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sébastien chardonnet

sébastien chardonnet -lrb- born 17 october 1988 -rrb- is a french rally driver .
he made his wrc debut in 2012 monte carlo rally in renault clio r3 with his co-driver thibault de la haye .
chardonnet scored his first championship point in 2012 rallye de france by finishing tenth overall driving citroën ds3 wrc .
sébastien started his career in karting at the age of 11 , promoting to single-seaters such as formula renault before switching to rallying , in 2009 .
his grandfather was andré ` doudou ' chardonnet , a former circuit racer and rally driver himself .
andré chardonnet was also an established lancia importer in france , who owned a very successful privateer rally team .
frenchman bernard darniche won tour de corse in 1979 and 1981 at the wheel of a team chardonnet entered lancia stratos , famously painted ` bleu de france ' .
in 2011 , chardonnet was about to make his world rally championship debut driving ford fiesta r2 in wrc academy that season .
eventually he had to withdraw from the series before the first rally , due to sponsorship difficulties .
in 2012 , he made his first wrc appearance with a wrc car , at 2012 rallye de france .
he finished tenth overall with a citroën ds3 wrc .
in 2013 , he competed in the wrc-3 championship , driving a citröen ds3 r3t supported by citroën 's official wrc team .
he won the championship by a ten-point-margin to keith cronin .
chardonnet won two events in the season and finished three times in second place .
