Citroën C3 R5/Rally2

Citroën World Rally Team

Industry	Motorsport, Automotive
Founded	2017
Headquarters	France
Products	Rally cars, including Citroën C3 Rally2

The Citroën C3 Rally2—initially known as the Citroën C3 R5—is a rally vehicle engineered by the Citroën World Rally Team. It is derived from the production Citroën C3 model and constructed in compliance with R5 regulations. Its competitive debut occurred at the 2018 Tour de Corse, piloted by French driver pairings such as Stéphane Lefebvre/Gabin Moreau and Yoann Bonato/Benjamin Boulloud. Equipped with a turbocharged 1.6L Citroën Racing A00 engine, a five-speed sequential SADEV transmission, and all-wheel drive, the car delivers strong performance within the WRC-2 division. To date, the C3 Rally2 has achieved one victory and six podium finishes across 13 events, playing a key role in DG Sport Compétition's triumph in the 2024 WRC2 Teams' Championship.

Background

At the beginning of 2017, Citroën commenced development of the C3 R5 aiming to surpass Groupe PSA’s earlier R5 offerings—the Peugeot 208 T16 and Citroën DS3 R5—which had encountered difficulties and did not gain widespread acceptance among customers. The design of the C3 R5 marked a considerable evolution away from the DS3 platform.

Development

In mid-2017, Citroën Racing Technologies enlisted factory drivers Stéphane Lefebvre, Craig Breen, and Yoann Bonato to assist in refining the C3 R5. The initial operational prototype was finalized in September, with its public unveiling taking place at the Rallye du Var in October, where Bonato drove it as a non-competitive participant.

Competition

The C3 R5 secured international homologation on 1 January 2018 and made its first competitive appearance at April's Tour de Corse. There, Yoann Bonato claimed second place in the WRC-2 category and finished tenth overall. By May 2019, production had reached 26 units, with 22 sold to independent teams. Bonato clinched the 2018 French Rally Championship behind the wheel of the C3 R5 for Citroën. The car continued contesting in WRC-2 Pro events with Mads Østberg, who earned its maiden World Championship-level victory at the 2019 Rally Argentina. Despite Citroën’s withdrawal from the World Rally Championship in 2020, it maintained a factory presence within WRC-2 and supplied the C3 R5 to private entrants competing in WRC-3.

Prior to the start of the 2021 season, the vehicle was rebranded from C3 R5 to Citroën C3 Rally2.

World Rally Championship-2 Pro

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2019	1	Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Rally Sweden	Snow	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
	2	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Rally Argentina	Gravel	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
	3	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Rally Catalunya	Tarmac	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
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World Rally Championship-2

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2019	1	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Yoann Bonato	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Benjamin Boulloud
	2	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Rally Catalunya	Mixed	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Eric Camilli	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Benjamin Veillas
2020	3	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
	4	Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Rally Sweden	Snow	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
	5	Template:Country data ESTTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Rally Estonia	Gravel	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
	6	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Rally Monza	Tarmac	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Torstein Eriksen
2021	7	Template:Country data CROTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Croatia Rally	Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Mads Østberg	Template:Flagikon Torstein Eriksen
	8	Template:Flagikon 2021 Rally Catalunya	align= " center " | Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Eric Camilli	Template:Flagikon Maxime Vilmot
2022	align= " center " |9	Template:Flagikon 2022 Croatia Rally	align= " center " | Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Valentin Sarreaud
	10	Template:Flagikon 2022 Rally de Portugal	align= " center " | Gravel	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Valentin Sarreaud
	11	Template:Flagikon 2022 Ypres Rally	align= " center " | Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Stéphane Lefebvre	Template:Flagikon Andy Malfoy
2023	align= " center " |12	Template:Flagikon 2023 Monte Carlo Rally	align= " center " | Mixed	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Arnaud Dunand
	13	Template:Flagikon 2023 Croatia Rally	align= " center " | Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Arnaud Dunand
2024	align= " center "|14	Template:Flagikon 2024 Monte Carlo Rally	align= " center "| Mixed	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Arnaud Dunand
	align= " center "|15	Template:Flagikon 2024 Croatia Rally	align= " center "| Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Nikolay Gryazin	Template:Flagikon Konstantin Aleksandrov
	align= " center "|16	Template:Flagikon 2024 Rally Chile	align= " center "| Gravel	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Florian Barral
	align= " center "|17	Template:Flagikon 2024 Central European Rally	align= " center "| Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Nikolay Gryazin	Template:Flagikon Konstantin Aleksandrov
	align= " center "|18	Template:Flagikon 2024 Rally Japan	align= " center "| Tarmac	Template:Flagikon Nikolay Gryazin	Template:Flagikon Konstantin Aleksandrov
style= "text-align:center;" 2025 WRC2 Championship	style= "text-align:center;" |19	Template:Flagikon 2025 Monte Carlo Rally	style= "text-align:center;" Mixed	Template:Flagikon Yohan Rossel	Template:Flagikon Arnaud Dunand

World Rally Championship-3

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2020	1	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Eric Camilli	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall François-Xavier Buresi
	2	Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Rally Mexico	Gravel	Template:Country data BOLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marco Bulacia	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giovanni Bernacchini
2021	3	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Yohan Rossel	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Benoît Fulcrand
	4	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Yohan Rossel	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexandre Coria
	5	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Ypres Rally	Tarmac	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Yohan Rossel	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexandre Coria

European Rally Championship

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2019	1	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Rally Islas Canarias	Tarmac	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pepe López	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Borja Rozada
	2	Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2019 Rally Poland	Gravel	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexey Lukyanuk	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexey Arnautov
2020	3	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Rally di Roma Capitale	Tarmac	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexey Lukyanuk	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dmitriy Eremeev
	4	Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2020 Rally Fafe Montelongo	Tarmac	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexey Lukyanuk	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dmitriy Eremeev
2021	5	Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Rally Poland	Gravel	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alexey Lukyanuk	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showallAlexey Arnautov
	6	Template:Country data HUNTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Rally Hungary	Tarmac	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showallMads Østberg	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showallTorstein Eriksen
	7	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2021 Rally Islas Canarias	Tarmac	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showallAlexey Lukyanuk	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showallAlexey Arnautov
2022	8	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2022 Rally de Catalunya	Tarmac	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallYoann Bonato	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallBenjamin Boulloud
2023	9	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall 2023 Rally Islas Canarias	Tarmac	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallYoann Bonato	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallBenjamin Boulloud
	10	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall 2023 Rally di Roma Capitale	Tarmac	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showallAndrea Crugnola	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showallPietro Ometto
	11	Template:Flagicon HUNTemplate:Rally HungaryTemplate:TarmacTemplate:NORTemplate:Mads ØstbergTemplate:SWETemplate:Patrik Barth

WRC-2 Pro standings - manufacturer squad

Year	Team	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2018	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Citroën Total Rallye Team	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Stephane Lefebvre	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA Retired	ARG	POR 3rd	ITA 8th	FIN 13th	DEU 8th	TUR	GBR 5th	ESP 15th	AUS		13th place	33 points
		Template:Country data ROUTemplate:Namespace detect showall Simone Tempestini	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA Retired	FIN 9th	DEU 10th	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		15th*	28*
		Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ole Christian Veiby	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU	TUR	GBR	ESP 9th	AUS		7th*	47*
2019	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Citroën Total WRT	Template:Country data NORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mads Østberg	MON	SWE 1st	MEX	FRA	ARG 1st	CHI 2nd	POR 3rd	ITA 3rd	FIN	DEU 4th	TUR	GBR 5th	CAT 1st	AUS	2nd overall	145 points

WRC-2 Outcomes - Independent Competitors

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

• Points accumulated through various entries.

• Citroën C3 WRC
• Group R
  • Ford Fiesta R5
  • Hyundai i20 R5
  • Škoda Fabia R5
  • Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

External links

• Rally performance data for the Citroën C3 R5