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Citroën Racing, associated with Team DG Sport Compétition, launched its official 2024 programme with the first round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) at Rallye Monte-Carlo, making its return to Gap this year. Official Citroën Racing crews Yohan Rossel - Arnaud Dunand and Nikolay Gryazin - Konstantin Aleksandrov, at the wheel of the number 20 and 21 C3 Rally2 s, took the start of the 92nd Rallye Monte-Carlo in Monaco on January 24 and battled it out for victory from stage to stage until the very last, PowerStage at Col de Turini.

•  Encore améliorée cette année, avec l’apport de nouvelles évolutions techniques substantielles, la C3 Rally2 confirme son statut de référence de la catégorie, avec des succès aussi bien dans le cadre du WRC2, de l’ERC que des différents championnats nationaux où les plus de 150 membres de la #C3Rally2Family s’illustrent. •  Ces résultats ne seraient possibles sans le Customer Excellence Programme mis en place par Citroën Racing et qui vise à apporter un soutien à la fois sportif et technique de pointe aux équipages de la #C3Rally2Family.

Citroën Racing will be at the forefront of the WRC2 championship again in 2024 with the #C3Rally2Family. A strong line-up of two proven drivers, Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin will front the official Citroën Racing programme together with the DG Sport team. Building on its 25-year history in the WRC, Citroën Racing, together with Stellantis Motorsport, continues to shine: always looking for new challenges, the teams will be using all their skills to provide the drivers with the best possible cars

After a tremendous start of the WRC season at Rally Monte-Carlo , Mads Ostberg, on a  Citroën C3 R5 operated by PH Sport, easily wins WRC-2 category at the 2020 Rally Sweden, the only snow round in the WRC calendar.

Marquito Bulacia, the 19 years old bolivian driver, impressed for his first ever rally with a  Citroën C3 R5  in the World Rally Championship. During the 2020 Rally Mexico, first rally of his WRC campaign with Tagai Racing Technology, he comfortably won the WRC-3 category.

As rallying slowly restarts on the european continent, Andrea Crugnola and Pietro Ometto, Citroën Italy officiel crew, win the 2020 Rally International del Casentino with  Citroën C3 R5  facing strong competition.

Russian duo  Alexey Lukyanuk / Dmitry Eremeev ( Citroën C3 Rally2 , Sainteloc) wins Rally Roma Capitale 2020, the opening round of European Rally Championship (ERC) held in Italy. Fast and precise throughout the rally, Lukyanuk now leads ERC championship.

Citroën Racing and Racing Shop have just delivered to Sports&You the 60th Citroën C3 Rally2, barely two years after the opening of sales to teams and drivers. The Citroën C3 Rally2 has very quickly become one of the top car in the Rally2 category, one of the most competitive in motorsport with six manufacturers represented.

Both competing in  Citroën C3 Rally2 , Mads Ostberg (PH Sport) and Alexey Lukyanuk (Sainteloc Racing) respectively finished second and third at Rally Liepaja, the second round of European Rally Championship (ERC). Russian driver A. Lukyanuk remains leader of the championship after latvian event.

Citroen C3 Rally2  crews were crowned with success last week-end in Europe. Pepe Lopez won Rally du Ferol in Spain, the second round of the Spanish asphalt rally championship, for the third time in a row. In Italy, Andrea Crugnola won Rally Il Ciocco e Valle del Cercio, the second round of the Italian Asphalt Rally Championship. In France, Pierre Roché won the Rallye d'Autun ahead of William Wagner, both were competing in Citroën C3. 

Jean-Baptiste Franceschi ( Citroën C3 Rally2 , PH Sport), winner of the Peugeot 208 Rallycup in 2019, won Rallye Terre de Lozère 2020, after a hard-fought battle against Adrien Fourmaux. The young Citroën driver made a strong impression on his first rally on gravel with a Rally2 car. With this victory, he took the lead in the French Gravel Rally Championship.

Mads Ostberg, official driver in the Citroën C3 Rally2, wins the WRC-2 category in Estonia. The Citroën driver set no less than fifteen scratch times in seventeen special stages (SS). He remains unbeaten in the WRC-2 class in 2020 with three wins in as many races contested and the championship leader.

Six  Citroën C3 Rally2  in the first six places: what an historic performance achieved this weekend in Vendôme by the Citroën crews engaged in Rallye Cœur de France. Already leaders in the championship, Yoann Bonato - Benjamin Boulloud (CHL Sport Auto) won the rally, after a relentless fight against Quentin Gilbert - Christopher Guieu (TM Competition). Jean-Baptiste Franceschi completes the podium. Pierre and Martine Roché (Team FJ) won the Michelin trophy at home and finished ahead in the general classification of the two C3 Rally2 of PH Sport driven by Thibault Habouzit and William Wagner.

Both driving a Citroën C3 Rally2, Alexey Lukyanuk (Saintéloc Racing) and Yoann Bonato (CHL Auto Sport) finished first and second respectively in the Fafe Montelongo 2020 Rally, the third round of the European Rally Championship (ERC). A.Lukyanuk increases his lead in the driver's championship with this new victory, his second of the season.

French driver Eric Camilli, engaged in a Citroën C3 Rally2 in the 2021 Monte Carlo Rally, will be the flag bearer for the "Race for Good" team, led by André Villas-Boa, coach of the Olympique de Marseille. The partnership, which brings together Race for Good, Ace Africa and Sports&You, aims to raise public awareness on the humanitarian causes supported by the NGO Ace Africa .

Yohan Rossel, Citroën Racing official driver in the 2019 French Rally Championship, won his second win of the season in the Citroën C3 R5 (PH Sport), and increased his lead in the asphalt championship. Also engaged in C3R5 on this rally, the teams: Da Cunha Jean-Michel - Durand Sébastien and Bonato Yoann - Boulloud Benjamin.

Pepe Lopez, official C3 R5 driver of the Citroën Racing Spain team, started his season at the Rallye Tierras Altas de Lorca, counting for the Spanish land and mixed championships. At the end of a promising race with 5 out of 9 possible scratches, he finished 4th in the general classification and 3rd in the mixed championship in which he is involved.

Pepe Lopez and the Citroën España team recorded their first victory in 2019 at the Sierra Morena Rally, the first event in the asphalt rally championship in Spain. In addition to commitments supported by Citroën and Hyundai, the rally also welcomed the drivers of the 208 Iberian Rally Cup and the Spanish Dacia Sandero Cup.

Yohan Rossel continued his official Citroën C3 R5 program with PH Sport in 2019, winning a promising second place in the overall scratch and the R5 class in the Terre des Causses 2019 rally, the first round of the French land rally championship. Also competing in C3R5 on this rally: Thomas Baudoin and his co-driver Lara Letourneau-Ferrari.

C3 R5 and Pepe Lopez, official driver of the Citroën España team operated by Sports&You, won their first victory in the European Rally Championship (ERC). Fast and reliable, the duo won by having dominated the 43rd Islas Canarias rally. Also engaged in C3R5: Falcón Emma - González Delgado Eduardo, Lukyanuk Alexey - Arnautov Alexey and Sosa Gustavo - López Fernández Alejandro.

Alexey Lukyanuk is back in the European Rally Championship (ERC) by winning the 76th Rally Poland after having dominated the race at the wheel of the Sainteloc team's Citroën C3 R5. Also engaged in C3R5 on this rally: Adielsson Mattias - Johansson Andreas, Kotarba Łukasz - Kotarba Tomasz and Arai Hiroki - Minor-Petrasko Ilka.

By finishing on the first two steps of the podium at the Lyon-Charbonnières-Rhone rally in 2019, Yoann Bonato and Yohan Rossel confirm the high level of performance of C3 R5 on asphalt against a determined competition in the R5 class.

Pepe Lopez and the Citroën España team recorded their fourth victory in 2019 at the Rallye Ferrol, the sixth round of the Spanish asphalt championship, confirming their first place in the championship. On the second C3 R5 engaged in the race, Victor Senra finished on the podium, in third place.

During the weekend of July 20 and 21, 2019, six Citroën C3 R5s were competing in the French Gravel Championship and French Cup rallies, with the notable results of one victory and two podiums.

Benjamin Israel (Citroën C3 R5) scores his first podium finish at the fourth round of the Chilean rally championship, finishing second at Gran Premio de Quillon 2019. This results confims his good start of the season, after a victory in San Juana in March.

Adam Velenczei and Gabor Zsiros complete 2019 Steelvent Ozd Rally in third and score their second podium of the season in the Hungarian rally champiosnhip.

Thomas Baudoin, French 2018 FWD gravel champion in a Peugeot 208 R2, continues his excellent season with PH Sport Citroën C3 R5. He finishes on the podium in third position for the third time of the season at rally Terres de Lozères 2019, the fifth round of French gravel championship.

Luca Rossetti and Citroën Italia celebrate their first victory in 2019 at Rally del Friuli Venezia Giulia, the fifth round of Italian championship. This victory rewards the high level of performance during the season for C3 R5 - Luca Rossetti.

The  Citroën C3 R5 engaged in the 2020 Rally Monte-Carlo dominated the RC2 class. Out of six cars, five crews finished in the top five of RC2 class, two in the top 10 in the overall classification, a victory in RC2 / WRC-3 for Eric Camilli - FX Buresi (Sainteloc) and in WRC-2 for Mads Ostberg - Torstein Eriksen (PH Sport). Nicolas Ciamin - Yannick Roche (DG Sport) complete the RC2 podium and finish second in WRC-3 for their first rally in Citroën C3 R5.

Citroën Racing unveils an exciting new livery for the  C3 Rally2 as it prepares to target more success around the world in 2024. The design highlights the new Citroën brand identity that was first revealed in 2022. The C3 Rally2 now proudly displays the oval logo on its sides and roof, and the designers have also played on the clean lines of the famous two chevrons to make them stand out from their frame; giving the car a dynamic look whichever angle it is viewed from. The red colour scheme meanwhile confirms the sporting DNA of Citroën Racings and its illustrious history in rallying.

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia produced a heroic effort in their C3 WRC on today’s final leg to win the Rallye Monte-Carlo by the narrowest margin in the history of the event. A winning margin that reflected the intensity of the fight and the performance delivered, a performance that saw Citroën Racing claim its hundredth WRC win at the start of the year in which the brand celebrates its centenary!

Already winner last year of the two-wheel drive ranking here in Monaco, Yoann Bonato repeated his performance this year by winning this time in WRC-2, the WRC's antechamber! Despite a puncture, the Deux-Alpes driver managed to overcome the most difficult race of the World Championship to give the Citroën C3 R5 its first success at this level, magnified by an eighth place in the overall ranking! The start of the season was a great success for the Isérois, always accompanied by Benjamin Boulloud, CHL Sport Auto and its loyal partners such as Michelin and IGOL.