Sébastien Chardonnet

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Sébastien Chardonnet

| image = Sébastien Chardonnet Rally Finland 2013 Surkee.JPG

| caption = Chardonnet at 2013 Rally Finland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|17|df=y}}

| nationality = {{flagicon|France}} French

| Years = 2012–2015

| Teams = Collectif Equipe de France Rallye

| Races = 22

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Stagewins = 0

| Points = 1

| First race = 2012 Monte Carlo Rally

| Last race = 2015 Monte Carlo Rally

}}

Sébastien Chardonnet (born 17 October 1988) is a French rally driver. He made his WRC debut in 2012 Monte Carlo Rally in Renault Clio R3 with his co-driver Thibault de la Haye. Chardonnet scored his first championship point in 2012 Rallye de France by finishing tenth overall driving Citroën DS3 WRC.

Sébastien started his career in karting at the age of 11, promoting to single-seaters such as Formula Renault before switching to rallying, in 2009. His grandfather was André 'Doudou' Chardonnet, a former circuit racer and rally driver himself. André Chardonnet was also an established Lancia importer in France, who owned a very successful privateer rally team. Frenchman Bernard Darniche won Tour de Corse in 1979 and 1981 at the wheel of a Team Chardonnet entered Lancia Stratos, famously painted 'bleu de France'.{{cite news | url = http://rallyeracing.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/sebastien-chardonnet-sau-seb-3-0-este-fiul-unui-importator-de-aro/ | title = Sébastien Chardonnet sau Seb 3.0 este nepotul unui importator de ARO | first = Mihai | last = Dumitru | publisher = Rally Racing | date = 2012-10-05 | accessdate = 2012-10-07}}

In 2011, Chardonnet was about to make his World Rally Championship debut driving Ford Fiesta R2 in WRC Academy that season. Eventually he had to withdraw from the series before the first rally, due to sponsorship difficulties.{{cite news|url=http://www.wrc.com/wrc-academy/news/wrc-academy-launched-in-lisbon/?fid=14368|title=WRC Academy launched in Lisbon|publisher=WRC.com|date=24 March 2011|accessdate=2 November 2012}}

In 2012, he made his first WRC appearance with a WRC car, at 2012 Rallye de France. He finished tenth overall with a Citroën DS3 WRC.

In 2013, he competed in the WRC-3 championship, driving a Citroën DS3 R3T supported by Citroën's official WRC team. He won the championship by a ten-point-margin to Keith Cronin. Chardonnet won two events in the season and finished three times in second place.

Career results

=WRC results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} ! Points
rowspan="3"\| 2012 !rowspan="2"\| Sébastien Chardonnet ! Renault Clio R3 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| MON 19 \| SWE \| MEX \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| !rowspan="3"\| 30th !rowspan="3"\| 1
Citroën DS3 R3T \| \| \| \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| POR 25 \| ARG \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| GRE 28 \| NZL \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| FIN 33 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| GER 15 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| GBR 19 \| \| \|
Collectif Equipe de France Rallye ! Citroën DS3 WRC \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| FRA 10 \| ITA \| ESP
2013 ! Sébastien Chardonnet ! Citroën DS3 R3T \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| MON 13 \| SWE \| MEX \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| POR 20 \| ARG \| GRE \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| ITA 21 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| FIN 23 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| GER 15 \| AUS \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| FRA 14 \| ESP \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| GBR 20 ! NC ! 0
rowspan=2\| 2014 ! Sébastien Chardonnet ! Citroën DS3 R3T \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| MON 11 \| SWE \| MEX \| POR \| ARG \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| !rowspan=2\| NC !rowspan=2\| 0
Top Teams by MY Racing ! Citroën DS3 R5 \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| ITA 11 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| POL 43 \|style="background:#efcfff;"\| FIN Ret \|style="background:#efcfff;"\| GER Ret \| AUS \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| FRA 18 \|style="background:#efcfff;"\| ESP Ret \| GBR
2015 ! Sébastien Chardonnet ! Citroën DS3 WRC \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| MON 47 \| SWE \| MEX \| ARG \| POR \| ITA \| POL \| FIN \| GER \| AUS \| FRA \| ESP \| GBR ! NC ! 0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

rowspan="3"| 2012

!rowspan="2"| Sébastien Chardonnet

! Renault Clio R3

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
19

| SWE

| MEX

!rowspan="3"| 30th

!rowspan="3"| 1

Citroën DS3 R3T

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR
25

| ARG

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GRE
28

| NZL

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FIN
33

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER
15

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
19

Collectif Equipe de France Rallye

! Citroën DS3 WRC

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA
10

| ITA

| ESP

2013

! Sébastien Chardonnet

! Citroën DS3 R3T

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
13

| SWE

| MEX

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR
20

| ARG

| GRE

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA
21

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FIN
23

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER
15

| AUS

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA
14

| ESP

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR
20

! NC

! 0

rowspan=2| 2014

! Sébastien Chardonnet

! Citroën DS3 R3T

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
11

| SWE

| MEX

| POR

| ARG

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

Top Teams by MY Racing

! Citroën DS3 R5

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA
11

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| POL
43

|style="background:#efcfff;"| FIN
Ret

|style="background:#efcfff;"| GER
Ret

| AUS

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA
18

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP
Ret

| GBR

2015

! Sébastien Chardonnet

! Citroën DS3 WRC

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON
47

| SWE

| MEX

| ARG

| POR

| ITA

| POL

| FIN

| GER

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

! NC

! 0

==WRC 3 results==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

2013

! Sébastien Chardonnet

! Citroën DS3 R3T

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON
1

| SWE

| MEX

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| POR
2

| ARG

| GRE

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA
4

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| FIN
2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| GER
1

| AUS

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| FRA
2

| ESP

| GBR

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{Tooltip|104|12 points dropped}}

==WRC-2 results==

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Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! WRC-2 ! Points
2014 ! Top Teams by MY Racing ! Citroën DS3 R5 \| MON \| SWE \| MEX \| POR \| ARG \|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| ITA 2 \|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| POL 11 \|style="background:#efcfff;"\| FIN Ret \|style="background:#efcfff;"\| GER Ret \| AUS \|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| FRA 3 \|style="background:#efcfff;"\| ESP Ret \| GBR ! 15th ! 33

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! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8