I was saddened by the news on Saturday that Colin McRae had died in a helicopter crash along with his 5 year old son and two other people.
In a statement that was released on http://www.colinmcrae.com/ it said of the crash
“We believe that the group were just returning from a visit to the nearby village of Quarter around 1605 hours yesterday, when it appears that the helicopter got into difficulty and crashed within the grounds of Mr McRae’s family home.”
Colin McRae was the first British driver to win the world rallying championship in 1995 in his infamous Subaru. After making his world rally championship debut in 1987 he had a rallying career at the top level until his last rally in 2006.
His series of Colin McRae Rally games for which he provided technical advice for during development were extremely successful. Spanning across six titles the rally racing games have consistently been among top sellers selling over 9 million games, and for many still remain the best motor racing games available.
As with many others Colin McRae had been the single biggest influence in the sport for me, and was one of the main reasons I followed the sport growing up.
September 18th, 2007 at 10:34 am
It was quite a shock hearing about Colin McRae’s death.
One of the finest rally drivers of all time, if not THE finest!