Sweeping: Citroën’s tip!

Citroën equips Sébastien Loeb's C4 WRC with a revolutionary system so that the six-time World Champion no longer suffers from sweeping at the opening of the special stages.

Published on 01/04/2010 à 10:13

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Citroën has found a solution to “sweeping”, a phenomenon which affects cars paving the dusty roads of rally specials: miniature brooms! This technique thus allows the Citroën C4 WRC to no longer suffer from the presence of the fine layer of dust decorating the roads, since it is now evacuated by mini-brooms in? camel hair!

« The recurring problem of scanning led us to imagine several technical solutions », Explains Némo Jupabalé, the zealous engineer in charge of the project at Citroën Racing, this Thursday. “ After several test sessions and aquatic wind tunnel sessions, we selected camel hair brooms, a material particularly suited to the desert stages taken this weekend. Thanks to this innovation, we are convinced of offering the best chances of victory to Sébastien and Daniel. »

The Citroën C4 WRC of the six-time World Champion crew will thus be able to start at the head of the special stages without suffering from this famous sweeping problem, which annoys all drivers. rally. This discovery will allow the number 1 crew of the Reds to take the start of the special stages of this gravel rally with complete peace of mind thanks to this decisive advantage (see photo).