Citroën C4 WRC

Citroën
2008 model
C4 WRC
Production period:	2007-2010
Class :	race car
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.0 liters (235 kW)
Length:	4274 mm
Width:	1800 mm
Height:	1458 mm
Wheelbase :	2608 mm
Empty weight :	1230 kg
Previous model	Citroën Xara WRC
successor	Citroën DS3 WRC

The Citroën C4 WRC was a World Rally Car built for the Citroën World Rally Team by Citroën Racing to take part in the World Rally Championship . The car is based on the Citroën C4 road car and replaced the Citroën Xsara WRC. The car was from the World Rally Championship in 2007 until the 2010 World Rally Championship season used. Sébastien Loeb won the driver's title every year and the manufacturer's title went to Citroën in 2008 , 2009 and 2010 .

history

2007

Sébastien Loeb and Dani Sordo made their debut in the Citroën C4 WRC at the Monte Carlo Rally . Loeb won straight away and won eight of 15 world championship races in 2007. Loeb was world champion four points ahead of Marcus Grönholm (Ford). In the manufacturers' championship, Citroën took second place behind Ford, 29 points behind.

2008

Citroën kept Loeb and Sordo in the factory team for 2008. Loeb won 11 of 15 rallies and was world champion with 19 points ahead of Mikko Hirvonen (Ford). Sordo was classified in third place in the drivers' championship. With an 18-point lead over Ford, the manufacturers' title went to Citroën. The model C4 WRC was also used by private drivers Conrad Rautenbach and Urmo Arva with the PH Sport team. Sébastien Ogier drove his first WRC rally in the top class in Great Britain with this team.

2009

In 2009 the works team drove with the driver duo Loeb and Sordo. The drivers' world championship came out very close this year. Sébastien Loeb won the world championship with just one point more than Mikko Hirvonen (Ford). Thanks to a solid performance by Dani Sordo, who finished third in the overall standings, the Citroën team was able to win the Manufacturers' World Championship. Team PH-Sport also drove the C4 WRC in 2009, but under the new name Citroën Junior Team. Conrad Rautenbach, Sébastien Ogier, Evgeny Novikov , Chris Atkinson and Aaron Burkart competed alternately in world championship races. Petter Solberg was still on the road with the Xsara WRC model, with his own team. At the penultimate rally of the year in Catalonia, he switched to a Citroën C4 WRC.

2010

Petter Solberg / Chris Patterson as privateers in the C4 WRC on the road at the 2010 Rally Bulgaria

Loeb and Sordo was the name of the driver pairing for the year 2010. The world championship titles for drivers and manufacturers went to Loeb and Citroën. The junior team was made up of Sébastien Ogier and Kimi Räikkönen . Ogier drove strongly, especially at the beginning of the season, and won the Rally Portugal . His first victory in the top rally class, the WRC . In the second half of the season, Sordo was transferred to the junior team and Ogier was given the works team's C4 WRC. Ogier thanked it with another victory at the Rally Japan . Privateer Petter Solberg drove a C4 WRC and climbed onto the podium eight times. In the drivers' world championship, Solberg took third place in front of the works drivers Ogier and Sordo. After the 2010 season, the C4 WRC was replaced by the new Citroën DS3 WRC model .

WRC victories of the C4 WRC

No	rally	season	driver	Co-driver
01	Rally Monte Carlo	2007 World Rally Championship	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena
02	Rally Mexico
03	Rally Portugal
04th	Rally Argentina
05	Rally Germany
06th	Rally Catalonia
07th	Rally France
08th	Rally Ireland
09	Rally Monte Carlo	World Rally Championship 2008
10	Rally Mexico
11	Rally Argentina
12	Rally Sardinia
13	Rally Greece
14th	Rally Finland
15th	Rally Germany
16	Rally New Zealand
17th	Rally Catalonia
18th	Rally Corsica
19th	Rally Great Britain
20th	Rally Ireland	2009 World Rally Championship
21st	Rally Norway
22nd	Rally Cyprus
23	Rally Portugal
24	Rally Argentina
25th	Rally Catalonia
26th	Rally Great Britain
27	Rally Mexico	World Rally Championship 2010
28	Rally Jordan
29	Rally Turkey
30th	Rally Portugal		Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia
31	Rally Bulgaria		Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena
32	Rally Germany
33	Rally Japan		Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia
34	Rally France		Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena
35	Rally Catalonia
36	Rally Great Britain

Web links

Commons : Citroën C4 WRC  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.wrc.com
• http://www.citroenracing.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2007 , accessed on December 30, 2014
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2008 , accessed on December 30, 2014
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2009 , accessed on December 30, 2014
4. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2010 , accessed on December 30, 2014