2 September 2025
Customer Racing Activities – 2025/#33
Renault Clio has made a perfect return to action, with another hat-trick for Clio Rally3 in the French Rally Championship and a string of impressive successes for Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4, Clio Rally5 and Clio RX across Europe!
Clio Trophy France Terre & French Gravel Rally Championship
Mika Rasoamaromaka scored his third consecutive victory at Rallye Terre de Lozère. With co-driver Mélissa Declerck by his side, the Madagascan took the lead from the start before managing his pace to win ahead of his two main title rivals: Anaël Cayla – Rémi Nolorgues and Florian Bouchonneau – Jeanne Rey. Still undefeated this season, the Fun Meca Sport driver extends his lead while regaining the top spot in the "Performer Jean Ragnotti" classification ahead of Rallye Terre des Cardabelles (10-12 October).
The same special stages saw Clio Rally3 win in RC3 and the GT2i CFRT FFSA Trophy. Michaël Lobry and Gaëtan Parade led from start to finish, avoiding the pitfalls of a largely revamped course to secure a double hat-trick for the model and finish in the top ten overall. The crews of Yanis Desangles - Sidoine Perrin and Robin Autajon-Girard - Jérôme Bard completed these two all-Clio Rally3 podiums.
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French Junior Rallycross Championship
The Clio RX cars competing in the French Junior Rallycross Championship also returned last weekend in Lohéac. After a quiet start to the weekend, Kelig Gouesbet struck hard at just the right moment. With a superb double overtaking move in the final, the Breton won on home turf ahead of Dylan Lēger and Willem Tarriere, who was promoted to the podium after Gautier Sarhy was penalised. Dylan Léger is now 14 points ahead of Kelig Gouesbet and 18 points clear of Gautier Sarhy with two rounds remaining in the season.
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Austrian Rally Championship
Clio Rally3 continued its upward trajectory on the Austrian special stages at the OBM Land der 1000 Hügel Rallye. In their second outing with the model, Roland Stengg and Fabian Peter won the RC3 category and finished seventh overall in the season’s sixth and final round. Better still, the Austrian-German duo finished runners-up in both the Junior and Austrian Cup classifications.
Slovakian Rally Championship
Round four of the season, the Rally Abov saw Artur Długosz and Mateusz Martynek win in their Clio Rally3. Finishing seventh overall, the Polish duo took a step closer to the title in their category while maintaining their position at the top of the national championship. Their performance also earned them second place in CEZ2, where they extended their lead. Clio Rally5 also impressed on the tarmac roads of Košice with a lockout of the top-three led by Stanislav Zeman and Ján Konfal, who secured a podium finish in CEZ3.
German Rally Cup
Clio Rally4 got back into title contention at the AvD Niederbayern Rallye 70. Max Schumann and Ann Felke won in RC4 and finished seventh overall. This solid result on tarmac sees them move up to fourth place in the DMSB Rally Cup, where two Clio Rally4s and one Clio Rally5 are in the top six of the general classification. The duo also moves up to third place in the Pirelli Cup and second in the Renault Sindermann Cup heading into the final four rounds of the calendar.
French Rally Cup
Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 won their respective classes at Rallye Velay Auvergne, with Gérard Delorme and Sophie Bert, and David Valomet and Théo Valomet. Meanwhile, Clio Rally5 impressed with a fine showing from Romain Auvert and Maxime Belivier at Rallye du Pays Basque. Clio Rally5 also won with Yohann Bernard-Bret and Damien Versino at Rallye de Chartreuse, where Frédéric and Valérie Misiek also secured a podium finish in their Clio Rally4. Clio Trophy France Asphalte regular, Enzo Beschet, rounded off his preparations for Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine with a victory in his Clio Rally5 alongside Pierrot Rousselet at Rallye du Plateau Lévitien.
And elsewhere…
Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 were also successful in Italy, with the duos of Ennio Bini and Denise Bolletta, and Alessandro Forneris and Fabrizio De Marchi winning at Rally Città di Torino e delle Valli di Lanzo. Also in Italy, Kevin Caliaro and Fabio Andrian won at Rally Piancavallo, ahead of an impressive field of 16 Clio Rally5s.
Clio Rally5 also won its class with Gert Marboe Jensen and Silas Marboe at round four of the Dansk Rally Sprint Cup Øst (Denmark). Leo Kurstjens and Theo Dijkmans were also victorious in their Clio Rally5 at the Short Rally van Kasterlee (Belgium), as were Javier Alonso and Mayte González at Rallysprint Comarca Sur (Spain) and João Rodrigues and Bruno Carvalho at Rali Município de Mesão Frio (Portugal).
📸 DPPI / Alpine Racing, Rallycross France, Harald Illmer / Rallye OEM, HJS DMSB Rally Cup