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]

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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

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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]

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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

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