Career
He competed at 115 WRC rallies. David Senior"s rally career began in 1980 while rallying in local road rallies. He connected with David Young in a Mk II Ford escort and in 1986 the two joined the British Junior Rally Team.
Senior"s first full-time contract came in 1993 when he signed for the Prodrive Junior Team, along with Alister and his teammates, Richard Burns and Robert Reid.
1996 only brought a few one off outings in various cars, but in 1997, the pair signed for Volkswagen to do the BRC and selected World events. In a famous showdown in the Isle of Manitoba, they looked on course to be heading for a second BRC title when suspension failure catapulted them into a spectacular roll in the yellow Sony Volkswagen Golf.
During 1998, they were approached by Hyundai who were building their first Formula Two car and would progress with a full WRC in 2000. On Rally New Zealand in 2000 Alister and David scored Hyundai"s fastest time ever on the Te Akao south stage.
In Portugal 2001 they scored the first manufacturers point for Hyundai and the season ended with a fourth place overall on Rally Great Britain.
