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Colin McRae


Gear up for the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Gear up for the Goodwood Festival of Speed

It’s a busy life at the moment if you’re a motor racing fan. No sooner is the British Grand Prix over then it’s time to start gearing up for Goodwood.

RoC: Germany wins, no-one much surprised

RoC: Germany wins, no-one much surprised

It was at Wembley. There was a German team, and it included Michael Schumacher. Nobody was therefore very surprised when the ‘retired’ F1 legend and his team-mate Sebastian Vettel wiped the floor with their English, French, Scandinavian, American and Scottish competitors in the Nations Cup race. But, just for once, Schumacher didn’t have it all his own way.

F1: Hamilton pockets more silverware at Autosport Awards

F1: Hamilton pockets more silverware at Autosport Awards

The top one may have eluded him - Lewis Hamilton’s had no need to go out and buy a nice big sideboard on which to display his Drivers’ Championship silverware just yet. But still the awards keep rolling in.

F1: is Lewis your Great Briton of 2007?

F1: is Lewis your Great Briton of 2007?

Had you been thinking that it really was time that Lewis Hamilton got a bit more publicity and recognition? Or perhaps you reckon Jenson Button really has been under-appreciated this year, or that David Coulthard could do with a bit of glory after a career as arguably the most successful British F1 driver de nos jours.

Alister McRae to partner DC at Race of Champions

Alister McRae to partner DC at Race of Champions

December 16th’s Race of Champions is going to seem awful empty without Colin McRae - but his brother Alister will be there to fly the flag for Scotland, it has been announced.

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Colin McRae: “fearless, flamboyant, blindingly quick”

Brits on Pole is an open wheel racing fansite but, at times like this, who cares about fine distinctions? Motorsport has too few genuine legends not to mourn the loss of a driver of Colin McRae’s calibre.