I had the privilege of watching Colin McRae drive in the WRC during his one-off appearance for Skoda during the 2005 Wales Rally GB. It was an honor to see such an amazing legend drive. The spectators went wild when he screamed past us. RIP champ.
I really want for the current WRC to add some good publicity like the old days. Rally drivers driving in a different motorsport discipline. all we have right now is Theirry Neuville driving a Hyundai Electric i20 Endurance car and that was no fun
That commentary seemed to imply Colin was reckless and lucky to stay out of the barriers brindle was just toying with some lesser important motor racing vehicle.
If Colin had survived the crash that killed him he'd have gone to jail for the manslaughter of his friend, his son and his son's friend. It's an inexcusable stain on his legacy which never seems to be brought up.
DugT The fuck has that got to do with anything? The inquest concluded he crashed because he was flying too fast and too low. Performing maneuvers he wasn't qualified to make. He also didn't hold the requisite licences to be carrying the passengers. He was culpable for their deaths as well as his own. The fact I've never flown a helicopter (though I've been a passenger in many) is an irrelevant strawman.
If Colin had survived the crash, it would probably mean that the passengers would have survived too. But don't let me ruin your flawless logic, shitstain. He was flying low and fast, something he had done in the past. He wasn't qualified legally because he hadn't renewed his license, doesn't mean he wasn't a competent pilot. Maybe I'll see you on the comment thread of a Graham Hill video talking about how his plane crash was an "inexcusable stain on his legacy". Oh, and by the way, the FAI only said that he was flying minutes before the accident. Not that he performed any maneuvers. Those dickheads revived a topic that was over 5 years beforehand to basically say that he was doing risky flying and he is to blame for their deaths while they don't know exactly what happened. The only real leverage they had was that he hadn't renewed his license. End of. But sure, just use hypothetical scenarios to talk about how stained someone's legacy is in death in a video that celebrates his life. Be a disrespectful cunt, please go ahead.
what would you say if it had been a joy ride in a hatchback rather than a heli? either way he crashed killing himself and the people inside. either way it would be unintentional. cars arent supposed to go over the speed limits on the road lol people still do it and crash them. Sad way to end it all but still a mistake, we all make them. may he RIP.
Nobody sets out to crash a helicopter they don't glide very well, but a non achiever wouldn't know much about the circumstances surrounding Colin's crash, indeed you aren't even likely to know much about anything! I suppose you have an opinion on Bertie Fisher, Steve Hislop and Graham Hill as well!
@@shaun2363 I'm only stating the facts. I am not too impressed with this human being, and I would imagine, nor are the families involved with the avoidable disaster he personally caused.
@@paolom.6011 Or one could not be a lazy phuck and spell things out. Why should I have to play phuck phuck games when reading something? If rather be lazy than a dumb phuck, you dumb phuck.
Only teammate who could truly match Schumacher's speed, and he was a match for Senna in F3, just shame he didn't have a bit more asshole in him, and unlucky with the team choices. It's said about many drivers, but Brundle truly could have won a WDC or more with his talent.
@@arconeagain thats what killed his son ? Bit of a bawbag remark to make says a lot about u sunshine,guy is a legend,always will b,away n chase ur tail
@@shaun2363 Well I've read the coroner's report. He killed his five year old son, another child and friend. This was found to be through pure recklessness, and you could argue, self indulgence. He is branded as a hero by you people, however I would argue that. More like one who neglects the life and safety of others, including his own son, which is included in the report.
Brundle in his prime was huge talent. Raced the shit out of Senna in the same car. I still think he is the best driver to never win an F1 race ( that includes Heidfeld, Bellof and Warwick) .. The fact young Michael really destroyed him still amazes me.
@@niccadoodles Correct... they did some goood stuff with the Ej208s in the B4 Liberties. But thats why they were 70k aud in 1999-2003 😬😬 and only went to Japan and Aus.
projectilequestion He also cost the lives of 2 others. One a 6 year old child. He was unlicensed and found to be flying recklessly and too low in too dangerous a terrain for his level of experience. I have to say. As much of a hero as he was to me, I'm afraid I can't muster anything beyond anger at him for what he did. Had he survived the crash he would undoubtedly have ended up in jail.
It wasn't proven he caused the crash, so stop speculating senselessly. The footage they had ended a minute before the crash, so it's unknown whether he made a mistake or had a mechanical issue that brought him down. A witness said the helicopter dropped down like a stone, which points towards a mechanical failure of some sort. As for his license, he was flying regularly since 98, so that's completely irrelevant. He had a ton of experience flying the thing. His license has expired just some months before the crash, so it's not like he suddenly forgot how to fly because of that.
@@eliotmansfield How exactly is it "pretty obvious" that it was what caused the crash? There's no evidence about it. Possible, yes, but obvious, not at all.
Wasn't it Walter Röhrl? One of his quote's: "Driving starts for me at the point, when i steer the car with the accelerator instead of the steering wheel."
Most of the rally drivers use the slide to slow down the car and position it correctly to take the turn, they use less brakes because of that and control the car with the throttle and the amount of slide. "the best way through the corner is if you slide your car on the entrance, but don't slide on the exit" - this was said by a famous rally driver (not sure who it was) And you can notice even today that MotoGP drivers drive that way, but their slide is less obvious compared to rally driving
+Granattaaaaaa No he doesn't. Before we are conceived, God gives our soul a choice whether we want not to age or not look like a gnome. Eddie chose the former.
the interview with him at the end is surely a more contemporary one than the actual film itself, see he talks about colin in past tense. Also he hides a lot of his age due to being totally bald and wearing very expensive hairpieces.
I grew up watching WRC. Being Scottish and my father always having had Subarus; Colin McRae was a legend . This commentators bias and subtle digs at a legend and preferance for Brundle as an Englishman go to show his negative attitude towards Scotland despite McRae already having won the WRC
The FIA have been hostile towards rally drivers takeking to the track in F1. When red bull sponsored RBR and Citroën WRC Loeb tested and they wanted him to race. The FIA wouldn't grant him the licence. Im sure the test he done was catalonia and he'd have been 6th on the grid with his times.
Does any one know when did he say: "IF IN DOUBT, FLAT OUT".....?? I really want to see a video of Colin saying that... Can any one help me out with this?
Awesome guys, Colin and Martin. I love Colin's, Jackie Stewart's and David Coulthard's Scottish accents. I don't know the distances between Milton, Twynholm and Lanark, but these three guys have so much different accents. Oh, and the 1996 Jordan was beautiful.
Jackie doesn`t speak with accent. David used to speak without accent too at first but when he became a star he started to speak with some quasy-accent. Only Colin was speaking with thick scottish accent barely understandable. Its funny that young Niki Lauda used to speak with scottish accent.
I admire and appreciate his driving style, I just wish I was as fast as him with that style. He might be the last old school driver, driving the car without the car telling him what to do. He reminded me of Ronnie Pettersson.
"Occasional nervous smiles from McRae look more like deliberate attempts at bravado than genuine pleasure.... It's a rare taste of what it's like being thrown at the scenery when there's a maniac at the wheel" ))) Brit English is a poetry for ears. Love Martin's commentaries for that on the SKY.
so it looks like brundle could of been a rally driver and McRae could of been an f1 driver wat they should of done was swapped now and again that would of been epic lol but wat makes me laugh is how Jordan said had McRae tooken up motor sport??? urm I think he was in motor sport wasn't he??lol
I've been searching for some years for a videotape about Colin and the Subaru that I used to watch as a kid, but haven't found anything on RU-vid yet. Does anyone Knows its name? As I remember Colin raced this Jordan, this piece of the vídeo probably comes from that videotape. Thank you.
One has to wonder what Colin's checkers-or-wreckers style would have really done with a downforce-heavy open-wheeler, where you're rewarded for flat out speed with more grip...
I don't think so. I'm not 100% sur,e but I haven't personally heard or seen anything about Colin McRae being offered an F1 seat. I think he was in Le Mans one year though, although I can't remember if that went well or not - brilliant rally driver though :)
all the greats have that talent for speed. kimi was good at ralley so was kubica until he crashed. msc was at least decent with motobikes not having trained on it since early age. walter röhrl smashed dtm but didn´t stick to it. and afaik bandini raced bikes and switched to f1. rossi and marquez also did well in f1 tests.
The gravel has such little grip the car would understeer like crazy. It´s faster to get the back ´round as early as possible and get the power down out on the exit.
This commentary is lol'able, once you're a top driver, you're a top driver, the principles of car mechanics stay the same. The people letting him drive knew he'd be fine once he found the grip levels
@@McNab1986 in Rally? yes. In F1? Nope. Driving fast is one thing but being able to compete at the top levels isn't possible for someone who hasn't been perfecting that form of driving for years.
@@s70driver2005 Then you've missed my point dude. It doesn't matter that he's a top driver in rally, it only matters he's a top driver. The fundamentals of how a car will behave is the same across every motor sport, hence why once you're a top driver in any, you will be trusted to drive these machines, because as I said once they find the grip levels they''ll be fine. Guy Martin vs Jenson Button, Guy is a top driver of both 4 and 2 wheeled vehicles, the difference you see when both are in F1 cars is the experience Jenson has over Guy.
nah bro, it's just driving style, going damn fast and sliding the rear is fast aswell as going F1 style, ex. finnish rally legend henri toivonen went sliding to corners :)
Formula 1 racing is easier than rally driving right? thats what i thought. enclosed spaces at high speeds. we was that fucking close to a tree i shit my pants.
