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9 Crews To Take Part In The Citroën Top Driver - Off To A Flying Start !
Created following the inclusion of the new WRC3 category in this season’s World Rally Championship, the Citroën Top Driver series is set to make its bow on the world scene at Rally de Portugal in a few weeks time. The formula has already been a huge success, as no fewer than nine European crews will line up at the start of the rally in a Citroën DS3 R3.
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The final rung of the ladder leading to the upper echelons of rallying, Citroën Top Driver is above all an affordable, professional formula which will reward the winning crew with a programme of six WRC2 rallies in 2014. Composed of four gravel rallies and two tarmac events, it will also feature a team competition for outfits entering at least two cars. As entries for Rally de Portugal are now closed, these eight crews will now head for the Algarve in order to battle it out in Citroën DS3 R3s. Five different nationalities will be represented with the Swiss pair of Francesco Parli and Federico Della Casa, the German Christian Riedemann, the Italian Simone Campedelli, the French trio of Sébastien Chardonnet, Quentin Gilbert and Bryan Bouffier, the Irishmans Keith Cronin and Alastair Fisher.
"We are pleased with the success that Citroën’s new challenge has enjoyed for this first round of the season", commented a delighted Marek Nawarecki, Customer Racing Manager for Citroën Racing. "Among the entrants, we have two 2012 Citroën Racing Trophy winners in Quentin Gilbert (France) and Keith Cronin (UK), whilst the other drivers have produced strong performances in national promotional formulas and championships, such as Sébastien Chardonnet, Bryan Bouffier and Christian Riedemann. This reflects the spirit of Citroën Top Driver perfectly since they will now be able to compete against each other in an international formula. Given the quality of the field, I think we can all look forward to an exciting, closely contested season."
PaddockTalk Perspective
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