It is so sad that anyone can die that young, my thoughts go out to his family and close friends. I had the pleasure of meeting Richard testing approx 5 years ago and he was a top guy with pleanty of time for anyone. Being from south Wales I have not missed a single rally GB for 9 years and some of my mates (die hard rally fans that go to other events of the rally) met him several times and had nothing but positive things to say about him.

We should all remember that Richard was only starting to reach the peak of his abilities when he found out about his tumor, surley he would still be providing good competition to Loeb today.

R.I.P Richard Burns