Subaru Withdraw from WRC

If there was a time to be blogging about the WRC, then that time would most certainly be now. But I'm feeling a lot more at ease actually, after the utter panic that spread across the internet-rally-sphere since Subaru announced their withdrawal from the WRC at 10.30(ish)PM NZ time Tuesday.
Some key links:

• Prodrive Press Release
• Ford Reaffirm Commitment To WRC
• Rally Australia Sees Subaru Withdrawal as Opportunity for Local and Young Talent
• NZ Motorsport Scene: Subaru Exit Not Cause for Panic
• Pirelli Optimistic about the Future, Hembery calls for calm
• And, Citroen re-confirms commitment to 2009 season about 5 hours ago.

Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson remain without 2009 drives at this stage, and the WRC division of Prodrive is to be 're-distributed' into the other sectors of the Prodrive opperation. I wish my friends at Subaru the best of luck and hope that we will meet again some time in the future.