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28th October 2005

French car manufacturer Citroen confirmed that it would return to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2007 after taking a sabbatical year in 2006.

WRC team principal Guy Frequelin said that new cost cutting measures being introduced by the FIA was behind the decision to return to the series.

Frequelin said, "The new regulations allow us to meet our budget targets. There is no longer anything standing in the way of our return to the sport.

We will be back in 2007 as we are now certain to have the required budget for the world championship.”

Frequelin also confirmed that Citroen’s 2004 and 2005 World Championship winning driver Sebastien Loeb would drive for a privately run Citroen team in 2006 while helping to develop a new car based on the manufacturer C4 model ahead of the factory teams return in 2007.

(Source: Reuters)

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