Ove Andersson killed in rally accident

[turves]

Just saw this on crash.net

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/164710-0/ove_andersson_killed_in_rally_collision.html

RIP Ove

[Mirek]

Rest in peace, Ove :(

[Bruce D]

Unbelievable! And this is the third rally driver to be killed in South Africa by having a head-on collision with a truck on the normal roads in the last month! (the other 2 were regional competitors in seperate accidents about a week apart which has rocked the rally community a bit here).

RIP Ove, you will be missed and nobody will forget you and what you did for rallying.

[MrJan]

Too many people dying on road sections in rallying, terrible news.

RIP

[Tomi]

quite a tragedy, rest in peace Påven.

[COD]

So sad news, RIP and my deepest symphaties for his family

[c4]

Tragic news, RIP.

[DonJippo]

This is very sad news, RIP Ove :(

[PuddleJumper]

Terrible news. :(

RIP

[A.F.F.]

I'm speechless. :(

RIP Ove.

[Koppomsbo]

RIP Påven

[Rally Hokkaido]

Sad news.
Ove will be remembered for his great contribution top motor sport, especially as head of TTE.

[Tom206wrc]

:(

[AndyRAC]

RIP Ove.

Built up TTE - A great team.

[Giuseppe F1]

Very sad, unexpected news :(

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68204
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20456.html
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080611133851.shtml

[ArrowsFA1]

Very sad news ;(

[BDunnell]

May I suggest to the mods that this thread be 'merged' into that on the WRC forum, rather like the Kubica rallying one?

[ioan]

RIP

[Josti]

Tragic news, rest in peace Ove.

Important figure in rallying history.

[jens]

A very important person in the history of Toyota Team Europe. :up: A shame that this has happened. :(

[Viking]

Rest In Peace Ove ”Påven” Andersson

Great driver and team builder!

[MJW]

Some of the younger members on this forum may not remember how much a part of world rallying Ove was. He gave so many drivers their break, and Toyota's of some form were driven by many big names, and not so many big names, Carlos, Juha, Didier, Marcus, Thomas Radstrom, Freddy Loix, Henning and Petter, Markko Martin, Henrik Lundgaard etc. all drove TTE / or satellite Toyotas. I also remember reading that even though he was head of Toyota F1 he was still a "farmer from the Varmland", and in one interview (when in F1) the journalist was amazed that when the air conditioning unit in the F1 motorhome packed up Ove rolled up the sleeves of his white team shirt, got some tools and fixed it..... not many people in his position still had their feet on the ground. Sad day.

[Karukera]

True rally hero and a Gentleman.

A shock !

Repose en Paix, Ove.

[dimviii]

rip Uve :(

maybe one of the 3-4 most important men at the last 30 years in motorsport..

[jonkka]

Having brought Toyota to rallying, having reached the very pinnacle of the WRC and stayed there for years, having taken on mightly Lancia head-on and beaten them, having outlasted legendary Cesare Fiorio - any one of these achievements would be enough to make one legend, let alone all of them in one man.

Thanks to his determination, TTE survived oil crisis in 1970s, the demise of Group B in 1980s and even Toyota turbo scandal of 1990s.

What is not unfortunately documented anywhere are the boardroom negotiations that Ove had to undertake to persuade Toyota to undertake and continue the rallying effort. One can only imagine how difficult those must have been - and lasted for years.

:(

[Woodeye]

Just saw the news. Yet another very tragic accident hitting the rally world.

R.I.P Ove.

[F1boat]

RIP! He was a great man :(

[Mauri A]

One old friend lost.
Thanks for the good moments we had!

[Roy]

:( A man with a motorsport heart passed away. Offcourse thoughts are by family and friends of Ove Andersson.

[Nikki Katz]

That's really sad :(

[MJW]

well worth reading
http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt20457.html

[Ghostwalker]

a sad day for motorsport : :( :( :( :bigcry:

more articles att autosport:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68204

[jonny hurlock]

RIP

[kleisj]

Terrible and shocking news once again for the world of rallying... He served the world of rallying with great success at the best possible manner!
RIP Uve!

[Moriarty]

R.i.p

[Daniel]

:( What sad news.

[Daniel]

Ah crap :(

[52Paddy]

This is terrible news. :(

On catching up on todays motorsport affairs, I only realized yesterday of David Leslie's death. Ove's is a real kick in the nuts :s

Ove leaves a very interesting life behind him. :up:

[bowler]

RIP

[FIA]

Terrible news for the world of all motorsport, Ove was a great character in Rallying and F1, a great figure for Toyota F1 and was one of the guys who got them to F1. A great rally driver and a lovely character. R.I.P Ove, you'll be missed.


This is terrible news. :(

On catching up on todays motorsport affairs, I only realized yesterday of David Leslie's death.

Where have you been paddy, the amazon rainforrest? http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/images/icons/eek.gif

[K-Pu]

Bad news... Really bad.

It´s always sad to see this kind of things, and Andresson has been very important to motorsport.

[janez l.]

Teamboss of my all-time favourite squad dies. Terrible news just keep on coming for me today.

R.I.P.

[rx-guru]

Sad news. Another old rally hero and great character gone. RIP, Påven!

[MJW]

all-time favourite squad dies.

R.I.P.
TTE certainly had style, from the massive effort in Safari with so many vans, and a Nairobi base, to the every present white LandCruisers with K AM plates (K for Koln, and AM for Andersson Motorsport) as "chase vehicles" on recces and rallies. Good memories of rallying........ TTE were great!

[sollitt]

What shocking news! As a Toyota stalwart and as a fan during Ove's rally career this is very sad.

[SparkyKate]

Awful, he'll be missed :(

[duff]

well worth reading
http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt20457.html

Indeed.

A great character and a real gentleman.

RIP Ove.

[ST205GT4]

Never had the pleasure of meeting him, but from what I saw of the way he carried himself on TV he seemed like a lovely old gent. Sad news indeed.

[jiipee64]

RIP

[Pille]

RIP Ove.

[pino]

R.I.P great man :(

[turves]

well worth reading
http://www.grandprix.com/gt/gt20457.html

I hope Joe Saward writes that book...

[wwbroe]

As i am not such a great fan of F1, i remember Ove especially from his time with Toyota and TTE in rallying. He was indeed a great man and a very good team manager. Rest in peace, you will always be remembered as a great person.

[urabus-denoS2000]

RIP Ove.

[euskalteam]

RIP Ove.

Thanks for discober Carlos Sainz in late 80's

[WRCfan]

R.I.P buddy, thanks for everything you did to make rallying what it is today.

you may now be gone, but you will never be forgotten!

[Maui J.]

Very sad news indeed.
Remember him during the 90s with TTE at Rally NZ.
Regards to family and friends.