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Craig Breen. Picture: Autosport
Slieverue rally driver Craig Breen has been killed in an accident ahead of next week’s Croatia Rally.
Hyundai Motorsport confirmed the news today.
Statement from Hyundai Motorsport pic.twitter.com/GLNXbphVQW
— hmsgofficial (@HMSGOfficial) April 13, 2023
The 33-year-old reportedly went off the road and collided with a pole. His co-driver James Fulton was unharmed in the crash.
Craig had a very successful rally career and represented his country with aplomb. He was the 2012 WRC Super 2000 world rally champion, with class wins at the Monte Carlo Rally, Wales Rally GB, Rally France and the Rally of Spain. He was the WRC Academy champion in 2011.
Craig secured the WRC Academy and SWRC titles in 2011 and 2012 before joining the Peugeot Rally Academy for a long and successful stint in the ERC. That led to a part-programme with Citroën in the WRC for 2016. He didn’t disappoint, with a podium in Finland and fifth place in Corsica. Five top-five WRC finishes followed in 2017 before Craig returned to the podium in Sweden in early 2018.
He made his WRC debut with us in 2019, securing seventh at Rally Finland. In the subsequent two seasons, the Irishman claimed an impressive four podiums from seven events, including two second place finishes in Estonia.
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