One of the teams in contention for the
Subaru M2 / 'B' team tag is Aimont Racing in Italy. Indeed Aimont may even run a car on the Wales Rally GB in December for Gigi Galli: "We have got quite a lot of customers worldwide and one of the customer teams we are working with is Aimont Racing in Italy," added Howarth, when pressed on the matter. "They are an Italian team obviously and they are quite keen to develop a team into the championship next year and work with an Italian driver. They already have some cars from us, so I am sure if they secure a budget, for Subaru and the team, as well it is always good to see highly competitive drivers in our cars worldwide. So again that is just one of those things you are just going to have to wait and see what happens."
As for how long these teams have to decide if they will actually run in the WRC under the M2 category, Howarth confirmed that the end of December is the deadline set by the FIA: "The nomination for Manufacturer 2 is the end of December. So that is when you have got to put your money where your month is and say if you are in for ten rallies or not. A Manufacturer 1 team is obviously in for all 16 rallies with two cars, where as a M2 can register for ten events. We are working, like all the manufacturers, with all these teams to make sure we see more cars in the championship, because that is the ultimate goal to be honest," he summed-up.
