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Very sad news folk's :(

"Former rally driver and motorsport boss Ove Andersson has been killed in a rally crash in South Africa.

The 70 year-old Swede died while competing in the historic Milligan Vintage Trial near Oudtshoorn in South Africa.

Reports say that the car he was driving, a 1957 Volvo P444, was involved in a collision with a minibus taxi. His co-driver, and the car’s owner, Tubby Bennett was injured in the crash.

Andersson’s rally career included many significant victories, including winning the 1975 Safari Rally in a Peugeot 504. He also won the 1971 Monte Carlo Rally.

After retiring from front-line driving, Andersson enjoyed success as boss of Toyota Team Europe, looking after the company’s rallying and Le Mans programmes.

He later went on to lead the Toyota F1 team for its first season, and after his retirement worked as a motorsport consultant."

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I met the man a few times in the late 70's early 80's when Toyota were dominating world rallying, he was a nice guy, one of the old school that had time to speak to you

He will be missed

Kingo :thumbsup:

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  • 2 weeks later...

Ove Andersson has been at the heart of most of Toyota's motor sport over the years, i would guess any Celica you've ever seen rallying was down to him....god bless you Ove, you have bought much pleasure to Toyota enthusiasts over the years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/1...&feed=sport

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I see team Toyota had a "Black Band" on their cars and the crew wore black armbands in respect at todays F1 race :thumbsup:

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