Clio Trophy Spain Tierra

Six weeks after winning the Rallye Tierras Altas de Lorca, Fernando Daparte and Emanuel Rozados did it again at the Rallye Ciudad de Pozoblanco, organised within the Spanish Gravel Rally Championship round. The Argentinians won the Cordoba special stages, finishing 20.3s ahead of Jordi Nualart and Daniel Rivera, with Francisco Puertas and Antonio Pérez completing the podium. With the win, Fernando Daparte extends his lead in the Clio Trophy Spain Tierra heading into the next round, the Rallye Isla de los Volcanes (8-9 August).

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Clio Trophy Canarias

Counting towards the Spanish and Canary Islands Tarmac Rally Championships, the Rallye Villa de Adeje marked the start of edition four of the Clio Trophy Canarias. Walter Delgado and Jeremías Gregor Aguilar were the early frontrunners before being overtaken by Kevin Kipar and Raúl Sánchez. But the win ultimately went to Jesús Pérez and Aythami Díaz in the final kilometres. The next round will be at the Rally Villa de Granadilla (13-14 June).

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French Gravel Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 enjoyed further success on the French national scene at the Rallye Castine Terre d’Occitanie. Leading the Trophée GT2i Terre FFSA and Rally3 class from the first special stage, Michaël Lobry and Gaëtan Parade controlled the action and fended off their rivals’ attacks to win. They were joined on the Rally3 podium by Steven Bossard - Benjamin Micheli, and Guillaume Tardy - Caroline Puel. Clio Rally5 was not to be outdone, winning its class in the hands of Charles Charrier and Sylviane Sitarz-Bourguignon.

Italian Gravel Rally Championship

Round three of the 2025 season, the Rally Adriatico was the scene of Carlo Covi and Michela Lorigiola’s maiden victory on the national scene this season. Already victorious in the World Rally Championship with Clio Rally5 at Rally Sweden, the duo dominated their class on home soil. Third in Rally3, Ludwig Zigliani and Sara Montavoci scored their first podium finish in the Italian Gravel Rally Championship in their Clio Rally3.

Portuguese Rally Championship

Rali Terras d’Aboboreira hosted round three of the Portuguese Rally Championship and the FIA European Rally Trophy opening round. Clio Rally5 scored a one-two finish in RC5 with the crews of Pedro Gastão - Marco Macedo and Édgar Vigo - Fátima Ameneiro Teijeiro on the gravel stages. Pedro Gastão also finished runner-up in the Junior category to take the lead in the general classification ahead of the Rali de Castelo Branco e Vila Velha de Ródão (13-14 June).

French Rally Cup

Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 set the pace in several rallies across France. The three models won their respective classes in the Rallye du Pays Gentiane, with Gérard Delorme and Sophie Bert (Rally3), Roland and Virginie Bonnefoy (Rally4) and Pierre-Marie and Nathalie Lacroix (Rally5). Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 also won the Rallye de Lorraine, with Nicolas Miclo, Brice Pierrat (Rally3), Mickaël Marchal, and Quentin Fagnone (Rally5). Clio Rally5 also won with Nicolas Paviet-Roche and Mélodie Bellavarde in the Rallye du Beaufortain and Thomas Bordagaray and Antoine Loiseau in the Rallye du Morbihan. In the latter event, Clio Rally6 scored its first stage wins – six in eight timed sectors! – and its first podium finish in FR6 with Arthur Beylard and Nicolas Lauseille, who narrowly missed out on victory due to a penalty for checking in too early.

French Junior Rallycross Championship

In a French FFSA Junior Rallycross Championship that is more competitive than ever, the first battles of the season were fierce among the Clio RX competitors at Lessay. Although Gautier Sarhy and Kelig Gouesbet struck first, Dylan Léger ultimately prevailed, thanks to an excellent start in the final, to score his maiden victory ahead of Kelig Gouesbet and Gautier Sarhy. Mélanie Lefrancois and Florian Alemany completed the top-five ahead of the 2024 FFSA Women’s Cup winner, Axelle Corolleur.

And elsewhere…

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 also impressed in Belgium, with victories for Christophe Merlevede and Kjell Maveau (3G) and Joachim Dequeker and Jonas Vanderhaeghe (2D) at the Bernard Degroote Monteberg Rally. It was more of the same in Italy, with Matteo Giordano and Manuela Siragusa (Rally3), Marco Nicoletti and Veronica Modolo (Rally5) and Arianna Doriguzzi Breatta and Elena Sica (Women’s) at the Rallye Elba.

Clio Rally4 caused a sensation in Germany, with a one-two finish for Max Schumann -Ann Felke and Felix Schumann - Gino Kruhs at the Birkenfelder ADAC Löwenrallye. Round three of the Saarland Rally Championship also saw Tim Wacker and Luca Kiefe in their Clio Rally5 win the RC5 class and finish sixth overall, whilst Josef Wecker and Stefan Clemens took top honours in RC3 in their Clio Rally3.

Clio Rally5 also won in Denmark, with Kim and Tobias Abildgaard at the Motorsportshop Rally Sprint, whilst Clio Rally3 secured an overall top-five finish and a class podium for Carsten Jensen and Michael Fasterholdt. In Italy, Clio Rally5 won with Emanuele Bruscino and Giuseppe Piccirilli at the Rally Terra di Argil. Lastly, Didier Bionaz and Jennyfer Lale Murix were leading the way among the 23 Clio Rally5s that entered the Rally Valle d’Aosta before organisers stopped the event after Massimiliano Ponzetti suffered a heart attack in a liaison section. The entire Viry-Châtillon customer racing department joins in the grief of his loved ones and extends its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Massimiliano Ponzetti.