Luis Moya leaves Subaru

[Lalo]

Luis Moya has retired from the SWRT right after the end of the Wales Rally GB.

http://www.nsrch.com/foro/about11081.html

[Maui J.]

There was talk of an All Spanish WRC team. The names of Sola & Pons were mentioned with this rumour.
Maybe Luis is about to turn his attention to this. He'd better hurry though, isn't the deadline for 2007 M2 nominations this Friday (16th Dec).

[General Prim]

No, Luis is leaving Subaru as British people 'ignore' him during the season and now he is working in TV programme about safety.

[AndyRAC]

What is going on at Subaru? It can't be any coincidence that since they (Prodrive ) announced they were entering F1, their performances have gone downhill, and isn't Dave Lapworth now on the F1 project. Look what happened when DR went to Benetton, Subaru were leading drivers and manufacturers championships, ended up winning neither.

[JAM]

Crash.net published an interview with Luis Moya as director of Subaru... he is in or out the team?

[Kulliracing]

it seems like he still is very much in the team ;)

[MJW]

it seems like he still is very much in the team ;)
Apparently not - this from cash.net

The Subaru World Rally team has announced that sporting director Luis Moya will leave the Banbury-based outfit at the end of this season.

Speaking after the news that Moya will no longer work with the team in 2007, SWRT managing director, Richard Taylor explained that the decision was taken after they opted to 'slim down the top management' and as Moya was employed as a 'consultant' and not a full-time member of staff, they have decided not to renew the deal. Taylor added though that they have really appreciated his efforts over the last few years.

"We have decided to slim down the top management of the team and put greater emphasis on our full-time personnel in Banbury," confirmed Taylor. "Luis was employed as a specialist consultant purely for WRC events but we've decided to re-allocate these responsibilities within the team and will not be renewing his contract for 2007.

"Both the team and Subaru are very grateful to Luis for his input over the past three and a half years - and we hope to see him on rallies again in the near future..."
Moya, who brought considerable experience to Subaru after his exploits as a co-driver to Carlos Sainz, was employed by former SWRT boss, David Lapworth in September 2003, to take on the responsibility for driver management, event strategy and to manage the team's relationship with the FIA - the sports governing body. His first event with the SWRT as the 'sporting director' was on the Sanremo Rally on October 3 2003, while his last was the recent Wales Rally GB.

"Luis Moya will leave the team at the end of the current season," added a spokesperson for the team, when asked when his contract officially comes to an end.

The split is apparently amicable and Moya was at the Subaru WRT HQ in Banbury as recently as Thursday this week and attended their recent end of season Christmas Party.

[Buzz Lightyear]

reading between the lines... it does not sound too amicable

[Tomi]

I dont really understand what he was doind there in the first place.

[DonJippo]

I dont really understand what he was doind there in the first place.

I think the title Sporting Director Specialist Consultant tells it all ... :rolleyes:

[Tomi]

I think the title Sporting Director Specialist Consultant tells it all ... :rolleyes:

Lol, now when know the title it does :)

[paxtech]

Another head rolling after an unsuccessful year for Subaru? Is it the car or the drivers? or maybe the engineers? Or maybe the whole team is just jinxed.

[General Prim]

It is the car and FOR DURE not a good endurance test of all the solutions they found to solve the problems. That is the reason for almost all SWRT problems during 2006. Luis told them the truth, but nobody wanted to listen it, even the drivers... .

[Tomi]

I belive its the whole team, they spend their money in a stupid way, but what can you expect with a guy like d. richards, not only is he doing everything to destroying rally it self, but subaru as a serious competitor as well.

[Donney]

I have the same impression Tomi. His ideas sound good on paper but don't seem to work on real life.

[A.F.F.]

Wasn't there a talk about All Spanish Subaru Team with Moya as a boss ??? Another day dream ?? Or was it Bennizw's talk? :p :

[Tomi]

I have the same impression Tomi. His ideas sound good on paper but don't seem to work on real life.

Yes the guy is a dreamer, even a small child understand that Rally can never be a TV sport like F1 or other track racing, it's too expensive.
Now when he has failed big time, and broadcasting companies shows him the back, what does he do then, charges more off course, so that more companies takes off.
If you look what has been happening since he got the TV rights to the sport, repited stages, only 1 service among other rule changes to make it cheaper to do a coverage, is Rally now a better TV sport than 15 years back?? I dont think so.