There have been rumours that one of the most successful teams in the WRC will leave the sport and focus on other commitments, such as Citroens new challenge in the WTCC with 9 times WRC champ Sebastien Loeb.

But Matton dismissed these rumours when he spoke to WRC.com yesterday. He said: “We have a plan and a contract for three years, that’s 2013, 2014 and 2015. There is nothing that can stop this for the moment. There is no reason why we would not be here in 2015.”

Yves Matton
Indeed, Matton revealed that Citroen’s plans for the 2015 WRC season are already well underway: “We said that after the launch of our WTCC programme that we would work on the 2015 WR car and that process has now started. We can’t say what subjects on the car we will develop but we have already started to think about it and we have a long list.”

Matton also confirmed that minimal performance upgrades will be introduced on the current Citroen DS3 WRC that is being driven by Kris Meeke and Mads Ostberg this season.

“We have one upgrade for the asphalt rallies but no improvements for gravel,” he said. “All of our associates are involved in the development of the 2015 car.”

Source:WRC.com