Sébastien Loeb driving for Kronos Racing at the 2006 Rally Japan.
Kris Meeke during the 2010 Ypres Rally.

Kronos Racing is a Belgian auto racing and rally team.

History

Kronos Racing was set up in 1994, and ran circuit racing and rallying programmes on behalf of Peugeot Belgium/Luxembourg. The team's Peugeot 306 GTIs won the Spa 24 Hours in 1999 and 2000, the last two years that the event was run as a touring car race. In 2003 Bruno Thiry won the European Rally Championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC run by the team. In 2004, Citroën Sport chose Kronos to run their programme in the Junior World Rally Championship, extending their partnership with the PSA Group. Dani Sordo won the JWRC in 2005 while driving for the team, while Manfred Stohl scored overall two podium finishes driving a Kronos-run Citroën Xsara WRC.

In 2006 Citroën took a year out of the WRC to develop the C4 WRC, and therefore used Kronos to enter Xsara WRCs under the Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team banner. Sébastien Loeb took his third Drivers' title for Citroën thanks to Kronos, beating the Ford World Rally Team and driver Marcus Grönholm. Kronos also ran Xavier Pons and Sordo, while Colin McRae drove on one event as a stand-in for the injured Loeb.

In 2007 Kronos continued to run Xsaras in the WRC, mainly for Stohl. In addition, Kronos began competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge with Peugeot, winning the title in 2008 with Nicolas Vouilloz. In 2009, Kris Meeke won the title for Peugeot UK, his car run by Kronos.

WRC Results

YearCarNoDriver12345678910111213141516WDCPointsTCPoints
2004Citroën Xsara WRC15Finland Juuso PykälistöMONSWEMEXNZLCYPGRETURARGFIN RetGERJPNGBRITA RetFRAESPAUS-0--
2005Citroën Xsara WRC16Austria Manfred StohlMON 6SWEMEXNZL 9ITA 9CYP 2TURGRE 20ARG 8FIN RetGER RetGBR 5JPNFRAESPAUS 39th22--
17Spain Xavier PonsMONSWEMEXNZLITACYPTURGRE 10ARG 10FIN 12GER 9GBR 11JPNFRA 7ESP 4AUS Ret15th7
21Finland Juuso PykälistöMONSWEMEXNZLITA 8CYPTURGREARGFINGERGBRJPNFRAESPAUS27th1
2006Citroën Xsara WRC1France Sébastien LoebMON 2SWE 2MEX 1ESP 1FRA 1ARG 1ITA 1GRE 2DEU 1FIN 2JPN 1CYP 11st1122nd166
Scotland Colin McRaeTUR Ret-0
Spain Xavier PonsAUS 4NZL 4GBR 57th32
2MON 9SWE 7MEX RetESP RetFRA 6ARG 17ITA 4GRE 8
Spain Dani SordoDEU 2FIN RetJPN DSQCYP RetTUR 7AUS 23NZL 5GBR 75th49
14MON 8SWE 16MEX 4ESP 2FRA 3ARG 5ITA 3GRE 6
Spain Xavier PonsDEU 14FIN RetJPN DNSCYP 7TUR 47th32
2007Citroën Xsara WRC5Austria Manfred StohlMON 10SWE 7NOR 12MEX 6POR 9ARG 8ITA 7GRE 8FIN RetGER RetNZL 12ESP RetFRA 14JPN 6IRE RetGBR 89th135th45
6Sweden Daniel CarlssonMONSWE 5NOR 7MEXPOR 6ARGITA RetGREFIN14th9
Belgium François DuvalGER 2NZLESP 5FRA RetJPNIREGBR10th12

IRC results

YearCarEntrantDriver123456789101112WDCPoints
2007Peugeot 207 S2000Spain Peugeot Sport EspañaSpain Enrique García OjedaKENTUR 3BEL 2RUS 2POR 4CZE 2ITA 6SWI 2CHI1st47
France Nicolas VouillozKENTUR 1BEL RetRUS 3POR 9CZE 1ITA 3SWI 1CHI2nd42
Belgium Peugeot Team BeluxBelgium Bernd CasierKENTURBEL 4RUSPOR 5CZE 5ITA 14SWI RetCHI8th13
2008Peugeot 207 S2000Belgium Peugeot Team Bel-LuxFrance Nicolas VouillozTUR 2POR 3BEL 2RUS 5POR 1CZE 2ESP 2ITA 2SWI 2CHI1st68
Belgium Freddy LoixIST 8POR RetYPR 1RUS 4MAD 6ZLI 1AST 3SAN 5VAL 1CHN2nd48
France BF Goodrich Drivers TeamPortugal Miguel CamposISTPOR Ret-0
Belgium Patrick SnijersYPR 5RUSMAD18th4
Czech Republic Pavel ValoušekZLI 415th5
Spain Sergio VallejoAST 728th2
Italy Andrea TorlascoSAN 9VALCHN-0
2009Peugeot 207 S2000United Kingdom Peugeot UKUnited Kingdom Kris MeekeMON RetCUR 1KENAZO 1BEL 1RUSPOR 5CZE 2ESP 2ITA 1SCO DSQ1st66
Belgium Peugeot Team BeluxBelgium Freddy LoixMON 2CUR 4KENAZO 4YPR 3RUSMAD 6ZLI RetAST 6ITA 4SCO3rd37
France Nicolas VouillozMON RetCUR 2KENAZO 3BEL RetRUSPOR 4CZE RetESP 3ITA 3SCO4th31
Belgium Pieter TsjoenMONCURKENAZOYPR 4RUSMADZLIASTITASCO19th5
France BF Goodrich Drivers TeamFrance Sébastien OgierMON 1CURKENAZO8th10
Belgium Thierry NeuvilleBEL RetRUSPOR-0
Czech Republic Martin ProkopCZE 5ESP24th4
Italy Luca CantamessaITA 737th2
United Kingdom Adam GouldSCO Ret-0
2010Peugeot 207 S2000United Kingdom Peugeot UKUnited Kingdom Kris MeekeMON RetBRA 1ARG RetCAN 4ITA RetBEL RetAZO 2MAD RetCZE 4ITA 4SCO 3CYP3rd39
Belgium Peugeot Team Bel-LuxBelgium Thierry NeuvilleMONBRAARGCAN RetITA 4BEL 3AZOMADCZE RetITA 8SCO RetCYP9th12
2011Peugeot 207 S2000Belgium Peugeot Team Bel-LuxBelgium Thierry NeuvilleMON RetCAN 3COR 1YAL 6YPR RetAZOZLI 4MEC 2SAN 1SCO 6CYP Ret5th115
United Kingdom Peugeot UKUnited Kingdom Guy WilksMON 3CAN 5COR RetYAL 5YPR 4AZO RetZLI RetMEC RetSAN RetSCO RetCYP7th47

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