He turns before the turn He steers left to go right He steers right to go left He drives sideways to go faster He drives straight to slow down He doesn't make any sense
In my 56 years as a rally fan, I have never seen in car footage like this. So frightening yet so so impressive, it seems the only way he slows down is buy throwing it so sideways, it does look so unsafe and absolutely on the limit. Seen Colin many times out on the stages, he always looked the quickest but wild.
Its called scandinavian flick Driving style rather turning into corners by using car weight shifting in your favour. Thats why he turns second before corner, and using gas pedal on and of car weight distribution is transfered diferently...in overall yes you are fasfer that way..
@@CroIntr00X Errr, nope. A Scandinavian Flick is when you turn the wrong way before the corner, and in the process of catching the slide you over correct sending the rear of the car into a more dramatic angle into the corner allowing you to get on the power earlier, therefore you can (mostly) be facing the corners exit and accelerate in a straight line. Colin is turning into the corner early, at such a speed that by the time he gets to the apex (where other drivers would still be controlling the slide) he's done with the corner and is accelerating flat out in a straight line. Now, approaching some corners I will agree that it looks like a Scandinavian Flick, but he's using the friction created by sliding the car sideways to get it slowed down enough to make the corner. That is when you see him doing three or more dramatic flicks from left to right, if he didn't do that (washing off speed) the cars braking would not be sufficient to slow him down. But when all is said and done, does it matter, spectacular is an understatement when it comes to Colin McRae. RIP Colin McRae, and Ken Block, two absolute legendary entertainers and masters of car control - among many, many others taken to soon!
Colin was an absolute expert on driving slippery surfaces. The way he balances the car and breaks traction is always a sight to behold, even all these years later.
@@StephenDeTomasi it is true. But before Loeb´s era. He was far away from him. When Colin drove citroen, he was asking Seb quite often, how it possible go that fast
and don't forget he has to listen to instructions from his co-driver, lookout for those logs, consider the safety of the spectators and notice that pretty lady at the side of the road
Sullo schermo sono un campione, vivo vicino all'università del rally, questo video è il motivo per cui non corro i rally. Allucinante, assurdo e l'avrò visto 100 volte
Creo que en UK nunca podrán imaginar los fan's de Colin Mc Rae que hay en Argentina,yo lo ví 2 veces en el Rally de Argentina, nunca pude ni podré olvidarlo,su recuerdo me acompañará hasta el último día de mi Vida! Saludos al Cielo Colin, gracias por habernos regalado tu arte y valor como Piloto de Rally!! Hasta pronto Campeón!🇬🇧🇦🇷
@@ziginaigra if i were boss, id sign a guy who wins championships and the grandprize with a proven track record. In business terms, colin was useless. Too much of a liability destroying the cars!
He was the best and with that he brought rallying up in the world, I remember playing the game on the playstation, I was addicted to it. RIP Mr McRea, you legend.
I'm from South Africa but live in Scotland. I loved Colin McRae and went to Lanark on the day if his funeral and will never forget the long line of Subarus that was there to pay tribute to a great man
Just watched this on my Oculus Quest edge to edge in my vision. Insanely intense. My heart rate was through the roof. Colin was probably around 60 bpm throughout. Man was a machine, a super talented mind meld with the car machine. RIP legend.
I knew Colin when he drove for Vauxhall in a Nova in his early career. His father still drove at that point in a sierra Cosworth. I worked in Motorsport PR for Vauxhall at that time. We used to call him Colin McShed because he always wrote his car off at each rally!! A really nice guy who was hugely talented. How sad and ironic to die in a helicopter and not at 90mph in the mud of a forest!! I would have loved to see him world champion many more times.
And they say the F1 drivers are the best drivers in the world.... try this Sebastian Vettel! 200 KPH on a gravel road... it takes more than talent... it take massive balls!!
Colin was extremely quick when he tested an F1 car, similar pace to the regular test drivers within a couple of laps. He was by far the most spectacular Rally driver I ever had the pleasure to watch from the road side from his early Nova days, Sierra 2.8 V6 4x4 then the Cosworths, before the glory days of Subaru and beyond. RIP big man
I feel totally honoured and privileged to have a Subaru rally plaque here in the old 555 logos etc signed by Colin McRea. what a total legend he was . Sadly taken way too early
Sometimes you think you might be a good driver, might even entertain dreams of Rally someday, then you watch a video like this.....good grief! It’s like managing one long accident.
To me it's a proof that video game driving can be reality, you just need to be really really really really really really really good at driving. It's fun to achieve this level at games, but to do it actually irl, they are so far off that you can't compare them. Basics are the same but other invokes such feelings and requires such skill that one can only admire these warriors. Home rally driver salutes one of the kings o/
Not least the control of the mind ... whilst us mere mortals would be thinking 'wow, I nearly crashed there', Colin is half a mile and four corners further on.
As real as rally games may be they are not even close to being the same. In real life every single stone, stick, pothole etc could kill you instantly and none of that transfers into any game.
I always think F1 and wrc requires Such a powerful brain in terms of raw data processing at speed. So much visual information coming at you at once. Honestly more so difficult in wrc because you are relying on co driver notes and have to give brain power to processing those as you drive. Rip Colin.
4:59-6:30 He is going too fast for these corners. He still makes them perfectly. The bond between man and machine here...they have became one, a truly great sporting clip here.
It's incredible how far ahead of the car he is! His steering inputs feel like they're hours ahead of the turns and he uses ALL of the width of the course if it's not there he just finds it out in space somewhere! So incredible! There may never be another like him! RIP
some pro pilots don't have their driving license it's possible but it's more in motorbike I think, they have car driving license but not bike because they find too dangerous to drive on the open road :)
I got to go 15 min as a passenger with a top professional rally driver in a Subaru as part of a promo for Rally of Canberra and as someone who used to go kart a bit and has spent some time driving on tracks in race cars and I also have my introductory certificate into Rallying that these guys are absolutely on a different level.. they are thinking so far ahead that they enter turn 1 on this weird line so it let's them exit turn 3 perfectly and the amount of trust they put in that car.. I love racing and going fast and he even asked me 'fast or really fast?" and I told him to go as fast as he possibly could.. and he did!! I was shytting myself and the noise and vibrations from rocks smashing the bash guard under the car plus the backfiring from the exhaust and stink of petrol as we were getting air @ 175 kph in the forest gave me such a sensory overload. one of the top 3 experiences of my life. Next level.
I agree. I love driving and am blessed to have an inexplicable instinct to do the right thing but this video opened my eyes to something I have never imagined before. He was not driving. He was flying by the seat of his pants. A touch to the aileron here, a touch to the rudder there, a touch, a dab, touch touch touch then for a few moment sanity returns as he changes gears and then it's back to flying again.
Greatest Rally driver of all time..Sure Loeb and others won more titles but CM's ability was on a different level....how can people vote this video down?
Im from Finland and ofc im a huge fan of Kankkunen&Mäkinen and Grönholm etc but Colin Mcrae was and it's still one of my favorite WRC drivers ever!Im not that sensitive guy but when i heard that CM was in Heli accindent n he didnt survive,it feels like a kick in the nuts n i feel sad n crappy for weeks 😥😭 R.I.P The Legend of the Legend WRC Master Colin Mcrae!Sorry for a crappy English guys and imo Rally is the real King of all Motorsport!
Had an impreza turbo at the time of his crash and was honoured to be part of the Subaru convoy in the Highlands of Scotland that drove out in memory of this great man. He was a legend.
Theswedishperfection Indeed. I was kinda blown away watching him do that section. The moment he passed that right hander, I was like, “how on earth did he manage to do that?”
I have been driving rally for 20 years in Sweden and Finland, but I can newer get enough of this soo impressiv/fanyastic film, thanks! Largest Respect! 😀👍🏁
"Se senti l'auto perfettamente sotto controllo, significa che non stai andando abbastanza forte" [cit.]. Ed è assolutamente vero! Una guida eccezionale, di quelle che noi comuni mortali possiamo solamente immaginarci..costantemente sul filo del rasoio, costantemente al limite, ma mai, MAI in difficoltà! Controllo totale e fiducia incondizionata nella propria auto, che lo ripagava con numeri straordinari..questo era Colin McRae, un pilota che all'automobilismo ha dato tutto, incondizionatamente e senza paura! Ciao mito.
What can you say? Pure rally man, pretty fast, technical, strategic, with great passion ... his name will be eternally synonymous with the core concept of the rally sport spirit! He is always on my mind when I see a blue Impreza or a Focus RS!! Rest in peace Colin!
The man may be gone but lucky the legend lives on through the medium of film. You can't get the full experience but it is a genuine pleasure to be able to watch him at work on a clear run.
TRNJ BX 'Honey, we need some bread for breakfast!' 'Aye, gonna grab McRae Jr and we'll be back in 6:33 minutes' 'Colin. Drive safe...' 'I said 6:33, that's basically walking!'
That right-left-right flick airborne in 5th gear at 5 minutes is amazing. the whole stage is incredible but i am actually astounded at that part, and I have seen some insane stuff in my time but that takes the biscuit
I have watched rally since i was 8 i am now 27 , so trust me when i say you will never ever see anyone drive with such controlled aggression this man was ALWAYS on the limit he didn't do half measure and he sure as hell didn't to slow . One of the best rally drivers to ever get in a car possibly the greatest ever .
It's funny a young man like you explains that we should trust you... You didn't live through the 80s. You don't remember the 90s. The only true thing in your comment is that Colin was a great driver. There were others though, some were more successful, others were crowd favorites for their driving style... The craziness of the 80s crowd... The flying barely controllable beasts of Audi, Lancia, Peugeot, Ford, Mazda, Toyota... It's good there's at least YT today, cause you young people missed a lot of rallying. It was amazing and of course - we were young then 😉 I really miss the times, where your uncle buys the HF Integrale Evo... In bright yellow. Few years later you get a Cossie.... Cars with race aura around them... When homologation was a thing... Damn, I miss the 80s and 90s...
@@IvoRadev Lancia were some of my favorite manufacturers, gotta love the 037 and the Stratos Lancia before it. Amazing vehicles :0 I wish I was around in the 80s so I could watch greats like Henri Toivonen and his Delta S4..(before his unfortunate crash that ultimately led to the downfall of Group B) and Walter Röhrl. Basically the guys who drove in anger before the advent of ABS and ARBs. Those guys had some serious ability
Incredibile come l'auto risponda immediatamente al pilota e come il pilota segua il suo istinto e il navigatore. Incredibile,tecnica,talento,automobile e soprattutto il navigatore.
