Citroën crews continue to race

The members of the Citroën Racing crews have not yet gone on vacation. Marketing operations and test sessions punctuate the daily lives of competitors, who have had to adapt to difficult weather conditions.

Published on 15/12/2010 à 11:39

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Tuesday, November 30
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena must fly to Slovakia. Geneva airport being closed until Wednesday midday due to bad weather, the team already present on site with the C4 WRC is forced to cancel the road show planned for the 3500 employees of the Trnava factory. This is only a postponement !

Wednesday, December 1
The team responsible for developing the DS3 WRC also had to deal with the snow falling in the Drôme. In search of more lenient conditions, the engineers decided to head for the Narbonne region. With the Loeb/Elena duo still stuck in Geneva, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia work a few overtime hours before being taken over the next day at noon by the seven-time World Champions.

Friday December 3, XNUMX
After the tests, Seb and Daniel head to Valencia for the annual Fan Loeb evening.

Monday December 6
The week begins with the FFSA awards ceremony. The next day, the pilots are at work for an internal operation at the Versailles-Satory factory. On Tuesday evening, Seb and Daniel are on the set of Grand Journal on Canal+.

Wednesday December 8
Announced, feared, snow is falling en masse in the Paris region! Ninety Citroën Racing employees are forced to spend the night at the office. Julien Ingrassia, who was to join MM. Ogier, Loeb and Elena in Versailles, spend five hours in a taxi on the A86. The situation not changing, he drags his suitcase the last five kilometers and arrives at the hotel quite cold! After filming an advertisement in the south of the Paris region, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena return to the capital aboard an RER. Then they wander the streets looking for a hotel that is not fully booked!

Thursday December 9
The Citroën crews must reach Valenciennes for a roadshow scheduled at the Sevelnord factory. As the roads are still congested, is the rail solution preferred? except that the trains were not running either. It is finally by air that the team reaches the North. The crews receive a warm welcome. Welcome to the Ch'tis ! The transfer to Charleville-Mézières, where the promotional tour continued the next day, will hardly be simpler!

Friday December 10, XNUMX
Sébastien Loeb, Daniel Elena and Julien Ingrassia must return to Monaco to receive their trophies during the FIA prize giving ceremony. The only Monegasque World Champion, Daniel Elena made a remarkable arrival at the wheel of his superb Simca 1000, much more original than the GTs roaming the Principality.

Saturday December 11
While Sébastien Ogier competes in the Bologna Motorshow, his teammates finally have the right to a little rest. On the program for Sébastien Loeb, concert by Chantal Goya with Valentine before heading to Sweden for the continuation of the DS3 WRC tests. The snow will be welcome this time!

Saturday December 18
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena will go to the C42, the Citroën platform installed on the Champs Elysées, for a signing session which will start from 16:30 p.m.