Richard Burns

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Burns
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Jan 17, 1971(1971-01-17)
Age	53
Date Of Death	2005-11-25
Birthplace	Reading
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Richard Burns Biography

Richard Burns is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on January 17, 1971 in Reading, England, United Kingdom. Rally driver from England, who won the 2001 World Rally Championship. In November 2005, he died from a brain tumor.

Both he and He and Walter Rohrl both won World Rally Championships. won the World Rally Championships.

In 1990 he joined the Peugeot Challenge after David Williams bought Burns a Peugeot 205 GTI. He got his first taste of a World Rally Championship event in Great Britain as a prize for winning the Peugeot Challenge that year. In 1991 Burns met Robert Reid, the man who was to become his co-driver for the next 12 years. For 1992 Williams bought Burns a Group N Subaru Legacy and with the support of Prodrive won the National Championship. This year also saw Burns help out Colin McRae with his gravel notes as Prodrive saw him as a promising driver for the future.

In 1993 he joined the Subaru Rally Team for the British Rally Championship alongside Alister McRae, driving a Subaru Legacy. He won four rounds, the Vauxhall Sport, Pirelli, Scottish, and Manx International, and became the youngest ever British Champion. He finished seventh on that year’s snowy RAC Rally. In the wake of his 1993 success, Burns remained with Subaru for the 1994 and 1995 seasons, contesting the Asia Pacific Rally Championship, which included the New Zealand and Australia Rallies, and also his home WRC round. His best result was third on the 1995 RAC Rally, behind team mates Carlos Sainz and winner and world champion Colin McRae.

At the time of his death, he was with Zoe Keen.

Richard Burns Net Worth

Richard Burns is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Burns 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of eleven, he joined the local Under-17 Car Club.

The Scottish rock band Travis dedicated “The Boy With No Name”, their 2007 album, to Travis’s memory.

Richard Alexander Burns (17 January 1971 – 25 November 2005) was an English rally driver who won the 2001 World Rally Championship, having previously finished runner-up in the series in 1999 and 2000. He also helped Mitsubishi to the world manufacturers’ title in 1998, and Peugeot in 2002. His co-driver in his whole career was Robert Reid.

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There, all three of Burns’ rivals were to have suffered retirement from the event by the end of the second leg proceedings on Saturday. On Sunday, 25 November 2001, therefore, Burns’ third-place finish behind Peugeot duo Gronholm and Harri Rovanpera enabled him to become the first Englishman to win the World Rally Championship, with 44 points, he was world champion with the lowest points total since the Formula 1-styled point system was introduced in

1997. When Burns passed the finishing line at the final stage of the final rally in 2001, he uttered words thought to be paying tribute to his codriver Robert Reid: “You’re the best in the world”. To commemorate the title success, Subaru produced a special edition of the Subaru Impreza in the UK called the RB5[1][2]. A messy legal battle ensued for the Englishman’s services for the following 2002 season, from which fresh suitors, 2000 and 2001 manufacturers’ champions Peugeot emerged victorious.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Burns celebrates birthday on January 17 of every year.

Burns became a tax exile in 2002, moving to Andorra, and had planned to become a property developer after his eventual retirement.

What happened to the rally driver Richard Burns?

Former World Rally Champion Richard Burns has died of a brain tumour at the age of 34. Burns died in London’s Wellington hospital on Friday evening with family and close friends at his bedside. He had been in a coma for some for some days.

How old was Richard Burns?

34 years (1971–2005)

How realistic is Richard Burns Rally?

Developed with the advice from 2001 World Rally Champion Richard Burns, RBR has long been heavily praised for its realistic rally driving physics , true-to-life courses, and being extremely difficult to master.

How much is Richard Burns Rally?

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Who was Richard Burns co driver?

Robert Reid (born 17 February 1966) is a retired British rally co-driver who partnered Richard Burns to victory in the 2001 World Rally Championship. The partnership lasted from 1991 until 2003 during which time they entered into 103 world rallies, achieving 277 stage wins and 34 podium finishes.