Ove Andersson killed in rally accident

Former Toyota F1 team principal Ove Andersson was killed on Wednesday morning in a head-on collision with a truck. Andersson was participating in a classic rally in the South of Africa.

Andersson was instrumental in the founding of Toyota Team Europe, which grew out of his own Andersson Motorsport squad. Toyota Team Europe later relocated to Cologne, and became Toyota Motorsport GmbH in 1993.

Under his leadership, Toyota successfully competed in the World Rally Championship, winning four drivers' and three manufacturers' championships, and took second place at the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours. He led Panasonic Toyota Racing into Formula 1 in 2002 before retiring as Team Principal in 2003 to work as a consultant for the team.



RIP

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Damn, RIP. At least he died doing something he loved.

RIP unfortunately he never saw toyota realise its potential in f1

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X (@ed24f1)

autogyro Wrote:
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> Damn, RIP. At least he died doing something he
> loved.

What, crashing head on into a truck?

RIP Ove Andersson

No he was in the middle of a rallying event at the time.

RIP

I have an interview with him,when Toyota first entered,i will scan it soon

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Omg RIP

RIP Ove.

I sort of met the guy, he was top class for F1, big shame

RIP

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