Ove Andersson, the former principal of the Toyota Formula 1 team, has died after bei♈ng involved in an accident during a classic rally.

The Swede, who led Toy🎶ota into F1 in 2002 before retiring the following year to work as a consultant to the team, was competingꦚ in the Milligan Vintage Trial when he was involved in a head-on collision after taking a blind bend.

During a highly successful career as a driver, the 70-year-old triumphed in the 1971 Monte Carlo Rally alongside co-driver David Stone in an Alpine-Ren🐎ault A110, amongst other high-profile victories.

Andersson th🧔en played a major part in the creation of Toyota Team Europe, which grew out of his own Andersson Motorsport squad and later became Toyota Motorsports GmbH.

A💃ndersson helped lead Toyota to multiple titles in the World Rally Championship a💛nd second place in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1999 before the Japanese manufacturer turned its attention to F1 - debuting in 2002 with Allan McNish and Mika Salo.

"Everyone at Toyota is extremely shocked and truly saddened at th𝄹is terrible news," chairman of Toyota Motorsport Tadashi Yama𝔉shina said. "Ove was an inspiration to our team and to many in motorsport. His passion for motorsport was legendary and he is a great loss to our sport.

"The thoughts of everyone at Toyota Motorsport are with Ove's family at this difficult time.♔"

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Ove Andersson's family and friends.