Citroën C3 WRC

The Citroën C3 WRC is a rally car designed and developed by the Citroën World Rally Team to compete in the World Rally Championship. The car, which is a replacement for the successful Citroën DS3 WRC, is based on the Citroën C3.^[6] The C3 WRC made its début at the start of the 2017 season, where it was driven by Craig Breen, Stéphane Lefebvre and Kris Meeke,^[3][7] with Khalid Al Qassimi entering a fourth car at selected events.^[3]

Citroën C3 WRC

Category	World Rally Championship
Predecessor	Citroën DS3 WRC
Technical specifications[1][2]
Suspension	MacPherson
Length	4,128 mm
Width	1,875 mm
Axle track	1,670 mm
Wheelbase	2,540 mm
Engine	PSA 1.6 L (98 cu in) I4 Turbocharger
Transmission	Six-speed sequential 4-wheel drive, mechanical front and rear self-locking hydraulically-controlled central differential
Weight	1,190 kg
Brakes	Front: Ventilated disks, 370 mm (tarmac) and 300 mm (gravel) Water-cooled four-piston callipers (tarmac) Rear: Ventilated disks, 330 mm (tarmac) and 300 mm (gravel) Four-piston callipers
Tyres	Michelin
Clutch	Cerametallic twin-disk
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants	Citroën World Rally Team
Notable drivers	Khalid Al Qassimi[3] Craig Breen[3] Esapekka Lappi[4] Stéphane Lefebvre[3] Sébastien Loeb Kris Meeke[3] Sébastien Ogier[5] Mads Østberg
Debut	2017 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	2017 Rally Mexico
Last win	2019 Rally Turkey
Last event	2019 Rally Catalunya
Races Wins Podiums Titles 39 6 19 0

Development history

C3 WRC of Stéphane Lefebvre in Monte Carlo

Citroën formally announced its intentions to withdraw from full-time competition at the end of the 2015 season in order to focus on the development of the C3 WRC.^[8] The team contested selected events during the 2016 season, using the DS3 WRC as a testing platform for selected parts.^[6] Further testing and development was carried out using the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, the car used by Citroën in the World Touring Car Championship.^[6] The C3 WRC's début in 2017 coincided with the widespread revisions to the sport's technical regulations.^[9]

WRC victories

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant
2017	1	2017 Rally Mexico	Gravel	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën World Rally Team
	2	2017 Rally Catalunya	Mixed	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën World Rally Team
2018	3	2018 Rally Catalunya	Mixed	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën World Rally Team
2019	4	2019 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën World Rally Team
	5	2019 Rally Mexico	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën World Rally Team
	6	2019 Rally Turkey	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën World Rally Team

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Driver	Rounds														Points	WCM pos.
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2017	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Kris Meeke	MON Ret	SWE 12	MEX 1	FRA Ret	ARG Ret	POR 18	ITA Ret	POL	FIN 8	GER Ret	ESP 1	GBR 7	AUS 7		218	4th
		Craig Breen	MON	SWE 5	MEX	FRA 5	ARG Ret	POR 5	ITA 25	POL 11	FIN 5	GER 5	ESP	GBR 15	AUS Ret
		Stéphane Lefebvre	MON 9	SWE	MEX 15	FRA 50	ARG	POR 13	ITA	POL 5	FIN	GER	ESP 6	GBR	AUS Ret
		Andreas Mikkelsen	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA 8	POL 9	FIN	GER 2	ESP	GBR	AUS
		Khalid Al Qassimi	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 17	ITA	POL	FIN 16	GER	ESP 17	GBR 22	AUS
2018	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Kris Meeke	MON 4	SWE Ret	MEX 3	FRA 9	ARG 7	POR Ret	ITA WD	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		237	4th
		Craig Breen	MON 9	SWE 2	MEX	FRA	ARG Ret	POR 7	ITA 6	FIN 8	GER 7	TUR Ret	GBR 4	ESP 9	AUS 7
		Sébastien Loeb	MON	SWE	MEX 5	FRA 14	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP 1	AUS
		Mads Østberg	MON	SWE 6	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR 6	ITA 5	FIN 2	GER Ret	TUR 23	GBR 8	ESP	AUS 3
		Khalid Al Qassimi	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG 14	POR	ITA	FIN 37	GER	TUR 15	GBR	ESP 21	AUS
2019	Citroën Total WRT	Sébastien Ogier	MON 1	SWE 29	MEX 1	FRA 2	ARG 3	CHL 2	POR 3	ITA 41	FIN 5	GER 7	TUR 1	GBR 3	ESP 8	AUS C	284	3rd
		Esapekka Lappi	MON Ret	SWE 2	MEX 13	FRA 7	ARG Ret	CHL 6	POR Ret	ITA 7	FIN 2	GER 8	TUR 2	GBR 27	ESP Ret	AUS C

* Season still in progress.

See also

• World Rally Car
  • Ford Fiesta RS WRC
  • Ford Fiesta WRC
  • Hyundai i20 WRC
  • Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
  • Mini John Cooper Works WRC
  • Toyota Yaris WRC
  • Volkswagen Polo R WRC

References

1. "CITROËN C3 WRC - About WRC - WRC.com". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
2. "Citroen C3 WRC". Juwra.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
3. Evans, David (5 October 2016). "Citroen announces Breen and Lefebvre as Meeke's 2017 WRC team-mates". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
4. "Esapekka Lappi Joins Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT". media.citroenracing.com. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
5. Evans, David (28 September 2018). "Sebastien Ogier picks Citroen for 2019 World Rally Championship". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
6. Evans, David (5 April 2016). "Citroën in race against time to develop all-new WRC C3 for 2017". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
7. "Meeke, Lefebvre and Breen join DS 3 squad". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
8. "Citroën commits to WRC future". 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
9. "WRC cars to become more aggressive in 2017". speedcafe.com. 11 July 2015.

External links

• Technical details at wrc.com