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Citroën C3 R5/Rally2

The Citroën C3 Rally2 (originally known as the Citroën C3 R5)[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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 (157.3 in)
Width1,820 mm (71.7 in)
Axle track1,618 mm (63.7 in)
Wheelbase2,567 mm (101.1 in)
EngineCitroën Racing A00[2] 1,598 cc (97.5 cu in) turbocharged front transverse
TransmissionSADEV five-speed sequential 4-wheel drive
PowerR5:
280 bhp (210 kW)
Rally2:
282 bhp (210 kW)
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' Championships1 (DG Sport, 2024)
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers' Championships0

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.[4] 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.[6] 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.[3]

Rally victories

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World Rally Championship-2 Pro

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1   2019 Rally Sweden Snow   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
2   2019 Rally Argentina Gravel   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
3   2019 Rally Catalunya Tarmac   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
Sources:[7]

World Rally Championship-2

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1   2019 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud
2   2019 Rally Catalunya Mixed   Eric Camilli   Benjamin Veillas
2020 3   2020 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
4   2020 Rally Sweden Snow   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
5   2020 Rally Estonia Gravel   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
6   2020 Rally Monza Tarmac   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
2021 7   2021 Croatia Rally Tarmac   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
8   2021 Rally Catalunya Tarmac   Eric Camilli   Maxime Vilmot
2022 9   2022 Croatia Rally Tarmac   Yohan Rossel   Valentin Sarreaud
10   2022 Rally de Portugal Gravel   Yohan Rossel   Valentin Sarreaud
11   2022 Ypres Rally Tarmac   Stéphane Lefebvre   Andy Malfoy
2023 12   2023 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand
13   2023 Croatia Rally Tarmac   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand
2024 14   2024 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand
15   2024 Croatia Rally Tarmac   Nikolay Gryazin   Konstantin Aleksandrov
16   2024 Rally Chile Gravel   Yohan Rossel   Florian Barral
17   2024 Central European Rally Tarmac   Nikolay Gryazin   Konstantin Aleksandrov
18   2024 Rally Japan Tarmac   Nikolay Gryazin   Konstantin Aleksandrov
Sources:[8][9][10][11][12][13]

World Rally Championship-3

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2020 1   2020 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed   Eric Camilli   François-Xavier Buresi
2   2020 Rally Mexico Gravel   Marco Bulacia   Giovanni Bernacchini
2021 3   2021 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed   Yohan Rossel   Benoît Fulcrand
4   2021 Rally Italia Sardegna Gravel   Yohan Rossel   Alexandre Coria
5   2021 Ypres Rally Tarmac   Yohan Rossel   Alexandre Coria
Sources:[14][15]

European Rally Championship

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1   2019 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac   Pepe López   Borja Rozada
2   2019 Rally Poland Gravel   Alexey Lukyanuk   Alexey Arnautov
2020 3   2020 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac   Alexey Lukyanuk   Dmitriy Eremeev
4   2020 Rally Fafe Montelongo Tarmac   Alexey Lukyanuk   Dmitriy Eremeev
2021 5   2021 Rally Poland Gravel   Alexey Lukyanuk   Alexey Arnautov
6   2021 Rally Hungary Tarmac   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen
7   2021 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac   Alexey Lukyanuk   Alexey Arnautov
2022 8   2022 Rally de Catalunya Tarmac   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud
2023 9   2023 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud
10   2023 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac   Andrea Crugnola   Pietro Ometto
11   2023 Rally Hungary Tarmac   Mads Østberg   Patrik Barth
2024 12   2024 Rally Islas Canarias Tarmac   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud
13   2024 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac   Andrea Crugnola   Pietro Ometto
Sources:[16][17][18][19][20][21]

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   Citroën Total Rallye Team   Stephane Lefebvre MON SWE MEX FRA
Ret 		ARG POR
3 		ITA
8 		FIN
13 		DEU
8 		TUR GBR
5 		ESP
15 		AUS 13th 33
  Simone Tempestini MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA
Ret 		FIN
9 		DEU
10 		TUR GBR ESP AUS 15th* 28*
  Ole Christian Veiby MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR ESP
9 		AUS 7th* 47*
2019   Citroën Total WRT   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   CHL Sport Auto   Yoann Bonato MON SWE MEX FRA
2 		ARG POR ITA FIN DEU
11 		TUR GBR CAT AUS 21st 18
  Simone Tempestini   Simone Tempestini MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR
2 		GBR
7 		CAT
10 		AUS 15th* 28*
2019   CHL Sport Auto   Yoann Bonato MON
1 		SWE MEX FRA
12 		ARG CHI POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS 5th 25
  DG Sport   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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References

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  1. ^ "CITROEN C3 RALLY2".
  2. ^ "A00 Engine C3R5". Citroën Racing. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Citroën C3 Rally2: First pictures".
  4. ^ a b Evans, David (31 May 2017). "Citroen starting from scratch with WRC2 car". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Rallye du Var : Yoann Bonato lance la C3 R5".
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  17. ^ "ERC 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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  21. ^ "ERC 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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