Robert Reid (rally)

Robert Reid (born 17 February 1966) is a retired British rally co-driver who partnered Richard Burns to victory in the 2001 World Rally Championship. The partnership lasted from 1991 until 2003 during which time they entered into 103 world rallies, achieving 277 stage wins and 34 podium finishes. The pair were runners-up in the 1999 World Rally Championship and the 2000 World Rally Championship.

Reids first stage rally was the 1984 Hackle Rally, a round of the Scottish Rally Championship. For seven years he competed in many different rallies around the United Kingdom navigating for many notable drivers including Robbie Head, Colin McRae and Alister McRae. However, he is most well known for his long and successful partnership with Richard Burns.

In 1991 Burns and Reid formed a new partnership and placed 16th in the British round of the World Rally Championship that year. The following year they finished in 7th place and in 1993 they won the British Rally Championship driving a Subaru making Burns the youngest ever British champion. In 1994 and 1995 Burns and Reid competed in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship and occasionally rounds of the World Rally Championship. Their best result was third in the 1995 British round of the World Rally Championship driving a Subaru.

Between 1996 and 1998 Burns and Reid drove for Mitsubishi with their results improving every year. In 1996 they placed fifth in the Australian round and fourth in the Argentinian round of the World Rally Championship. The following year they finished fourth in the British, Australian, Indonesian, New Zealand and Greek rounds of the Championship as well as placing second in the Kenyan round. Even further progress was made in 1998 with their first ever victory in the Kenyan round of the World Rally Championship and a first at the British round of the Championship. They placed sixth overall in the 1998 World Rally Championship season.

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