Clio Trophy France Asphalte & French Rally Championship

Paul and Adèle Dachicourt continued their domination at Rallye Cœur de France – Région Centre-Val de Loire, winning their third consecutive round in Clio Trophy France Asphalte. Leading from start to finish, the Fun Meca Sport duo triumphed ahead of Maxence Potard - Maxime Biegalke and Jérôme Janny - Hélèna Pêcheur to take a big step towards the title and the official programme up for grabs in the Juniors category.

As the most represented brand at the event, Renault impressed with a sweep of the top four in the Rally3 class led by Thomas Bordagaray and Antoine Loiseau, as well as a one-two in the French Women’s Rally Championship with Clémentine Benoit - Éric De Bolle and Chanel Launay - Anaïs Roger. 2025 Clio Trophy France Asphalte top Juniors Lucas Zielinski and Ewen Leenhardt also turned heads on their Alpine A110 Rallye GT+ debut, finishing seventh overall and securing podium finishes in the R-GT and Michelin Premium Trophy categories.

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Clio Trophy Spain Asfalto

Round four of Clio Trophy Spain Asfalto saw Miguel Gayoso secure the title following his third victory of the season at the Villa de Llanes Rally alongside Alaitz Urkiola. As a fatal accident ended the rally prematurely, the Spaniard was declared the winner ahead of José Javier Pérez - Estefanía García and Tomás Llinares - Alejandro Bonilla. Alpine Racing and its Customer Racing department extend their deepest condolences to Soraya Barreiro’s family and loved ones at this difficult time. The competitors will return at the season finale of the Spanish Super Rally Championship at the RallyRACC Catalunya Costa Daurada (16–17 October).

Belgian Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 set the pace at the East Belgian Rally. On the tarmac at Saint-Vith, Benoit Verlinde and Bert Feys secured their third RC3 victory of the season. They led an all-Renault podium that included Thibaud Mazuin - Samuel Maillen and Xavier Dekeyser - Nele Tassaert. The three crews will battle for the RC3 title at the Spa Rally (28–29 November). Dany Born and Céline Velz claimed victory on home ground in RC5, while Nicolas Vanderweerde and Frédéric Jacquemin finished in the top five in RC4 with Clio Rally4.

Finnish Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 secured a national class title at the Finnish championship season finale. Winning the SM Porvoon Autopalvelu Ralli by just 5.4s, Japanese driver Rio Ogata and his Finnish co-driver Mikael Korhonen led a sweep of the top four for the model and snatched the SM2 title from Kanta Yanaguida and Ville Mannisenmäki. Meanwhile, Hiroya Minowa and Juho Koski-Lammi narrowly missed the podium in the SM3 class with Clio Rally4, while the Rally5 Cup title went to Clio Rally5 and Jari Jaakkola.

German Rally Championship

Clio Rally5 starred at round five of the season, the ADAC Rallye Stemweder Berg. After leading the RC5 class for much of the rally on the tarmac roads around Lübbecke, the Dutch duo Ernst Kranenburg and Wout De Klerk saw victory slip away when they retired with four special stages to go. Nils Hildebrandt and Giuliana Beck inherited the lead and won ahead of Martin Menzing and Stefan Müller, giving Renault a one-two finish.

Romanian Rally Championship

In the final round of the Romanian season, the Raliul Vâlcii, Alexandru Cazacu and Denisa-Alexia Parteni took victory, securing the RO5 title in their Clio Rally5 on gravel and overall. They also won the final round of the Clio Rally5 Challenge, finishing ahead of Dragoș Munteanu and Cristian Sugár — who had already wrapped up that title earlier in the year — and Ciprian Lupu and Andrei Aițculesei, their RO5 counterparts on tarmac.

Slovenian Rally Championship

Clio Rally5 won on the tarmac special stages of Rally Nova Gorica. Finishing third in the Juniors class, Rene Černigoj and Blaž Gerbec beat their main rivals, Alan Pajk and Enej Bobič, in three categories. The battle between the two Clio Rally5 crews will be decided at the Rally Idrija (7–8 November). Competing in the FIA European Rally Trophy, Clio Rally3 secured a podium finish in RC3 with the Italians Gianpaolo Boria and Denis Piceno.

French Rally Cup

Beyond Vendôme, Renault continued to win across France. Clio Rally4 took the overall victory with Sylvain and Nicolas Fouteret at Rallye des Centurions, where Clio Rally5 won its class with Gabin and Olivier Willame. Meanwhile, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 set the pace at the Ronde de Quarré-les-Tombes with Thierry Cassard - Mathéo Terret and Stéphane Œillet - Émilie Œillet. Clio Rally5 also triumphed with Romain Bertrand and Bastien Masse at the Ronde de la Durance, and with Damien and Frédéric Vincent at Rallye des Rives d’Olt.

Greek Gravel Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 made a strong impression at Rallysprint Livadia. Back in competition for a one-off outing with Xalkias Racing Team, three-time Greek champion Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis dominated the stage times to take the overall victory alongside Athanassios Samaras. In second place, Cypriot driver Panikos Polykarpou and his Greek co-driver George Votsis secured a one-two finish for the model and clinched the 2026 Greek Gravel Rally Cup title.

And elsewhere

In Italy, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 secured further success at Rally del Rubinetto with crews Davide Tardani - Gianni Ianni (Rally3), Sabrina Roccati - Mara Miretti (Women), and Diego Martinelli - Francesco Morina (Rally5). Meanwhile, Riccardo Mondello and Filippo Pintabona led a Clio Rally5 lockout of the top four at the Tindari Rally.

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 also set the pace at round four of the MRF Dansk Rally Sprint Cup Vest (Denmark) with victories for the pairs Carsten Jensen - Michael Fasterholdt and Ulrik Pedersen - Iben von Hallas.

Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 secured a double win with Jose Miguel Lopez - Miguel Montoya and Salvador España - Gema Maria Cañero at Rallye Gibralfaro (Spain). Clio Rally5 also won its class with Jari Jaakkola at Munaränni (Finland). Also worth noting were the top-ten finishes overall for Marco Lorenzo and José Ángel Fente at Rallye Comarca do Carballiño (Spain), Bruno Cruz and Diogo Costa at the Vizela Motor Festival (Portugal), as well as the solid performance by Pierre Günther and Dominic Gräbner at the RSC Rallye Wildetaube (Germany).