His specs are as impressive as the car's: born on the Isle of Mann, resident of rally - mad Wales, three - time
British Rally champion, and past SCCA Pro Rally (now Rally America) champion.
Today, though, McRae — himself a five - time
British rally champion — is taking in the sights.
Length: 8.4 miles Driver: Jimmy McRae, five - time
British rally champion and father of 1995 world rally champion Colin McRae
Both of the Isle of Man records mentioned were set by Mark Higgins, three - time
British rally champion.
Not exact matches
The 2010 Race of
Champions will feature some of the most successful racers from around the world, but also some of the world's most famous names: Sébastian Loeb (seven - time World
Rally Championship winner and three - time Race of
Champions «
Champion of
Champions»), Andy Priaulx (three time WTCC
champion), Jason Plato (double
British Touring Car Championship winner), Alain Prost (four - time Formula 1 world
champion) and the German pairing of seven - time Formula 1
champion Michael Schumacher and the recently - crowned 2010 Formula 1 world
champion Sebastian Vettel.
Former World Champion Hannu Mikkola, who acted as Goodwood's consultant on the course design, was joined by fellow World Champion Colin McRae and legendary Monte Carlo
Rally winner Rauno Aaltonen,
British Champions Russell Brookes and Marcus Dodd, plus former Datsun Works star Tony Fall.