyt]

Simply brilliant!

[@TheLeonardofs89]

this is what a legend is.... incredible driving!

[@Spectre15rus]

Legend.

[@horsepower523]

It's so sad that Colin only won one WRC title during his career. He would've deserved to win 9 titles not Loeb. McRae is the true Rally legend. RIP Colin

[@radityaindera3442]

hexagon523 He couldve had he been more conservative with his driving.Then again its Mcrae we're all talking about. A man who doesn't know anything but flat out. That whats make him so unique and special.

[@jamarthompson4163]

Jake Heke who is the most famous rally driver in the world?

[@uzunkatavevo2219]

JAMAR THOMPSON i think seb

[@cryptomoneyuk]

The sad truth is he didn't need to win them, he's the most famous driver in the world even now.

[@ajunta2270]

Just because you like Colin doesn't mean you have to hit at Seb Loeb. Truth about Loeb is that he was so quick he could afford to be more cautious than others. And still be as quick if not quicker than them.

[@joedays94]

uno de los grandes atractivos de ir a la ruta, verlo pasar a Colin. QUEPD.

[@livingstonemasika4178]

The murram road is smooth, level as tarmac road facilitating sprint race. In Kenya rally, it's an adventure, and it's unpredictable weather adds the spoils. Memories of unexpected terrains after a recce is the hurdle facing competitors.

[@leadlefthand]

Rally GB in the original Colin McRae Rally for the PS1 was a level I could never figure out. Good thing I've already wrapped up the title by the time I got to that stage so I didn't need to win it but I just needed to finish in 6th to unlock it. Nicky Grist would go "That was slow" lol. Words he never told Colin.

[@quantumworx1207]

Awesome driving. RIP.

[@Phantom5611]

Awesome onboard.

[@WRCfan]

The wipers are activated by the co-driver as he knows when the water is coming via the notes. The foot rest in the cockpit has a button he activates with his foot to turn the wipers on and off. Therefore the driver can concentrate on the driving of the car. Our WRC cars are pretty high tech eh!

[@nick_7744]

Amazing saw this!! 2021

[@pablocastro4096]

autentico talento natural....UNICO!!!....

[@sheepdogman1]

Man and machine in harmony

[@kevfromnorwichUKGGKev]

I want a Nicky Grist satnav !!

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

Do you have any videos of Colin McRae driving in the Monte Carlo Rally? Any videos would be appreciated.

[@Joozzek]

World Champion for ever!

[@z300inc]

operating the windshield wipers, shifting and driving

[@BerniWan]

Buenisimo, lindo video, lástima que se escucha muy bajo a Nicky Grist. Colin manejando de costado, como siempre. Un placer

[@alexisroppert2747]

Funny how nobody didn't ask Colin to have a go on a Touring Car let alone a single seater...Clear that he was born to drive sideways in the mud and that there was no other category that fits his particular talent :)

[@MihaiAlexandruBulai]

best rally driver ever !

[@Tom-vw7lz]

The best drivers on the world are NOT F1 drivers, but rally drivers :D

[@pablo1906o]

la verdad que era un piloto que daba espectáculo

[@user-kg7xl1kn5f]

Легенда ! Жаль что тебя с нами нет !

[@alejandromaciel8031]

This man is on a league of his own

[@roarwatson]

Intense!

[@037racing]

I agree!

[@Dmitry_Boyarintsev]

Великий гонщик...Жаль его очень.

[@AlejjSi]

They also activate some engine protection against water...I remember Toni gardemeister having problems with it when his codriver forget to do it when they were in a Skoda

[@990ac]

Leyenda

[@apandahouse5099]

Where do I find that dash shift if I can move shifter to my dash and the e brake a little forward I would fit the car way better # 01 focus

[@jossgower]

this is not driving this is piloting

[@antbarbnoe]

Colin era il migliore e sarà x sempre il migliore

[@Chouldentfindanygood]

Todays rally drive follow where the road go, but for colin it was the road follow'd how he drove.

[@forbesy33]

hardcore Colin

[@stuartjamieson2427]

Best driver ever what a legend

[@josepstout8768]

Colín mc rae LEGEND

[@davidfairbairn8]

Fuck. 5min 20 is unreal. It all is...

[@Chouldentfindanygood]

When do more videos of colin mcrae comes?

[@xxxfg]

痺れる

[@sohcsarewicked]

actually you can see that stick goes right to the column so he uses that instead of the paddle but it works the same, maybe he likes the feel of the lever but its the same. Some had a big ring around the back of the steering wheel to grab instead of paddles too

[@maartinRACINGCHANNEL]

AGUANTE EL RALLY

[@bangskeetband]

The wipers while steering would be quite the challenge, not to mention everything else he was capable of doing.. that just sort of struck me as something that'd be an unnatural feeling...

[@StreetComp]

Amazing - seems like suspension is really stiff compared to current cars

[@Hytachyfdp]

if I wanted to become a rally driver in the wrc or otherwise, as the rally of Brazil, how does it make? what it takes? I need a car or the car is the team ... ? thanks.

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

2001 rs was magnificent

[@IgorFonseca244]

SPOILER ALERT: McRae and Grist have won the Rally Argentina back in 2001

[@eikki039]

My right ear likes this video

[@TheEnigma64]

Just watch the steering input....so EASY! Nikki Lauda once called Walter Rhorl " genius on wheels"... but just watch "GOD"!

[@purwantiallan5089]

I am missing McRae...