1. Alister McRae is the son of the five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and the younger brother of the late 1995 World Rally Champion, Colin McRae, and older brother of property entrepreneur Stuart McRae.
12 Facts About Alister McRae
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Alister McRae's uncle Hugh "Shug" Steele is a former rally driver.
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Alister McRae famously competed alongside his brother on a one-off basis in the Subaru World Rally Team on the Rally of Great Britain of 1998.
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Things got even worse for the team when Alister McRae was forced to pull out for the rest of the season due to injuries following a mountain bike crash shortly after that year's Rally San Remo therefore further hindering the team's championship effort.
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Undaunted by Mitsubishi's subsequent implicit resolve not to recall either himself or 2002 teammate Francois Delecour as the source of one of the few remaining factory opportunities sought to regroup for the 2004 season, Alister McRae entered the 2004 Production World Rally Championship instead.
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Alister McRae was on course to take the title on the last event before a mechanical failure struck, handing the title to Niall McShea.
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In 2006, Alister McRae successfully competed in the Chinese Rally Championship with the Wanyu Rally Team in a Mitsubishi Evo 9, along with a number of other selected international events.
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Alister McRae added to his tally of World championship appearances in the new Toyota Corolla S2000 at the 2006 Wales Rally GB, racking up four Group N stage wins.
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Alister McRae filled in for his brother Colin alongside F1 driver David Coulthard at the 2007 Race of Champions held at Wembley following Colin's death just two months earlier.
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Alister McRae drove a Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 at the Indonesian leg of the APRC 2009.
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Alister McRae made his FIA World Rallycross Championship debut in the 9th round of the 2017 season in France.
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Alister McRae is the father of Max Alister McRae who is a motorsport racer.