Alister McRae

Alister Ritchie McRae (born 20 December 1970) is a Scottish rally driver from Scotland who competed in the World Rally Championship. He is the son of the five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and the younger brother of the late 1995 World Rally Champion, Colin McRae, and older brother of property entrepreneur Stuart McRae. His uncle Hugh "Shug" Steele is also a former rally driver.

Career Born in Lanark, McRae took his first foray into motorsport at the age of twelve, when he took up motorcycle trials and motocross. But it was always rallying where he would demonstrate his true colours. Starting out by competing in Scottish Rally Championship events, success wasn't long in coming. In 1992, he won the prestigious Shell Scholarship and the production category of Great Britain's round of the World Rally Championship.

The following years saw further triumphs, culminating with McRae winning the British Rally Championship outright in 1995, at the wheel of a works Nissan Sunny. More manufacturer drives ensued, with a two-year contract being signed to drive the Formula 2 Volkswagen Golf. He famously competed alongside his brother on a one-off basis in the Subaru World Rally Team on the Rally of Great Britain of 1998.

McRae's results and reputation led to his services being secured by the newest manufacturer to join the World Rally Championship, Hyundai. In 1999, he competed in the front wheel drive Coupe while simultaneously developing Hyundai's first world rally car, the Accent WRC, alongside veteran Swede Kenneth Eriksson. Then in 2000, he developed the car further during its first year of actual competition, scoring the manufacturer's first ever WRC points. In 2001, the fruits of two years' hard work began to show, with a series of points-scoring finishes (both drivers particularly impressing in the laborious conditions of that year's wet Rally Portugal) and a narrow miss of the podium on his home event, the Rally of Great Britain (which gave the Accent WRC and Hyundai's best finish in the WRC by that time).

Following his performances with Hyundai, McRae was selected to join Mitsubishi, stalwart of the WRC, in 2002. This transpired to be a difficult year, as the Japanese manufacturer found itself in turmoil, with an uncompetitive new car and a massive management re-structure. Things got even worse for the team when McRae was forced to pull out for the rest of the season due to injuries following a mountain bike crash shortly after that year's Rally San Remo therefore further hindering the team's championship effort. Mitsubishi subsequently pulled out of rallying at the beginning of the 2003 season, to build a new rally car from scratch, leaving McRae to piece together a sporadic privateer campaign at World Championship level, which was rewarded with a points-scoring showing in a Lancer Evolution in New Zealand.

Undaunted by Mitsubishi's subsequent implicit resolve not to recall either himself or 2002 teammate François Delecour as the source of one of the few remaining factory opportunities sought to regroup for the 2004 season, McRae entered the 2004 Production World Rally Championship instead. He was on course to take the title on the last event before a mechanical failure struck, handing the title to Niall McShea.

In 2006, McRae successfully competed in the Chinese Rally Championship with the Wanyu Rally Team in a Mitsubishi Evo 9, along with a number of other selected international events. McRae also added to his tally of World championship appearances in the new Toyota Corolla S2000 at the 2006 Wales Rally GB, racking up four Group N stage wins.

McRae filled in for his brother Colin alongside F1 driver David Coulthard at the 2007 Race of Champions held at Wembley following Colin's death just two months earlier.

McRae participated in 2009 Dakar Rally.

McRae drove a Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 at the Indonesian leg of the APRC 2009.

McRae made his FIA World Rallycross Championship debut in the ninth round of the 2017 season in France.

Personal life McRae is the father of Max McRae who is also a motorsport racer.

Racing record Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1991 Alister McRae Subaru Legacy RS MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBRRet NC 0 1992 Alister McRae Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR14 NC 0 1993 Alister McRae Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MON SWEEX POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP NC 0 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Legacy RS GBR10 1994 Nissan F2 Nissan Sunny GTi MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN15 ITA12 GBRRet NC 0 1995 Alister McRae Ford Escort RS Cosworth MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR4 10th 10 1996 SanYang MIT Motorsport Honda Civic VTi SWE KEN IDN GRE ARG FIN AUSRet ITA ESP NC 0 1997 S.B.G. Sport Volkswagen Golf Kit Car MON SWE21 KEN POR9 ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN IDN ITA AUSRet GBREX NC 0 1998 S.B.G. Sport Volkswagen Golf Kit Car MON SWERet KEN POR ARGRet GRE NZL FIN13 ITA22 AUS17 NC 0 Hyundai Motor Sport Hyundai Coupé Kit Car ESP19 FRA15 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 98 GBRRet 1999 Hyundai Motor Sport Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo 2 MON SWERet KEN POR13 ESPRet FRA ARG GRERet NZL20 FIN20 CHN10 ITARet AUS14 GBRRet NC 0 2000 Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC MON SWE14 KEN PORRet ESPRet ARG7 GRERet NZLRet FIN9 CYP FRA12 ITA16 AUSRet GBR11 NC 0 2001 Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC MON7 SWERet 17th 4 Hyundai Accent WRC2 POR6 ESP11 ARG9 CYP7 GRE15 KEN FIN13 NZL9 ITARet FRA9 AUS10 GBR4 2002 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC MON14 SWE5 FRA10 ESP13 CYPRet ARG8 GRERet KEN9 15th 2 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 FINRet GERRet ITARet NZL AUS GBR 2003 Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 MON SWE TUR NZL6 ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR 17th 3 2004 R.E.D. World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE17 MEXRet NZL13 CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER17 JPN GBR14 ITA FRA15 ESP AUSRet NC 0 2006 Alister McRae Toyota Corolla S2000 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBRRet NC 0 2007 Taylor Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL21 ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR NC 0 2012 Proton Motorsports Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON SWE37 MEX POR ARG GRE NZLRet FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0

PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PWRC Points 2004 R.E.D. World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE2 MEXRet NZL3 ARG GER3 FRA3 AUSRet 5th 26

SWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SWRC Points 2012 Proton Motorsports Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON SWE7 POR NZLRet FIN GBR FRA ESP 13th 6

APRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 APRC Points 1996 SanYang MIT Motorsport Honda Civic VTi THA IDN MYS NZL AUSRet BEI - 0 1997 S.B.G. Sport Volkswagen Golf Kit Car THA CHI NZL MYS IDN AUSRet - 0 1997 S.B.G. Sport Volkswagen Golf Kit Car THA CHI NZL MYS AUS10 - 0 2009 Proton R3 Malaysia Proton Satria Neo S2000 NCL AUS NZL JPN MYS IDNRet CHN - 0 2010 Proton R3 Malaysia Proton Satria Neo S2000 MALRet JPNRet NZL2 AUSRet NCL IDN CHN1 3rd 78 2011 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MAL3 AUS4 NCL3 NZL5 JPN2 CHN1 1st 153 2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 NZL4 NCLRet AUS2 MYS1 JPNRet CHN1 2nd 120

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WRX Points 2017 Loco World RX Team Volkswagen Polo BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA24 LAT GER RSA 41st 0