历史今天:科林麦克雷 传奇英国拉力车手

【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.

【中文译文】

5次英国拉力赛冠军吉米麦克雷的儿子，拉力赛车手阿里斯特麦克雷的兄弟，科林麦克雷拉力赛获得了1991年和1992年英国拉力赛冠军，并在1995年成为第一个获得世界拉力赛冠军的英国人，也是最年轻世界拉力锦标赛冠军。

1995年，1996年和1997年，麦克雷所在的斯巴鲁车队连续3次赢得了世界汽车拉力锦标赛车队总冠军，在与福特车队合作的4年当中，麦克雷获得9项赛事的冠军，而在这之后的2003年，他转投雪铁龙车队。尽管在雪铁龙没有赢得一项赛事的冠军，麦克莱还是帮助球队赢得了他们的第一次制造商三连冠。1996年他因为在赛车运动中做出的卓越成绩获得了英帝国勋章。 2007年9月麦克雷和他5岁的儿子以及2名好友不幸在一起直升机事故中罹难。