Robert Reid

Robert Reid (born 17 February 1966) is a retired British rally co-driver who became 2001 World Rally Champion alongside champion driver Richard Burns (1971–2005). From 2021 through April 2025, Reid served as the FIA Deputy President for Sport.

Reid's partnership with Burns lasted from 1991 until 2003 during which time they entered into 103 world rallies, achieving ten victories, 277 stage wins and 34 podium finishes. His previous motorsport governance and administration roles have included President of the FIA Closed Road Commission, Vice-President of the WRC Commission and a member of the FIA International Sporting Code Review Commission. For seven years he competed in many different rallies around the United Kingdom co-driving for many notable drivers including Robbie Head, Colin McRae and Alister McRae. On 25 November 2005, four years to the day since Burns and Reid had won the World Championship title, Burns died.

According to the online rally database eWRC-Results.com and Reid's own testimony, he has only entered one rally since Burns was taken ill, the 2008 Richard Burns Memorial Rally. He was co-driver to Estonian Markko Martin, who was with Burns on the day he fell ill. In 2007, Reid was contacted by Colin McRae to potentially act as his co-driver in a return to the World Rally Championships. The pair were due to test together, but McRae was killed a week before the test.

Non-racing career Since retiring from competition, Reid has held several governance and administration positions within motorsport. He spent several years as the Performance Director of the UK Motor Sport Association establishing elite programmes to develop young driver talent in the United Kingdom. More recently, he has been working alongside Alexander Wurz to select and train emerging talent at the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.

Reid lent his voice and likeness in the 2004 sim rally game Richard Burns Rally as the player's co-driver alongside Richard Burns who voiced himself in the game's tutorial section. Reid himself went on to use a modified version of Richard Burns Rally as a training tool for rally stewards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WRC victories