Look at Rally GB 1998. Alistair McRae was bought in to aid Colin carry out further testing on the Scoobie a week prior to the event.
Given just a couple of weeks in the car look at the results from leg 1
Overall Position after Leg 1
pos driver machine time
1 C. McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 47:53.0
2 C. Sainz Toyota Corolla WRC +3.6
3 A. McRae Subaru Impreza WRC +4.2
4 D. Auriol Toyota Corolla WRC +7.9
5 J. Kankkunen Ford Escort WRC +12.7
6 R> Burns Mitsubishi Carisma +16.4
7 G. de Mevius Subaru Impreza +18.7
8 B. Thiry Ford Escort +19.3
9 S. Lindholm Ford Escort +33.2
10 K. Holowczyc Subaru Impreza +43.0
After McRae retired Alistair continued (leg 2 results beneath)
Overall Position after Leg 2
pos driver machine time
1 R> Burns Mitsubishi Carisma 2:13:41.2
2 A. McRae Subaru Impreza WRC +1:15.7
3 J. Kankkunen Ford Escort WRC +1:46.1
4 C. Sainz Toyota Corolla WRC +2:01.7
5 B. Thiry Ford Escort +3:01.1
6 G. de Mevius Subaru Impreza +4:26.7
7 S. Lindholm Ford Escort +6:08.3
8 A. Schwarz Ford Escort +6:23.5
9 K. Holowczyc Subaru Impreza +6:47.1
10 H. Rovanpera SEAT Ibiza +8:37.0
Of course he deserves a place in the WRC.
Give him half a chance with that dog of a Mitsi. He needs a good chassis underneath him and they'll all be looking out for him then.
Trouble is I don't believe that he will get a 'good' car until Colin goes, and then everybodys going to be harping on about how he has stepped out of his brothers shadow (bah!!!!)
