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Simon de Burton’s sales round-up includes Burns’ Impreza and Hailwood’s 125cc winner
1999 SUBARU IMPREZA
SOLD BY BONHAMS, £488,500
This wasn’t any old ‘Scooby’ – it was the one built to compete in the World Rally Championship with the late Richard Burns at the wheel. Driven by Burns in the 1999 Sanremo Rally and the 2000 Monte Carlo it was subsequently campaigned to a string of victories by French drivers including Armando Pereira and Benoit Rousselot before being converted to gravel specification in 2004 for Michel Sambourg – who used the car to win the French championship. Acquired by the vendor in 2018 and in need of restoration, it was rebuilt from the ground up using rare, original parts.