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RACING DRIVER

Colin McRae

1968 - 2007

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Colin Steele McRae, (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a British rally driver from Scotland. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title. At 27, McRae was the youngest ever World Champion, a record that stood until 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin McRae has received more than 3,487,269 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Colin McRae is the 59th most popular racing driver (up from 203rd in 2019), the 1,027th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,470th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 9.35

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Colin McRae ranks 59 out of 888. Before him are Lella Lombardi, Carlos Sainz, Ari Vatanen, Riccardo Patrese, Rudolf Caracciola, and Tazio Nuvolari. After him are Patrick Depailler, Alan Jones, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Michele Alboreto, Rubens Barrichello, and Pierre Levegh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Colin McRae ranks 23. Before him are Kylie Minogue, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Josh Brolin, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Eric Bana, and Helen McCrory. After him are Aaron Eckhart, Owen Wilson, Marcel Desailly, Lucy Liu, Fernando Hierro, and Tito Vilanova. Among people deceased in 2007, Colin McRae ranks 49. Before him are Gaston Thorn, Joe Zawinul, Oscar Peterson, Bob Denard, Ettore Sottsass, and Abbé Pierre. After him are Ian Smith, Robert Adler, Magda Szabó, Sol LeWitt, John Backus, and Norman Mailer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin McRae ranks 1,027 out of 7,765. Before him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), J. Michael Kosterlitz (1943), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Samuel Bellamy (1689), and Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506). After him are Peter Mansfield (1933), William Whewell (1794), Edith Cavell (1865), Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), and James Meade (1907).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Colin McRae ranks 12. Before him are Nigel Mansell (1953), Mike Hawthorn (1929), John Surtees (1934), Stirling Moss (1929), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Damon Hill (1960). After him are Alfonso de Portago (1928), Peter Collins (1931), Mike Hailwood (1940), Roger Williamson (1948), Tom Pryce (1949), and David Purley (1945).

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