Allan McNish: Going Out On Top

Allan McNish, one of the greatest sports car driver in history, announced his retirement from racing today. Having claimed the FIA World Endurance Championship crown last month the 44-year old Scotsman told Autosport Magazine, “You have to get out at some point and everything lined up to make this an extremely good time to do it.”

“Everything has fallen into place. I have won pretty much everything I wanted to and I ticked the last box with the world championship. It is good to do it now with the change over to the new car and new rules, which would have required a big commitment.”

His incredible endurance racing resume includes:

2013 FIA World Endurance Championship winner
2013 Le Mans 24 Hours winner
2013 Sebring 12 Hours runner-up
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship runner-up
2012 Le Mans 24 Hours runner-up
2012 Sebring 12 Hours winner
2009 Sebring 12 Hours winner
2008 Le Mans 24 Hours winner
2007 American Le Mans Series Champion
2006 American Le Mans Series Champion
2006 Sebring 12 Hours winner
2005 Sebring 12 Hours runner-up
2004 Sebring 12 Hours winner
2000 American Le Mans Series Champion
2000 Le Mans 24 Hours runner-up
2000 Sebring 12 Hours runner-up
1999 Daytona 24 Hours runner-up
1998 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Add to that list his season in F1 with Toyota, together with his test and development work with McLaren, Benetton and Renault, and it adds up to a stellar career.

He looks forward to increasing his involvement in driver management and television commentary, but did not completely discount returning to the cockpit, saying, “As a racing driver you never say never, but I am hanging up my helmet as far as anything serious goes. Perhaps I could do the Daytona 24 Hours in the future, like Martin [Brundle] did a few years ago [in 2011], but I will not be committing to a full championship again.”

We wish him well in his future endeavors

 

 

– MCZF1

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