14 January 2001 - previous January updates: 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 ; previous updates

1 - 3 New Videos! (Rally galore: Burns and McRae)

Its not obvious on this small still, but if you download the video, it will clearly show you how close Burns was to hit the bridge...

Colin McRae also had his moments, and this snapshot shows a bit of his fight, while trying to avoid one of them.

3 New Videos! Rally Galore: Burns and McRae

There are three new files @ the videos section. These files are very high quality realmedia files, encoded with Real System 8 @ 580kbps. You'll need Real Player version 8 to enjoy them - get it free from here.

You can download the videos as RM files. In order to download the files, you should use your secondary-mouse button and choose "save as" (otherwise, you'll be activating the file from the server, meaning that it will play as it downloads, and you certainly don't have a dedicated 580 kbps pipe to this website).

So, here are the files... (read below)


Richard Burns almost missing a bridge, at the 2000 New Zealand (NZ) rally.

The 2000 NZ rally was fertile in small accidents. Richard Burns was fighting for the championship, mainly against Marcus Gronholm. While the finnish did zero mistakes, Burns had a couple of outs, and a severe steering problem. One of his two accidents could have been more serious, if the car's tail had kissed the bridge, or even if it had jumped to the water (gulp!)...

Download the Burns #01 RM file ; the file is ~ 1700 KB.


Richard Burns spinning on gravel, at nearly 100 mph.

Richard Burns' Subaru really wasn't helping the brit, that day. Here he is, again, losing control of the beast, this time when driving at a much higher speed, although at a safer place.

Download the Burns #02 RM file ; the file is ~ 1700 KB.


Colin McRae spinning on gravel, quite strangely.

Of course that Richard Burns, wasn't the only one doing mistakes and having problems at NZ, 2000. Colin McRae, who had a terrible season (nasty crashes!), was also chasing Marcus Gronholm and, somehow, had this strange clockwise spin.

Download the McRae RM file ; the file is ~ 1600 KB.

Burns on a cloud of dust while rejoining the track...

The Peugeot 206 WRC is my favorite car on CMR2. Marcus Gronholm won the NZ 2000 rally thanks to small lion.