Citroën DS 3 WRC

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The car made a superb debut, with two consecutive victories in the hands of Sébastien Loeb. The first was at Rally Argentina, round 6 of the championship, in May 2011. The French driver claimed the win after a sprint finish due to a one-minute penalty and with only a handful of seconds to spare, ahead of Hirvonen and Ogier.
Five months later, it took part in the RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada, at the time a mixed gravel/asphalt event, and dominated almost from start to finish, again in the hands of Sébastien Loeb. It gave him a second consecutive victory, with a winning margin of over two minutes. Haloed by these two successes, BK-317-DW came back in action at the 2013 Swedish Rally, where Sébastien Loeb claimed the runner-up spot. For the rest of the season, the car passed into the hands of Dani Sordo, driving it in Portugal and Catalonia. In contention for victory on home soil, the Spaniard broke the suspension only two stages from the finish.
In 2014, this works Citroën DS3 WRC was entrusted to Mads Ostberg, who claimed three podium finishes in four rallies: third in Sweden, third in Portugal, runner-up in Sardinia and retirement in Finland. After an interlude at the hands of Loeb at the 2015 Monte-Carlo a one-off return to action, in which Loeb finished 8th following a small off-road excursion, but he still was the best performer of the event with 5 fastest times BK-317-DW finished again on the podium of a WRC event, thanks to Mads Ostberg finishing second in Mexico.
After claiming fifth in the Rallye Monte-Carlo at its last appearance in the works team, with Stéphane Lefebvre at the wheel, the car then joined the ranks of the PH-Sport squad. Stéphane Lefebvre was entered in Rally Germany. Following a crash, the car had to be rebuilt, with a new chassis and therefore a new Gold Book (originally chassis 15).