Ove Andersson was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 program. He was also known as "Paven" or "the Pope".

He started his career in 1964 and made his first serious rallying activity with Saab. He first competed internationally at the 1964 Acropolis. And at the late sixties, Andersson had settle for a while with teams such as Ford and Lancia

It was the year 1971 when he won several rallying competition including the Monte Carlo Rally, Rallye Sanremo, Österreichische Alpenfahrt and Acropolis Rally. In 1973, he started driving a Toyota Celica, which made him won the 1975 Safari Rally.

Despite of being a driver, he also has his own rally team name Anderson Motorsport, which later was named the Toyota Team Europe. This team had much success in the World Rally Championship.

In 2002, he got involved in F1 racing as the first head of Toyota's F1 program. He retired from the position in 2003 but continued to work for Toyota Motor sports as a consultant.

O June 11, 2008, Andersson killed in an accident during a classic rally in South Africa. He is believed to have been involved in a head-on collision with a truck during the Milligan rally.

With what happened, Toyota has expressed their profound sadness at his untimely death. Tadashi Yamashina, Chairman of Toyota Motorsport GmbH, stated: "Everyone at Toyota is extremely shocked and truly saddened at this terrible news. Ove was an inspiration to our team and too many in motor sports. His passion for motorsport was legendary and he is a great loss to our sport. The thoughts of everyone at Toyota Motorsport are with Ove's family at this difficult time."