Isithembiso silindelekile, futhi njengoba besesivele simemezele lapha, i-Citroën yathatha i-Var Rally ukuze ibonakale okokuqala emphakathini lokho okuzoba yisikhali sayo esisha emhlabeni - nangale kwayo - imibuthano, i-Citroën C3 R5.
Umjaho wokugcina weFrench Rally Championship uqokwe ukuthi uphinde uqhubeke nokuhlolwa kokuthuthukiswa kwemoto entsha.
U-Yoann Bonato kanye no-Benjamin Boulloud, ababungaza isicoco Sompetha base-France ngemva kokunqoba izinqola ezine ku-Citroën DS3 R5, manje sebewuveze okokuqala umkhiqizo omusha ovela ku-Citroën Racing.
Zontathu izigaba zomjaho zihlinzekelwe ukuthi umshayeli “athathe izilinganiso” zemoto entsha futhi ahlole izilungiselelo eziningi ezahlukene.
U-Yoann Bonato, umshayeli we-Citroën RacingBesingenayo ingcindezi emqhudelwaneni, sijabule kakhulu sihamba ngeCitroën C3 R5 ngempelasonto. Umkhiqizo usuthuthuke kakhulu futhi imigwaqo ehlukahlukene ku-Rally do Var isivumele ukuthi sizame izilungiselelo ezihlukile
Ngokubukeka okukhangayo kanye nokuhlobisa okusha, i-Citroën C3 R5 ayishiyanga muntu enganakile, njengoba bekubhekwe ngabomvu kuwo wonke umjaho, naphezu kokungashayi amagoli.
U-Yves Matton, Umqondisi we-Citroën RacingNgemuva kwesizini yakhe enhle kuChampionship yaseFrance, kwaba nengqondo ukuthi u-Yoann Bonato ubeshayela i-C3 R5 ekubonakaleni kwakhe esidlangalaleni okokuqala. Ngokushintshanisa 'i-camouflage' evamile ukuze senze umhlobiso ogcizelela ukuklanywa kwemoto, sikhiphe igagasi lomdlandla phakathi komphakathi, kanye naphakathi kwabathengi abaningi abangahle babe nesithakazelo esikhulu kulo mkhiqizo.
Ngobuchwepheshe, i-Citroën C3 R5 entsha yethula okokuqala umshini wokuhambisa ngesandla, isilinganiso esibekwe ushintsho lwakamuva kumthethonqubo, kodwa oluvumele u-Yoann Bonato ukuthi aqede amaligi angu-14 ngaphandle kwezinkinga.
Ngemuva kwezikhathi ezimbalwa zokuhlola eziqinile ukuze kutholwe ukwethembeka nokusebenza kwemoto entsha, isinyathelo esilandelayo kuzoba inqubo ye-FIA homologation.
Pierre Budar, Umqondisi Wezokuthuthukiswa Kwezimoto Zokuncintisana/Ikhasimende:Ngaphezu kokuthakasela okuvuswe umphakathi kanye nomphakathi wezemidlalo, lokhu kubamba iqhaza ku-Rally de Var kusilethele ukwaneliseka okukhulu ngokwemibandela yezobuchwepheshe. Ngaphandle kokubhekana nezinkinga zokwethembeka, sikwazile ukusebenza ngokuthula ekucushweni okuhlukene, silungisa imoto ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zomgwaqo, ngezinye izikhathi ibushelelezi, ngezinye izikhathi inzima kakhulu.