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CITROËN’S
NEW SPORTING CHALLENGE
Citroën has been present in top class motor racing
for more than seven
decades. A full 71 years separate the “Rosalie” C6F,
built in 1931,
from the Xsara WRC that will compete in all of this
season’s WRC events.
Why? Quite simply because today, like yesterday, the
competition offers
proof that the strength of an automotive brand lies
in the quality of
its technology and its capacity for innovation.
Based at Versailles-Satory, the Citroën Sport team,
headed by Guy
Fréquelin, is preparing to write a new page in
Citroën’s rallying
history. More than 200 people are working flat out
to prepare a busy
international competition schedule. With 14 rounds
in the 2003
Championship, the participants in this sporting
adventure face a
demanding challenge. The rallies will be tough and
the level of
competition is high.
Working on a scale commensurate with its ambitions,
Citroën has
acquired the resources to square up to this new
sporting challenge.
Alongside France’s promising Sébastien Loeb, Guy
Fréquelin secured the
services of two other prominent drivers for the 2003
season: Scotland’s
Colin McRae and Spain’s Carlos Sainz. Between them,
the two have
notched up a grand total of 50 wins and three titles
in the WRC.
Citroën decided to rely on in-house expertise to
develop its car – both
chassis and engine – making the most of its
technical know-how (in
electronics notably) and its competition experience.
With months of intensive preparation (testing and
rallies) starting in
2001, the Citroën Sport team has proved its capacity
to square up to
the increasingly fierce competition.
The Xsara WRC is a strong contender on both asphalt
and gravel, as
illustrated by its first wins: - 2001 Tour de Corse
(Jesús Puras - Marc
Marti),
- 2002 ADAC Rallye Deutschland (Sébastien Loeb -
Daniel Elena),
- 2003 Rallye Monte Carlo (Sébastien Loeb - Daniel
Elena),
- 2003 Rally of Turkey (Carlos Sainz – Marc Marti),
- 2003 ADAC Rallye Deutschland (Sébastien Loeb -
Daniel Elena).
CITROËN AND
COMPETITION,
THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS
Citroën’s sporting philosophy
Citroën Sport at Versailles-Satory
Organisation chart
The team
Major production stages
Features of the Xsara WRC
2003: the great adventure
WRC 2003 calendar
Driving teams in 2003
Guy Fréquelin – head of Citroën Sport
CITROËN’S SPORTING PHILOSOPHY
How and why did a carmaker dedicated to freedom and
to long-distance
expeditions such as the Croisière Jaune and the
crossing of the Sahara
find itself involved in international rally
competitions (cross-country
or classic) bound by strict regulations?
In fact, it was a natural process, guided by figures
such as René
Cotton, Guy Verrier and Guy Fréquelin – men
dedicated to the pursuit of
excellence – and by superlative drivers, such as
Paul Coltelloni, René
Trautmann, Ari Vatanen, Pierre Lartigue, Philippe
Bugalski, Jesús Puras
and the promising Sébastien Loeb, without forgetting
the two latest
recruits: Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae. What’s more,
competition
provides a spectacular means to demonstrate the
quality of a car and
the team behind it, entirely dedicated to proving
that the strength of
an automotive brand lies in the quality of its
technology and its
capacity for innovation.
Since 1931, the year in which the Citroën C6F first
appeared on the
track at Montlhéry, the Marque has always been
present in top-level
competition, rallying in particular. The adventure
began in Monte Carlo
in 1934, with François
Lecot
behind the wheel of a Traction 11 AL. Over the
following months, he was
to achieve a remarkable record: 400,000 kilometres
in a Traction 11 AL
in just one year!
He opened the way for a whole new generation of
rallymen who immortalised the Traction in France and
abroad. Spurred on
by these successes, Citroën entered six DS 19s in
the 1956 Monte Carlo
Rally on a non-official basis.
That year, unfortunately, Monte Carlo failed to
produce the snow and
black ice on which the Citroën cars thrived.
Disappointed, the Marque’s
management decided to put off any further
involvement in motor racing.
In 1959, Citroën’s encounter with René Cotton was
decisive. He had
already engineered the victory of a team of private
drivers –
Coltelloni, Desrosiers and Alexandre – in the Monte
Carlo rally. Modern
rallies owe much to the initiatives he introduced,
such as route
reconnaissance, route cards, technical service
plans, supply
programmes, and the presence of a doctor or
physiotherapist.
From 1960 he switched to the DS and began forming a
team for Citroën
which included René Trautmann, Guy Verrier, Robert
Neyret and
Jean-Claude Ogier. Within a few years, his teams
were winning
practically all major international races (with a
notable victory by
Pauli Toivonen at Monte Carlo in 1966) and
demonstrating in spectacular
fashion the qualities of the DS: high-performance
front-wheel drive,
hydropneumatic suspension, power steering,
roadholding, etc.
In 1965, with the sports department achieving
worldclass results,
Citroën started entering its cars directly under its
own name. This
heralded the birth of Citroën’s very first
“Motorsport Department”.
Pending the creation of the World Rally Championship
in 1973, Paul
Coltelloni took the European crown in 1959.
The major international rallies offered a new
challenge for the Citroën
rally teams. From 1971, the newly launched SM raced
in the Moroccan
Rally. And with its first race came its first
victory! Citroën cars
were unstoppable, recording impossible average
speeds on the roughest
terrains. Then came the news of René Cotton’s
untimely death in 1972.
Who better to succeed René Cotton than Marlène
Cotton, his wife and
partner, not only in the office but also for
reconnaissance and service
during the rallies? She was to become the first
woman in the world to
head the Motorsport Department of a major car
manufacturer.
From 1972, Marlène Cotton took Citroën back to ice
driving
competitions, before turning her attention to
Africa, with the
Wembley-Munich in 1974. Only two DS 23s were
entered, bringing the
vehicle its last victory. The CX made a worthy
successor, however,
winning in Senegal in 1977 and 1978, despite
budgetary restrictions for
Citroën.
Then in 1980, Guy Verrier returned to Citroën to
take charge of
sporting activities. He was a seasoned campaigner,
with experience at
every level of motorsport. One of his goals was to
organise Citroën’s
participation in the World Championship rallies,
notably with the Group
B Visa.
In 1989, the Citroën Sport Department was officially
created, with Guy
Fréquelin at its head. And from the very outset,
this former rallyman
set an ambitious objective: to take Citroën into the
Rally-raid
programme. And initial results were promising. From
their very first
race in the Baja España in July 1990, the ZXs driven
by Ari Vatanen and
Jacky Ickx won a superb one-two.
Over the years, the Citroën Sport team has clocked
up an impressive
list of sporting achievements, with 36 wins in 42
races, including 4
victories in the Paris-Dakar (1991-1994-1995-1996),
first place in the
one-off Paris-Peking rally of 1992 and five
consecutive world titles
between 1993 and 1997. These figures alone are
enough to prove the
incredible domination of Guy Fréquelin’s teams in
the FIA World Rally
Championship.
Then, with the change in international regulations,
Citroën returned to
classic rallying, starting with a Saxo Kit Car in
the French
championship (2nd in 1997), before the arrival of
the Xsara Kit Car,
which went on to take numerous titles in France and
abroad. It was in
1998 and 1999 that Philippe Bugalski made his name
in national
competitions, but also in the world championship,
with victories in
Catalunya and Corsica, ahead of the WRCs.
The next step was to move up from a two-wheel to a
four-wheel drive
with the Xsara T4. And in 2000, the Xsara T4 was the
star of the French
championship, again driven by Philippe Bugalski, who
produced a
flawless performance, taking the national title with
seven victories in
seven races. On the other side of the Pyrenees,
Jesús Puras won the
Spanish rally title for the fifth consecutive year
with the Xsara Kit
Car, giving Citroën the manufacturer’s title for the
second time in a
row.
In 2001, the Xsara T4 became the Xsara WRC, ready to
contend in the
ferocious world of international rally competition.
Jesús Puras won the
Tour de Corse and Sébastien Loeb came second in the
San Remo rally. A
promising set of results for the Xsara WRC after
only 4 rallies entered
in 2001.
The Marque made a gradual entry to the championship
over a period of
two years, following a decision made at end 2000, in
accordance with
the WRC regulations. Citroën opted to compete in
four rallies in the
2001 season and eight in 2002, before taking part in
the full
championship in 2003.
In 2002, Citroën Sport therefore took part in eight
of the fourteen
rounds of the World Rally Championship with the
Xsara WRC. Guy
Fréquelin focused primarily on events that were new
to the Xsara WRC,
such as Monte Carlo, Sweden (the only rally to take
place entirely on
snow), Kenya Safari, a tough high-speed route,
Finland, where the jumps
and fast speeds raise specific problems and Great
Britain, a rally that
is challenging in every respect, owing to the highly
specific weather
conditions (rain, fog, mud, etc.)
The Citroën team also returned to Greece, for its
rocky terrain and
high temperatures, as well as maintaining the two
major asphalt events
that are important to the brand: Spain and Germany.
Winning the ADAC - Deutschland Rallye was the key
objective for Guy
Fréquelin in 2002. A challenge met by Sébastien Loeb
and Daniel Elena
whose brilliant victory placed the Xsara WRC on the
highest step of the
podium.
Sébastien Loeb fought hard to win this superb
victory – his first at
this level of competition – in a nail-biting battle
with Richard Burns
and Marcus Gronholm, the two most recent world
champions! Faced with
these tough conditions, Sébastien confirmed his
potential as a future
champion. He never flinched in the face of the
pressure exercised by
his two determined rivals. And the Citroën Xsara WRC
showed itself to
be on a par with the competition.
The eight rallies of 2002 were selected with a view
to placing the team
on a learning curve. And all in all, events went off
well. The team
clearly proved the potential of the Xsara WRC on a
variety of terrains.
Still in 2002, the Xsara WRC showed itself to be a
winner in Spain,
where Jesús Puras took his sixth national title.
This success gave
Citroën its seventh crown in the Spanish Rally
Championship.
When it comes to sporting values, Citroën is also
strongly attached to
its various promotion formulas, a fertile breeding
ground of new
talent. In France and abroad, where Citroën is
represented by its
subsidiaries and/or importers, all our drivers share
the same ambition:
to race for victory with the colours of the double
chevron brand!
CITROËN SPORT AT VERSAILLES-SATORY
To meet the growing demands of a busy competition
schedule, Citroën
Sport has moved out of its former workshops in
Vélizy to new premises
at Versailles-Satory.
“The transfer of Citroën Sport to this new site
illustrates the
determination of the Marque to make sport one of the
factors
underpinning the identity of Citroën within the PSA
Group,” points out
Claude Satinet, Managing Director of Automobiles
Citroën.
Inaugurated in December 2000, Citroën Sport’s new
premises now include
all the structures and resources required to design,
develop and
assemble the rally cars and sub-assemblies used
directly or sold by
Citroën Sport. All the technical workshops – test
benches,
transmission, suspension, engine, plastics, etc. –
are located around a
vast vehicle assembly hall. The new site also has a
showroom presenting
the Marque’s most prestigious rally vehicles. Since
the end of 2002,
the premises have been expanded to satisfy the new
requirements arising
from Citroën’s top-level sporting commitments. The
new extension was
completed in early 2003 and work is now underway on
the fittings, ready
for an operational start-up at the end of the year.
The new site in figures
o Total area: 40,000 m2
o Floor area: 10,150 m_
o Developed area: 15,040 m_
o Offices: 2,250 m_
o Workshop and laboratories: 5,500 m_
o Storage unit: 3,700 m_
o Multi-purpose room /media room: 300 m_
CITROËN SPORT
ORGANISATION CHART
Guy FREQUELIN
Manager
Sylvain PONS Hugues RIBAULT
Technical Secretary Special Representative
Quality Coordinator Quality Correspondent
Jean-Claude VAUCARD François CHATRIOT Jean-Yves
CHABAILLE
Technical Manager Sport Manager & General
Secretary
Strategy, Entity Manager
Customer Competition
Claude GUILLOIS Yves MATTON Jean-Noël CHASTELOUX
Engine WRC Coordinator & Personnel and
Industrial
Logistics Relations
Xavier MESTELAN-PINON Jean-François LIENERE Tanguy
BOYAVAL
Chassis Customer Competition Purchasing
Programme
Sylvain RIVIER Eric CHOFFEL Gilbert GINECCI
Systems Parts for Customer General Services
Competition
Laurent FREGOSI Marc DUPONT
Synthesis Organisation and
Chassis Development Information Systems
Sylvain PONS
Management
THE TEAM
Citroën Sport, headed by Guy Fréquelin, is ready to
face the challenges
of a hectic 2003 racing season with its committed
team of 239 highly
skilled men and women.
With 14 events in the World Rally Championship
programme, compared with
just eight last year, the Versailles-Satory
workshops are a hive of
activity. Citroën Sport has set a major challenge
for the Marque by
entering this world class competition, so nothing
will be left to
chance.
To meet this challenge down to the last detail,
wideranging human
skills are needed. Talents are pooled in three areas
of expertise,
headed respectively by Jean-Claude Vaucard
(technical manager) and
François Chatriot (sport manager), not forgetting
the general
secretariat (human resources, management,
purchasing, general services,
organisation and information systems), headed by
Jean-Yves Chabaille.
From design to production, from the earliest rough
sketches to the
car’s first outing on a stage, Citroën Sport is the
only one of the six
WRC teams to coordinate every aspect of vehicle
development, including
engine design and manufacture. As the Xsara WRC
takes shape, every
aspect is tracked from A to Z for total mastery of
the design and
production process.
For example, the Xsara WRC totals a parts list of
more than 4,000
components, each of which must be manufactured and
assembled according
to precise specifications, in accordance with strict
regulations,
without the slightest margin for error.
From the bare chassis coming off the line in Rennes,
where the Xsara is
produced for the volume market, thousands of man
hours are spent by the
teams at Citroën Sport to obtain a fully equipped
Xsara WRC, ready for
the special stages. The operating and test teams
spend around 700 hours
fitting the various subassemblies onto the “gravel”
type cars, and 600
hours on the “asphalt” version.
MAJOR PRODUCTION STAGES
Design-engineering office
The role of design-engineering is to design vehicle
parts. This office
prepares all the plans for the Xsara WRC using CAD
software and
high-performance digital mock-ups.
Design-computation office
The role of design-computation is to validate or
confirm the technical
choices made by the draftsmen in the
design-engineering office. The
most powerful resources available to PSA are used to
compute material
strength and fluid resistance.
Body workshop
In this workshop, the bare chassis is fitted with a
roll cage,
transmission tunnel and a range of reinforcements.
With up to a million
spot welds, this job takes around 800 hours – two
full months – to
complete.
Plastics workshop
The components attached to the bodywork – front/rear
bumpers, wing,
interior protective padding, etc. – are prepared and
fitted in this
workshop, along with the various sealing joints.
This step takes three
days.
Paintshop
This is the workshop where the Xsara spends the
least time: just one day to receive its red and blue
racing colours.
Measurement workshop
The workshop’s three-dimensional measurement unit
performs around 150
checks (including weighing) to ensure that the
vehicle dimensions
comply fully with requirements.
Electricity and electronics workshop
This is where the car receives its instrument panels
and associated
electronics, along with electrical components, radio
and communication
equipment. The wiring harness, for example, takes
four weeks to build,
one week to test and around two weeks to mount on
the vehicle. It is a
highly complex system, with several thousand
connection points.
Engine workshop
It takes two weeks for one person to assemble a new
engine, with its
600 or more specific components (excluding screws
and standard parts).
A giant jigsaw puzzle comprising more than 1,500
separate pieces! For
2003, Citroën Sport should have 40 new engines at
its disposal and has
already scheduled more than 150 servicing operations
(race, testing and
development).
Gearbox and transmission workshop
The various transmission components take eight weeks
to produce (the
same time is required for modifications), a full
week is needed to
complete gearbox assembly and five days for the
axles and clutch.
Suspension, steering and brakes workshop
The running gear (dampers, wishbones, subframe,
pivots, brakes,
steering, hydraulic systems) takes two weeks to
build and assemble.
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2003:
THE GREAT ADVENTURE
The 2003 season will therefore be Citroën’s first in
the full programme
of World Rally Championship with the Xsara WRC. A
total of 14 events
are scheduled, from early January to the end of
November, presenting a
major challenge for Guy Fréquelin’s team.
The Marque’s performance in world-class competition
will be followed
closely by Claude Satinet, Managing Director of
Automobiles Citroën:
“During the coming year, we will continue at the
rapid pace established
over the last six months. Guy Fréquelin has drawn up
a schedule with
two rotating teams. We have been building up for the
championship since
2001, and from this year our efforts should be
rewarded. Needless to
say, we are not aiming for the world title, though
we will be
disappointed if our drivers don’t take a few podiums
over the season.
Citroën is committed to long-term involvement in the
WRC. It is out of
the question to invest such large sums for a whim of
the moment.
It is a high-level competition, followed by millions
of fans for whom
the rally cars are a projection of their own
vehicles, in appearance at
least.”
In 2003, the entire Citroën Sport team will be
keeping up with the
hectic pace set by the 14 events in the WRC
calendar. Though the
situation is new, the feat is by no means impossible
and everyone is
raring to go, as Guy Fréquelin confirms.
“Citroën is not aiming for the Championship title!
Their objective is
to finish first or second in either the drivers’ or
manufacturers’
championship. Naturally, they will try to add as
many rallies as
possible to their list of sporting victories,
ideally they would like
to win at least three events, but the main priority
is to pick up
experience for 2004, particularly in the events that
are new to the
company.”
To achieve this aim, Guy Fréquelin will be relying
not only on
Sébastien Loeb, but also on Citroën’s two latest
recruits, Colin McRae
and Carlos Sainz. Two former world champions who
have brought the
Citroën team their sporting talent and their
technical expertise.
Citroën could not have hoped for a better start to
2003.
At the Monte Carlo Rally – the very first event of
the season – Citroën
Sport placed the three Xsara WRCs in the first three
places in the
overall classification. A historic one-two-three
achieved by Sébastien
Loeb/Daniel Elena, Colin McRae/Derek Ringer and
Carlos Sainz/Marc
Marti. 2003
WRC CALENDAR
22 o 26 January o Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
5 o 9 February o Uddeholm Swedish Rally
26 February o 2 March o Rally of Turkey
9 o 13 April o Propecia Rally New Zealand
7 o 11 May o Rally Argentina
4 o 8 June o Acropolis Rally
18 o 22 June o Cyprus Rally
23 o 27 July o ADAC Rallye Deutschland
6 o 10 August o Neste Rally Finland
3 o 7 September o Telstra Rally Australia
1 o 5 October o Rally San Remo – Rallye d’Italia
15 o 19 October o Tour de Corse – Rallye de France
22 o 26 October o Rallye Catalunya Costa Brava –
Rallye de España
5 o 9 November o Wales Rally, Great Britain
THE TEAM IN 2003
Sébastien Loeb
Born 26 February 1974
Single
Lives in Oberhoffen, eastern France
1995 o Finalist in “Volant Rallye Jeunes”
competition
1996 o Finalist in “Volant Rallye Jeunes”
competition
1997 o 3 wins in 1,300 cc class
o Named Best Young Hope by “Echappement” magazine
1998 o 6th in Citroën Saxo Kit Car Trophy
(1 overall win and 3 wins in Trophy)
1999 o Member of French FFSA Young Hopes team
o Takes part in three World Rally Championship
events with a Citroën Saxo
Kit Car
1st in 1,600 cc class: Tour of Corsica and San Remo
rally
1999 o Winner of Citroën Saxo Kit Car Trophy
(1 overall win and 3 wins in Trophy)
2000 o French Gravel Rally Champion, 2-litre, 2
wheel-drive category with a
Citroën Saxo Kit Car (7 wins, 2-wheel drive)
2000 o French Rally Championship with a Renault Maxi
Mégane
o French Rally Championship with a Citroën Xsara Kit
Car: 1st overall in Var
Rally
2000 o World Rally Championship with a Toyota
Corolla
9th overall in Tour of Corsica and 10th overall in
San Remo rally
2001 o FIA Super 1600 Champion with a Citroën Saxo
S1600 (5 wins)
o French Rally Champion with a Citroën Xsara Kit Car
(6 wins)
o World Rally Championship with a Citroën Xsara WRC
2nd overall in San Remo Rally
2000 o French Gravel Rally Championship with a
Citroën Saxo T4
5th overall in “Terre de l’Auxerrois” Rally
2002 o World Rally Championship with a Xsara WRC
2nd overall in Monte Carlo Rally
Winner in ADAC Deutschland Rally
2003 o World Rally Championship
Official Citroën driver with a Citroën Xsara WRC
Daniel Elena
Born 26 October 1972
Married – one daughter
Lives in Burgy, central France
1997 o Member of the Young Rally Team
o Codriver to Hervé Bernard
o Codriver to Sébastien Loeb since 1998
2003 o World Rally Championship
Codriver to Sébastien Loeb with a Citroën Xsara WRC
Colin McRae
Born 5 August 1968 in Lanark (Scotland)
Married to Alison – two children
Lives in Crans (Switzerland)
1986 o Rally-racing debut (Talbot Sunbeam Lotus)
1988 o Member of the Peugeot Junior Team
1989 o 5th in the New Zealand rally (Ford Sierra)
1990 o 2nd in Great Britain Rally Championship (Ford
Sierra)
1991 o British Rally Champion - 4 wins (Subaru)
1992 o British Rally Champion - 6 wins (Subaru)
1993 o Wins the New Zealand (Subaru)
1994 o Wins the New Zealand and Great Britain
rallies (Subaru)
1995 o World Rally Championship
Wins the New Zealand and Great Britain rallies
(Subaru)
1996 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Acropolis, San Remo and Catalunya rallies
(Subaru)
1997 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Kenya, Tour of Corsica, San Remo, Australia
and Great Britain rallies (Subaru)
1998 o Wins the Portugal, Tour of Corsica and
Acropolis rallies (Subaru)
1999 o Wins the Kenya and Portugal rallies (Ford)
2000 o Wins the Catalunya and Acropolis rallies
(Ford)
2001 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Argentina, Cyprus and Acropolis rallies
(Ford)
2002 o Wins the Acropolis and Kenya rallies
2003 o World Rally Championship
Official Citroën driver with a Xsara WRCDerek Ringer
Born 11 October 1956 in Chatham, UK
Lives in Glasgow
2002 o Codriver to Colin McRae from the Rally of
Great Britain in 1987 up to the Rally of Catalunya
in 1996
o Codriver to Martin Rowe from 1998 to 1999
o Codriver to Katsuhiko Taguchi in the Rally of New
Zealand in 2000 and Rally of Cyprus in 2001
o Codriver to Colin McRae since the Rally of
Australia in 2002
2003 o World Rally Championship
Codriver to Colin McRae with a Citroën Xsara WRC
Carlos Sainz
Born 12 April 1962 in Madrid, Spain
Married – three children
Lives in Madrid
1980 o Rally-racing debut (Seat Panda)
1981 o Wins the Seat Panda trophy
1982 o Wins the Renault 5 Cup
1983 o Wins the R5 Turbo Cup
1984 o Spanish Champion – First in central region
1985 o 2nd in Spanish Rally Championship
1986 o 2nd in Spanish Rally Championship
1987 o Spanish Rally Champion
1988 o Spanish Rally Champion
1989 o 8th in World Rally Championship (Toyota)
1990 o World Rally Champion
Wins the Acropolis, New Zealand, Finland and Great
Britain rallies (Toyota)
1991 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Monte Carlo, Portugal, Tour of Corsica, New
Zealand and
Argentina rallies (Toyota)
1992 o World Rally Champion
Wins the Kenya, New Zealand, Catalunya and Great
Britain rallies (Toyota)
1993 o 8th in World Rally Championship (Lancia)
1994 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Acropolis Rally (Subaru)
1995 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Monte Carlo, Portugal and Catalunya rallies
(Subaru)
1996 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Rally of Indonesia (Ford)
1997 o Wins the Indonesia and Acropolis rallies
(Ford)
1998 o 2nd in World Rally Championship
Wins the Monte Carlo and New Zealand rallies
(Toyota)
1999 o 4th in World Rally Championship (Toyota)
2000 o 3rd in World Rally Championship (Toyota)
Wins the Rally of Cyprus (Ford)
2001 o 6th in the World Rally Championship (Ford)
2002 o 3rd in the World Rally Championship
Wins the Rally of Argentina (Ford)
2003 o World Rally Championship
Official Citroën driver with a Citroën Xsara WRC
Marc Marti
Born 1 October 1966 in Molins de Rei, Spain
Married – two children
Lives in Molins de Rei, Spain
1991-1996 o Codriver to Oriol Gomez – Spanish Rally
Championship
3 Spanish rally championship titles (94/95/96)
1997-1998 o Codriver to Oriol Gomez
1st in 2-litre category in the World Rally
Championship
1999-2000 o Codriver to Jesús Puras with a Citroën
Xsara Kit Car
Spanish Rally Champion
2001 o Codriver to Jesús Puras with a Citroën Xsara
WRC
Wins the Tour of Corsica
2002 o Codriver to Carlos Sainz – Rally of Catalunya
Codriver to Jesús Puras with a Citroën Xsara WRC –
Rally of Germany
2003 o World Rally Championship
Codriver to Carlos Sainz with a Citroën Xsara WRC
GUY FRÉQUELIN – HEAD OF CITROËN SPORT
Born 2 April 1945
Married - 2 children
Lives in Orsay (France)
1966 o Rally-racing debut as a codriver
1968 o French track champion, group 1 (R8 Gordini)
1969 o 2nd in Volant Shell competition at Zolder
1972 o French mountain champion (Sports-Protos)
1975 o French mountain champion, group 2 (BMW)
French rally champion, group 1 (Alfa)
1976 o 1st position as works driver with Renault
(winner of the Var Rally (Alpine A310 V6)
1977 o French rally champion (Alpine Renault V6)
1978 o 4th in the Le Mans 24-hour event (Alpine
Renault A.442 with JeanRagnotti)
1979 o French mountain champion (Martini F2)
2nd in French gravel rally championship (R5 Alpine)
1980 o Official driver with Talbot in the World
Rally Championship,
4th in the Le Mans 24-hour event
1981 o 2nd in World Rally Championship with Talbot,
which wins the
manufacturer’s title
1982 o French Production Championship for Peugeot
dealers, France
1983 o French Rally Champion (Opel)
1984 o 2nd in French Rally Championship (Opel)
1985 o French Rally Champion (Opel)
1986 o French Production Championship (Opel)
1987 o Takes part in World Rally Championship with
Opel:
Corsica and San Remo (6th overall and 1st in
2-litre, 2WD category)
1988 o Peugeot dealers, France
French Rally Championship (Peugeot 309 GTi)
French Rallycross Champion (Peugeot 205
T16-Evolution 2)
1989 o 4th in Paris-Dakar Rally on Peugeot 205 T16
Grand Raid
1 March 1989 o Head of Citroën Sport
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