I was wondering how he was only a few days ago. Rallying and motorsport have lost an almost certain legend, but he never had the real opportunity to prove how good he could be.
I have not been on the net for a few days, and this is totally new to hear... completely unexpected too. I figured he had passed away from a severe accident whilst driving or something... but apparently.... an illness? A real shame. At least his name brought us a great rally simulation, I hope another one will be created on his behalf
I always liked him - a great driver, an interesting person.
Throughout the last weeks I thought a lot about him, because there have been no news for months about him.
When the illness started just before the Rally of GB some years ago I was shocked already but it looked like he was getting better
No news for a long time were a bad sign, but still it is a shock
Everytime I play RBR I have some bad feeling - weird, huh...
I have actually had the pleasure of meeting Richard quite often, and even after the inital diagnosis nearly two years ago, he was always looking on the bright side, even though he knew that the future was going to be very short. The bad thing about his death is that it wasn't doing something that he loved, like Marco Martins co-driver.
Long may his memory live on in all of us racers. Although he mainly raced on the gravel, he was a racer at heart, and that is what we all have in common.
Yeah, that year went fast. I should try and fire up the old girl (RBR that is) this weekend for a bit, haven't tried it with my G25 yet. His name will never leave my PC.