Ove Andersson killed in rally accident

[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