The punchy news posted yesterday by a European magazine stating that Citroën Racing was sold to Qatar caused turmoil in the rally world.
The news was based on the fact that French PSA Peugeot-Citroen has recently announced the slashing of 8000 employees. Facing tough economic times, Citroen wants to withdraw from the World Rally Championship and was ready to sold its cars and factory located in Versailles to Qatar.
Wednesday morning, Yves Matton, the director of Citroen Racing denied the whole thing.
“Qatar is one of our partners but it's never been question that Citroen Racing would be sold to Qatar or something of similar nature,” Matton said in an interview published by Citroen.
“I don't know where they got that supposed scoop, but it is totally false and completely untrue. Qatar is a business partner with whom we work with for several months and everything is fine. I have no idea wehere this story somes from,” Matton repeated in the interview.
The news was based on the fact that French PSA Peugeot-Citroen has recently announced the slashing of 8000 employees. Facing tough economic times, Citroen wants to withdraw from the World Rally Championship and was ready to sold its cars and factory located in Versailles to Qatar.
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| The DS3 Citroen of Nasser Al Attiyah. (Photo: WRC) |
Wednesday morning, Yves Matton, the director of Citroen Racing denied the whole thing.
“Qatar is one of our partners but it's never been question that Citroen Racing would be sold to Qatar or something of similar nature,” Matton said in an interview published by Citroen.
“I don't know where they got that supposed scoop, but it is totally false and completely untrue. Qatar is a business partner with whom we work with for several months and everything is fine. I have no idea wehere this story somes from,” Matton repeated in the interview.