# Citroën DS3 WRC

The Citroën DS3 WRC is the World Rally Car built for the Citroën World Rally Team by Citroën Racing for use from the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It is based upon the Citroën DS3 road car, and replaced the highly successful Citroën C4 WRC. It was built to the new World Rally Car regulations for 2011, which were based upon the existing Super 2000 regulations, but is powered by a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine rather than the normally aspirated 2-litre engine found in Super 2000 cars.
Development work on the car was carried out during 2010 by Citroën drivers Sébastien Loeb, Dani Sordo, Sébastien Ogier and test driver Philippe Bugalski, as well as sister Peugeot drivers Kris Meeke and Stéphane Sarrazin.
The engine has been specifically developed for this car (older regulations required that the engine be based on an existing mass-produced engine's cylinder block and head gasket). It officially develops 220 kW (300 hp) at 6,000 rpm and 350 N⋅m (36 kgf⋅m) at 3,250 rpm.
In October 2012, Citroën announced the DS3 RRC intended for use in the championships below that of the WRC: WRC-2 (formerly S-WRC), European Rally Championship (ERC), Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), some national championships and so on. Visually and internally, the two models (DS3 WRC and RRC) are different since the regulations are more restrictive on the RRC. For example, the WRC 1.6-litre turbocharged direct-injection engine has been slightly modified dropping the power from 220 kW (300 hp) to 205 kW (275 hp), visually the bumper intakes are smaller and the rear spoiler complies with the S2000 standards. The other significant change concerns the brakes in tarmac configuration: the diameter of the discs has been reduced from 355 to 350 mm and the water-cooling system has been removed.
At the 2016 Rally Finland, Kris Meeke established a new record for the fastest FIA WRC round in history, with a 126.60 km/h average speed.

## World Rally Championship results
### WRC championship titles

| Year | Title | Competitor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Points |
| 2011 | FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers | Sébastien Loeb | 13 | 5 | 9 | 222 |
| 2011 | FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers | Daniel Elena | 13 | 5 | 9 | 222 |
| 2011 | FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers | Citroën Total World Rally Team | 26 | 10 | 18 | 403 |
| 2012 | FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers | Sébastien Loeb | 13 | 9 | 10 | 270 |
| 2012 | FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers | Daniel Elena | 13 | 9 | 10 | 270 |
| 2012 | FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers | Citroën Total World Rally Team | 26 | 10 | 20 | 453 |

### WRC victories

| No. | Event | Season | Surface | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant |
| 1 | 2011 Rally México | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 2 | 2011 Rally de Portugal | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 3 | 2011 Jordan Rally | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 4 | 2011 Rally Italia Sardegna | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 5 | 2011 Rally Argentina | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 6 | 2011 Acropolis Rally | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 7 | 2011 Rally Finland | 2011 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 8 | 2011 Rallye Deutschland | 2011 | Tarmac | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 9 | 2011 Rallye de France | 2011 | Tarmac | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 10 | 2011 Rally Catalunya | 2011 | Tarmac/gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 11 | 2012 Monte Carlo Rally | 2012 | Tarmac/snow | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 12 | 2012 Rally México | 2012 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 13 | 2012 Rally Argentina | 2012 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 14 | 2012 Acropolis Rally | 2012 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 15 | 2012 Rally New Zealand | 2012 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 16 | 2012 Rally Finland | 2012 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 17 | 2012 Rallye Deutschland | 2012 | Tarmac | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 18 | 2012 Rallye de France | 2012 | Tarmac | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 19 | 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna | 2012 | Gravel | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 20 | 2012 Rally Catalunya | 2012 | Tarmac/gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total World Rally Team |
| 21 | 2013 Monte Carlo Rally | 2013 | Tarmac/snow | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team |
| 22 | 2013 Rally Argentina | 2013 | Gravel | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team |
| 23 | 2013 Rallye Deutschland | 2013 | Tarmac | Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team |
| 24 | 2015 Rally Argentina | 2015 | Gravel | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team |
| 25 | 2016 Rally de Portugal | 2016 | Gravel | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team |
| 26 | 2016 Rally Finland | 2016 | Gravel | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team |

### Complete WRC results

| Year | Entrant | Driver | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Points | WCM pos. |
| Year | Entrant | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Points | WCM pos. |
| 2011 | Citroën Total World Rally Team | Sébastien Loeb | SWE 6 | MEX 1 | POR 2 | JOR 3 | ITA 1 | ARG 1 | GRE 2 | FIN 1 | GER 2 | AUS 10 | FRA Ret | ESP 1 | GBR Ret | | 425 | 1st |
| 2011 | Citroën Total World Rally Team | Sébastien Ogier | SWE 4 | MEX Ret | POR 1 | JOR 1 | ITA 4 | ARG 3 | GRE 1 | FIN 3 | GER 1 | AUS 11 | FRA 1 | ESP Ret | GBR 11 | | 425 | 1st |
| 2011 | ICE 1 Racing | Kimi Räikkönen | SWE 8 | MEX | POR 7 | JOR 6 | ITA | ARG | GRE 7 | FIN 9 | GER 6 | AUS WD | FRA Ret | ESP Ret | GBR Ret | | 48 | EX |
| 2011 | Petter Solberg World Rally Team | Petter Solberg | SWE 5 | MEX 4 | POR 6 | JOR Ret | ITA 3 | ARG 4 | GRE 4 | FIN 5 | GER 5 | AUS 3 | FRA EX | ESP Ret | GBR Ret | | 98 | 4th |
| 2011 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter van Merksteijn Jr. | SWE | MEX | POR 22 | JOR Ret | ITA Ret | ARG Ret | GRE Ret | FIN | GER 9 | AUS 13 | FRA Ret | ESP 17 | GBR Ret | | 16 | 9th |
| 2011 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter van Merksteijn Sr. | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA Ret | ARG | GRE Ret | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | 16 | 9th |
| 2011 | Citroën Racing Technologies | Evgeny Novikov | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP 7 | GBR | | – | – |
| 2012 | Citroën Total World Rally Team | Sébastien Loeb | MON 1 | SWE 6 | MEX 1 | POR Ret | ARG 1 | GRE 1 | NZL 1 | FIN 1 | GER 1 | GBR 2 | FRA 1 | ITA Ret | ESP 1 | | 453 | 1st |
| 2012 | Citroën Total World Rally Team | Mikko Hirvonen | MON 4 | SWE 2 | MEX 2 | POR EX | ARG 2 | GRE 2 | NZL 2 | FIN 2 | GER 3 | GBR 5 | FRA 3 | ITA 1 | ESP 3 | | 453 | 1st |
| 2012 | Citroën Junior World Rally Team | Thierry Neuville | MON Ret | SWE 12 | MEX 13 | POR 8 | ARG 5 | GRE 6 | NZL | FIN 16 | GER 12 | GBR 7 | FRA 4 | ITA | ESP 12 | | 72 | 5th |
| 2012 | Qatar World Rally Team | Nasser Al-Attiyah | MON | SWE 21 | MEX 6 | POR 4 | ARG 9 | GRE Ret | NZL | FIN | GER 8 | GBR 10 | FRA Ret | ITA | ESP | | 71 | 6th |
| 2012 | Qatar World Rally Team | Thierry Neuville | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL 5 | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA 18 | ESP | | 71 | 6th |
| 2012 | Qatar World Rally Team | Chris Atkinson | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN 39 | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | | 71 | 6th |
| 2012 | Qatar World Rally Team | Hans Weijs, Jr. | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP Ret | | 71 | 6th |
| 2012 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter van Merksteijn Sr. | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | | – | – |
| 2012 | Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Peter van Merksteijn Jr. | MON | SWE 19 | MEX | POR 10 | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER Ret | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | | – | – |
| 2012 | Collectif Equipe de France Rallye | Sébastien Chardonnet | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA 10 | ITA | ESP | | – | – |
| 2012 | PH Sport | Luca Pedersoli | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA 10 | ESP | | – | – |
| 2013 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Sébastien Loeb | MON 1 | SWE 2 | MEX | POR | ARG 1 | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA Ret | ESP | GBR | | 280 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Mikko Hirvonen | MON 4 | SWE 17 | MEX 2 | POR 2 | ARG 6 | GRE 8 | ITA Ret | FIN 4 | GER 3 | AUS 3 | FRA 6 | ESP 3 | GBR Ret | | 280 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Dani Sordo | MON | SWE | MEX 4 | POR 12 | ARG | GRE 2 | ITA 4 | FIN 5 | GER 1 | AUS | FRA | ESP Ret | GBR 7 | | 280 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Kris Meeke | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS Ret | FRA | ESP | GBR | | 280 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team | Dani Sordo | MON 3 | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG 9 | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA 2 | ESP | GBR | | 63 | 6th |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team | Khalid Al Qassimi | MON | SWE Ret | MEX | POR 9 | ARG | GRE Ret | ITA 10 | FIN | GER 11 | AUS 9 | FRA | ESP 11 | GBR | | 63 | 6th |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team | Chris Atkinson | MON | SWE | MEX 6 | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | 63 | 6th |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team | Kris Meeke | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN Ret | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | 63 | 6th |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team | Robert Kubica | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR Ret | | 63 | 6th |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team | Dani Sordo | MON | SWE Ret | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2013 | PH Sport | Bryan Bouffier | MON 5 | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2013 | PH Sport | Benito Guerra | MON | SWE | MEX 8 | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2013 | PH Sport | Tomáš Kostka | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA Ret | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2014 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Kris Meeke | MON 3 | SWE 10 | MEX Ret | POR Ret | ARG 3 | ITA 18 | POL 7 | FIN 3 | GER Ret | AUS 4 | FRA 3 | ESP 19 | GBR 6 | | 210 | 2nd |
| 2014 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Mads Østberg | MON 4 | SWE 3 | MEX 9 | POR 3 | ARG Ret | ITA 2 | POL Ret | FIN Ret | GER 6 | AUS 16 | FRA 7 | ESP 4 | GBR 3 | | 210 | 2nd |
| 2014 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Khalid Al Qassimi | MON | SWE 16 | MEX | POR 13 | ARG | ITA 10 | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP 15 | GBR | | – | – |
| 2014 | Armando Pereira | Armando Pereira | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA Ret | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Kris Meeke | MON 10 | SWE 7 | MEX 16 | ARG 1 | POR 4 | ITA 24 | POL 7 | FIN 17 | GER 12 | AUS 3 | FRA 4 | ESP 5 | GBR 2 | | 230 | 2nd |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Sébastien Loeb | MON 8 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | 230 | 2nd |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Mads Østberg | MON | SWE 10 | MEX 2 | ARG 2 | POR 7 | ITA 5 | POL 9 | FIN 3 | GER 7 | AUS WD | FRA 6 | ESP 4 | GBR 7 | | 230 | 2nd |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Stéphane Lefebvre | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS 13 | FRA | ESP | GBR | | 230 | 2nd |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Mads Østberg | MON 4 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Khalid Al Qassimi | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG 6 | POR 24 | ITA 10 | POL | FIN 16 | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP 15 | GBR | | – | – |
| 2015 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Stéphane Lefebvre | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER 10 | AUS | FRA 11 | ESP | GBR 8 | | – | – |
| 2015 | PH Sport | Sébastien Chardonnet | MON 47 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2015 | PH Sport | Stéphane Lefebvre | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP 50 | GBR | | – | – |
| 2015 | D-Max Racing | Yuriy Protasov | MON 16 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | Kris Meeke | MON Ret | SWE 23 | MEX | ARG | POR 1 | ITA | POL | FIN 1 | GER | CHN C | FRA 16 | ESP Ret | GBR 5 | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | Stéphane Lefebvre | MON 5 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 35 | ITA | POL 9 | FIN | GER Ret | CHN C | FRA | ESP | GBR 9 | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | Craig Breen | MON | SWE 8 | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL 7 | FIN 3 | GER | CHN C | FRA 5 | ESP 10 | GBR Ret | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | Khalid Al Qassimi | MON | SWE 19 | MEX | ARG | POR 26 | ITA | POL | FIN 16 | GER | CHN C | FRA | ESP 12 | GBR | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | Marcos Ligato | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG 7 | POR | ITA | POL | FIN 44 | GER | CHN C | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | José Alberto Nicolas | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG 18 | POR | ITA | POL | FIN Ret | GER | CHN C | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | Quentin Gilbert | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | CHN C | FRA | ESP | GBR 17 | AUS | – | – |
| 2016 | D-Max Racing | Felice Re | MON 20 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | CHN C | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | – | – |