R ae ' s ▁inter mitt ent ▁success ▁with ▁Ford ▁continued ▁into ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁where ▁after ▁failing ▁to ▁score ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁r ounds , ▁including ▁having ▁moment arily ▁led ▁def ending ▁winner ▁Tom mi ▁M ä k inen ▁on ▁the ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁opening ▁Monte ▁Carlo ▁R ally ▁prior ▁to ▁being ▁forced ▁into ▁ret irement , ▁he ▁then ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁score ▁three ▁consecutive ▁vict ories ▁in ▁Argentina , ▁Cy pr us ▁and ▁Greece ▁to ▁tie ▁with ▁M ä k inen ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁points ▁table . ▁However , ▁having ▁again ▁led ▁the ▁championship ▁out right ▁entering ▁the ▁final ▁round ▁in ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁Mc R ae ▁once ▁more ▁missed ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁possible ▁second ▁title , ▁crash ing ▁out ▁and ▁finishing ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁drivers ▁championship , ▁two ▁points ▁behind ▁Sub aru ' s ▁Richard ▁Burn s . ▁ ▁With ▁victory ▁in ▁the ▁Safari ▁R ally ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Mc R ae ▁made ▁the ▁record ▁books ▁as ▁the ▁driver ▁with ▁most ▁event ▁wins ▁in ▁the ▁World ▁R ally ▁Championship . ▁His ▁record ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁broken ▁by ▁Carlos ▁Sain z , ▁S éb ast ien ▁Lo eb ▁and ▁Marcus ▁Gr ön holm . ▁Mc R ae ' s ▁contract ▁with ▁Ford ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁following ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁season , ▁and ▁after ▁reported ly ▁asking ▁for ▁w ages ▁of ▁five ▁million ▁pounds ▁a ▁year , ▁Ford ▁decided ▁against ▁renew ing ▁the ▁contract ,