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Markko Martin

  • 16-04-2009 9:34pm
    #1
    littletiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭


    Why did Markko Martin leave WRC?

    I keep thinking it was something to do with a big crash?


Comments

  • #2
    enzo7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭enzo7


    ya his co-driver was killed, he took the rest of the season off, and didnt start the following season.


  • #3
    Chopper888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭Chopper888


    He was Subaru's (Prodrive) official test driver before they pulled out of WRC.


  • #4
    GiftGrub100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭GiftGrub100


    Amazingly Marko was also a passenger in a car with the late great Richard Burns when he blacked out as they were on the way to a rally or event. The rest is history but needless to say Richard never competed again.

    Then his co driver Michael "Beef" Park was tragically killed in an accident on a rally and that was that.

    He was a test driver for Subaru and a brilliant driver but no human being could go through these events and be unaffected.


  • #5
    De Hipster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭De Hipster


    Extremely talented driver thwarted by two devastating tragedies in close succession.

    It would be a treat to see him back on the stages but unfortunately doubtful with the death of Beef Park likely to hang over his career.


  • #6
    h3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    He is one of my all time favorite drivers, very talented, very passionate and very down to earth. Markko and Beef had great chemistry in the car also and had some very funny moments.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eG_HCrPGOY


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68uB6JeV1Lk

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