!!!!!!!!

While typing my previous billet, i read that Colin McRae passed away in a helicopter crash on saturday afternoon ! His younger son, 5 (!!) years old, was also in !! (2 others were in)
Colin McRae was 39 years old.

The beginning of the weekend, on friday, Grönholm (champion twice in 2000 and 2002) announced his retirement at then end of the current season.
The day after, another champion quit  :(

For any video game players, many games were named after Colin’s named.
McRae was a WRC (Rally) pilot.
He won once the championship in 1995 in a Subaru Impreza 555 and retired from the competition in 2005.

After Richard Burns (England, champion in 2001 with a Subaru Impreza WRC) in 2005, now Colin McRae :(

Still hard to believe for the racing fan i am !
Safe after a long career, a “simple” helicopter trip was fatal to him.
He was the own pilot of his private helicopter.
It reminds me John John’s accident :/

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(photo from rally-live.com ; damned Google image ; there is only video game screenshots !)

RIP Champion !