This is the earliest memory of rally that i have in my brain. Seeing that banged up ford focus racing towards me from the distance. I was 5 at the time and didn't even know who these legends that were driving right there were. I started getting into rally again in the past 2 years and when i watched this video for the first time i got goosebumps to be honest. I had just realized who it was that i had seen that day.
Colin liked his short-cuts, i remember from rally GB there was a section that went through a flat open park area, the road snaked its way through this area. all drivers before Colin stuck to the road but Colin being Colin saw an opportunity to save time and went straight over the grassy bit where the marshals and camera guys were, the image of them diving out the way is still in my head today
Sure, there's more successful drivers but nobody has ever encapsulated what rallying is, more then McRae. He was always exciting to watch & i've never felt the same excitement watching rallying since him
couldnt be more wrong... his fathers seirra was solid due to it being too slow to hit anything... tommi mak though... jesus that guy used to noseland his evo's into every tree around and still win
I remember this as a 7 year old and I adored seeing Colin McRae absolutely rag the Focus because every time he was driving he gave everything. This was of particularly fond memories particularly at 2:19. M-Sport definitely built this one properly, that wouldn't happen today a car accepting two major accidents and still being mostly driveable
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Pierre Fouquet Um... what? Cars today are WAY less tough mechanically and structurally than they were back in the early wrc and group a days. Absolutely no question about that. Active center diffs, electronically controlled transmissions, and so on all make today's cars glass statues compared to the old cars. No chance a modern rally car would keep going after being rolled in a flat out 6th gear corner. But that's also because today's rally drivers don't have the "keep going no matter what" mentality that old drivers had... There is absolutely no fucking way any wrc car today would take the punishment colin mcrae would give it. Its just like how the modern cars cannot cope with the classic safari rally, so in 2020 they are making it much easier with closed roads and private estates. It seems like you're making a lot of retarded assumptions, and that's not good because you can spread misinformation...
+pomaranc747 That rule along with the super rally rules make today's WRC a shadow of what it once was. People go in and they are like well if I crash, I can always restart whereas back then you had to go carefully because there was no 2nd chance. I wish the FIA could just stop messing with the sport and leave it be. I mean they have n't done the same to F1, so why spoil rally??
+Billy Raymond True. But its fans never left. F1 still has its fans who show up season in season out to watch the best go at it. I can't say the same for WRC....
"and we went in what was called a 5 right plus which is sort of a 5th gear corner and of course McRae in full maximum attack mode went in flat out 6th gear!" Oo
Colin war genial, der Focus damals mindestens genau so. Und als er die WM damals weg warf war ich sowas von angefressen. Dennoch eine gute Werbung für den Focus (das selbe Modell, das ich bis heute ohne Probleme als ST170 fahre). Er läuft und läuft und läuft :-)
“Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.” - Colin McRae
#thumbdrift
I love this quote
Great quote from a guy that couldn't turn one. 😂 Atleast in this video anyway.
@@kierenalvarez how many races has he done? ofcourse he's gonna have crashes lol. he has thousands of races so crashes are guaranteed
@@0xsergy his DNF rate was around 30%. in WRC alone from 140 starts he ended up with 55 DNFs.
2:19 my car after a minute of driving in a rally game
+pomaranc747 me too :D
+pomaranc747 Noob! I can last 1 min 30 sec
+Jose Luis Rojas Than you are not pushing hard enough! :D
pomaranc747 Word
Driving slow without crashing is a lot faster than driving fast and crashing, just sayin ;).
This is the earliest memory of rally that i have in my brain. Seeing that banged up ford focus racing towards me from the distance. I was 5 at the time and didn't even know who these legends that were driving right there were. I started getting into rally again in the past 2 years and when i watched this video for the first time i got goosebumps to be honest. I had just realized who it was that i had seen that day.
2023, McRae is still legendary. 16 years after his helicopter crash.
"A man who doesn't know anything but flat out".
"If in doubt, flat out." -Colin McRae
The reason why he never won more championships, hot head.
Braveheart no fear
Makes him sound really stupid.
@@DrMurdercock yeah he didn't invent that saying lmao I heard it before he was even in rally racing.
2:21 Is this how the Ford Street Ka was born?
underrated.. up you go
/puma
I have the cougar which has similar features to the focus, and its the best car iv'e ever owned
Haha, I have one of those! I can see the similarity.
The mcrae 4 is actually based on the Ford Ka
THANK YOU VERY MUCH McRAE FOR THESE MOMENTS WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
R.I.P LEGEND
2023, McRae is still IMMORTAL.
dang bruh RIP
Aye.
that ford focus is the nokia of rally cars
Judge Judy I've seen Subarus in worse shape than this. Car took a licking and kept on ticking, though. I'll give it that.
You never seen top gear's toyota hilux 1984....
(Even a building implosion didnt kill it)
@@eduardoavila646 haha,dump it in a wave and still turn on
@@ibrahimoneal1615 Yeah! Nor the ocean, nor fire could kill it!
@@yaboileeroy3038 th-cam.com/video/Y74E_thD1u0/w-d-xo.html
This video proves why Colin was one of my heroes and why the Focus is a superb machine
Collin might not be one of the most successful rally drives, but, thanks his flat out driving style, one of the most famous
Colin liked his short-cuts, i remember from rally GB there was a section that went through a flat open park area, the road snaked its way through this area. all drivers before Colin stuck to the road but Colin being Colin saw an opportunity to save time and went straight over the grassy bit where the marshals and camera guys were, the image of them diving out the way is still in my head today
2023, still remembered the WRC GOAT, Colin McRae.
Colin Kenobi: "At least we're still driving *half* a car".
Tim Suetens *SO UNDERATED. YOU NEED TO BE ON THE HIGH GROUND!*
"colin rolls again and falls into his wheels"
Colin kenobi: another Happy landing
"Not to worry, we're still driving half a car"***
Nicky " 99% of the car is damaged", Colin " its not over, we still have 1%".
"If in doubt, flat out!"
Feathering the brake
" But we talk about Collin Mcrae here, A Man who knows nothing but Flat out" that was the best quote in this clip
When rallying was just fucking epic!!!
Sam Power Tommi makkinen and him battling it out with Carlos sainz, juha kankunen, Richard burns, Marcus Gronholm it was class
nah, groupB was when it was epic,
The 80’s were the times when rallying was epic
2:20 - My car after every Dirt Rally 2.0 stage
Sure, there's more successful drivers but nobody has ever encapsulated what rallying is, more then McRae. He was always exciting to watch & i've never felt the same excitement watching rallying since him
Not gonna lie: This episode helped in my decision to buy a focus.
Likewise, I had the ST:170.
I was born in 89 and still remember the hype around Rallying, what a time to be alive. We were blessed.
This man was a beast. Still in our hearts
I miss these days of WRC. Gone are some legends like Colin McRae and Richard Burns. I wish WRC would go back to this again.
Colin forever. The real spirit of rallying. God bless you over there!
Nowadays cars look so fragile in comparison: that Ford was like a rock
Oussama Erraji I own ford focus mk1 2004 and It's not build same as WRC Focus whih is like rock but mine is more like plastics everywhere.
couldnt be more wrong... his fathers seirra was solid due to it being too slow to hit anything... tommi mak though... jesus that guy used to noseland his evo's into every tree around and still win
mine from 2001 has achieved 400.000 km, ford makes strong cars
FeRRuXi *europe ford
Oussama Erraji Softer bodywork = safer. In modern cars, the body work is made to absorb the energy in a crash.
I remember this as a 7 year old and I adored seeing Colin McRae absolutely rag the Focus because every time he was driving he gave everything. This was of particularly fond memories particularly at 2:19. M-Sport definitely built this one properly, that wouldn't happen today a car accepting two major accidents and still being mostly driveable
Pierre Fouquet Um... what? Cars today are WAY less tough mechanically and structurally than they were back in the early wrc and group a days. Absolutely no question about that. Active center diffs, electronically controlled transmissions, and so on all make today's cars glass statues compared to the old cars. No chance a modern rally car would keep going after being rolled in a flat out 6th gear corner. But that's also because today's rally drivers don't have the "keep going no matter what" mentality that old drivers had...
There is absolutely no fucking way any wrc car today would take the punishment colin mcrae would give it. Its just like how the modern cars cannot cope with the classic safari rally, so in 2020 they are making it much easier with closed roads and private estates. It seems like you're making a lot of retarded assumptions, and that's not good because you can spread misinformation...
There will never be another Colin McRae
I feel like the WRC cars were way more sturdier back then.
+Norwegian Bandit There are rules that forbid a lot of things like that now.
+Norwegian Bandit There has been a lot of rules added, like you can't continue with 3 wheels (or less obviously :D ) anymore.
+pomaranc747 That rule along with the super rally rules make today's WRC a shadow of what it once was. People go in and they are like well if I crash, I can always restart whereas back then you had to go carefully because there was no 2nd chance.
I wish the FIA could just stop messing with the sport and leave it be. I mean they have n't done the same to F1, so why spoil rally??
+Alvin Kato I'm sorry mate, but they've sterilized F1 more than the WRC.
+Billy Raymond True. But its fans never left. F1 still has its fans who show up season in season out to watch the best go at it. I can't say the same for WRC....
Seeing Colin finish rallies with these hilariously ruined cars on the regular in the 90/early 00's was so entertaining.
colin mcrae 2.0 best rally game i ever had but i love this clip thanks for upload
👍 true
Bullet Club25 You might be suffering from nostalgia.
04 is better
Nah, Intercontinental Rally Championship
Dirt rally 2.0
Someone before me already said this but the balls of the co-drivers with this man.
This mans the definition of full send or no send
How to turn a focus into a puma.
13 years (!) gone already, and I still remember this like it was yesterday...
Collin McRae is finally the most legendary driver in the WRC. And he will be for ever! Colin you are the best!!
McCrash was always a treat to watch.
WRC hasn't been the same since 2007.
Indeed
My childhood hero gives me goosebumps watching him drive if in doubt flat out 👍👍
Golden days of modern rallying, in my opinion.
One of the most iconic cars in the world.
That is what real racing is you fight for every point and or place!
RIP to the legend. 15years today./
What about the kids and other people he killed by being a dick in a helicopter 🤦🏼
And this is one of many reasons he is a legend
A moment we will never forget!
Rest In Peace. Colin McRae.🚗💨
The Car looked like a Real Outlaw ! Thank you Colin
"When in doubt, flat out" Colin Mcrae
Colin McRae The Best!!!
Amazing
colin forever,colin the best!!!
can we just leave it at 555k views lol (RIP Colin gone too soon)
"and we went in what was called a 5 right plus which is sort of a 5th gear corner and of course McRae in full maximum attack mode went in flat out 6th gear!" Oo
I wish WRC could come back to Cyprus. This was a one of a kind experience
what an absolute legend
I wish there was a super love button just for this one video! Great-great footage!
that's one tough ford. great driver!👏👏
Ive cried so much when Colin was annouced dead :.( it will be always one of the biggest in rally history.
There will never be another Colin so long as WRC keeps getting rules and restrictions that kill the fun out of it.
Colin McRae - the Nigel Mansell of WRC. Super fast, spectacular in crash. Just needed more luck and stay on the ruad to win titles against Makinen.
and Richard Burns
Colin could take a random car from a junkyard, have his service team fix it up with some tape, and still finish a rally. What a legend!
0:49 - 1:07 This service area reminds me very much the championship mode in Colin McRae Rally 3
My car after every Dirt 3 rally events
harampug lmfao same i do that in colin mcrae rally remastered xd
At least dirt 3 is still have the arcade handling, unlike DiRT Rally
@@wibs0n68 i like the realistic handling more than the arcade well because its well arcade handling
@@ramtb9998 i prefer arcade handling because I don't have a steering wheel to play with
@@wibs0n68 ah i see
legend... mcare and burns were 2 amazing drivers. both will be missed dearly here in KENYA!
legend !!! I can watch him all day !
Thank you god for giving us Colin McRae
If any man knew how to drive flat out, it was Colin McRae, not the biggest WRC fan but what a driver... a great man too. RIP.
Mc Crash!! 🏴 Colin Mc Rae🏴 the best of the World.🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
Started playing Colin|Mcrae|Rally 2.0 in my laptop. Both he and his car was built to never give up.
On this day he didn’t win the Rally but he won over our Hearts !
Never Give up
One of my favorite drivers of all time
"If in doubt...flat out" what a driver!
Colin war genial, der Focus damals mindestens genau so. Und als er die WM damals weg warf war ich sowas von angefressen.
Dennoch eine gute Werbung für den Focus (das selbe Modell, das ich bis heute ohne Probleme als ST170 fahre).
Er läuft und läuft und läuft :-)
Legend Forever. Colin is the best.
Absolute legend. One of the greatest ever.
The legend
I miss watching this man drive...😭😢😭😢😭
He makes crashing even look good. “What an operator.”
Pure magic from the special duo.x
A truly fearless driver.
N°1 ....lo chiamavano Colin mccrash ma nessuno era in grado di dare emozioni forti come lui .
WRC gold Times.. i miss this hero..
history colin mecrae....
What a legend he was and when men where men!
This made me smile. 🙂
priceless advertorial for the Ford Focus
When Rally Racing was meant to be admired... Damn I miss McRae so much... 😭
Colin McRae would've loved the current WRC cars.
Colin McRae. No.1 Strong personality. Full-horizon-full
absolute legend always a great excitement when you new he was coming through the Welsh forests
Colin! A true legend
forever will be remembered
Colin Mcrae 2.0 is still the best car game ever
What a legend!
What a legend that has left us RIP DUDE
Dam! Mad max Collin indeed..RIP to the legend...I still have me Collin Mcrae ge PC game from 2003
The most overprised pilot a cars shredder. RIP flat out in paradise
The only difference between a Saint and a sinner is.. the Saint never gave up.
Saint of Rally right here boys.
Greatest Rally driver of all time 💯
The only driver in history to copy the video game of wrc instead of the other way around. What a legend hes missed
No other motorsport pushes a car to it's absolute limits like rally.
Legends never settle for second... RIP mate
I remember watching that entire season when it would air on SPEED Channel...
Yes and they also had plenty of the Dakar Rally !