Citroën C3 R5/Rally2

Citroën C3 Rally2
A Citroën C3 Rally2 at the 2018 Rally Italia Sardegna
CategoryR5/Rally2
ConstructorCitroën Racing
PredecessorCitroën DS3 R5
Technical specifications[1]
Length3,996 mm
Width1,820 mm
Axle track1,618 mm
Wheelbase2,567 mm
EngineCitroën Racing 1,598 cc (97.5 cu in) turbocharged front transverse
TransmissionSADEV five-speed sequential 4-wheel drive
Weight1,230 kg
Competition history
Notable entrantsFrance Citroën World Rally Team
France CHL Sport Auto
Belgium DG Sport
Notable driversFrance Yoann Bonato
France Stéphane Lefebvre
Russia Alexey Lukyanuk
Norway Mads Østberg
Romania Simone Tempestini
Norway Ole Christian Veiby
Bulgaria Nikolay Gryazin
Italy Andrea Crugnola
Debut2018 Tour de Corse (WRC-2)
First win2019 Rally Argentina
RacesWinsPodiums
1316
Teams' Championships0
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers' Championships0

The Citroën C3 Rally2 (originally known as the Citroën C3 R5)[2] is a rally car built by Citroën World Rally Team. It is based upon the Citroën C3 road car and is built to R5 regulations.[3] The car made its début at the 2018 Tour de Corse where it was driven by the French crews of Stéphane Lefebvre and Gabin Moreau, and Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud.[4]

Background

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In early 2017, Citroën began the development of the C3 R5. The C3 would be designed to improve on the previous offerings of Groupe PSA in the R5 discipline, the Peugeot 208 T16 and the Citroën DS3 R5, both of which proved problematic and unpopular with R5 customers.[3] The C3 had little relation to its predecessor, the DS3.

Development

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Throughout summer 2017, Citroën Racing Technologies employed factory Citroën drivers Stéphane Lefebvre and Craig Breen as part of the development team for the C3, along with Yoann Bonato, who was hired for the project.[5] The first working model was completed in September of 2017, and a month later the test C3 made its public debut at the Rallye du Var, with Bonato driving a few stages as a non-competitive entrant to the rally.

Competition

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The Citroën C3 R5 passed international homologation on 1 January 2018, and was now ready for competition. It made its competitive rallying debut at the Tour de Corse in April of that year, with Yoann Bonato taking second place in the WRC-2 class, and 10th overall in the rally.

Including the original test cars, a total of 26 C3 R5s had been constructed by 1 May 2019, with 22 having been sold to independent teams. In the hands of Yoann Bonato, the C3 R5 won the French Rally Championship in 2018, and continues to be used by the Citroën World Rally Team in the WRC-2 Pro class of the World Rally Championship, in the hands of Mads Østberg. Østberg would give the C3 R5 its first World Championship-level victory at the 2019 Rally Argentina. Although Citroën withdrew from the World Rally Championship in 2020, it continued as a manufacturer team in the WRC-2 and made the C3 R5 available to privateer teams in the WRC-3.

The C3 R5 was renamed the Citroën C3 Rally2 ahead of the 2021 championships.[2]

Rally victories

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World Rally Championship-2 Pro

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1 Sweden 2019 Rally Sweden Snow Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
2 Argentina 2019 Rally Argentina Gravel Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
3 Spain 2019 Rally Catalunya Tarmac Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
Sources:[6]

World Rally Championship-2

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1 Monaco 2019 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud
2 Spain 2019 Rally Catalunya Mixed France Eric Camilli France Benjamin Veillas
2020 3 Monaco 2020 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
4 Sweden 2020 Rally Sweden Snow Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
5 Estonia 2020 Rally Estonia Gravel Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
6 Italy 2020 Rally Monza Tarmac Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
2021 7 Croatia 2021 Croatia Rally Tarmac Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
8 Spain 2021 Rally Catalunya Tarmac France Eric Camilli France Maxime Vilmot
2022 9 Croatia 2022 Croatia Rally Tarmac France Yohan Rossel France Valentin Sarreaud
10 Portugal 2022 Rally de Portugal Gravel France Yohan Rossel France Valentin Sarreaud
11 Belgium 2022 Ypres Rally Tarmac France Stéphane Lefebvre France Andy Malfoy
2023 12 Monaco 2023 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed France Yohan Rossel France Arnaud Dunand
13 Croatia 2023 Croatia Rally Tarmac France Yohan Rossel France Arnaud Dunand
2024 14 Monaco 2024 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed France Yohan Rossel France Arnaud Dunand
15 Croatia 2024 Croatia Rally Tarmac Bulgaria Nikolay Gryazin Authorised Neutral Athletes Konstantin Aleksandrov
16 Chile 2024 Rally Chile Gravel France Yohan Rossel France Florian Barral
17 Europe 2024 Central European Rally Tarmac Bulgaria Nikolay Gryazin Authorised Neutral Athletes Konstantin Aleksandrov
Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12]

World Rally Championship-3

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2020 1 Monaco 2020 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed France Eric Camilli France François-Xavier Buresi
2 Mexico 2020 Rally Mexico Gravel Bolivia Marco Bulacia Italy Giovanni Bernacchini
2021 3 Monaco 2021 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed France Yohan Rossel France Benoît Fulcrand
4 Italy 2021 Rally Italia Sardegna Gravel France Yohan Rossel France Alexandre Coria
5 Belgium 2021 Ypres Rally Tarmac France Yohan Rossel France Alexandre Coria
Sources:[13][14]

European Rally Championship

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1 Spain 2019 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac Spain Pepe López Spain Borja Rozada
2 Poland 2019 Rally Poland Gravel Russia Alexey Lukyanuk Russia Alexey Arnautov
2020 3 Italy 2020 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac Russia Alexey Lukyanuk Russia Dmitriy Eremeev
4 Portugal 2020 Rally Fafe Montelongo Tarmac Russia Alexey Lukyanuk Russia Dmitriy Eremeev
2021 5 Poland 2021 Rally Poland Gravel Russia Alexey Lukyanuk Russia Alexey Arnautov
6 Hungary 2021 Rally Hungary Tarmac Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen
7 Spain 2021 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac Russia Alexey Lukyanuk Russia Alexey Arnautov
2022 8 Spain 2022 Rally de Catalunya Tarmac France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud
2023 9 Spain 2023 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud
10 Italy 2023 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac Italy Andrea Crugnola Italy Pietro Ometto
11 Hungary 2023 Rally Hungary Tarmac Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Patrik Barth
2024 12 Spain 2024 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud
13 Italy 2024 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac Italy Andrea Crugnola Italy Pietro Ometto
Sources:[15][16][17][18][19][20]

Rally results

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WRC-2 Pro results - factory team

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Year Team Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2018 France Citroën Total Rallye Team France Stephane Lefebvre MON SWE MEX FRA
Ret 		ARG POR
3 		ITA
8 		FIN
13 		DEU
8 		TUR GBR
5 		ESP
15 		AUS 13th 33
Romania Simone Tempestini MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA
Ret 		FIN
9 		DEU
10 		TUR GBR ESP AUS 15th* 28*
Norway Ole Christian Veiby MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR ESP
9 		AUS 7th* 47*
2019 France Citroën Total WRT Norway Mads Østberg MON SWE
1 		MEX FRA ARG
1 		CHI
2 		POR
3 		ITA
3 		FIN DEU
4 		TUR GBR
5 		CAT
1 		AUS 2nd 145

WRC-2 Results - third party entrants

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Year Team Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2018 France CHL Sport Auto France Yoann Bonato MON SWE MEX FRA
2 		ARG POR ITA FIN DEU
11 		TUR GBR CAT AUS 21st 18
Romania Simone Tempestini Romania Simone Tempestini MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR
2 		GBR
7 		CAT
10 		AUS 15th* 28*
2019 France CHL Sport Auto France Yoann Bonato MON
1 		SWE MEX FRA
12 		ARG CHI POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS 5th 25
Belgium DG Sport Belgium Guillaume De Mévius MON
Ret 		SWE MEX FRA
7 		ARG CHI POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS 21st 6

- * scored points with different entries. - ** season still in progress.

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Citroën C3 R5/Rally2.

References

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  1. ^ "CITROEN C3 RALLY2".
  2. ^ a b "Citroën C3 Rally2: First pictures".
  3. ^ a b Evans, David (31 May 2017). "Citroen starting from scratch with WRC2 car". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Corsica linea Tour de Corse 2018 Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Rallye du Var : Yoann Bonato lance la C3 R5".
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