Fast Facts Based: Versailles, France
Established: 2011
Team Principal: Benoit Nogier
Current Car: Citroën DS3 WRC
Driver: Kimi Räikkönen
Website: http://www.kimiraikkonen.com/
Why Support Them?
- They’ve got a cool name
- Benoit Nogier is a respected figure in team management
- Driver Räikkönen remains a motorsporting hero
Career Summary
Citroën Racing has restructured its WRC Team operations for 2011, taking the decision to disband the Citroën Junior Team. Despite its success last term, the squad’s objective of grooming Sebastien Ogier for Citroen’s main attack - and aiding Kimi Räikkönen’s transition to rallying from Formula One - has been carried out and it’s now surplus to requirements.
But while the Citroen Junior Team is no more, there will be an air of familiarity when ICE 1 Racing breaks cover this season with Räikkönen and respected team manger Benoit Nogier much in evidence.
Räikkönen will drive the team’s lone Citroën DS3 WRC on every round of the world championship this year with the exception of the rallies in Mexico, Italy (Sardinia) and Australia, while Nogier will again be on hand to oversee the outfit.
ICE 1, which is a play on Räikkönen’s Iceman moniker, will be housed at Citroën Racing’s headquarters in Versailles on the outskirts of Paris. It will be eligible to score WRC manufacturers’ points as a WRC Team entrant.
As well as Nogier, ICE 1 will rely on the services of several Citroen engineers and technicians.
The squad has attracted financial backing from Räikkönen’s native Finland.
Source: WRC
