Citroën’s manufacturer-supported effort within the World Rally Championship’s second division can be a household affair subsequent 12 months, as Yohan Rossel stays with the French marque into 2025 and can be joined by his youthful brother Léo Rossel in a second automobile.
The elder Rossel was a title contender this 12 months till the final spherical of his WRC2 marketing campaign, Central European Rally, when a stage one crash right into a financial institution ended his hopes. Youthful brother Léo gained the French Tarmac title this 12 months aboard a Citroën and can make his WRC debut on the Monte Carlo Rally subsequent month.
Léo Rossel was French junior champion in 2020 and gained the Stellantis Cup in 2022: “Turning into the 2024 French Rally Champion with the C3 Rally2 was an unbelievable milestone in my profession and becoming a member of Citroën Racing as an official driver in 2025 is a dream come true,” he mentioned. “Having grown up on this planet of rallying and thru the Stellantis Motorsport promotion applications, my journey is a testomony to Citroën’s dedication to younger expertise.”
Whereas the youthful Rossel arrives, there are additionally departures: Nikolay Gryazin has left Citroën’s manufacturing unit driver lineup and there’s additionally a change of preparation agency for the producer’s works-supported effort, as reigning WRC2 groups’ champions DG Sport is changed by long-running Citroën affiliate PH Sport.
