Ove Andersson

Ove Andersson ( born January 3, 1938 in Uppsala, † June 11, 2008 in Oudtshoorn, South Africa) was a Swedish rally driver and rally and Formula 1 team manager of Toyota Racing. Andersson's nickname was " paven " ( swedish for " the Pope ").

Rally career

He started his career in 1962 as a rally driver at the wheel of a Saab before he moved to the Lancia factory team. This did not prevent him from even in sports car races such as Targa Florio, and to go to the start of the 24 Hours of Daytona.

His greatest successes came together with David Stone by winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1971 on a Renault Alpine A110 and along with Arne Hertz in the Rally Safari 1975 on a Peugeot 504 more victories he achieved in his successful 1971 at the Rally San Remo, the International Austrian Alpine Rally and the Acropolis Rally. During the World Rally Championship in 1973, he finished in the Rally Monte Carlo a second place on an Alpine and at the Rallye Safari a third place on a Peugeot 504 The later Peugeot and Scuderia Ferrari team boss Jean Todt was temporarily his co- pilot.

His last active use as a rally driver, he played at the 1982 Ivory Coast Rally.

Team manager for Toyota

In later years, Andersson formed his own team Andersson Motorsport, with whom he moved in 1979 from Sweden to Brussels and four years later to Cologne - Mars village.

Finally, he sold it as " Toyota Team Europe " to the manufacturer itself before its withdrawal from rallying in 1999 reached the team a total of four drivers' and three manufacturers titles ( 1993, 1994 and 1999) in the World Rally Championship.

Following the decision of the Toyota Group's entry into Formula 1 was entrusted Andersson with the organization of the project, which was settled again in Cologne. In the early years it remained relatively successful with the first points and respect successes reached. In 2003, he went on reaching the mandatory retirement age in Japanese companies retire, but remained connected to the Group in an advisory capacity until 2007.

During this phase, he left his adopted home of Germany, sat down to rest in South Africa and acquired there with his partner Ronel Dahms the resort Kwelanga Country Retreat Lodge.

Fatal Accident

When Continental Milligan Vintage Trial, an orientation and reliability drive over 670 km and four days, rebounded to him from oncoming minibus on the Outeniqua Pass road ( National Road N12), which overtook a truck in front of a vast curve, head over to controlled by Andersson Volvo PV444, which still initiated an evasive maneuver, but the skidding geratenen taxi bus could not avoid. Andersson was killed on impact with the steering wheel. His 65 -year-old passenger and owner of the Volvo suffered a leg fracture and head and chest injuries, while the taxi driver was only slightly injured.

Andersson was married three times and leaves behind a wife, two sons and a daughter. His son Fredrik works as a technician for the Formula 1 team Renault, while his second wife, Elizabeth " Liz " Nyström, also known as rally co-driver acted repeatedly to himself and others, made a political career and Swedish as deputies to the Parliament moved.

At the race on June 22, 2008 in Magny Cours Formula 1 team from Toyota has gone to honor him with a black crape at the start. As Jarno Trulli this race with third place finished, what was the best placement of a Toyota since the Formula 1 2006 season at the same time, the team dedicated this podium Ove Andersson and the chief engineer Dieter Gass stressed that without Andersson not in the formula 1 was reached.

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