COLIN McRAE TO DRIVE ŠKODA FABIA WRC 05 IN AUSTRALIA

Following a successful return to the World Rally Championship with the Škoda Motorsport World Rally Team at September’s Rally GB, Colin McRae and co-driver Nicky Grist will contest their second event of the season when they drive the Škoda Fabia WRC 05 at next month’s Rally Australia (November 10-13), the 16th and final round of the 2005 World Rally Championship. In Britain the 37-year old Scot finished seventh overall despite being absent from the WRC for nearly two years and having only four days’ testing prior to the rally.