Craig Breen

Craig Breen
	Breen at the 2018 Rally Sweden
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	2 February 1990; Waterford, Ireland
Died	13 April 2023 (aged 33); Lobor, Croatia
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2009–2012, 2014–2023
Teams	Peugeot Sport, Citroën, Hyundai, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
Rallies	82
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	9
Stage wins	35
Total points	405
First rally	2009 Rally de Portugal
Last rally	2023 Rally Sweden

Craig Breen (2 February 1990 – 13 April 2023) was an Irish rally driver who last competed part time for the Hyundai team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He won the 2012 Super 2000 WRC, scoring class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally, Wales Rally GB, Rally France and the Rally of Spain. Breen won the WRC Academy Cup in 2011, winning his first event at the 2011 Rallye Deutschland and sealing the championship with a win at Wales Rally GB. The Academy title going down to the last stage, with Breen and Estonian rally driver Egon Kaur ending the season, both on 111 points, Breen then won the title on count back of stage wins, 39 to 14. Breen won the 2021 Rentokil Historic Rally in Killarney, Kerry, Ireland in his BMW M3 E30.

Breen died on 13 April 2023 after a collision with a post puncturing the cabin of the Hyundai i20 during a pre-event test ahead of the 2023 Croatia Rally.