European Rally Championship

In just their fourth appearance on the European scene, the official Clio Rally3 crew of Lucas Zielinski and Ewen Leenhardt again demonstrated their impressive pace at Rally Poland.

Backed by Michelin, the David Auto Compétition duo set the pace on SS5 and were in contention for victory before going off the road on SS10. Clio Rally3 nevertheless claimed more than half of the special stages with Michał Chorbiński and Adam Chrzanowski. With seven fastest times and leading on home soil, the Polish pair were in the thick of the action until they went off the road on the penultimate stage of the event.

On its way to class win in the Polish Championship with three fastest stage times, Clio Rally4 also suffered misfortune with a crash for Sergiusz Janowski and Krzysztof Grzenia on SS11.

CODASUR Rally Championship

In South America, Clio Rally4 took a double podium finish at Rally de Cordillera. On the gravel special stages in Paraguay, Luigi Contin and Cecilia Cedrés put in a consistent performance to finish third in both the COD 4 and CODASUR4 categories. Buoyed by this second top-three finish in four rounds this season, the Uruguayan crew have consolidated their second place in the championship ahead of the season finale at Rally del Atlántico (26–29 November).

French Rallycross Championship

In rallycross, no two weekends are the same. Whilst Clio RX continued to dominate Division 5 at Kerlabo, Gautier Sarhy put in one of his finest performances, leading from start to finish to secure victory ahead of Hugo Jouan. Thomas Quincé completed the podium after another battle with Ronan Deslandes. With this victory, Gautier Sarhy takes the lead in a title race that remains wide open ahead of the next round at Lohéac (27–30 August).

Czech Republic Rallysprint Championship

Clio Rally5 continued its perfect start to the season on the Czech Rallysprint circuit at the Silmet Rally Příbram. Already victorious twice this year, Jiří Hladík and Veronika Teplá won the fourth round of the calendar to pull clear in the title race. They were joined on the podium by Clio Rally5 fellows Petr Pražan - Kristýna Hauerlandová and Jakub Šroubek - Radka Poláková.

French Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 dominated their respective classes at the Tour Auto Rallye de la Réunion with the pairings of Patrick Bellus and Nicolas Techer – winners of the Réunion Rally Cup – and Dorian Trenoult - Laura Trenoult. Both models also triumphed on the regional front with Fabrice Martin - Romain Gavoye and Paul Bandelier - Léonie Jeanney-Copet at Rallye de la Plaine des Vosges, as well as with Guillaume Halbourg - Gérald Houzard and Hugo Mathey - Matthieu Chartier at Rallye des Vins de Vernou. At this latter event, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally6 finished on the podium with Julien Thibault - Marina Lory and Jimmy Godeau - Jules Godeau.

And elsewhere

In Italy, Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 were all victorious at Rally di Salsomaggiore Terme thanks to Giacomo Guglielmini - Andrea Sarti, Harshana Ratnayake - Manuela Pellati and Riccardo Verbilli - Simone Raggioli. Still in Italy, Clio Rally5 claimed victory with Manuel Guaggenti and Giovanni Di Fede at the Ability Rally Stage Concordia, as well as with Bryan Toffoli and Greta Graziani at the #TimeToRally Città di Noale.

Meanwhile, Hiroya Minowa and Juho Koski-Lammi overcame a puncture to finish second with their Clio Rally4 at the Tampereen Lattiamestarit Ralli (Finland). Lastly, Cristiano Gil - António Coelho and Luís Dinis - Carlos Eduardo Augusto secured a one-two finish in class for Clio Rally5 at the APCAR Vale de Cambra (Portugal).

📸 Martin Kovaćs, FIA ERC & Rallycross France