Citroën stars confirm WRC2 plans

Rossel (pictured above) scooped the WRC3 title in 2021 and graduated into WRC2 - the sport’s leading support category - for the 2022 season, finishing fourth in the standings despite clinching back-to-back victories in Croatia and Portugal. 

In 2023, the 27-year-old is back to fight for the overall title - campaigning, for the fifth season in succession, a Citroën C3. 

Eight rallies feature in Rossel’s programme, which kicks off at next month’s Rallye Monte-Carlo (19 - 22 January) followed by stops in Croatia, Portugal, Sardinia, Estonia, Chile and the all-new Central Europe Rally.

Although supported by Citroën Racing, Rossel’s car will be prepared and maintained by formidable French outfit PH Sport. DG Sport will also run a similar car for Stéphane Lefebvre, although it’s understood the former top-tier pilot may only contest selected rallies. 

Another driver set to star with Citroën machinery is Spanish hotshot Alejandro Cachón, who has confirmed plans to undertake a seven-round programme aboard a Sports & You C3. 

Cachón made the full-time switch to four-wheel drive power at the beginning of 2022. This season he impressed by securing a brace of national rally victories plus a host of podiums in his homeland.