the irish pilot Craig Breenof Hyundaidied in an accident during recognition of the next race of the WRC World Cupthe Rally of Croatiaannounced his team this Thursday in a statement.
Breen33 years old, was competing this season in only part of the tests of the world. He had been second in the Rally of Swedensecond race of the season, in February.
He was in sixth place world before the rally Croatiafourth test of the season (13 races).
As reported by the team, the Irishman left the road between Stari Golubovac and wolfand the left front part of the Hyundai i20 N collided with a pole fatally injuring the 33-year-old.
The accident is being investigated by the team and the Croatian authorities, and the local police confirmed the death of Breen at 12:40 local time.
“It is with deep sadness that Hyundai Motorsport confirms that driver Craig Breen lost his life today in an accident during reconnaissance for Rally Croatia.”the South Korean team wrote in a brief statement.
“Copilot James Fulton escaped unscathed from this accident suffered just after noon”accurate Hyundaiwhich will not do “more comments for now”.
Breen did not win any races in the worldbut he achieved nine podium finishes between 2016 and 2023, with six second places and three third places.
The Irishman finished seventh in the world in 2022 after two podiums, Monte Carlo (3rd) and Italy (2nd).
The last pilot of the WRC World Championship (World Rally Car) to die at the wheel of his car was the Portuguese augusto mendes during the Rally of Portugal of 1989.
Since then, four have died. co-pilots In race; the French Francis Malaussène in Monte Carlo (1990)the New Zealander Rodger Freeth in Australia (1993)the British Michael Park in Wales (2005) and the german Jörg Bastuck in Spain (2006).
Source: Ambito
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