Kronos Citroën World Rally Team

Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team was a semi-private rally team that competed in the World Rally Championship in the 2006 season. The team was made up of some existing drivers of the 2005 Citroën official team, which took a sabbatical though supported the Belgian Kronos Racing team to enter in the manufacturer's name.[1]

Belgium Kronos Citroën
Full nameKronos Total Citroën World Rally Team
BaseNamur, Belgium
Team principal(s)Marc van Dalen
DriversFrance Sebastien Loeb
United Kingdom Colin McRae
Spain Dani Sordo
Spain Xavier Pons
Co-driversMonaco Daniel Elena
United Kingdom Nicky Grist
Spain Marc Martí
Spain Carlos del Barrio
ChassisXsara WRC
TyresBF BF Goodrich
World Rally Championship history
Debut2006 Monte Carlo Rally
Last event2006 Rally GB
Manufacturers' Championships0
Drivers' Championships1 (2006)
Rally wins8
Loeb on a road section during the 2006 Rally Finland.

Competition history

The Citroën factory team withdrew from the World Rally Championship for a year and selected Kronos to represent the brand in the 2006 season. The team took care of three Citroën Xsara WRCs, one of which was reserved for reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb. The other two were carried by Xavier Pons and Daniel Sordo. Colin McRae also replaced the injured Loeb in Turkey. Loeb and Citroën also led two championships after the Cyprus rally, but Loeb's withdrawal following the mountain bike accident and the inability of other Citroën drivers to oppose Ford drivers Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen, allowed Ford's to steal the manufacturers' championship from them.

WRC Results

Year Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points WMC Points
2006 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE DEU FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR 2nd 166
France Sébastien Loeb 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1st 112
United Kingdom Colin McRae Ret - 0
Spain Xavier Pons 9 7 Ret Ret 6 17 4 8 14 Ret DNS 7 4 4 4 5 7th 32
Spain Daniel Sordo 8 16 4 2 3 5 3 6 2 Ret DSQ Ret 7 23 5 7 5th 49

References

  1. "Citroen register as manufacturer". Autosport.com. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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