Craig Breen

[J4MIE]

Please stop the speculation - it's a completely ridiculous thing to do, especially right at this time. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

[mknight]

I won't come here suddenly pretending I was his great fan.

But on a personal level he seemed like a great guy in many ways and was a good character to watch and listen to. An outcome like this is certainly not something you would expect these days with safety focus in Rally1 design.

He had quite a lot of bad luck trough his life and career, seemed like this was the ultimate case of bad luck.

[macebig]

What terrible news...
At least, he will team up with Gareth Roberts once again up there...
And they're gonna race Frank Meagher for eternity...
RIP Craig.

[Eli]

Heard the news from a friend today, was absolutely left speechless, how a person, a human-being such as Craig could suffer a fate like this? It feels so cruel, unreal, sad and unfair to lose him today, at the beginning I thought he caught covid or something but then I looked it up and saw Hyundai’s statement… I honestly never thought I’d see the day i’d see something like that. I feel privileged to have met him back in Corsica 2015 when he was driving that 208 T16, talking to him at the end of the rally about next year and wishing him all the best in hopes he’ll get that coveted WRC drive. It still feels surreal to me and makes me want to cry, in my heart and mind I feel we’ve lost a great person in our small (relatively) rallying world. As many people here said before me, one of the nicest people in the service park and an absolute joy to watch (even on WRC+), gutted that we won’t see him in Rally Finland anymore, breaks the heart, will be sadly sadly missed.

[TypeR]

Craig is in the hearts of every true rally fan..

Good friend from Estonia sent me this photo of Mr Beef's memorial statue from today.. Very sad day today and feeling really sickening :/

*these candles are foŕ CB

[dimviii]

What terrible news...
At least, he will team up with Gareth Roberts once again up there...
And they're gonna race Frank Meagher for eternity...
RIP Craig.

his hero Frank Meagher also died at test accident too.

[Norm75]

Heard the news from a friend today, was absolutely left speechless, how a person, a human-being such as Craig could suffer a fate like this? It feels so cruel, unreal, sad and unfair to lose him today, at the beginning I thought he caught covid or something but then I looked it up and saw Hyundai’s statement… I honestly never thought I’d see the day i’d see something like that. I feel privileged to have met him back in Corsica 2015 when he was driving that 208 T16, talking to him at the end of the rally about next year and wishing him all the best in hopes he’ll get that coveted WRC drive. It still feels surreal to me and makes me want to cry, in my heart and mind I feel we’ve lost a great person in our small (relatively) rallying world. As many people here said before me, one of the nicest people in the service park and an absolute joy to watch (even on WRC+), gutted that we won’t see him in Rally Finland anymore, breaks the heart, will be sadly sadly missed.

Those are very nicely put and thoughtful words Eli. Craig seemed to be well liked by everyone in the service park. Such a shock. Such a shame.

[AnttiL]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1051...3272815022689/

Here's some footage from the test (no accident footage or anything), some of Craig's last driving footage.

[Loikam]

More pictures from today's Mr Beef's Memorial...
https://sport.postimees.ee/7753468/g...tuseks-kuunlad

[flat_right]

I still can't believe that he's gone. It feels so unfair. We didn't just lose a fast driver who, on his best days, could match anyone; we also lost a charismatic person who brought so much joy with his stage-end interviews and comments. It's unbelievable to think that you, Craig, are no longer with us. I really hope that up there, you can also find some fast roads where you can go "flat to the square right," like you loved to say. Rest in peace, Craig.