CITROEN WORLD RALLY TEAM

CAR: CITROEN C3 WRC TEAM PRINCIPAL: YVES MATTON

7 KHALID AL QASSIMI

Nationality: UAE Age: 45 Co-driver: Chris Patterson Rally GB starts: 3 Best Rally GB finish: 11th (2010) WRC starts: 68 WRC wins: 0 WRC titles: 0 Hasn’t competed on Rally GB since 2010, but the Sheikh is an adaptable driver who will find his feet and his rhythm quickly. If it’s wet and muddy, he will struggle with the worst of the conditions, but the good news for him is sitting alongside him: Chris Patterson first started this event in 1993 and twice finished on the podium while co-driving Petter Solberg. CP’S one of the best in the business.

8 CRAIG BREEN

Nationality: Irish Age: 27 Co-driver: Scott Martin Rally GB starts: 6 Best Rally GB finish: 12th (2010) WRC starts: 46 WRC wins: 0 WRC titles: 0 Showed brilliant pace early on last year (when he was driving a World Rally Car on his ‘home’ round of the championship for the first time) and needs to focus on that and pick up where he left off, shortly before he rolled in Myherin second time through. Breen’s development over the last two years has been rapid and there’s more speed to come from both him and the C3 – providing the car does its thing…

9 KRIS MEEKE

Nationality: British Age: 38 Co-driver: Paul Nagle Rally GB starts: 9 Best Rally GB finish: 2nd (2015) WRC starts: 83 WRC wins: 5 WRC titles: 0 His Mexico and Spain wins show that Meeke remains one of the fastest drivers in the world championship. He knows the Welsh woods and these conditions as well as anybody, but the big question for home fans in the forests is: what’s the Citroen capable of? In changeable conditions, it’s been a bit of a pig from time to time this year (Poland, anybody..?), but when it works, it works well. Fingers crossed. Everything crossed.