歷史今天:科林麥克雷 傳奇英國拉力車手

【英文原文】

The son of five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and brother of rally driver Alister McRae, Colin McRae was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion and, in 1995, became the first Briton and the youngest to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title.

McRae's Subaru won the World Rally Championship Constructors' title three times in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997. After a four year spell with the Ford World Rallye Sport team, which saw McRae win nine events, he moved to Citro?n World Rally Team in 2003 where, despite not winning an event, he helped them win the first of their three consecutive manufacturers' titles. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to motorsport in e died in a helicopter accident in September 2007 which also claimed the life of his son as well as two family friends.

【中文譯文】

5次英國拉力賽冠軍吉米麥克雷的兒子，拉力賽車手阿里斯特麥克雷的兄弟，科林麥克雷拉力賽獲得了1991年和1992年英國拉力賽冠軍，並在1995年成爲第一個獲得世界拉力賽冠軍的英國人，也是最年輕世界拉力錦標賽冠軍。

1995年，1996年和1997年，麥克雷所在的斯巴魯車隊連續3次贏得了世界汽車拉力錦標賽車隊總冠軍，在與福特車隊合作的4年當中，麥克雷獲得9項賽事的冠軍，而在這之後的2003年，他轉投雪鐵龍車隊。儘管在雪鐵龍沒有贏得一項賽事的冠軍，麥克萊還是幫助球隊贏得了他們的第一次製造商三連冠。1996年他因爲在賽車運動中做出的卓越成績獲得了英帝國勳章。 2007年9月麥克雷和他5歲的兒子以及2名好友不幸在一起直升機事故中罹難。