Citroen has dropped kris meeke from its world rally championship lineup for the rest of 2018 due to an excessively high number of crashes. Meek was a pretty reasonable driver, but it is his activities after racing for which he is best known. One of the world championships iconic events, portugal is a rally that all drivers dream of winning one day. Kris meeke sacked by citroen after latest crash in. This threepronged attack should increase the teams chances of securing a strong result, with each driver pairing offering a broad range of skills and qualities. Toyota is set to announce next week that the excitroen driver will. Kris meeke admits that his fulltime wrc career is over. He was the 2009 intercontinental rally challenge champion. Citroen has benched its british rally driver kris meeke from its lineup for the rest of 2018 because hes had an excessively high number of crashes. Just a wee page to see how many people agree that kris meeke should be in the wrc with a full works team.
Kris meeke could be close to announcing his retirement from rallyings top level after losing his toyota wrc drive, speculation suggests. Meek served as the chairman of stamfords urban redevelopment commission. All our tv channels and s4c are available to watch live through bbc iplayer, although some programmes may. Chris meek the nostalgia forum the autosport forums. Hyundai driver thierry neuville leads by 20 seconds over toyotas jarimatti latvala and msports ott tanak. Kris has set fastest time in shakedown for the opening round of the 2019 world rally championship, rallye monte carlo, as he prepares to start a new era in his career. Meeke was invited to take part in the dakar rally in saudi arabia with an allnew project in the utv class by the multiple bike champion cyril despres but was put on standby as his codriver mike. Kris meeke powered through to win rally portugal, maintaining his lead over rivals all through the rally. Kris meeke to toyota for 2019 world rally championship. Rally news, photos, forums and statistics simply a great community of dedicated rally fans. Small clip of kris meeke in the rally school ireland metro 6r4 through donegal town. Juli 1979 in dungannon ist ein britischer rallyefahrer. I can not seem to get much information from his familyfriends and so have decided that asking motorsport fenatics such as himself is the best way. Even so he finished just 8 points behind meeke in the standings.
Chris patterson united kingdom glenn patterson united kingdom david senior. Please consider supporting us by disabling adblock. His pace in rally deutschland especially was really good, it was unfortunate that it resulted in no points because of reliability issues. Dungannon driver kris meeke has departed toyota, who have shaken up their lineup with the acquisition of sixtime world rally. Citroen benches brit wrc driver because hes had too many. Rally driver colin mcraes unsafe and imprudent flying. Chris meek rip the nostalgia forum the autosport forums. Chris ran titan properties for nearly 40 years, and in that time chris. You wont believe how close rally mexico 2017 winner kris meeke came to binning it on the final stage of the event. Top gear s favourite rallyist sends his citroen wrc car into a 14roll spin cycle. Kris meeke who has been involved with citroen racing since 2014 and. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
After racing motor cycles in the mid 50s, chris began racing on four wheels in 500cc formula 3 with a car which he christened the meek empress, its first recorded appearance being at chriss local circuit of brough in 1956. The absence of meeke who began 2017 as citroens title hope prompted difficult questions for team principal yves matton in poland last weekend. Dungannon driver kris meeke has departed toyota, who have shaken up their lineup with the acquisition of sixtime world rally championship winner sebastien ogier. Meeke joined citroen in 20 in two wrc rounds and then became their fulltime driver in 2014. Always been a dream of mine to drive the finest rally roads in the world. Watch kris meeke have the biggest crash of his life. Kris meeke has been dropped from the citroen lineup for the rest of this years world rally championship. Kris on his cars what hes driven and what he thought of it. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements. Shotgun in a lancia stratos and delta s4 chris harris on cars duration. World rally championship driver kris meeke found himself alongside spectators in the car park after going spectacularly off track during the final stage of the rally guanajuato mexico.
Kris meeke born 2 july 1979 is a northern irish professional rally driver, best known for. Northern ireland driver kris meeke has been dropped from citroens world. Kris meeke appears to have called time on his world rally championship career for now at least. Kris meeke has completed a deal to make a sensational return to the world rally championship with toyota for the 2019 season. Wrc driver kris meeke fired due to high number of crashes. Meeke considering retirement after losing toyota drive. Northern irishman out as sebastien ogier and elfyn. Outside of toyota, meekes only remaining option would be with the msport ford world rally team, but outgoing citroen driver esappekka. Citroen drop kris meeke for rally poland bbc sport. Kris meeke became the first british driver to win the finnish classic and only the sixth nonnordic victor in the rallys 65year history. Kris has driven many of the most influential rally cars of the past 30 years and played a part in developing more than a few of them himself. World rally championship driver kris meeke fired for. World rally championship driver kris meeke hospitalized.
Rally driver kris meeke flips his car and rolls out times. Rally driver kris meeke flips his car and rolls eight times during dramatic crash in argentina. Which i am now converting back to right hand drive. Teams, mini wrc team, citroen abu dhabi wrt, toyota gazoo racing. The star driver flipped his citroen c3 eight times during a stage of the rally argentina after if. Kris meeke facing uncertain future after toyota wrc exit autosport. Northern ireland driver kris meeke was involved in a big crash at rally argentina. Kris meeke wins rally finland kennards hire rally australia. Just read on facebook that chris has passed away,the saviour of mallory and a good driver as well. Tributes to leeds racing driver chris meek yorkshire. Citroen has announced that its wrc driver kris meeke has been removed from his drive for the rest of 2018 because hes had too many crashes. The ulsterman and codriver paul nagle will not start next months rally italia sardegna 7 10 june or any of the remaining wrc rounds due to an excessively high number of crashes, the french manufacturer announced late on thursday afternoon team principal pierre budar said the decision to axe meeke was based on safety considerations. Chris meek, of alwoodley, leeds, who was chairman of the titan group and the owner of.
Rally driver colin mcraes unsafe and imprudent flying was to blame for helicopter crash that killed himself, his son and two others. James may and kris meeke competing at the wrc rally gb in a bentley continental gt speed. Citroen axes kris meeke due to excessively high number of. Kris meeke admits that his fulltime wrc career is over the. Codriver agnew trevor andersson jonas bargery andrew blom johny brannigan derek jamoul renaud magee nigel marshall sebastian martin peter mcveigh gerry moynihan david nagle paul noble gordon patterson chris patterson. The official facebook page of kris meeke, toyota gazoo racing wrc driver. But we never really got on top of the engine, perhaps. Kris meeke produces a dust trail on saturday before his crash in portugal. Fivetime rally winner meeke held third after day one, but dropped to fourth on the 48. Kris meeke departs toyota after driver shakeup rte. Meeke was airlifted to hospital for checks after a. Northern ireland driver kris meeke has been dropped from citroens world rally championship team because of an.
Kris has set fastest time in shakedown for the opening round of the 2019 world rally championship, rallye monte carlo, as he prepares to start a new era in his. Five rounds into the wrc season, citroen has fired its lead driver kris meeke because hes been having far too many accidents. Toyota is set to announce its driver lineup by the end of the month. Chris meek lives in stamford, connecticut with his wife and their three children. Besides malcolm doesnt invest in his driver for years to just dump them willy nilly. He began his career as a computer aided designer with msport, at the headquarters of the ford world rally team, before moving on to competing in. Citroen sacked off kris meeke, rally community shocked. Northern ireland rally driver kris meeke somehow managed to walk away for horror smash. Professional rally driver who is best known for competing in the fia world rally championship. Chris ran titan properties for nearly 40 years, and in that time chris was the manager for tom pryce, a sponsorship and management consultant, but his most defining legacy is probably that of the saviour. Watch kris meeke have the biggest crash of his life top gear. The picture you have shown is of it in denmark after it was converted to left hand drive. Northern irelands kris meeke faces an uncertain future in the world rally championship after he was left out of toyotas driver lineup for the.
Meeke was invited to take part in the dakar rally in saudi arabia with an allnew project in the utv class by the multiple bike champion cyril despres but was put on standby as his co driver mike. Kris meeke has conceded that his time as a topline world rally driver is finished, after missing out on the lastremaining 2020 factory seat. Kris meeke born 2 july 1979 is a northern irish professional rally driver, best known for competing in the fia world rally championship wrc. He began his racing career as a computer aided designer with msport until he made his racing debut in the peugeot super 106 cup in 2001. Chris became a full member of the brdc 20 years ago in 1996 and had just been accepted as a life member. Kris has set fastest time in shakedown for the opening round of the 2019 world rally championship. Citroen says kris meeke needed a break and wants judgement on its decision to bench him for rally poland to wait until he rejoins the world rally championship in finland. At the wheel of citroen ds3 wrc, meeke scored his maiden wrc victory at 2015 rally argentina in 2016, he won two times in a ds3 wrc, at rally portugal and rally finland, and then gave the first win to new citroen c3 wrc at 2017 rally mexico. We regret to have to inform members that chris meek passed away last weekend after suffering from cancer. I am a forgottenunknown grand daughter of chris meek, looking to find out more about his racing life and life in general. Meeke had been running in second position before the. Northern ireland driver kris meeke is dropped by citroen for the next round of the world rally championship in poland. Rally driver kris meeke somehow escapes horror crash. Wrc driver kris meeke has been fired because he crashes.
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