Derek Ringer (born 11 October 1956) is a British rally co-driver from Scotland. He is most closely associated with Colin McRae, with whom he won the 1995 World Rally Championship.
Although their partnership extended back to the 1980s when McRae was a teenager, the two split at the end of 1996 when they failed to defend their title, several mid-season crashes being blamed on Ringer. After a year's absence, Ringer returned to partner Martin Rowe in the British Rally Championship, the pair winning the 1998 title in a Renault Mégane Maxi and competing together in the World Rally Championship in 1999.
Ringer then moved on to Mitsubishi for two years, before McRae's split with replacement co-driver Nicky Grist in 2002 reunited the two Scots for 2003. However, the partnership did not yield fresh success and both men lost their seats at Citroën. McRae competed in only three more world rallies, partnered by Nicky Grist on each occasion.
In February 2008, Ringer served as Travis Pastrana's interim co-driver beginning with the second-round, 100 Acre Wood event on 22 February. Pastrana's former co-driver, Christian Edstrom announced his retirement from rallying after one race in January.
Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1987 British Junior Rally Team Vauxhall Nova Sport MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBRRet NC 0 1988 Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 GTI MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBRRet NC 0 1989 Mike Little Preparations Ford Sierra XR 4x4 SWE15 MON POR KEN FRA GRC 34th 8 Gary Smith Motorsport Ford Sierra RS Cosworth NZL5 ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV R.E.D GBRRet 1990 Shell Oil UK Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 MON POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV GBR6 34th 6 1991 Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBRRet NC 0 Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS MON SWE2 POR KEN FRA GRC4 NZLRet ARG FIN8 AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR6 8th 34 1993 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Legacy RS MON SWE3 POR7 FRA5 GRCRet ARG NZL1 FIN AUS6 ITA ESP 5th 50 Subaru Impreza 555 GBRRet Subaru M.S.G. Subaru Vivio 4WD KENRet 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 MON10 PORRet KEN FRARet GRC ARGRet NZL1 FIN ITA7 GBR1 4th 49 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 MONRet SWERet POR3 FRA5 NZL1 AUS2 ESP2 GBR1 1st 90 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 SWE3 KEN4 IDNRet GRC1 ARGRet FINRet AUS4 ITA1 ESP1 2nd 92 1998 Renault Dealer Rallying UK Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA14 ARG GRC NZL FIN ITARet AUS GBRRet NC 0 Renault Elf Dealer Rallying Renault Mégane Maxi MON SWE KEN POR19 ESP FRARet ARG GRC NZL FIN19 CHN ITA17 AUS10 GBR18 NC 0 Team Advan Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZLRet FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYPRet GRC KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0 Ford Motor Co Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRC KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUSRet GBR5 18th 2 2003 Citroën Total Citroën Xsara WRC MON2 SWE5 TUR4 NZLRet ARGRet GRC8 CYP4 GER4 FINRet AUS4 ITA6 FRA5 ESP9 GBR4 7th 45 2008 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza STi N12 MON SWE MEX ARGRet JOR ITA GRE29 TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0
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