FIA World Rally Championship

Twelve Clio Rally3s started the Secto Rally Finland, where Ville Vatanen and Jarno Ottman impressed on home soil with five stage wins and a third-place finish in WRC3. Their countrymen Leevi Lassila and Antti Linnaketo also won a stage and rounded out the top five in the category.

The three official crews were also in action. Serious and focused on their debut in the fastest round of the calendar, Arthur Pelamourgues and Bastien Pouget finished sixth and moved up to second in the championship. Tom Pellerey and Hervé Faucher were denied a chance to build on their momentum on Saturday, but still caused a stir with the fastest time in SS6 and the second fastest time in Ouninpohja. Lastly, Matteo Chatillon and Maxence Cornuau won the first timed sector before having their hopes dashed by a technical issue.

Meanwhile, Clio Rally4 dominated RC4 with Jarkko Nikara and Tomiya Maekawa before their accident, while Clio Rally5 claimed its 31st international victory with Jari Jaakkola and Tatu Nukki in RC5.

Clio Cup Series

Rangoni Corse continued its almost perfect summer with two more victories, courtesy of Gabriele Torelli and Anthony Jurado at the Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours. Aurelien Renet also shared the honours with Anthony Jurado in the Clio Cup France, and with Alexandre Finkelstein in the Clio Cup Mid-Europe at round six of the season. While everything remains undecided in many categories ahead of the summer break, Ronan Deslandes became this year’s first champion, clinching the Clio Cup France Juniors title.

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German Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 secured another victory on the national scene at the ADAC Mittelrhein Rally. Carsten Mohe and Andrea Lieber led a sweep of the top four in RC3 to claim their third victory of the season. Clio Rally4 also made it onto the podium in two-wheel drive and RC4 with Max Schumann and Ann Felke, while Clio Rally5 won in RC5 thanks to the Danish duo of Jacob Egholm and Frederik Bülow Glad.

French Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 secured an overall podium finish at Rallye de Fourmies en Avesnois with Frédéric and Lizea Roussel, who won the Rally3 category, as did Tom Pinchon and Romain Ansel with Clio Rally5 in Rally5. The crews of Arnaud Dubos - Edouard Dubos and Margot Pottier - Anthony Langlois achieved the same success at Rallye de Basse Normandie, as did the pairings of André Michelis - Mathéo Fanget, and Rudy Bollud - Kévin Locatelli at Rallye du Trièves. In the latter event, Clio Rally4 missed out on victory by just four tenths of a second with Florian Picchioni and Manon Perrin.

Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 also both won at Rallye du Thouaret with the crews of Thierry Landais − Morgan Lefebvre and Maxime Delhommeau − Mattéo Richard. Lastly, Clio Rally5 also won its class at Rallye des 4 Cantons with Laurent and Amélie Zambon.

And elsewhere…

There were numerous successes in Italy. Clio Rally3 won the Rally3 and U25 classes with Valentino Ledda and Marco Demontis at Rally di Salsomaggiore Terme, where Clio Rally5 also dominated its class with Harshana Ratnayake and Manuela Pellati. Meanwhile, Alberto Puppato and Michele Barison won in Rally3 at the #TimeToRally Città di Scorzè, where Dario Merlić and Danijel Radovanić set the pace in Rally5 and finished fifth in the Alpe Adria Cup.

At Rally Coppa Città di Lucca, Clio Rally3 won in Rally3 with Massimo Pucci and Alessio Rossi, while Clio Rally5 took the win with Leonardo Della Nina - Nicola Ricci (Rally5) and Filippo Tonarelli - Federico Riterini (U25). At Rally del Matese - 10.
Rally del Medio Volturno, Emanuele Bruscino and Francesco Cicciarelli won in Rally5 and U25. Massimo Cova and Roberto Aresca also led Clio Rally5 to success at Rally Colli del Monferrato e del Moscato - Città di Asti, as did Danilo Giallombardo and Filippo Cecala in round three of the Ability Rally Stage Concordia.

Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 were not to be outdone in Portugal. Clio Rally4 won the two-wheel drive category with Vasco Silva and Tiago Fernandes in the Madeira Championship at Rali da Madeira. Clio Rally5 also took the RC5 title with Rui Cortez and Rui Correia. Lastly, Clio Rally5 won with Thomas and Melanie Schultz in the German Rally Cup at the ADAC Holsten Rallye, as well as with Juan Manuel Mañá and Patricia Saiz Ruiloba in their group at Rallye Blendio Cristian López Herrero (Spain).