Citroen reveals new-look 2025 WRC line-up

Citroen Racing will area brothers Yohan and Leo Rossel as its driver line-up to sort out the 2025 World Rally Championship.

The French producer has elected to proceed its relationship with Yohan Rossel following a 2024 season the place the 29-year-old challenged for the WRC2 title.

Yohan took victory within the Monte Carlo and Chile rounds driving the C3 Rally2, run by DG Sport, however his title bid unravelled on the Central European Rally.    

Affirmation that Rossel will proceed to pilot a C3 Rally2 in 2025 ends hypothesis linking him to a Rally1 drive at M-Sport-Ford. 

Yohan could have a brand new team-mate subsequent yr within the form of his youthful brother Leo Rossel, who will take up the seat vacated by Nikolay Gryazin.  

“Representing Citroen Racing on the highest stage is an amazing honour and increasing my dedication with my brother Leo in 2025 provides a deeply private and passionate dimension to this problem,” mentioned Yohan Rossel.  

“The C3 Rally2 has been phenomenal this season, whether or not on asphalt or gravel, and I’m excited to proceed pushing its limits with a automobile that retains evolving and shocking us.”

Leo Rossel steps as much as the WRC2 class in 2025 with the DG Sport Citroen workforce after profitable the French Rally Championship. 

“Changing into the 2024 French Rally Champion with the C3 Rally2 was an unimaginable milestone in my profession and becoming a member of Citroen Racing as an official driver in 2025 is a dream come true,” mentioned Leo Rossel. 

“Having grown up on the earth of rallying and thru the Stellantis Motorsport promotion packages, my journey is a testomony to Citroen’s dedication to younger expertise. I’m able to tackle this new problem alongside my brother Yohan and proceed pushing the bounds of this extraordinary automobile.”

Stellantis Motorsport buyer racing director Didier Clement added: “The 2024 season was distinctive, due to proficient drivers like Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin, who pushed the bounds of the C3 Rally2. We thank them for this extraordinary yr, marked by six victories and spectacular performances. 

“We now look to the longer term with nice enthusiasm. The 2025 program totally embodies Citroen Racing’s dedication to excellence and growing younger expertise. That is an formidable new chapter for our model and our imaginative and prescient of rallying, centered on efficiency and fostering the following technology of champions.”