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Citroën DS3 WRC
Race Car
Category World Rally Car
Constructor Citroën
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Chassis Reinforced body with welded, multi-point roll cage
Suspension (front) MacPherson type
Suspension (rear) MacPherson type
Engine Custom-built Citroën 1,598 cc (97.5 cu in) I4 turbocharged transversal
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Power 220 kW (300 hp) at 6,000 rpm and 350 N⋅m (36 kgf⋅m) at 3,250 rpm.
Transmission 6-speed sequential, AWD
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Tyres Michelin
Notable entrants 🇫🇷 Citroën Total World Rally Team

🇫🇷 Citroën Junior Team
 🇸🇯 Petter Solberg World Rally Team
 🇶🇦 Qatar World Rally Team

Notable drivers 🇬🇧 Kris Meeke

 🇸🇯 Mads Østberg
 🇰🇼 Khalid Al Qassimi
  🇲🇫 Sébastien Loeb
 🇫🇮 Mikko Hirvonen
 🇪🇸 Dani Sordo
 🇨🇵 Sébastien Ogier
 🇫🇮 Kimi Räikkönen
 🇸🇯 Petter Solberg
🇧🇪 Thierry Neuville

Debut 2011 Rally Sweden
Races competed
Race victories 26
Podiums {{{Podiums}}}
Constructors' Championships Two
Drivers' Championships Two
Pole positions
Fastest laps 26

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 had been 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.

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Complete Racing Results[]

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points WCC
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