McRae was supposed to return to WRC

[Woodeye]

Just red this in Finnish MTV3:

http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uut...2008/09/707813

Basically it says that Colin was supposed to return last season to Subaru and drive few rallies. The plan discussed between with Richards, Lapworth and Colin was to develop the car last season and finally drive this whole season.

Apparently this was discussed just 24 hrs before the tragic accident.

[m.lowe]

A dam shame we would never see Colin back in the WRC
as he could make the Fabia work, there was no doubt he could of made the Subaru win in his hands

[306 Cosworth]

McRae had a 'done deal' to drive for Subaru in Rally Ireland and Rally GB last year and it was a nearly done deal for the whole 2008 season.
Gutted
He'd have brought the WRC back to the forefront again!

[Rallyst3ve]

Gutted too i really wanted to see McRae back in the WRC.

As its already been said look how well he did with the Skoda Fabia WRC im sure he would have been competitive with Subaru and it would have certainly given the World Rally Championship a massive boost.

[Daniel]

Bugger

[Tomi]

top 5 positions would have been possible I guess.

[N.O.T]

top 5 positions would have been possible I guess.

hmmm i don;t think he could challenge atko or peter in subaru...but unfortunatelly we will never know.

[OldF]

I’ve loved to see one of the old icons competing against the “youngsters”.

[Rallyst3ve]

N.O.T
hmmm i don;t think he could challenge atko or peter in subaru...but unfortunatelly we will never know.

I think Colin would have been quicker than Solberg and Atkinson would have been great to see how close he could get to Seb, Mikko, and Latvala.
On events such as New Zealand, Australia and Rally GB he would definately stand a chance!!!

[Tomi]

hmmm i don;t think he could challenge atko or peter in subaru...but unfortunatelly we will never know.

Same here, the time at Citroen showed how competitive he was.
Also im not sure if this news are true at all, according to Jouhki, Richards wanted Colin to drive for Subaru the same year they signed Hirvonen, Richards did not have the money to sign him, and Subaru wanted a younger driver, Richards was very stubborn about to get Colin and did not want to talk about any other options, thats why FRM did the negotiations directly with Subaru in Japan, thats the main reason why Richards almost destroyed Mikkos carreer.