Kronos Racing

{{short description|Rallying team competing in international rallies}} {{update|date=June 2025}} {{WRC team | Short_name = {{flagicon|BEL}} Kronos Racing | Logo = | Long_name = Kronos Racing | Base = {{flagicon|Belgium}} Naninne, Belgium | Principal = | Director = Marc Van Dalen (CEO) | Drivers = | Co-drivers = | Chassis = | Tyres = | Debut = 2004 | Last_season = | Cons_champ = 0 | Drivers_champ = '''1''' (2006) | Wins = 8 }} [[File:Citroën Xsara WRC05.JPG|thumb|Sébastien Loeb driving for Kronos Racing at the 2006 Rally Japan.]] [[File:Meeke 207 Ypres 2010.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web|author=iwcweb |url=http://www.kronosracing.com/mypage.php?id_ssmenu=12 |title=préparateur de référence en circuit et rallye |publisher=Kronos Racing |date= |accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juwra.com/kronos_season_2006.html |title=Kronos - Season 2006 |publisher=Juwra.com |date=2011-11-16 |accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref>

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 === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Car ! No ! Driver ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! WDC ! Points ! TC ! Points |- | 2004 ! Citroën Xsara WRC ! 15 ! {{flagicon|FIN}} Juuso Pykälistö | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | CYP | GRE | TUR | ARG | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN Ret | GER | JPN | GBR | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA Ret | FRA | ESP | AUS ! - ! 0 ! - ! - |- | rowspan=3| 2005 ! rowspan=3| Citroën Xsara WRC ! 16 ! {{flagicon|AUT}} Manfred Stohl | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON 6 | SWE | MEX | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NZL 9 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA 9 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CYP 2 | TUR | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GRE 20 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG 8 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 5 | JPN | FRA | ESP | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUS 3 ! 9th ! 22 ! rowspan=3| - ! rowspan=3| - |- ! 17 ! {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavier Pons | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA | CYP | TUR | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GRE 10 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ARG 10 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN 12 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER 9 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR 11 | JPN | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA 7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP 4 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS Ret ! 15th ! 7 |- ! 21 ! {{flagicon|FIN}} Juuso Pykälistö | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 8 | CYP | TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS ! 27th ! 1 |- | rowspan=7| 2006 ! rowspan=7| Citroën Xsara WRC ! rowspan=3| 1 ! {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MON 2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE 2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MEX 1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP 1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA 1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ARG 1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA 1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GRE 2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DEU 1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN 2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JPN 1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CYP 1 | | | | | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''112''' | style="background:#DFDFDF;" rowspan=7| '''2nd''' | style="background:#DFDFDF;" rowspan=7| '''166''' |- ! {{flagicon|SCO}} Colin McRae | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUR Ret | | | ! - ! 0 |- ! rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavier Pons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 5 ! rowspan=2| 7th ! rowspan=2| 32 |- ! rowspan=2| 2 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON 9 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE 7 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEX Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA 6 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ARG 17 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GRE 8 | | | | | | | | |- ! rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo | | | | | | | | | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DEU 2 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN Ret | style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| JPN DSQ | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CYP Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TUR 7 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS 23 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZL 5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 7 ! rowspan=2| 5th ! rowspan=2| 49 |- ! rowspan=2| 14 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON 8 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE 16 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX 4 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP 2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FRA 3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG 5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA 3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GRE 6 | | | | | | | | |- ! {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavier Pons | | | | | | | | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DEU 14 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN Ret | JPN DNS | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CYP 7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TUR 4 | | | ! 7th ! 32 |- | rowspan=3| 2007 ! rowspan=3| Citroën Xsara WRC ! 5 ! {{flagicon|AUT}} Manfred Stohl | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON 10 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE 7 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR 12 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX 6 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR 9 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG 8 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GRE 8 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NZL 12 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP Ret | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA 14 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN 6 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRE Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 8 ! 9th ! 13 ! rowspan=3| 5th ! rowspan=3| 45 |- ! rowspan=2| 6 ! {{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Carlsson | MON | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE 5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR 7 | MEX | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 6 | ARG | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA Ret | GRE | FIN | | | | | | | ! 14th ! 9 |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} François Duval | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER 2 | NZL | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP 5 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA Ret | JPN | IRE | GBR ! 10th ! 12 |- |}

===IRC results=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" |- ! Year ! Car ! Entrant ! Driver ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! WDC ! Points |- | rowspan="3"| 2007 ! rowspan="3"| Peugeot 207 S2000 ! rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Peugeot Sport España ! {{flagicon|ESP}} Enrique García Ojeda | KEN | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TUR 3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL 2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RUS 2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 4 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE 2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 6 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWI 2 | CHI | | | | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''47''' |- ! {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Vouilloz | KEN | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TUR 1 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL Ret | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RUS 3 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR 9 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CZE 1 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA 3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWI 1 | CHI | | | | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd''' | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''42''' |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Peugeot Team Belux ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Bernd Casier | KEN | TUR | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL 4 | RUS | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE 5 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA 14 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWI Ret | CHI | | | ! 8th ! 13 |- | rowspan="7"| 2008 ! rowspan="7"| Peugeot 207 S2000 ! rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Peugeot Team Bel-Lux ! {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Vouilloz | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TUR 2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POR 3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL 2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RUS 5 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POR 1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE 2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP 2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA 2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWI 2 | CHI | | | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''68''' |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Freddy Loix | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IST 8 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR Ret | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| YPR 1 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RUS 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAD 6 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZLI 1 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AST 3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAN 5 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| VAL 1 | CHN | | | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd''' | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''48''' |- ! rowspan="5"| {{flagicon|FRA}} BF Goodrich Drivers Team ! {{flagicon|POR}} Miguel Campos | IST | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR Ret | | | | | | | | | | ! - ! 0 |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Snijers | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YPR 5 | RUS | MAD | | | | | | | ! 18th ! 4 |- ! {{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel Valoušek | | | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZLI 4 | | | | | | ! 15th ! 5 |- ! {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Vallejo | | | | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AST 7 | | | | | ! 28th ! 2 |- ! {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Torlasco | | | | | | | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAN 9 | VAL | CHN | | ! - ! 0 |- | rowspan="9"| 2009 ! rowspan="9"| Peugeot 207 S2000 ! {{flagicon|UK}} Peugeot UK ! {{flagicon|UK}} Kris Meeke | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CUR 1 | KEN | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AZO 1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL 1 | RUS | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 5 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE 2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP 2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA 1 | style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| SCO DSQ | | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''66''' |- ! rowspan="3"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Peugeot Team Belux ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Freddy Loix | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MON 2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CUR 4 | KEN | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AZO 4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| YPR 3 | RUS | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAD 6 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZLI Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AST 6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 4 | SCO | | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd''' | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''37''' |- ! {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Vouilloz | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CUR 2 | KEN | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AZO 3 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL Ret | RUS | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 4 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE Ret | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP 3 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA 3 | SCO | ! 4th ! 31 |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Pieter Tsjoen | MON | CUR | KEN | AZO | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YPR 4 | RUS | MAD | ZLI | AST | ITA | SCO | ! 19th ! 5 |- ! rowspan="5"| {{flagicon|FRA}} BF Goodrich Drivers Team ! {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Ogier | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON 1 | CUR | KEN | AZO | | | | | | | | ! 8th ! 10 |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Thierry Neuville | | | | | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL Ret | RUS | POR | | | | | ! - ! 0 |- ! {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Prokop | | | | | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE 5 | ESP | | | ! 24th ! 4 |- ! {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Cantamessa | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 7 | | ! 37th ! 2 |- ! {{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Gould | | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SCO Ret | ! - ! 0 |- | rowspan="2"| 2010 ! rowspan="2"| Peugeot 207 S2000 ! {{flagicon|UK}} Peugeot UK ! {{flagicon|UK}} Kris Meeke | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRA 1 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ARG Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN 4 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL Ret | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AZO 2 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAD Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SCO 3 | CYP | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd''' | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''39''' |- ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Peugeot Team Bel-Lux ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Thierry Neuville | MON | BRA | ARG | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL 3 | AZO | MAD | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 8 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SCO Ret | CYP ! 9th ! 12 |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 ! rowspan="2"| Peugeot 207 S2000 ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Peugeot Team Bel-Lux ! {{flagicon|BEL}} Thierry Neuville | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAN 3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| COR 1 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YAL 6 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YPR Ret | AZO | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZLI 4 | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MEC 2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SAN 1 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SCO 6 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CYP Ret | ! 5th ! 115 |- ! {{flagicon|UK}} Peugeot UK ! {{flagicon|UK}} Guy Wilks | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON 3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN 5 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| COR Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YAL 5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YPR 4 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AZO Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZLI Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEC Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAN Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SCO Ret | CYP | ! 7th ! 47 |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.kronosracing.com/index.php}}

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