Subaru is considering leaving the WRC championship!

Richard Taylor, the general manager of Subaru in the WRC rally, mentioned the possibility of a withdrawal in a few years if the rules were to change from four-wheel drive to two-wheel drive.

Several hypotheses have been put forward in recent months to transform the WRC championship, with a switch to two-wheel-drive cars instead of the current four-wheel drive by 2010.

The meeting of the next FIA motorsport council should shed light on things on March 26, but Taylor admits that an approval of this regulation would strongly encourage him to withdraw the Subaru manufacturer from the world of rallies. The brand has historically been a producer of four-wheel-drive sports cars.

« Subaru positions itself in the four-wheel drive segments. If the championship changes, a withdrawal is entirely legitimate! » Explains Taylor, by the way.

On his side, Mosley plans to reduce the teams’ performances within a few years. An anonymous source stated: « Mosley wants the cars to be slower, safer, cheaper, and not necessarily more spectacular. He was very clear… »

Morrie Chandler, president of the FIA Commission, confirmed the rumors: « After the FIA World Council, if no one agrees on how to improve the championship, it is very possible that the choice of two-wheel-drive will be chosen. »

But Chandler specifically noted that if this hypothesis were validated, the cars would have the rear axle as the driving wheels, to allow for rallies to remain just as spectacular.