3-472: The Citroën DS3 R5 is a R5 rally car built by Citroën Racing , based upon the Citroën DS3 road car. The car made its WRC debut at the 2014 Rally Italia Sardegna . This rallying -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . R5 (rallying) In international rallying , R5 refers to a class of cars competing under Group R regulations. R5 regulations were introduced by
6-606: A 1600cc turbocharged petrol engine. R5 cars are a step down from World Rally Cars in their power and performance. They are eligible to compete in the World Rally Championship and in a dedicated series known as the World Rally Championship-2 . This championship is exclusively open to manufacturer and professional independent teams competing in R5 cars. In 2020 and 2021 , privateer entries in R5 cars contested
9-687: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 2012 as a replacement for the Super 2000 class. In 2019 the FIA renamed the R5 specification ruleset to Group Rally2 as part of a wider plan to reorganise FIA championships and replace Group R with new Groups Rally . Existing FIA homologated R5 cars remain eligible for any FIA Rally2 level competition, and non-homologated R5 or Rally2 cars should be accepted equally at national level where approved. R5/Rally2 cars are based on production cars and feature
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