miller

Having just watched the in car footage it was revealing to see mr.burns attitude towards the few spectators who helped him get his car out of the snow. What a winging git, he ought to realise that the speccys are there to spectate and are not in the employ of subaru to get their drivers out of the ****, they do that because they want to help.
He just sat in the car winging.
It was interesting to note that when colin macrae got stuck, he bailed out and got stuck in with the fans to get his car out of the snow bank.

BOB.T

He might well drive for Subaru but he's still a ginger tosser!
Bob

Acker

A bit strong miller. He was shouting to get the car moved but his rants were aimed at Robert Reid to get the shovel out of the boot. (The spectators wouldn't know where it was.) He just seemed a bit pissed off 'cos he cocked up; as I would be. Didn't you see the snow over the legs of his overalls in part of the clip; he had obviously been out of the car helping at one point.

rsquire

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>but his rants were aimed at Robert Reid to get the shovel out of the boot<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Typical effing Driver.. Friggin Primma Dona's the lot of them



Sorry about that I'm but a simple co-driver...

Richard

Harj <B>Shut it OK!!!!</B>

rsquire

See.. What I mean paid Mega bucks and then...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>He just seemed a bit pissed off 'cos he cocked up; <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I rest my case "Ya 'onor"

Bloody Drivers

Our Lives in their Egos

Richard

johnfelstead

richard, chill dude!

see you soon mate.

another co-driver.

D Noble

I was going to put up a similar post but was too chicken to slag off subarus finest, i do accept that it was in the heat of the moment but i did loose a wee bit of respect for mr burns when he shouted "dont effin stand there just lookiing at me..." ive always thought it was mc raes job to do all the whinging ....
by the way to messers squire + felstead, dont you realise it was the codrivers fault that he understeared into the snow bank...he he!

regards
Dave

Dave Richards

Hey guys,
Where did you see this video footage,i'd be interested in his attitude.

Thanks

rsquire

Dave R

SOD OFF

Where's me pay check ??? and get me a proper driver

And what's this about the "Red Cars" Bit iffy Mate....

What you think ya name is Enzo???

Richard... *The Real Richard*

rsquire

Ah Errmm

Mr Noble

Sir

Now if you'd had a co-driver in Thrust SSC you wouldn't have needed it cause you'd have got the same speed outta Thrust 2

Na na NE NA NA

Your Humble Servant

Richard

Josh L

Funny how people view the same event in completely different ways.

When I saw Eurosports' footage, what I saw was an immensely frustrated driver who looked as if he was almost in tears. OK so he shouted at Robert, big deal.

He was unfortunate that there were only a couple of spectators at that point, and they needed the car's drive to help them out. Whereas with Colin's prang, there seemed to be half the population there to man-handle the car out of a ditch, and Colin had to help, because the only way out was to lift the car.

Chill Miller

rsquire

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Funny how people view the same event in completely different ways.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Damn... Fox Sports

Richard

SDB

Richard and John... SHUT IT!!!!

you lot should learn to wake us up before corners, then none of this would happen!!

Josh L

SDB,

Surely you've got it **** about face there my dear.

I simply can't beleive that anyone would actually drive like that if they ever acheived anything approaching conciousness?

So waking drivers up must be a sure-fire way of making them crash.

You're all loonies.

JGRIFF

Mr Burns may well be a GT, but like all "proper" drivers he managed to have his accident on the co-drivers side.
Whats the difference between the soft roundy roundy boys and a rally driver?
Roundy round....Oh dear I didn't quite get that corner right, but never mind I've got another 10 goes at it.
Rally.....Oh dear I didn't quite get that corner right, never mind my clothes will be out of fashion when I hit the bottom!

DazV

When is it on TV ?

Can't seem to find it on Sky - anyone know if its shown live on any channel ?

DV

DocJock

Eurosport Daz...

ARRON BIRD

Ginger to55er.
The professional was Mc.Rae who got out and pushed his own car.
Cool eh!

dougies549

[i agree with arron bird

there was only ever one good driver at subaru and that was colin mccrae.

Colin Mcrae made subaru what they are today because of the way he drove.Richard Burns tried to step straight into Colins shoes but he will never be Colin Mcrae

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GranTurismo

Dont you think you are being a bit hard on him???

Should he have said.

"Curse my shoddy driving, Robert would you be so kind as to get the shovel from the vehicles boot while I attempt to move our transport"

He is under a lot of pressure and was probly livid with himself for making a mistake. However its hard to shout at youself without being locked up.

I am sure Mr Ried will put it behind him and get on with his life so prehaps you should as well......

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Nice response GT LOL

Mick

GM

I don't think you can judge a driver (or co-driver for that matter) as a person on the basis of how they appear during a rally - particularly not in a high stress situation such as when RB was on top of the snow bank. We're talking about a professional sport where huge amounts of money are being spent by manufacturers to win rallies. When someone like Richard or Colin loses any chance of winning a rally as a result of making a small mistake it would be unreasonable to expect them just to say "yeah, whatever...". In fact if I was David Lapworth or Malcolm Wilson I'd be pretty hacked off if they weren't angry with themselves.

Over the years I've had the pleasure of meeting a lot of the guys who have competed in the British Championship in a non-competitive environment (I used to help shepherd the litle darlings round on the recce for the Scottish Rally). With one exception (his initials are RB and it isn't Richard!) they were all a damn good laugh and came across far better than they ever did when they were competing.

SDB - if you guys could tell the difference between "my left" and "your left" the world would be a much easier place

Steve A

Having competed at World championship level in my chosen sport I can understand RB's frustration when something goes wrong so to say he is a tosser to my mind is very narrow minded.
Also get real lads we are talking only a few seconds difference in 20kms driving, thta doesn't mean that one is crap and the other is God.keep a perspective

AlexM

Aaron,

Yes - I seem to remember Colin McRae kicking the s**t out of his Focus in the intro (taken when his throttle failed in the Monte).

I think you have to expect a bit of temprement from any top level competitor (unless your name ends in ..kkinen )

Cheers,

Alex

RonaldoH

Ah well.

It proves hes only human!!!!

ARRON BIRD

Alex, it was Burnsey`s fault he crashed so the blame is on him. Mc.Crae`s car let go again so he kicked the fuggin thing.
I have been on my side as a navigator and asked people to push us over and it`s all on in-car camera theonly swearing was at my brother for putting us there in the first place.

BOB.T

Cast your minds back if you will, When Grunholm won the world championship and returned to his service area the entire Peugeot team were there to greet him, when Burns came back into service having won the Netwok Q and finished second in the world championship he was greeted by his mum and his gran, team nowhere to be seen thus proving my original point, he's a ginger tosser!

Bob

Dave T-S

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by rsquire:
<B> Typical effing Driver.. Friggin Primma Dona's the lot of them



Sorry about that I'm but a simple co-driver...

Richard

Harj Shut it OK!!!!</B> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Richard
Actually, you're just simple

greenking

Well, if I'd been the spectator, Subaru owner or not and he shouted and swore to me like that (and it was the speccies he was swearing at for looking at him, and not the co-driver), he'd been lying on his back in the snow. Then I'd video him pushing his own car out.
McRae was the true pro.
Burnsy, you're still second rate to him, with a lot to learn. you didn't do yourself or Subaru any favours for professionalism.

Darren Thompson

A friend of mine won the ANCRO F2, Junior and A6 class last year and when doing the Roger Clarke award was told by Richard Burns the only reason he won it was he had no competition. If Alister McReas old Hyundai and Higgins old works Nissan Sunny GTI in the hands of multiple British champions with years of experience is not then what is competition you arrogant w4nker Burns ???

Darren.

Edited due to hangover !!!!

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