WRC History : Richard Burns becomes WRC Champion 2001 on Wales Rally GB.

Richard Burns becomes the World Rally Champion in 2001 on the last rally of the season on Wales Rally GB, after a long season battling with Colin McRae, Tommi Mäkinen, Marcus Grönholm, Harri Rovanperä, Carlos Sainz and more top WRC rally drivers. On the last rally of the season on Rally Wales GB, Richard Burns became the WRC Champion 2001 in his Subaru Impreza S7 WRC ’01. Emotional scenes at the end of the final stage as Richard Burns and his co driver Robert Reid become the WRC champions. Sorry about the quiet commentary audio in this video. Our old TV broadcast tapes are audio mixed this way. For best results use headphones, and you’ll find the English commentary in the left ear, only sounds and music on the right. We hope you can still enjoy all the drama, interviews and engine noise despite the quiet commentary voice over. Do not miss the rally action, watch LIVE with a WRC subscription. Live cameras on stage, onboard the rally cars and in the air, including expert analysis, behind the scenes stories, split times and real time GPS tracking. Your WRC subscription also gives you thousands of onboard videos, long rally highlights videos and other exclusive videos. So much WRC rally content available live or on demand anytime, on any device, only on WRC All Live. Find out how to subscribe here: ​ WRC WEBSITE for more FREE rally videos, news and WRC results - ​ WRC VIDEO GAME on PC, XBox, Playstation and Nintendo Consoles - ​ WRC eSPORTS Championship. Anyone can take the Challenge - WRC SHOP for Merch, official clothing, gifts and more ​ YOUTUBE for new Rally Videos, Highlights, Rally Onboards and more FACEBOOK for Videos, Photos, News and more - ​ INSTAGRAM for Videos, Photos, Stories, Competitions - ​ TWITTER for News, Results, Photos and Videos - ​ WRC is the FIA World Rally Championship, a tough motorsport using rally cars on real roads around the world. Watch the best rally drivers flat out on gravel and asphalt roads with mud, rain, dust, ice and heat. Power slides, drifts, big jumps, watersplashes, handbrake turns, hairpin bends, lucky escapes, big moments or a massive crash. Rally requires maximum attack and careful tactics to become world rally champion. Rally drivers take turns to complete closed road “special stages“ as quickly as possible, setting off a few minutes apart. A co-driver reads pace notes to describe the hazards ahead. The same rally car is used to travel to each stage on public roads following normal traffic regulations. The crew which completes all the stages in the shortest time is the rally winner. WRC is administered by the FIA Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile FIA, motorsport’s world governing body. Some of the world’s greatest drivers have won the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers : Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz, Walter Röhrl, Stig Blomqvist, Petter Solberg, Ott Tänak. Champions from Finland are Juha Kankkunen, Tommi Mäkinen, Ari Vatanen, Marcus Grönholm and Hannu Mikkola. French rally drivers have dominated 8 times with Sébastien Ogier, and 9 times with Sébastien Loeb. Famous motorsport drivers have attempted WRC like Robert Kubica and Kimi Räikkönen from F1 and Ken Block from Rallycross. Car companies compete for the prestigious FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers. The 1980’s featured the iconic Group B rally cars like the Lancia 037 and Delta S4, Peugeot 205 T16, MG Metro 6R4, Ford RS200 and Audi Quattro. Japan dominated the 1990s with the Mitsubishi Lancer, Subaru Impreza, and Toyota Celica and Toyota Corolla. Citroen and Volkswagen became champions in the 2000s along with M-Sport team using the Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta. Toyota returned to the WRC in 2017 with the Toyota Yaris WRC, winning in 2018 and 2021. Hyundai won in 2019 and 2020 with the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. Find out about the latest winners and champions at #WRC50