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His role setting up and developing Ralliart should be the stuff of motorsport legend. Rallying (including the Dakar) was pretty much all the motor racing I followed seriously in the 90s, so Cowan's achievements as a team manager do really stand out for me - especially Tommi Mäkinen's four successive championships at the end of the decade. Of course, Mäkinen isn't doing badly at the head of Toyota these days - he has much to thank Andrew Cowan for.