On this day in 1999: Colin McRae admits Brit Richard Burns is a threat to his position as a top rally driver
Neither driver ended up winning the 1999 drivers’ championship. That went to Mitsubishi’s Tommi Mäkinen, whose New Zealand Rally win in July was one of four victories for the Finn in that year’s campaign.
As for the battle with McRae to be top Brit, Burns said: “It’s not just Colin – I want to beat everyone this year. Winning in Greece and coming second in Argentina has shown people I’m not just here to make up the numbers” – a point he reinforced later in the year by victories on Rally Australia and Rally of Great Britain.
That run of late-season form secured Burns second in the drivers’ title, with McRae sixth. Burns was runner-up again in 2000 but he finally won the crown in 2001, when it was 1995 champion McRae’s turn to be runner-up.
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