Citroën C2 S1600

Citroën C2 S1600

Sébastien Ogier competing in a C2 S1600 at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland.
Category	Super 1600
Constructor	Citroën
Predecessor	Citroën Saxo S1600
Successor	Citroën DS3 R3
Technical specifications
Length	3,660 mm (144.1 in)
Width	1,795 mm (70.7 in)
Wheelbase	2,326 mm (91.6 in)
Weight	1,000 kg (2,204.6 lb)
Competition history
Notable drivers	Daniel Sordo Sébastien Ogier Martin Prokop
Debut	2004 Rally Catalunya
Constructors' Championships	2 (2005, 2008) JWRC
Drivers' Championships	3 (2005, 2008, 2009), JWRC

Citroën C2 S1600 is a rally car built by Citroën and based upon the Citroën C2 car. It is built to Super 1600 regulations. The car made its debut at the 2004 Rally Catalunya.

After the success of Citroën's Xsara in the World Rally Championship (WRC), Citroën expanded their interests to achieve success not only in the WRC but in the support championship, the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in 2004. The earlier Citroën Saxo S1600 JWRC car was highly successful.

The car won the JWRC title with Sébastien Loeb in 2001, and brought him to the attention of Citroën Total World Rally Team, and again with Daniel Solà in 2002. With the new C2 replacing the aging Saxo, Citroën concentrated upon making their new car a winner.

Using a heavily modified C2 to create the Citroën C2 S1600, the works team and Dani Sordo succeeded in winning the championship in 2005. The C2 S1600 has continued to compete in the championship with privateer teams and remains successful despite newer machinery from Suzuki, Renault, and Fiat-work teams.

In the season of 2008, Sébastien Ogier brought the Citroën C2 its second junior title, and in 2009, the C2 was again the title-winning car, with Martin Prokop taking the championship.

External links

• Results at ewrc-results.com