The Story Colin McRae's Last Factory Rally Car

[@blackout_4500x]

I will forever root for Škoda in wrc2, Škoda is such an underrated brand, wish VW gave em the opportunity to enter in to other racing leagues

[@rorymcelhinney8473]

Yeah like the polo wrc was just there waiting the fabia could just use the guts of it!!

[@installshieldwizard3017]

It's not underrated, it's just the underdog effect which is why you root for it. Glad the car got the success it deserved in WRC2.

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

And into more games. I wanna drive the Superb, Octavia and Fabia in games outside of just WRC.

[@_HRIVA_]

ye, škoda is rly underrated

[@lacko623]

Yeah, the Superb was planned for the WTCC at one point the Octavia Mk2 and Mk3-s had their regional cups in the Czech Republic...but nothing really else

[@NEVIM420]

tears of joy while watching the legend flying Scotsman in škoda...

[@installshieldwizard3017]

Ah yes the pentium liquid nitrogen overclock music

[@kex8589]

Never looked into rally history but I binged these 2 Škoda videos. Great stuff.

[@alanhindmarch4483]

Just like Lancia, Skoda hold so many rally records, it’s hard to count them all. Just like a lot of people forget about Lancia winning more WRC championships, than any other Manufacturer. They also forget how many second tier championships Skoda have won. Bring back Lancia and Skoda to the WRC top level.

[@ggggbfgspyevan3849]

Lancia will soon be here (they're starting with rally4) so hopefully, we can except a fourth brand (third if you do not consider M-Sport like a brand)

[@Gintoki881]

Normal people seeing rally Fabia: “Nice car!” Robert Kubica seeing Fabia: 💀

[@LeoSag-b7p]

He had crash in skoda fabia s2000 but he owns 2005 Skoda Fabia WRC what he bought from Jan Kopecky

[@Gintoki881]

@@LeoSag-b7p Cool to know! It’s good that he doesn’t have any traumatic associations with that car 😀

[@installshieldwizard3017]

Crystal Castles - Kerosene starts playing

[@supreme3376]

Car was good but railguard not really

[@legoferrari14]

I still think the Fabia WRC was the best sounding of all the world rally cars of the 2000's; that 20v 4-banger had the most brutal anti-lag pops of the lot!

[@yesexactly3120]

Nah the c4 was

[@surprisingskodaskoda9355]

@@yesexactly3120 🤣🤣🤣

[@marktrenfield]

Just a couple of points, at 14:57 you stated that Skoda decided the change the gearbox of McRae’s car resulting in him going OTL. This was a clutch issue. The clutch was due for replacement during the longer final service at the end of the previous day as per data readings from the car, however the Junior Engineer that was in charge of Colin’s car at that time opted not to do so and then had to do it the following day during a shorter 20 minute service where they simply didn’t have enough time. They also dropped the clutch pack (which goes together in a very specific order), tried to piece it together and ended up having to get another replacement clutch to go in the car. Skoda’s management kept the Senior Engineer managing Schwarz’s car rather than moving them to McRae’s car (even though Colin was doing significantly better than Armin during that event) and as a result, paid for it due to the lack of experience from the Junior Engineer. Nicky Grist explains this in an interview in the Forzo Watches KZbin channel in a video titled “Uncovering Colin McRae’s Škoda Disaster”.

[@nosalis]

i've heard it was done on purpose, becasue McRae wasn't allowed to win, that was only ( at that time) allowed for Schwartz , politics at it's worst

[@crystalracing4794]

Utterly unbelievable and it still angers me to this day

[@vrvrvr81]

@@nosalis Heard rumors while visiting the factory at that time, that the whole season was sabotaged, to allow I think Audi to return to WRC. Don't think it happened and then Polo showed up. They didn't want two concern cars to compete each other, so they did this to downgrade the car. But, again that's rumors. At the end, it gave Skoda chance to develop better car for lower tier with less pressure....

[@l555mat8]

@@vrvrvr81the popular conspiracy theory I heard a variation of was:- If McRae finished third or above, then Skoda would have gained enough points to trigger some sort of contract extension to stay in the WRC which they didn’t want. Also Schwarz had an agreement in place with Red Bull and other sponsors to run the Skoda team privately once the works team had pulled out. That’s why his mechanics didn’t work On mcrae’s car.

[@Kachkeis97]

That 737 max joke was absolutely brutal. You got a good laugh out of me. Well done

[@Wanys123]

Wow... seeing the rally lineups/results is such a blast from the past... Grew up watching WRC with older brother and our dad... Was Subaru supporter(me cheering for Atkinson, dad for Sollberg) and partial Peugeot fan(with brother, cheered Gronholm as he was the only one who could consistently contest Loeb and I cheered Markko Martin cuz I always liked the underdogs, the second drivers). Popped big seeing the 'Straya stuff in the video. Was 6 at the time. 12:56 Goddamn seeing the clip just gave me a deja vu. All three of us being happy seeing that happen.

[@DefinetlyKarl]

I work for a rally team that has a fleet of R5/RS Fabia cars and this video is a nice way to look at the roots of the Fabia program. It was a slow start for them in WRC, but they found their true place and are at the top of their game now.

[@jackasscz682]

Nice 2-parter! It was really great hearing an Aussie bloke, firstly talking about history of cars from my childhood (and also my current car and then even a newer model...) and secondly trying to pronounce it Škoda the whole video just for Czechs? Výborně! Dej si pivo! 😉👍5GHz trance is just a nostalgic bonus... OK, I'll go find that old copy of Colin McRae Rally 4 now... 😅

[@alaricbragg7843]

Thank you for this video. This car arrived perhaps several years too late and will be remembered for Colin McRae's Last Stand.

[@darkadmiral106]

That Boeing Joke is underrated and just wild😂😂😂😂

[@rivaleth]

How come nobody mentioned how nicely made your videos are, you're doing great!

[@FailedRacers]

Thanks 😄

[@SupernovaeTech]

I love how you and TyDye both worked on Fabia videos at the same time. Hopefully the similarity just helps grow both channels (which seems somewhat likely as your Octavia video popped up in my recommended while watching TyDye and he mentioned the coincidental release of the video at the end of his). Keep up the great content!

[@jojoanggono3229]

Cannot help to mutter a few swear words every time I remember Colin McRae at Telstra Australia Rally. Wrecks my heart.

[@G_L918]

Bro is pulling out the absolute bangers for every intro

[@martinja9953]

Bro your videos have some weird feeling… a fuccen good story telling a great energy and your essay on Škodas is legendary. Clearly you did the work and research. I showed your videos to my dad and he was on the edge of his seat as he he lived that time and was a big fan of Škoda cars. Keep up the good job you deserve fame!!!

[@pauloag1977]

Loved my Fabia mk1 VRS, it truly was a pocket rocket. Fun times.

[@snjert8406]

I absolutely adore Škoda and their rally history. A dream car would be the commercially available rally version of the Fabia, but I’m just a uni student xD Awesome video!!

[@AloneRacecar]

Nice video! It was simple but effective. I’ve always wanted to know more about the Škoda Fabia, or more specifically the racing history of it. 👍

[@_HRIVA_]

the body kit is fire🔥

[@paulfisker]

That was worth watching👌

[@alaricbragg7843]

PS: Please consider a story on the Mazda 323 GT-R or Audi S2 Revo rally cars, privateer heroes in 1993 that I had the privilege of watching in the Rally New Zealand that year when I was 10.

[@szalonysebcio5]

After watching your video on the Octavia WRC, I've been waiting for you to talk about the Fabia next! This, along with the 206 WRC and the SEAT Cordoba WRC, is one of my favorite WRC-class cars. I even recreated the Fabia WRC livery on the Fabia Rally2 in EA WRC 😄Great vid!

[@revs7837]

One of my favourite Rally Cars of all time. And the vRS version of the Fabia and those iconic adverts with the cake and the venom just etched this into being one of my favourite cars of all time rally or otherwise.

[@BagOfChips_]

Nice video, my friend's first car is a 1st gen Fabia and he's really proud about the whole WRC thing.I definetly should show him your channel

[@nejsem_kreativni]

Thank you very much for the š😘

[@amaccama3267]

Nice job young man. Keep up the good work mate.

[@4c1d]

Great channel. You got yourself a new subscriber

[@R3TR0_F0X]

I fucken love the intros to these videos! they get you so hype :D

[@murkeyterky6852]

My new favourite channel 👍👍👍

[@mrlilyeet8610]

The music is on point

[@ing_bl00m]

most under rated youtube creator i have ever watched

[@gafrers]

Love Skoda. Great to see a new video... as promised

[@dragoveles7450]

Well, I am a man of my word. (and also a daily Skoda driver) :)

[@Fredrik-Myhrvold]

I am loving these indepth rally car videos. You deserve way more subs!

[@ytaken154]

Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm rallying in a Fabia in the WRC... in my Felicia 1.3 :D

[@Tacko14]

I always liked the Fabia in rally games. Underpowered but nimble. The cuddly one I rooted for. But I’ve seen so many youtubes on racing or rallying cars where reliabilty was THE issue, that I wonder how you can get a car up there at all. Reliabilty doesn’t seem to be a major issue anymore in F1, and I wonder how they did that. I grew up when championships were decided by the engine. The 787b that won Lemans was the downtuned one of two cars f.i. The full blown one failed.

[@henkomenko]

Nice work finally the music gets quieter when you talk!👍🏻👍🏻

[@Janvick533]

Keep up the good work....now this is a my new rally history channel.

[@chiseledmedal2634]

7:35 also treating a rally as a test while it isn’t racing sounds fun as hell

[@Jkaes2Pence]

Ooh yes! Been waiting excitedly for this one and it's here!

[@chiseledmedal2634]

Still one of my fav cars n brands, also I wish wrc had graphics like this again 11:12

[@Kodii20]

my very favorite WRC car

[@michaelb6729]

Love it ! Being a Skoda owner (Superb 206 wagon owner), now I know why the KZbin algorithms is promoting your channel to my account. :)

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

The fabia took over the Octavia after the Cyprus rally 2003

[@jzunitemedia]

Absolutely loving your videos, much love from Canada

[@dauriashi]

I love your videos and storytelling, please make more :) Celica next one maybe?

[@aleblasco39]

Nice video again

[@LakotaLp]

Im happy to have randomly found this channel, ya doing a very good job! Cant wait to see other Rally car history, theres never enough rally content anyway. Only thing i might wanna give as feedback is the music/voice volume is sometimes not mixed right. Otherwise everything else is very well made :3

[@lukaLs1]

This is the excact car my dad had when i was 5 years old :)

[@andyrushworth8441]

Really enjoyed this video like the others! Next time could you use more footage instead of playing the same test footage over and over? Looking forward to the next one!

[@pavelslama5543]

This year I had the first opportunity to be a part of the rally racing, when I together with my coworkers have made some parts for the Fabia RS Rally for the Rally Monte Carlo. Too bad that our team got robbed after being denied the request to be allowed to protect their own equipment against theft.

[@christophercutajar4020]

Please make a video on the classic skodas ❤❤❤

[@collyboy187]

There's a great interview with Nicky Grist on his KZbin channel where he describes what happened at that service in Australia. They had a rookie mechanic team (as they were on the part time car) , but when his team mates retired the other mechanics went home. So when it was time to do the gearbox swap, inexperienced and novice mechanics were thrown into the deep end and sadly the rest is history

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

They nearly had a podium with the fabia at the Australia rally 2005 and that’s with Colin McRae back in the drivers seat

[@blinco1539]

Love the past couple of WRC videos!!! Keep up the great work

[@takigosciu]

i love that the video used both of the Pentium 4 overclocking soundtracks, at the start of the video and Rally Acropolis

[@takigosciu]

and more times later

[@mibfox]

Skoda Octavia is best car money can buy.

[@szymonski1905]

I do hope Skoda, and many other manufacturers go back into Rally1

[@danilo3552]

Š! amazing video.

[@nickes6168]

I wish Skoda was available in Canada.

[@jiripekny3905]

I got 2 cars : 1st is Audi rs6 and then I have my belowed Fabia rs1. Its so light and fast.

[@koloblicin]

i see no more peugot 206s driving around anymore, i see old octavias everyday.

[@sDmD13]

great video, this is masterclass showing the good old past :) may i ask which it is for the acropolis 2004 intro?

[@true_neutral3378]

The thumbnail looks like a model car

[@djspi3gel]

15:22 Heartbraking...💔

[@krorook9221]

You should definitely cover the lancer wrc between 2001-2005, which was a massive fall from grace and was the beginning of the end of Mitsubishi's participation in the WRC. Mitsubishi was forced to switch to a WRC car by FIA and had to abandon its successful group a lancer.

[@FailedRacers]

Yes, definitely. That one is planned

[@Dexter037S4]

The Fabia WRC actually went on to have a successful national career against a ton of it's competitors, Jan Kopecky would absolutely dominate the Czech championship with it for several seasons.

[@thomaswiker3471]

I see the speed channel logo which is funny cause at that time I asked the cable company to put it on and after getting a no got DirecTV seeing how they had it and I lived across from the cable company

[@FailedRacers]

The Speed channel thing is really funny. It's the same script as the actual coverage, but instead of the normal people reading it, it's this guy reading it out the exact same script but in a funny voice.

[@Dolivel]

No f*ucking way you pronounced it Škoda and not skoda like everybody else (donut media included). Large 👍 for you.

[@patrikpolda]

If anyone has couple hundred grand there's one Fabia WRC coming for sale on February 23rd.

[@super_slav91]

If they got Tommi in the other car they would have had an unstoppable duo.

[@max_ocen]

Cool👍

[@sourouhou]

Is the intro music a reference to: Pentium 4, Overclocked to 5GHZ? If there's two things I like, it's Rally and Computers, so you have my attention ;) EDIT: ahahaha you used both songs? Nice

[@sDmD13]

which music is it at the acropolis 2004 intro?

[@FailedRacers]

Karsten Koch - Aryx

[@roninfr4666]

Colin had a Skoda 👍

[@ikaika7439]

Great video on a great car. Those things, including mk1 octavia's, are build like tanks( not a 1.2 tho, that engine is like a death sentence) Knowing that they are owned by vw, which also own audi and porsche, they could have gotten help to make a car more competitive. Also the song in the begining of the video slaps, whats the name od it?

[@FailedRacers]

It's either LoVE Me! - AceCream or Karsten Koch - Aryx

[@ikaika7439]

@@FailedRacers Thanks man Any chance on doing Opel's failed attempts at competing in rally via kaddet and calibra in the future?

[@OnlySmudla]

Can you do a video on Felicia Kit car please ?

[@aleksanderklimczak6066]

@FailedRacers are You thinking about making videos about Suzuki Swift-SX4-SX4 Wrc? Hyundai Accent? Second thing - maybe the legends of kit-car class like Renault Clio Maxi, Peugeot 306 Maxi, Seat Ibiza Evo.? Great work, I'm became a new subscriber because of Skoda videos.

[@FailedRacers]

Yep, pretty much all of that. There's so much possible content on unsuccessful race cars.

[@hityh1093]

song at 5:30?

[@FailedRacers]

Karsten Koch - Aryx

[@MCMonsterbuilder]

I considered a Skoda Fabia for a car when I was looking last year and had I bought a used car it most probably would have been one but as I decided on a new car I got something else because I didn't like the engines available in the new Fabia.

[@davidmarecek1754]

Czech cutie that unfortunately couldn't (shame, Fabia was and is my go to choice in the good old evolution studios wrc games)

[@vaibhavmamle1997]

What are the music used?

[@martinja9953]

One thing is certain… we love the skoda story cause its the underdog aginst all odds. Overcoming the laughs. LOL same with the factory and the brand itself… the skoda works produced machines/cars/tanks on top of their class then communism happened and ruined the reputation/quality/history. And then škoda came and did it again like the olden times. And I know a lot of the employees and let me tell you these people in the development and manufacture are the OG’s and love what they are doing. I mean in some sense Czechia had also undergone the underdog story… ❤❤❤ Get this… if you are Canadian and you win world hockey championchip its not as fun memorable/adrenalin and extasy rush as opost to being Czech and winning aginst Canada or Russia in hockey championchips. Btw Czech hockey is also on the rise.. the young generation looks quite golden and good times might be ahead… btw why am I daydreaming here lol

[@lacko623]

I've completely forgotten how tumultous the life of the Fabia WRC was...

[@LeafFerret]

Are you going to do the 2006-08 Impreza?

[@bigsmoke3591]

Fun fact. For now oliver solberg is in third place overall in sweden rally 2024.

[@bakayarou023]

I remember reading that Skoda's wrc program was quite underfunded, that's why it wasn't that innovative compared to its rivals

[@crystalracing4794]

This car could have been competitive with better drivers and engineers

[@CLK.11]

Well Skoda Wins in the "lower" classes because they enter pretty much as factory efforts ... In our Nacional R5/Rally2 Championship 2 teams enter several Skodas (One enters 4 and another 7) in comparison you see 1 team running 1 Ford, another a couple of Citroens and so on. So ye they won every single title since 2017 because they get the best People from the other teams and the best pilots nationaly and internationaly because they are supported by a factory Skoda Program.... Now with Hyundai International they are starting to get some competition. Just Like Citroen in the late 90's / early 00's or Suzuki in the mid 00's in the S1600 Div. (Because Skoda was in WRC/S2000), they won in junior devisions because they are competing with just privateers, and they are doing itr since the early 90's. It reminds me of the early success of the Audi GT3 factory teams that dominated the late 00's.

[@FailedRacers]

Hmm, sort of, but there's also soany Škodas because the teams want them because of how quick they are

[@CLK.11]

@@FailedRacers Maybe I'm being unfair ... Yes I know the car is good, Skoda has a long history with motorsport, from sportscars in the 30's through 50's, and the long history in rally since the 1970's, and I know they know how to build a good racing/rally car. What I was trying to say is that the big success, not only bcs of the car, but mainly because of the resources they put into it. A team with a manufacturer program is always more competitive than a private effort.

[@RedneckSwede]

I can still say, with a smug face, that I was right about VW's success. It was all thanks to Skoda and their hard work gathering experience and developing a car strong enough. My friend is still pissed that he was wrong. The idiot didn't even know they shared platforms with other brands either.

[@kevindesousa430]

Me sat thinking should I convert my sicentio sporting in to a low class rally car let me know your ideas about my car I do wanna make this happen

[@niKo-we6nu]

👏👏

[@NDakovic]

tbh Škoda is unlucky to have always had slow drivers. Retired McRae immediately showed what can be done.

[@LGP82]

Its on my playlist to watch later. :) Looking forward to it. In my next Video I will promote you @ the end. Hope you get KZbin partnership (becouse of me). ;)

[@HassanIbrahimRally57]

On a side note, how the fuck did Harri Rovanpera carry a Mitsbushi to the podium

[@max_ocen]

You cooked