Greatest wrc driver

Nicknamed as 'El Matador', the Spanish rally legend Carlos Sainz may have not won the most races, but has been voted by fans and expert journalists as the greatest WRC driver of all time.

He won the and drivers' championship while driving for Toyota, and has started the most rallies with career starts, winning 26 of them. Today, the year-old is still actively participating in motorsport, winning the edition of the Dakar rally and entering the Extreme E, an all-electric SUV off-road racing championship. The late Scotsman won 25 rallies and the drivers' championship while driving for Subaru. He also held the record for the youngest-ever WRC champion at 27 years old, and even though he didn't win more championships, he was always a contender in every season he has participated in, and earned the adoration of fans thanks to his flamboyant and no-holds-barred driving style.

Tommi Makinen may be known today for leading the success of Toyota's rallying program as Team Principal, but as a driver, he was also a world rally legend. He won four consecutive drivers' titles for Mitsubishi from to and won 24 rallies.

His initial successes came with Saab, but most of his victories were with Audi. Ari Vatanen dazzled the WRC in the early s, his aggressive on-the-edge driving making him a fan favourite. There were many crashes and a huge accident in Argentina in almost cost him his life. He became world champion in in a private team and his tally of rally wins includes the classics - Monte-Carlo, Britain, Kenya and Finland.

The internal focus that made Burns a legendary world rally champion. At the turn of the millennium, WRC was full to the brim with rallying's great and good - and 20 years ago on this day, Richard Burns became England's first world rally champion. Although Burns' natural talent drove him to the top, his steely determination and mental strength was the key attribute behind his title-winning form.

Having been compared throughout his career with nine-time champion Sebastien Loeb, Ogier has convincingly demonstrated that he can stand on his own as one of the greatest rally drivers in history. How confronting self-doubt drove Ogier to become a WRC legend. This weekend's Rally Monza marks the end of an era in the World Rally Championship, as Sebastien Ogier prepares to bring down the curtain on his full-time career with an eighth title.

For all his enduring success, the Toyota driver reveals in an exclusive interview that lingering insecurities have compelled his quest for perfection. Tickets Subscribe.

Sign in. Registration Sign in Facebook connect. All me. Motorsport Network part of. Download your apps. All rights reserved. By: Haydn Cobb. He then ousted Flying Finn Juha Kankkunen in the semi-final. The panel of six expert journalists could not split the two drivers in the final as each gained three votes.

WRC Promoter managing director Oliver Ciesla was bowled over by the huge response to the competition.