Absolutely horrible horrible news. RIP Craig, what a nice bloke with such a terrible fate! I'm absolutely broken by this and condolences to his family and friends.
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Absolutely horrible horrible news. RIP Craig, what a nice bloke with such a terrible fate! I'm absolutely broken by this and condolences to his family and friends.
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Expected an answer like this. Obviously you cant take all the risk out of it but you can minimize it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Unbelievable sad news & very bad day for rallying! At least he was doing what he loved. R.I.P. Craig
It was not a pole, he hit a wooden rail that went through the windshield..Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
No one to blame here, horrible fate and one of the saddest days for rally family
This is just purely heart breaking. No matter what you thought of the guy's abilities he just gave off such positivity about his love for the sport which has now sadly taken his life.
Condolences to his family, friends and many fans
NB Please refrain from speculation on this thread about who may take his place for the rest of the season. That would be in incredibly poor taste.
Couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
Yup just heard it that it was an object that went through windshield , very bad luck. Over the years we've seen lots of videos of rally crashes with objects penetrating through windshield.Quote:
Originally Posted by philippebugalski
I'm devastated, I'm even crying ;(
R.I.P. Craig :(
Excuse me, WTF is happened!!??
RIP Craig. May you reunited with Jaffa
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I can't believe it. Just after he found his form again zzzz. This is terrible.
I Can`t believe this is true. R.I.P Craig
A sad reminder of how dangerous this sport really is. This stuff happens less often now than it did before, but theres only so much you can do about the safety of the driver, even with latest technology.
RIP Craig, you will be missed
I love the guy. This hits hard.
What a beautiful person Craig was. His passing leaves a void. I feel absolutely empty right now.
rip Craig....
terrible news...unbelievable...
Ott Tänak
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I can’t believe I’m writing this now. Life can be so fragile and unfair… I can’t believe we’ve lost you mate! Just we’ve been texting and another moment you’re not answering anymore, I’ll miss you buddy so bad, so so bad…
Very very very bad news, so sad...
What a nice guy, so unlucky.
He will never be forgotten.
What a shame! I really liked this guy! :(
The number of crashes that he has had in recent years was alarming, but this is just too much!
May he rest in peace.
Hard to believe!
Going to miss his comments at stagends and other interviews, some were priceless!
Ott Tänak @OttTanak
I can’t believe I’m writing this now. Life can be so fragile and unfair… I can’t believe we’ve lost you mate ! Just we’ve been texting and another moment you’re not answering anymore, I’ll miss you buddy so bad, so so bad…
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ftmcc98a...jpg&name=small
I´ve always been sceptic to tarmac rallies and safety around those fast rallies with cars behaving always unexpectedly. But - this time I´d say it´s just unluck. Nothing to blame except from the pole standing just there...
Devastating. We all are missing a great sportsman and driver.
The organisers of Rally Croatia just had a press conference where they expressed their condolences and said they can't give out much more info before the police investigation concludes
WAIT WHAT???????????
FUCK NO.
NO WAY
FUCK OFF. NO WAY
NO, MAN....this is a hard hit
Fuck... No. Aaa
RIP legend. Jeezzz wtf
Mate I dont even enjoy wrc that much nowadays, I only watch it because of Craig's personality.. this is devastating. Ahh this is.. aa fuck
R.I.P. Craig. Massive loss to rallying.
At least he got to live his dream of rallying with the best....
https://toyotagazooracing.com/-/medi...to-day4-02.jpg
His love for rallying at all levels was so infectious. I'm beyond floored by this news. Reunited with Jaffa, but much earlier than anyone would've wanted
I'm completely stunned by this news. I can't think of a driver I've warmed to as much as Craig, the heart on the sleeve approach, the sheer joy and tears at stage ends and the fact he was just a massive rally fan like all of us. I was so hoping he'd get that WRC win this year. Honestly, I'm going to lose a lot of my interest in WRC after this, it just won't feel the same.
This feels like an eternity ago... I'm even more glad than before that Craig and Gareth were at least able to feel the champion's joy in their short and unlucky career and life. Reunited at last.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_lJo-yYpJw
Such sad news.
Craig was such an infectious character and nobody loved rallying more than him. It’s very tough to take this news, I would have loved this lad to get that WRC win this year.
RIP
Im never reading Dirt Fish again after today. Five articles already!! Thats so disrespectfull with the family and the community.
RIP Legend.
There was an info in croatian media that the strike came from side window and that is an 20 cm diameter hole.
But earlier there was a news from local people, that a metal rod from the fence hit Craig in the neck.
https://i.postimg.cc/W1x0Tn0p/MIY4-M...FM5-BQ32-Q.jpg
Please stop the speculation - it's a completely ridiculous thing to do, especially right at this time. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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.
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.
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.
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
https://www.upload.ee/image/15115757...3_Facebook.jpg
his hero Frank Meagher also died at test accident too.Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
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.
More pictures from today's Mr Beef's Memorial...
https://sport.postimees.ee/7753468/g...tuseks-kuunlad
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.