Citroën with Räikkönen and Solberg?

Will Kimi Räikkönen and Petter Solberg be at the start of the Rally from Sweden at the wheel of a Citroën DS3 WRC of the Citroën Junior Team. Olivier Quesnel, director of Citroën Racing, hopes so! The two Nordic drivers have the advantage of having driven a Citroën this year, while bringing a lot to the brand, on the media and commercial levels, as well as on the sporting level regarding Solberg. If Olivier Quesnel expresses wishes regarding the names of the drivers who would ride with Citroën in a second team – in addition to the official team with Sébastien Loeb et Sébastien Ogier -, nothing has been done yet.

« We receive a lot of requests but we would prefer to have drivers with both the budget and the speed, said Olivier Quesnel, director of Citroën Racing. We would be very happy with Kimi and Petter and I think they would have priority, but we will see in the end. At this time last year we had no customers so I'm not worried. We will just have to wait but I am confident that we will field two cars in the second team, even if it is complicated. »

For his part, Dani Sordo seems to be getting closer and closer to a competitive lead. “ For Dani Sordo, we would have had to raise 100% of the budget so that he could continue with Citroën and that was really complicated. », comments Quesnel. The Spaniard, who competed in his last WRC rally with Citroën in Great Britain, seems far from the possibility of a continuation with the Chevron firm.