From RallyLive Scotland's 1995 world rally champion Colin McRae admitted to never having been more disappointed during his career when told he would not after all get a drive with Subaru for next season. Prodrive is the team that prepares and manages Subaru's activities in the World Rally Championship. It seems that Prodrive wanted to have McRae in the team to replace Richard Burns but Subaru decided otherwise. The 35-year-old said he had been really hoping for a competitive drive that would allow him to challenge for the title and had thought he was in with a real chance of returning to the team where he won the title and replacing bitter rival Richard Burns, who has a brain tumour. "I've never been more disappointed in my entire time in the championship," said McRae to Autosport. "This deal was not about the money, it was about me being in a team that could have given me one more crack at the World Rally Championship. Subaru could have had a cracking team with Petter (Solberg is the 2003 World Champion) and myself." The decision will probably mean McRae - who was dropped by Citroen at the end of the last campaign - missing out on a drive for the season and his only planned competition is with Nissan in the trans-Saharan Dakar Rally. World Rally commercial boss David Richards, whose company runs the Subaru team, said he was disappointed not to have McRae in the series. "Some sports have iconic figures and Colin is one of them," Richards said. "It was Colin that helped put Subaru on the map. I don't think some people understand the impact of not having him in the car." The British press believes that 23-year-old Finn Mikko Hirvonen is the favourite to be named in the Subaru team when an announcement was made next week. Burns was to have joined Subaru from Peugeot but was advised to sit out next season after a brain scan last month revealed he was suffering from a brain tumour. The Briton had been admitted to hospital for tests after fainting at the wheel of his Porsche driving to the Rally of Great Britain. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From RacingNet Subaru拒绝McRae的重返 Subaru WRC车队与日本富士重工於蒙地卡罗会议中决定明年将不启用WRC传奇 Colin McRae来替补Richard Burns的位置。McRae随即获知消息， 他非常不能理解为何最终的结果会是这样。 他上周还在英国威尔斯测试Impreza WRC2003，并相信明年应该会重返Subaru车队。 McRae表示：「合约最主要的内容并不是金钱，而是能让我再度拥有在WRC比赛的权利。 Subaru原本可以让我与Petter Solberg组成最强的搭档。 在我WRC生涯中从来没有这麽失望过。」 Subaru车队将会在星期一正式公布Solberg明年的搭档， 国外媒体推测芬兰车手Mikko Hirvonen将会是Subaru车队的选择。 --

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