Como aficionado a la WRC es muy doloroso enterarse de esta noticia de SUBARU; ante todo agradezco mucho el aporte que realizaron a esta disiplina con su esfuerzo y dedicacion por salir adelante en todo, aun en los momentos mas adversos del campeonato; gracias a sus pilotos y a todo el equipo de trabajo.
Como buenos capitanes luchan por mantener el barco a flote por sus propios medios y esto es digno de respeto; estoy seguro de que cuando pase esta crisis y el agua vuelva a su cause, volveré a ver la nave de color azul con franjas amarillas; volar sobre la nieve de Finlandia, las calles de tierra de Cataluya, el asfalto de la riviera Francesa, pasar nuevamente por la tierra del Chile Picante y por la tierra del asado del Gaucho la Patagonia y espero pronto ver salir una luz desde la tierra del Sol Naciente.
Subaru se retira del WRC
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Bueno, por el lado amable habría algo positivo si esto llegara a ser cierto. Básicamente le 'limpiaría la mesa' a Richards para echarse al agua con la compra de Honda F1
Formula 1 » Subaru exit to push Prodrive towards F1?
Wednesday, 17th December 2008
The end of its works WRC commitment with Subaru may be enough to convince Prodrive's David Richards to snap up the defunct Honda F1 team.
Subaru's unexpected decision to withdraw from the World Rally Championship could be the catalyst for the man behind its success to return to Formula One by buying up the Honda team which took a similar decision two weeks ago.
Prodrive boss David Richards was previously involved with the operation until morphed from British American Racing into the works Honda effort, when he was left to concentrate on Prodrive's many automotive projects, notably its programme with Subaru in the WRC, and his involvement with International Sportsworld Communicators in overseeing the broadcast coverage of the championship.
However, with no WRC programme for 2009, Richards' attention could be swayed back towards F1, where he has already been listed among prospective buyers for the suspended Honda team. The Brackley outfit is being offered for the nominal price of $1 in an effort to prevent it from disappearing from Formula One, but any potential buyer has to satisfy certain guarantees with regard to keeping the team running.
Richards, who had won the right to field a twelfth team in F1 this year before pulling out due to uncertainty over the 'customer car' rules, has admitted that, while he is in no rush to snap up Honda, recent rule changes designed to cut the cost of competing in the top flight - combined with the demise of Subaru's WRC commitment - has made the proposition more attractive.
“[Subaru's announcement] certainly clears the decks and gives me a bit of spare time to think about it," he admitted to Britain's Sun newspaper, “The new structure for F1 from 2010 onwards, with new regulations coming and very significant cost-cutting programmes [in place], certainly make it more appealing and far more suitable for a company such as ours. What's on the table today makes it far more feasible.”
Admitting that 'Subaru's departure is a great loss [for motorsport]', Richards - who also had a brief spell in F1 with Benetton in the 1990s - insisted that 'although this decision closes a significant chapter in Prodrive's history, our focus now turns to the future'.
