RE: Pic of the Week: Richard Burns in flight

[Lets Torque]

My new Desktop Wallpaper.

Great WRC driver, and also my favourite driver.

[NM62]

RIP to both - greatly missed.

[NM62]

RIP to both.

[Ved]

Relive the final round

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d74HSA2ND7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZK3duLyh_w

[Ved]

Lets not forget Michael Park in this as well.

[V100]

RIP. Absolute legend. Used to love watching him and McRae, my two favourite rally drivers.

[Mini1275]

Cracking POTW. It's my new wallpaper.

My favourite rally driver.

R.I.P Burnsie.

[james28]

simply stunning no more words needed

[DHE]

Ved said:

Lets not forget Michael Park in this as well.

+ 1 Very sad day when Beef was taken.

[mitch78]

Podie said:

epom said:

nope most likely to do with a lower centre of gravity for the car, he probably sits back a bit further too !!

Over the last few years even the switch panels have been located to between the seats to keep everything lower in the car.

It saves weight too. They don't bother with mounts on the co-driver's seat, and just bolt it to the floor.

[Stew2000]

I can't remember if it was Phil Mills or someone else. but years ago they nearly had some shrapnel up their ass because of the low seat.

[Shaw Tarse]

Stew2000 said:

I can't remember if it was Phil Mills or someone else. but years ago they nearly had some shrapnel up their ass because of the low seat.

One of the codrivers did

[rallyman77]

Shaw Tarse said:

Stew2000 said:

I can't remember if it was Phil Mills or someone else. but years ago they nearly had some shrapnel up their ass because of the low seat.

One of the codrivers did

It was Timo Rautiainen (Gronholm's co-driver) who had a nail up his arse. Not a very nice experience...

[gog440]

Stew2000 said:

ELUSIVEJIM said:

I remember in the late 70's Fiat had their co-drivers in the back seat of the car.

Now that was funny.

Fiat 131 Abarth

Look at 1 minute 10 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHhBfkvrB4

What did that prove?

And the FIA (or the 70's equivalent) banned them from doing it very quickly as the Navi's head was outside the rollcage. The next event one of the 131's rolled and destroyed where the navigators head would have been. (going from memory so may not be 100%a accurate but it was something like this)