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Originally Posted by saxoflute03
The late Richard Burns signed to return to Subaru for the 2004 WRC but the brain tumour that later claimed his life put paid to that.
Colin McRae was in the frame to take Burns' place at Subaru but ultimately lost out to Mikko Hirvonen.
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There is an interesting story about that; McRae was talking to Prodrive; but the manager of Mikko went straight to the top. Go for a driver who wants to be paid, or a driver who'll bring some budget?
I think history will show they made the wrong decision, as it was a disaster for Mikko; he simply wasn't ready for a factory drive at that point in his career.
Actually, I remember being in Resolven on RallyGB in 2003; and Dave Richards was there with an entourage, including Heikki Kovalainen(DR was at Benetton-Renault at the time as well); someone in the crowd asked about Colin in the Subaru, his reply "Well we're working on it".