Richard Burns: Time For Tea?

A video of Richard in his prime to mark the anniversary of his passing

November 25 is a hugely significant date in the life of Richard Burns as it marks both the date of his World Rally Championship (in 2001) and his tragically early death (in 2005). During his six season in the WRC he achieved 10 victories and consistently scored highly.

Burns is of course best known for driving a Subaru Impreza in the WRC, his status with the manufacturer shown with the RB5 and RB320 special editions. It therefore seemed appropriate to feature an Impreza video this afternoon. This onboard is from Corsica in 1999; a seventh place finish overall wasn't superb (he took second in the overall championship) but losing out to tarmac specialists such as Philippe Bugalski and Didier Auriol is hardly a poor result. You'll see Burns is still really fast and yet unerringly smooth at the same time.

Enjoy the vid. RIP Richard.