Citroën C3 R5

Throughout summer 2017, Citroën Racing Technologies employed factory Citroën drivers Stéphane Lefebvre and Craig Breen as part of the development team for the C3, along with Yoann Bonato, who was hired for the project.[5] The first working model was completed in September of 2017, and a month later the test C3 made its public debut at the Rallye du Var, with Bonato driving a few stages as a non-competitive entrant to the rally.

The Citroën C3 R5 passed international homologation on 1 January 2018, and was now ready for competition. It made its competitive rallying debut at the Tour de Corse in April of that year, with Yoann Bonato taking second place in the WRC-2 class, and 10th overall in the rally.

Including the original test cars, a total of 26 C3 R5s had been constructed by 1 May 2019, with 22 having been sold to independent teams. In the hands of Yoann Bonato, the C3 R5 won the French Rally Championship in 2018, and continues to be used by the Citroën World Rally Team in the WRC-2 Pro class of the World Rally Championship, in the hands of Mads Østberg. Østberg would give the C3 R5 its first World Championship-level victory at the 2019 Rally Argentina. Although Citroën withdrew from the World Rally Championship in 2020, it continued as a manufacturer team in the WRC-2 and made the C3 R5 available to privateer teams in the WRC-3.

The C3 R5 was renamed the Citroën C3 Rally2 ahead of the 2021 championships.[2]

Year	Team	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2018	CHL Sport Auto	Yoann Bonato	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA 2	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU 11	TUR	GBR	CAT	AUS		21st	18
	Simone Tempestini	Simone Tempestini	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU	TUR 2	GBR 7	CAT 10	AUS		15th*	28*
2019	CHL Sport Auto	Yoann Bonato	MON 1	SWE	MEX	FRA 12	ARG	CHI	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU	TUR	GBR	CAT	AUS	5th**	25**
	DG Sport	Guillaume de Mevius	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	FRA 7	ARG	CHI	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU	TUR	GBR	CAT	AUS	21st**	6**

- * scored points with different entries. - ** season still in progress.