Network Q Rally GB 2001 | Colin McRae On-Board | Ford Focus RS | SS2

In this #flashbackfriday clip from the 2001 Rally GB highlights, featuring Colin McRae, we look back in awe at a master at work behind the wheel of his Ford Focus RS! Billed as the biggest motorsport showdown of the year, three men headed into Cardiff for a dramatic winner-takes-all 2001 WRC finale. Ford’s Colin McRae on 42 points was just one point ahead of Mitsubishi’s Tommi Makinen with Subaru ace Richard Burns only two points adrift and looking for an unprecedented fourth consecutive victory on this event. Another contender with a mathematical chance of taking the title was Carlos Sainz who would also help Ford in its crucial duel with Peugeot for the manufacturers’ honours. With so much at stake, the stage was set for a nail-biting climax... Buy the Rally GB 2001 Highlights: The title contenders along with Gronholm, Rovanpera and Alister McRae roared into the Welsh forest in a full-on gladiatorial charge of mud and thunder. This official review f