It seems that Citroen needs full factory support on national rallies that their R5 car can win it overall. Whenever their works driver Yoann Bonato drive any rally, they are at the top but something is missing. Volkswagen, Škoda or Forx are still better in some parts of the rally but when they don't have a factory support, Citroen can win.

Another good thing for Citroen is that in their national championship, all those works teams from WRC2 category don't sent their crews to the French national rallies so it is easier for Citroen to win.

Not always, because Nicolas Ciamin won the 1st round of the championship with the private VW Polo R5 but Ciamin is the top driver.

Anyway, this time Citroen won 1-2 and that's good for them. I don't know if the 2nd overall Citroen finisher has the factory support but I guess they will help him after this nice result for them.

Results:

Bonato 1:51:57.1

Rossel +24.0

Gilbert +24.8

Giordano +49.6

Ciamin +1:20.7

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