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Nicky Grist
Grist in 2010
Born (1961-11-01) 1 November 1961 (age 62)
NationalityWales Welsh
United Kingdom British
World Rally Championship record
Active years1985–2002, 2005–2006[1]
Rallies128
Championships1 (1993)
Rally wins21
Podiums43
Stage wins417
First rally1985 Lombard RAC Rally
First win1993 Rally Argentina
Last win2002 Inmarsat Safari Rally
Last rally2006 Rally of Turkey

Nicholas Mark Grist (born 1 November 1961) is a Welsh former rally co-driver, born in Ebbw Vale. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1993 to 2002. He won 21 rallies with more than one driver.

Grist's first WRC win was in the Rally Argentina in 1993 with Juha Kankkunen, who at that time was a three times WRC champion. Grist and Kankkunen went on to win the 1993 WRC championship with Toyota. Grist stayed as Kankkunen's co-driver until 1997 when he joined Colin McRae with the 555 Subaru World Rally Team.

Grist remained Colin McRae's co-driver until the Rally New Zealand 2002, during which time the pair won 17 rallies, 27 podium finishes and gained overall 183 WRC points. Between 2002 and 2006, Grist and McRae also competed together in a number of one-off rallies.

Career

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Early years 1985–1989

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Grist started his career as a golf professional at the Monmouthshire Golf Club,[2] and then joined a local car sales centre, where he was given Sundays off. This gave him the opportunity to enter into the relatively inexpensive motorsport of road rallying. His first rally was the George Ford Pips Rally, held in Caldicott in Wales, in a Ford Escort with Bryn Wiltshire driving.[3]

  • 1982 Competed in the Welsh 1300 Road Rally Championship with Steve Davies and won the 1300 class that year
  • 1983 Competed in the Welsh Road Rally Championship in an Escort RS 2000 with Steve Davies and won the overall championship
  • 1984 Competed in the Motoring News Road Rally Championship in the same Escort RS 2000 with Steve Davies. Won the Agbo, Eagle and Cilwendeg Rallies.
  • 1985 Competed in the Vauxhall Nova Junior Cup, his first stage rally championship, with driver Steve Davies. He also competed in his first WRC rally, the Lombard RAC Rally, with Stuart Nicholls in a Vauxhall Astra GTE
  • 1986 Competed in the British National Championship with Steve Davies for the Volkswagen Junior Rally Team in a VW Golf GTi. He also competed in British Open Championship in an early Group A Toyota with Graham Middleton as driver.
  • 1987 Competed in the British Open Championship with driver Graham Middleton, in a Group A Toyota Corolla, ending second in class.
  • 1988 Joined Vauxhall driver, Harry Hockley, in a development programme of the Group A 1600 Vauxhall Nova. Competed in the British Open Championship, finishing with a win at the Lombard RAC Rally, in a Group A 1300 version of the Nova.
  • 1989 Competed in the British Open Championship with driver Dave Metcalfe, in the Vauxhall 1600 Nova developed the previous year. In this year Nicky earned his first wage as a co-driver.

World Rally Championship

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1990–1993 Ford / Toyota

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Grist became a full-time professional co-driver with the Ford Motor Company and driver Malcolm Wilson. Competed in the British Open Championship in a Sierra Sapphire Cosworth. Also took part in a test and development programme with Ford's new 4x4 Sapphire Cosworth, consisting of three WRC events, giving Grist his first experience of a WRC event outside Britain. In 1991, he competed in six rounds of the WRC with Malcolm Wilson and the Ford Motor Company. In 1992, only competed in the Safari Rally of the WRC with Toyota Team Europe with driver Mikael Ericsson where the team came fourth. Also co-ordinated with the team for Rally Acropolis and Argentina giving him an insight into the inside working of Team 2.

1993–1997 Mitsubishi and Toyota

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Grist joined Mitsubishi with driver Armin Schwarz, in the WRC,[4] but during the Rally Argentina joined Juha Kankkunen. With Kankkunen he went on to win the rally Argentina, Grist's first WRC win. Kankkunen and Grist went on to win two more rallies, Rally Australia and the Rally GB. This secured Kankkunen's fourth WRC win. Halfway through 1993 Toyota and Kankkunen bought Grist's contract and he moved to the Toyota team full-time competing in the Celica GT4 ST185. The season began well with a second in Monte Carlo and a win in Portugal, but during the Safari Rally, crashed at 180 km/h after hitting a pothole that had formed due to the rain. By mid season Grist and Kankkunen were tied at the top of the points with Carlos Sainz, but after mechanical problems and the a crash in Finland put them 20 minutes behind and they finished the WRC in 3rd position. In 1995, with only two rallies to go, Kankkunen and Grist started the Rally Catalunya in a comfortable lead, seven points ahead of Colin McRae and the 555 Subaru World Rally Team, when they crashed and had to retire. After the Rally Catalunya, Toyota were found guilty of the implementation of illegal turbo restrictor bypasses on their ST205 cars. The team was given a 12-month ban by the FIA. In 1996, Grist competed with Kankkunen for private Toyota teams in three events and finished fourth in Sweden, third in Indonesia and second in Finland.

1997–2002 Subaru and Ford

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Joined the 555 Subaru World Rally Team on a two-year contract as Colin McRae's co-driver. With 6 retirements and 5 wins, Grist and McRae came 2nd overall with 62 points, giving the Subaru team the manufacturer's title. In 1998, Grist and McRae had 5 retirements and 3 wins together with the same team, with the win in Corsica, giving Grist his first win on tarmac. The team finished 3rd with 45 points and gave Subaru their third consecutive manufacturer's title. In 1999 Grist and McRae moved from Subaru to the M-sport Ford team of Malcolm Wilson, Grist's driver during the 1990 to 1991 WRC seasons, where they had two consecutive wins at the Safari Rally and Rally Portugal. However, due to reliability issues with the new Ford Focus WRC they only managed to finish 6th in the WRC with 23 points. The 1999 season of retirements only finished in the February 2000 when they finished 3rd in the Swedish Rally. However, even with two wins and three seconds to support Sweden's third place a further 6 retirements after the initial Monte Carlo Rally retirement meant that they ended up 4th in the championship with 43 points overall. With the improvement in reliability of the Focus WRC 00 towards the later half of 2000 Grist joined with McRae, signed a further two-year contract with Ford, and started 2001 with three retirements and a 9th at the Swedish Rally. The middle of the 2001 season showed better with 3 consecutive wins, followed by a retirement on the Safari Rally, and then two podium finishes. The season ended with a 2nd place in the championship and 42 points, two points behind fellow Brit, his arch rival Richard Burns. 2002 was Grist's last competitive season of WRC, and again saw him co-drive for McRae and Ford. During this year, there were 4 retirements and 2 wins, one of these being the Acropolis Rally, making four consecutive wins in Greece, and the other being the last Safari Rally, on its 50th anniversary. However, several disagreements between Grist and McRae led to their split after the Rally New Zealand conflict, and Derek Ringer, McRae's old co-driver took over and finished the championship with him.[5]

Later career

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2003–2005 Television

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In 2003, Grist began working for TV, on the programmes that produced the rally coverage for broadcasters around the world. He primarily worked for two different programmes, Speed TV in the US and the other the review programme that went out worldwide for all the WRC rounds. Grist worked as the presenter of the programme for Speed TV, explaining the rules and showing why a particular stage is a challenge. With the review programme, Grist worked as much behind the scenes, helping recce the rallies for great TV positions, planning the overall programmes, identifying the splits so that journalists can ask why a particular competitor did well or not.[6]

2005–2006 WRC

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In 2005, Grist again joined Colin McRae as co-driver, in a Škoda Fabia WRC, for the Rally GB. It was in this rally that Markko Märtin's co-driver Michael Park, from Newent, Gloucester, a long-term friend of Grist's was killed when their Peugeot hit a tree. Grist and McRae finished 7th just ahead of fellow Brit, Mark Higgins with Sébastien Loeb refusing the ten points from that stage win, in respect for the loss of his friend. Later that same year they raced the Skoda in Rally Australia, and in some stages leading the way, however, team mechanics issues resulted in the two having to retire.

2006–2007

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In 2006 Grist joined McRae for X Games 12 in Los Angeles, America, and throughout the televised event they fought for the lead, however on the last jump they landed badly, popped a tyre and then rolled but still managed to right themselves, losing only 2 seconds in the roll, getting to the finish line just over half a second behind Travis Pastrana and Christian Edstrom, and in front of Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino, bringing them to the attention of many Americans who had never heard of them before. The last WRC rally together was at the Rally of Turkey, in 2006, the last competitive WRC event for both Grist and McRae, but they were unable to finish and retired on the last stage, due to alternator problems with their Citroen Xsara WRC of the Kronos Citroen World Rally Team.

On 15 September 2007, McRae and his 5-year-old son, Johnny, with Graeme Duncan and Johnny's six-year-old friend Ben Porcelli were killed in a helicopter crash, piloted by McRae, near his home in Lanark, Scotland. The funeral for Colin and Johnny McRae took place on Wednesday 26 September at Daldowie Crematorium near Glasgow where McRae and his son were cremated in the same coffin.[7]

2007–today

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Grist regularly sits in the co-drivers seat for various drivers such as the Roger Albert Clark Rally amongst other events, but has mostly retired from co-driving and is now heading his own motorsports business. Nicky also appeared in a special episode of the British automotive magazine show Fifth Gear alongside Mark Higgins, instructing the hosts as they participate in a rally.

In 2019 Grist participated in the non-competitive Eifel Rallye Festival as a driver in his Celica GT4 ST185, his first event since 2001's Omloop van Vlaanderen where he also took the driver's seat.[8]

Other ventures

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Colin McRae Rally

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In 1998, whilst racing with Colin McRae, Codemasters developed a game for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows entitled Colin McRae Rally, in which Grist lent his voice and likeness as a co-driver, guiding players around various special stages in eight countries. The game used real drivers and their cars from the 1998 WRC and featured McRae and Grist's Subaru from 1998 on the front cover. Through this Grist's voice has become familiar to many who played the game.[9][10] Colin McRae Rally was soon followed by Colin McRae Rally 2.0, with subsequent games featuring Grist until Colin McRae Rally 2005. Grist later reprised his role as one of the default co-drivers (alongside Jen Horsey) in Dirt 4.[11][12]

Nicky Grist Motorsport

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In 2006, Ludovico and Elena Fassitelli, the Italian owners and creators of Stilo helmets, approached Grist to become the sole UK distributor of the Stilo range and through this he set up Nicky Grist Motorsport, based near his home in Pontrilas, Herefordshire. Through this retail outlet, Grist stocks quality racewear and accessories for all rally, road and track competitors, as well as providing all competitors with Stilo helmets, intercoms and HANS devices. With customers such as Petter Solberg, Ken Block, Kris Meeke and Sébastien Loeb, Grist is still in touch with all that is happening in the WRC. In addition, Grist is unofficially a consultant to the FIA WRC, concerned with matters of safety, helmet and HANS device regulations to the British sport. As a Welshman, he gives talks to business through the Welsh Assembly, and is a regional judge for the F1 in Schools competition.

Co-Driver Academy

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Added to his development of the Nicky Grist Motorsport business, Grist is looking to start a co-driver's academy for young co-drivers to develop their skills and become experienced and skilled co-drivers.

Personal life

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Grist married Sharon in 1993, at Abergavenny, Wales, in the middle of the recce for Rally Portugal.[3][13]

Rally events

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 #  Event Season Rally Driver Car Team Y/E Position
1 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1985 Stuart Nicholls Vauxhall Astra GTE British Junior R.T. / GM Dealersport 4th
2 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1986 Simon Davison Volkswagen Golf GTI N/A 6th
3 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1987 Harry Hockly Vauxhall Nova Sport GM Dealersport 3rd
4 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1988 Harry Hockly Vauxhall Nova Sport GM Dealersport 2nd
5 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1989 Dave Metcalfe Vauxhall Nova GTE Vauxhall Dealer Sport Ret
6 Finland 1000 Lakes Rally 1990 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford Ret
7 Italy Rallye Sanremo 1990 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford Ret
8 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1990 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford Ret
9 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1991 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford 7
10 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1991 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford Ret
11 France Tour de Corse 1991 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford 5th
12 Greece Acropolis Rally 1991 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford Ret
13 Italy Rallye Sanremo 1991 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford 10
14 United Kingdom RAC Rally[14] 1991 Malcolm Wilson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Q8 Team Ford Ret
15 Kenya Safari Rally 1992 Mikael Ericsson Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Team Kenya 4
16 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1993 Armin Schwarz Mitsubishi Lancer RS Mitsubishi Ralliart 6
17 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1993 Armin Schwarz Mitsubishi Lancer RS Mitsubishi Ralliart Ret
18 Greece Acropolis Rally 1993 Armin Schwarz Mitsubishi Lancer RS Mitsubishi Ralliart 3
19 Argentina Rally Argentina 1993 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 1
20 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 1993 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 5
21 Finland 1000 Lakes Rally 1993 Armin Schwarz Mitsubishi Lancer RS Mitsubishi Ralliart 5
22 Australia Rally Australia 1993 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 1
23 Spain Rally Catalunya 1993 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 3
24 United Kingdom RAC Rally 1993 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 1
25 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 2
26 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 1
27 Kenya Safari Rally 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Ret
28 France Tour de Corse 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 4
29 Greece Acropolis Rally 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 3
30 Argentina Rally Argentina 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team RET
31 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 2
32 Kenya Safari Rally 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 8
33 Australia Rally Australia – 2-Litre Championship only 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 2
34 Italy Rallye Sanremo 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 7
35 United Kingdom RAC Rally 1994 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 2
36 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Team Kenya 3
37 Sweden Swedish Rally 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 3
38 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 2
39 France Tour de Corse 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 10
40 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 3
41 Finland 1000 Lakes Rally – 2-Litre Championship only 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Ret
42 Australia Rally Australia 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team 3
43 Spain Rally Catalunya 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Ret
44 Sweden Swedish Rally 1996 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Sweden 4
45 Indonesia Rally Indonesia 1996 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Team Australia 3
46 Finland 1000 Lakes Rally 1996 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Team Toyota Castrol Finland 2
47 United Kingdom RAC Rally – 2-Litre Championship only 1996 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Ret
48 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
49 Sweden Swedish Rally 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 4
50 Kenya Safari Rally 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
51 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
52 Spain Rally Catalunya 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 4
53 France Tour de Corse 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
54 Argentina Rally Argentina 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 2
55 Greece Acropolis Rally 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
56 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
57 Finland Rally Finland 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
58 Indonesia Rally Indonesia 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
59 Italy Rallye Sanremo 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
60 Australia Rally Australia 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
61 United Kingdom RAC Rally 1997 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
62 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 3
63 Sweden Swedish Rally 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
64 Kenya Safari Rally 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
65 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
66 Spain Rally Catalunya 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
67 France Tour de Corse 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
68 Argentina Rally Argentina 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 5
69 Greece Acropolis Rally 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1
70 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 5
71 Finland Rally Finland 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
72 Italy Rallye Sanremo 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 3
73 Australia Rally Australia 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team 4
74 United Kingdom RAC Rally 1998 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 98 555 Subaru World Rally Team Ret
75 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
76 Sweden Swedish Rally 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
77 Kenya Safari Rally 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company 1
78 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company 1
79 Spain Rally Catalunya 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
80 France Tour de Corse 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company 4
81 Argentina Rally Argentina 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
82 Greece Acropolis Rally 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
83 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
84 Finland Rally Finland 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
85 China China Rally 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
86 Italy Rallye Sanremo 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
87 Australia Rally Australia 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
88 United Kingdom RAC Rally 1999 Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC Ford Motor Company Ret
89 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
90 Sweden Swedish Rally 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 3
91 Kenya Safari Rally 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
92 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
93 Spain Rally Catalunya 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 1
94 Argentina Rally Argentina 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
95 Greece Acropolis Rally 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 1
96 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 2
97 Finland Rally Finland 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 2
98 Cyprus Cyprus Rally 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 2
99 France Tour de Corse 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
100 Italy Rallye Sanremo 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company 6
1001 Australia Rally Australia 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
102 United Kingdom RAC Rally 2000 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Motor Company Ret
103 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company Ret
104 Sweden Swedish Rally 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 9
105 Portugal Rallye de Portugal 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company Ret
106 Spain Rally Catalunya 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company Ret
107 Argentina Rally Argentina 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 1
108 Cyprus Cyprus Rally 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 1
109 Greece Acropolis Rally 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 1
110 Kenya Safari Rally 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company Ret
111 Finland Rally Finland 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 3
112 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 2
113 Italy Rallye Sanremo 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 8
114 France Tour de Corse 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 11
115 Australia Rally Australia 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company 5
116 United Kingdom RAC Rally 2001 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Motor Company Ret
117 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company Ret
118 Sweden Swedish Rally 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 6
119 France Tour de Corse 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company Ret
120 Spain Rally Catalunya 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 6
121 Cyprus Cyprus Rally 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 6
122 Argentina Rally Argentina 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 3
123 Greece Acropolis Rally 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 1
124 Kenya Safari Rally 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 1
125 Finland Rally Finland 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company Ret
126 Germany Rallye Deutschland 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 4
127 Italy Rallye Sanremo 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company 8
128 New Zealand Rally New Zealand 2002 Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Motor Company Ret
129 Wales Wales Rally GB 2005 Colin McRae Škoda Fabia WRC Škoda Motorsport 7
130 Australia Rally Australia 2005 Colin McRae Škoda Fabia WRC Škoda Motorsport Ret
131 Turkey Rally of Turkey 2006 Colin McRae Citroën Xsara WRC Kronos Total Citroën W.R.T. Ret

Other events

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 #  Event Season Rally Driver Car Team Y/E Position
Isle of Man Tudor Webasto Manx International Rally / ERC20 1989 Dave Metcalfe Vauxhall Nova GTE Vauxhall Dealer Sport 4
Belgium 24 Heures d'Ypres / ERC20 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Ret
Switzerland Rallye International du Valais/ ERC5 1995 Juha Kankkunen Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Castrol Team Ret
# Event Season Co-driver Car Position
15 Belgium Omloop van Vlaanderen[15] 2001 Yves Preal Ford Puma Kit Car 41
12 Germany Eifel Rallye Festival[15] 2019 Phil Hall Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD N/A (show event only)

Notes

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  1. ^ "RallyBase". www.rallybase.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ Catchpole, Henry; Nicky Grist. "The D_TRB Interview: Nicky Grist (part 2)". DriveTribe. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b Jarmyn, Luke. "FIRST PERSON: "There is nothing like the buzz from being in a rally car", Nicky Grist". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ Williams, David. Rallycourse 1993–1994, Hazleton publishing
  5. ^ "McRae splits with Grist". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 October 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. ^ Owen, Rob (2 November 2002). "Rallying: Windscreen to TV screen for Welsh star Grist". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Family tribute to McRae and son". BBC News. 16 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Nicky Grist - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Tributes to rally champion McRae". BBC Online. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Nicky Grist backs school's safety campaign". Abergavenny Chronicle. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  11. ^ Reilly, Luke (6 June 2017). "Dirt 4 Review – IGN". IGN. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  12. ^ Kelly, Andy (8 June 2017). "Dirt 4 review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Big Interview: Nicky Grist On Colin McRae And Elfyn Evans". The Friday Night Social (podcast). BBC Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "RallyBase". www.rallybase.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Nicky Grist - rally profile". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

References

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  • Williams, David. Rallycourse 1993–1994, Hazleton publishing
  • McRae, Colin and Alsopp, Derek. The Real McRae The Autobiography of Britain's Most Exciting Rally Driver. Ebury Press.
  • Colin McRae Rally Legend – His Authorised Story. Duke Publishing
  • Holmes, Martin. Pirelli World Rallying no 17.
  • Holmes, Martin. Rally Navigation: Develop Winning Skills with Advice from the Experts.
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