Top 15 classification after SS8 at Rally Australia, the thirteenth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Mads Ostberg NOR Citroen C3 WRC 53m 37.4s 2. Craig Breen IRE Citroen C3 Abu Dhabi WRC +6.8s
Top 15 results from RallyRACC Catalunya, the twelfth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Sebastien Loeb FRA Citroen C3 WRC 3hr 12m 08.0s 2. Sebastien Ogier FRA M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC 17 +2.9s
Esapekka Lappi will join Citroen for the 2019 World Rally Championship switching from Toyota Gazoo Racing to partner Sebastien Ogier in an all-new line-up.
Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT has confirmed Mads Osbterg has been named the full-time replacement for Kris Meeke for the remainder of the 2018 World Rally Championship.
Kris Meeke has been axed from Citroen’s World Rally Championship line-up for the rest of the 2018 season due to “an excessively high number of crashes”.
Mads Ostberg will return to World Rally Championship action at the Portugal and Italy rounds for Citroen this season after impressing during his one-off outing at Rally Sweden earlier this year.
Top 15 shakedown results from Tour de Corse, the fourth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship. 1. Kris Meeke GBR Citroen C3 Abu Dhabi WRC 4m 00.8s 2. Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 4m 03.0s
Sebastien Ogier has reclaimed the 2018 World Rally Championship lead with a comfortable victory at Rally Mexico while Kris Meeke threw away second place after crashing on the opening stage of the final day.
Thierry Neuville has put space between himself and rival Craig Breen at Rally Sweden by extending his lead to over 20 seconds at the end of Saturday’s action.
Kris Meeke is eager for his Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT squad to keep pushing the development of the C3 WRC machine having felt fortunate to leave Rallye Monte-Carlo with fourth place and the Power stage victory.
A consortium in Japan has announced its plans to bring back the World Rally Championship to the country for the first time since 2010 with initial targets as early as next year.