I almost cried after watching these videos, IMO he was the greatest driver, I loved his one handed drving style on a rally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAonkT3iBk&search=richard%20burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9i_ChF6MWs&search=richard%20burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJelgwlhgOs&search=richard%20burns

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i205/20512_2mg.jpg http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/gallery/data/830/medium/29RichardBurns1.jpg

What a bloke, what a driver. RIP richard

Very good tribute, what a good driver.

He died too young, he was a brilliant driver, one of the very best.
A good tribute.

too bad that we lost a driver like richard burns... he was a great driver.

it's a shame..but we have to continue the spirit of motoracing-which we are so it's good..

it happened in nov 2005.and i neve knew bout it.shame on me.
gawd...never expected such a thing.

He was the WRC Champion in 2001 I remember that season very well cuz that was the yr i really started follwing rallying. Its a shame that we didn't know that he died He had brain tumour RIP

You know, I'd be liar if I said I knew he was a great driver. I don't follow WRC too closely. But I do know that he was one of the most down to earth, humble drivers in recent history. I mean, when I think of a WRC driver, I think of a snobby Frenchman or a brat from the Netherlands. But he was from a different cut. He was one of the last gentleman drivers, and it's a terrible shame he's gone. The fact that he was a family man made the loss even worse.

Yeah Richard Burns did seem to be a good friendly person as well as competitive and shame that he passed away.
Thinkin about rally deaths i keep feeling sorry for Markko Martin - his
crash only killed his co-driver whilst he left unhurt.
If something like that happened i don;t think i could ever do rally again.
But here is a clip of one of his crazy corner-takings-


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6896761048794054865

Why he passed away ? Which crash ? When ?
Sad thing...RIP Richard Burns .

oh man, he was such a cool driver. It sucks he died so young,

R.I.P.

its a shame that he passed on....

RIP

Theres even a game about him, his a good driver.... Its just kinda a waste that he died so young....

RIP
i remember when I first heard about the news.
Emotional Tribute, the song is perfect for the mood

"Within Temptation Memories"

Even if he was he worst driver a man died from a very bad disease!
those moments in my life makes me thought that to have the best car/cheek or to be rich is f*cking pointless

What made it worse was that richard died 4 years the day that he won the WRC title, and is death was over shadowed by george bests, which was on the same day

that's pretty bad when that happens. uncommon though

/\/\Yeah, I didn't even hear about Richard Burns until I heard it on the radio..........a very sad day.

What made it worse was that richard died 4 years the day that he won the WRC title, and is death was over shadowed by george bests, which was on the same day

i bet you copied that from Wikipedia

try and find it then

I just remembered that I found out about this some time ago (at least 2 weeks ago) while surfing Subaru's STI site.....

R.I.P. Richard Burns

Yeah Richard Burns did seem to be a good friendly person as well as competitive and shame that he passed away.
Thinkin about rally deaths i keep feeling sorry for Markko Martin - his
crash only killed his co-driver whilst he left unhurt.
If something like that happened i don;t think i could ever do rally again.
But here is a clip of one of his crazy corner-takings-


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6896761048794054865

oh my god i saw the corner... its one of the bests corner takings.. a great driver !

yeah i've seen it again it's above perfect

Richard Burns was a great Rally driver. It's a terrible thing that he passed away to the whole motorsports community.

Did anyone see the Top Gear tribute to him?

^No, was it as good as the ones on this thread?

The Top Gear one was of the same quality, but the YouTube one was a bit longer.

I couldn't watch all of this cause I just burst into tears.
I need to go outside. I feel really shitty all of a sudden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a8OgpBiMoQ&mode=related&search=richard%20burns

you can't feel as bad as i did when my friend died 3 months ago, at least Richard Burns' death doesn't affect your everyday life, all the time

you can't feel as bad as i did when my friend died 3 months ago, at least Richard Burns' death doesn't affect your everyday life, all the time

Dude , I watched my Brother get hit by a goddamn Hummer at 42mph when it mounted the sidewalk...he died 17 minutes later so don't start with that s**t.

A DEATH IS A DEATH NO MATTER WHO IT IS.

That effects my everyday life...FOREVER

well i can understand how you feel, but give it time you'll feel better after a little while.

well i can understand how you feel, but give it time you'll feel better after a little while.

It's been longer than a little while mate...it was 9 years ago and I was no more than 5 metres away from him when it happened.
ENOUGH.
BACK ON TOPIC.
This thread is about Richard not us.

It's been longer than a little while mate...it was 9 years ago and I was no more than 5 metres away from him when it happened.
ENOUGH.
BACK ON TOPIC.
This thread is about Richard not us.

i was talking about Richard Burns, not your bro obviously you can never forget something like that

i was talking about Richard Burns, not your bro obviously you can never forget something like that

oops sry dude i got a little off track...yeah man Richard was a racing legend...i got into rallying because of this man...

from Richard...
"Whatever you choose to do in life , give it 110%. Someday you might become the best at it"

do you actually rally or just like to watch/ read about it?

do you actually rally or just like to watch/ read about it?

I'm part of a team that competes in group d in Australia.
S.D.R. ...Smoking Donkey Rallying.
The name? Terry Hellier , the driver is building a website called Smokingdonkey (random yes) so the name just came over to the team.
Basically I check all the safety equipment , clean the car and provide hauler maintenance.

One day I will have my own car but for now i'm just happy to be a part of the sport.

it must be fun being part of the team:)

yeah we have alot of fun...some racedays just suck though when everything goes wrong and noone knows why. but that's like every job i guess.ya take the good with the bad.

next meet i'll take a bunch of pics and throw em up here.