Subaru could make a return to the World Rally Championship in the future, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem claims.
The three-time constructors' champion became synonymous with the WRC in the 1990s and 2000s winning drivers' titles with Colin McRae , Richard Burns and Petter Solberg .The brand has however remained involved in rallying through the Subaru Motorsports USA programme, which competes in the American Rally Association. The team has recently developed a new WRX rally car.
The talks have been helped along by Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda, a passionate supporter of the WRC, who has been actively trying to attract new marques to the series. Toyota already owns a stake in the Subaru brand. "They own a percentage of Subaru and they are going to support an initiative of Subaru entering. And I feel someone like him, when he speaks, he speaks with confidence.Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot, Subaru World Rally Team, Subaru Impreza WRCThe WRC is currently actively searching for new marques to join the championship, with the FIA stating that four would be an ideal target for the future.
Should these early discussions with Subaru develop, it would seem that the WRC's anticipated regulation change in 2027 would offer the best window to allow Subaru to rejoin the WRC.
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