Richard Burns

Career Highlights: 2001 World Rally Champion 1997 7th overall - World Rally Championship 1993 British Rally Champion 1992 British National Rally Champion 1991 Peugeot 205 GTi International Rally Champion 1990 Peugeot 205 Gti Rally Champion In November 2001 at the age of 30, Richard became the first Englishman ever to win the World Rally Championship. For the last two seasons Richard Burns has been Britain's top rally driver, both years finishing runner-up in the World Rally Championship and earning himself the right to stand shoulder to shoulder with the World's best. Right from the first moment he stepped inside a rally car, Richard was on track for stardom and his list of achievments is undeniably impressive. Written in collaboration with Jon Desborough, presenter of Channel 4's rally coverage and shortlisted for the 2002 Royal Television Society Sports Reporter of the Year Award.