Olivier Quesnel has confirmed that Citroen will run an M2 team next year and Rautenbach will be one of the drivers

Olivier Quesnel has confirmed at Rally Japan that Citroen Sport will run a Manufacturer "M2" Team on the 2009 WRC alongside the "M1" team.

Citroen boss Quesnel stated that Conrad Rautenbach was confirmed as one of the drivers and a, "young fast driver" would be his team-mate.

He then said, "You can guess!" 

Obviously he wasn't prepared to confirm who it would be yet but Quesnel did state an announcement would probably be made at Rally GB.

Quesnel did say that he would like Andreas Mikkelsen in the team, but added:

We would like Mikkelsen to be in a C4, but everything depends on budget. I think at Rally GB we will be able to announce the full M2 team. Next year we can run a maximum of five cars."

Source: WRR

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