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Remembering Richard Burns: 1971 – 2005

Richard Burns, England’s greatest rally driver in modern times, died on November 25, 2005 after a long illness, four years to the day after he won the World Rally Championship, the sport’s greatest accolade.

19th April 2022, 8:30am
by Martin Holmes
Photos by RSM archives

Although his final two years in the sport were at the wheel of French run Peugeot cars, the rest of his 10 year full time professional career was spent driving the British run Mitsubishi and Subaru cars, for whom he won 10 individual World Championship rallies.

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