Citroën Racing is a motorsport brand and department of the French automobile manufacturer, Automobiles Citroën[1] that currently competes in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with its drivers Nick Cassidy and Jean-Éric Vergne. It is most notable for entering the Citroën World Rally Team into the World Rally Championship until 2019, thus helping to propel Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena to become the most successful crew in the history of the series.
As of January 2023, the department's primary function is manufacturing the C3 Rally2 along with distribution of parts, including for its catalogue of out-of-production cars. It no longer contests motorsport directly itself although Citroën provide support through the brand to privateer entries of the C3.[3] Retail sales of official Citroën Racing branded merchandise is handled by Peugeot Citroën Racing Shop.[4][5]
Citroën Racing is a constituent of Stellantis Motorsport along with other motorsport and performance brands, subsidiaries and departments within the portfolio of Citroën's parent company, Stellantis.[6]
History
Citroën Racing has also previously been known as Citroën Compétitions and Citroën Sport.
Citroën Compétitions
Although Citroën vehicles had been used by privateers for many years previously, the department originates from 1960 when René Cotton, the winning team manager of the 1959 Monte Carlo Rally, was asked by Citroën to increase participation in rallying with their support. When Citroën began entering motorsport competitions itself in 1965, it effectively formed the Citroën racing department.[7][8] After Cotton's death in 1971, his wife Marlène succeeded him and was highly qualified having spent twelve years in his employment and inheriting all his personal notes, plans and documents for business and sport activities.[9][10] Due to their financial troubles
World Rally Championship
World Touring Car Championship
Rally Raid
In Rally raid, the ZX Rallye Raid won the Constructor's title for Citroën Sport in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies for 5 years from 1993 to 1997. It also took drivers Pierre Lartigue and Ari Vatanen to title glory in those years. However, in 1997, Citroën Sport announced withdrawal from the rally raid discipline to focus on the Saxo and Xsara rally and racing cars.[31]
The ZX Rallye Raid also saw success in the Paris–Dakar Rally, winning four times; and twice in the Paris–Moscow–Beijing Rally.[31] In addition, Citroën won the Pharaons Rally in 1991 and the Tunisia rally in 1992.
Formula E
In September 2025, electric open-wheel single-seater championship FIA Formula E World Championship announced that Citroën will enter the series in the 2025–26 season as Citroën Racing Formula E Team. This will be the marque's open-wheel and electric racing debut. Citroën will reportedly replace Stellantis sister brand Maserati in the championship.[32][33] The team signed Nick Cassidy and double champion Jean-Éric Vergne as its driver pair.[34]
At the 2025 São Paulo ePrix, Nick Cassidy scored a podium on debut for the team, finishing P3 in the standings for that race.[35]
At the 2026 Mexico City ePrix, Cassidy took victory to take the team’s first win in Formula E, after starting from 13th.
Cars
Rally Cars
References
- AUTOMOBILES CITROEN at VERSAILLES (642050199), établissement secondaire, CA, bilan, KBIS - Infogreffe www.infogreffe.com, retrieved 2023-01-27^
- Stellantis N.V. Annual Report and Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 25 February 2022^
- Citroën stars confirm WRC2 plans