Marcus Grönholm sees that Craig Breen’s death was a case of maximum bad luck. According to World Rally Champion Timo Salonen, the World Rally Championship family must react to death in some way.
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– It’s terrible that this happened. It has been really bad luck to the max. I understood that something had entered the door somehow. I don’t know, huh huh. Not nice.
This is how the rally legend describes it Marcus Grönholm thoughts Hyundai driver by Craig Breen, 33, of death. Breen died in a skid on Thursday after noon in the tests before the World Rally Championship in Croatia.
– Really sad. Such news is a bit depressing.
Grönholm didn’t know Breen personally, but he talked to the Irishman a few times.
– Nice guy, fast driver. Last season he had a lot of problems and quite a lot of outings. This year started to go well. In Sweden, he was second.
The World Rally Championship in Croatia is scheduled to run from April 20 to April 23. According to Grönholm’s view, the Hyundai team can withdraw from the competition.
– This is just my thought. I’ve been there once when a team mate Marko Märtinin the carter died in England. It was in competition and we stopped at that. Sorry, I’ve experienced this feeling before.
According to Grönholm, the matter was discussed in the group, but no separate event was organized. Everyone remembered the karttur in their own way. Others wanted to chat and some were in their own situation.
Did it affect your driving in any way?
– I do not know. I had a little fun. At the time, I had a new contract with a break and I wondered if it was worth continuing this sport. Life went on and pretty quickly both eyes turned to the future.
– I still remember the next race in Japan. We all had black mourning bands on our sleeves. I won the rally and it was dedicated to the karter, For Michael Park.
Grönholm can’t say whether the World Rally Championship in Croatia will be run. He should go himself to the event organized by the partner.
– We’ll see. We’ll be wiser later.
Toivonen’s death came as a shock
1985 World Champion Timo Salonen71, sees that the matter must be reacted to in some way.
– Yes, the withdrawal of the drivers would certainly be the biggest indication of the event and sadness. In a way, we retreat to mourn this situation.
– It is difficult to say what is right. Yes, you have to react to it somehow. However, it is such a rare case, says Salonen.
Salonen lost a really good friend Henri Toivonen In the World Rally of Corsica in the spring of 1986.
– It’s always a crash and especially for loved ones, friends, team mates, just like Henri Toivonen’s accident was for us. We were really good friends. Yes, the death of a good friend really hits anyone.
– I would say that these things rarely happen in rally car racing. But they are always unpleasant cases.