Burns blames Grist for his feud with McRae

[SJ Spode]

In an interview with Motorsport News, Richard Burns has surprisingly blamed Nicky Grist for fuelling the feud between himself and Colin McRae.

"The situation with Colin is much better this year," Burns said. "There were times last year when Colin tried to wind me up and I think a lot of that came from Nicky.

"But it didn't work. It backfired horribly. I'm not going to gloat about it, it is not something I think about. All it did was damage our relationship."

I must admit I find this suprising as McRae seemed to revel in the Burns Baiting at times, and I thought both drivers were strong enough characters to ignore Nicky's efforts to fuel the fire.