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Citroën World Touring Car Team
Founded	2013
Team principal(s)	Yves Matton
Current series	World Touring Car Championship
Noted drivers	Yvan Muller; Sébastien Loeb; Ma Qing Hua; José María López
Teams'; Championships	2014, 2015, 2016
Drivers'; Championships	2014, 2015, 2016 (López)
Website	http://www.citroenracing.com/en

The Citroën World Touring Car Team was the Citroën factory touring car arm of Citroën Racing, which competed in the World Touring Car Championship.

Formation

In 2013, Citroën Racing created a new sub-division, the Citroën World Touring Car Team, in order to begin to run in addition in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship. The Citroën World Touring Car Team was formed in June, 2013, when it was announced that the team will enter WTCC in 2014.^[1] 9-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb joined the team instantly and several weeks later the 3-time WTCC champion at the time Yvan Muller joined as Loeb's teammate.^[2] Also it was announced that the car that will be used will be Citroën C-Elysée, built to the brand new TC1 regulations.^[3] Loeb and Muller carried out the initial tests of the TC1 prototype of the C-Elysée. Shortly after the end of the 2013 season they were joined by José María López, who was signed to drive the third full-time car of the team.^[4] In February, 2014 the team signed Ma Qing Hua to drive the fourth car at selected races.^[5]

Results and statistics

2014

In 2014, Citroën won seventeen races out of twenty three, in spite of the inversion of the qualifications grid for the race two and in spite of the 60 kg compensation weight that the Citroën C-Elysée had to carry, as the most competitive car of the championship.

The Citroën World Touring Car Team won fourteen victories out of the first fifteen races of the 2014 WTCC season. The Citroën/Total WTCC Team won the Manufacturer's WTCC Championship, 5 races before the end of the season, after the 2014 Shanghai first race, where Citroën recorded a magnificent one-two-three-four. The Citroën World Touring Car Team pilots also got the three first ranks of the Drivers' World Touring Car Championship.

2015

The pilots of the Citroën-Total WTCC team were Sébastien Loeb, José María López, Yvan Muller and Ma Qing Hua, for the full season in 2015. Citroën dominated this season in the same way it did the previous year with José María López again winning 10 races and the Drivers' Championship. Teammates Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb finished second and third respectively, just like they did in 2014. Citroën again won the Manufacturer's Championship.

Citroën also provided a racecar for the Sébastien Loeb Racing Team and its driver : Mehdi Bennani.

2016

Citroën announced their decision to leave the WTCC after the 2016 season, during which they fielded just two cars for José María López and Yvan Muller.^[6]

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points	MC	Points
2014	Citroën Total WTCC	1	Yvan Muller	MAR 1 3	MAR 2 Ret	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 2	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 5	SVK 1 10	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 1	AUT 2 Ret	RUS 1 4	RUS 2 2	BEL 1 1	BEL 2 2	ARG 1 3	ARG 2 3	BEI 1 2	BEI 2 9	CHN 1 3	CHN 2 Ret	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 5	MAC 1 5	MAC 2 2	2nd	336	1st	1003
		9	Sébastien Loeb	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 1	FRA 1 2	FRA 2 6	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 9	SVK 1 1	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 4	AUT 2 7	RUS 1 3	RUS 2 5	BEL 1 3	BEL 2 5	ARG 1 4	ARG 2 6	BEI 1 5	BEI 2 3	CHN 1 4	CHN 2 12	JPN 1 3	JPN 2 7	MAC 1 6	MAC 2 6	3rd	295
		33	Ma Qing Hua	MAR 1	MAR 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	RUS 1 6	RUS 2 1	BEL 1 11	BEL 2 Ret	ARG 1	ARG 2	BEI 1 15†	BEI 2 12	CHN 1 2	CHN 2 5	JPN 1	JPN 2	MAC 1 8	MAC 2 Ret	13th	69
		37	José María López	MAR 1 1	MAR 2 2	FRA 1 4	FRA 2 1	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 6	SVK 1 2	SVK 2 C	AUT 1 3	AUT 2 1	RUS 1 1	RUS 2 Ret	BEL 1 2	BEL 2 1	ARG 1 1	ARG 2 1	BEI 1 3	BEI 2 4	CHN 1 1	CHN 2 3	JPN 1 1	JPN 2 6	MAC 1 1	MAC 2 5	1st	462
2015	Citroën Total WTCC	9	Sébastien Loeb	ARG 1 3	ARG 2 1	MAR 1 3	MAR 2 2	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 5	GER 1 2	GER 2 5	RUS 1 9	RUS 2 7	SVK 1 3	SVK 2 1	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 Ret	POR 1 2	POR 2 15†	JPN 1 6	JPN 2 4	CHN 1 3	CHN 2 4	THA 1 2	THA 2 1	QAT 1 4	QAT 2 4	3rd	356	1st	1069
		33	Ma Qing Hua	ARG 1 7	ARG 2 6	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 10	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 9	GER 1 5	GER 2 Ret	RUS 1 5	RUS 2 5	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 Ret	FRA 1 4	FRA 2 3	POR 1 6	POR 2 1	JPN 1 4	JPN 2 5	CHN 1 10†	CHN 2 8	THA 1 3	THA 2 2	QAT 1 5	QAT 2 2	4th	241
		37	José María López	ARG 1 1	ARG 2 2	MAR 1 1	MAR 2 3	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 6	GER 1 1	GER 2 2	RUS 1 2	RUS 2 12	SVK 1 2	SVK 2 2	FRA 1 3	FRA 2 1	POR 1 1	POR 2 5	JPN 1 1	JPN 2 Ret	CHN 1 1	CHN 2 3	THA 1 1	THA 2 3	QAT 1 1	QAT 2 8	1st	475
		68	Yvan Muller	ARG 1 2	ARG 2 11	MAR 1 5	MAR 2 1	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 7	GER 1 3	GER 2 1	RUS 1 1	RUS 2 6	SVK 1 1	SVK 2 3	FRA 1 2	FRA 2 4	POR 1 7	POR 2 2	JPN 1 5	JPN 2 15†	CHN 1 2	CHN 2 1	THA 1 Ret	THA 2 Ret	QAT 1 6	QAT 2 1	2nd	357
	Sébastien Loeb Racing	25	Mehdi Bennani	ARG 1 13	ARG 2 5	MAR 1 4	MAR 2 12	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 Ret	GER 1 7	GER 2 6	RUS 1 14	RUS 2 Ret	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 7	FRA 1 9	FRA 2 9	POR 1 11	POR 2 10	JPN 1 7	JPN 2 10	CHN 1 5	CHN 2 7	THA 1 4	THA 2 7	QAT 1 2	QAT 2 5	8th	127
2016	Citroën Total WTCC	37	José María López	FRA 1 6	FRA 2 1	SVK 1 5	SVK 2 1	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 1	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 1	GER 1 1	GER 2 1	RUS 1 5	RUS 2 8	POR 1 5	POR 2 5	ARG 1 5	ARG 2 1	JPN 1 4	JPN 2 2	CHN 1 4	CHN 2 1	QAT 1 9	QAT 2 3			1st	381	1st	957
2016	Citroën Total WTCC	68	Yvan Muller	FRA 1 13	FRA 2 4	SVK 1 7	SVK 2 5	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 2	MAR 1 3	MAR 2 2	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 DNS	RUS 1 3	RUS 2 11	POR 1 9	POR 2 2	ARG 1 3	ARG 2 5	JPN 1 5	JPN 2 1	CHN 1 3	CHN 2 2	QAT 1 4	QAT 2 6			2nd	257	1st	957

References

^ "Citroen to enter WTCC with Loeb". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (7 August 2013). "Citroën sign Yvan Muller for a two-year deal in WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
^ "CITROËN NAMES C-ELYSÉE FOR WTCC CAMPAIGN". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (16 December 2013). "José María López joins Muller and Loeb at Citroën". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ Hudson, Neil (28 February 2014). "Ma Qing Hua confirmed as Citroën Racing's fourth driver". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ Abbott, Andrew (19 November 2015). "Citroën to end WTCC programme after 2016". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 19 November 2015.