Colin McRae season, it was McRae who had to look elsewhere for 2004. David Richards, McRae's former boss at Subaru, who had by now taken over WRC's commercial rights holders ISC and worried that the loss of a character like McRae would damage his ability to market the sport, set about trying to help McRae find a drive for 2004. McRae was unable to find a team, and for the first time in over ten years he would not be competing in the World Rally Championship. As the only other potential alternative suitors, Subaru instead eventually chose Mikko Hirvonen to partner Petter
Škoda Motorsport him win, at least he won the Colin McRae IRC Trophy. Until the final season of IRC in 2012, Škoda Motorsport was the most successful manufacturer with a total of 27 points, winning the rallying series in 2010-2012. Since 2013, When the two competing series were merged, it continued to compete in the European Rally Championship. The team had competed as a manufacturer in the World Rally Championship between 1999 and 2005. Škoda Motorsport won the WRC-2 with the Škoda Fabia R5 in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Škoda Motorsport drivers won with Škoda Fabia S2000 the European Rally Championships in