The Northern Irishman has been testing the Czech Republic firm’s next generation Fabia Rally2 car this year and Škoda Motorsport director Michal Hrabánek says he would like to convert the five-time world rally winner’s test contract into a deal to have him in the thick of the WRC2 fight for next season.

“It would be interesting to see him [competing] in a Škoda Fabia Rally2,” Hrabánek said. “We have done – and we are doing – some work with Kris already. We are very happy with him and the way things are going.”

Hrabánek pointed out that any kind of Meeke return would have to come with one of Škoda Motorsport’s customer teams, in the same way Andreas Mikkelsen competed with German-based Toksport outfit this season to win WRC2.

He continued: “We are focused on the testing and the development with the new car, we haven’t discussed any kind of competition. As you know Škoda Motorsport does not compete as a factory team, so any kind of competition would have to come through one of our customers.

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