Clio Cup Series

The Clio Cup Series reached the halfway point of the season this past weekend at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Round five of the season was full of twists and turns, with Gabriele Torelli and Gaël Castelli sharing the victories and closing the gap on David Pouget, who continues to lead an increasingly more competitive general classification. Gaël Castelli also got back on track in Clio Cup Italia, whilst David Pouget retained the lead in Clio Cup France.

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World Rally Championship

Less than a year after its maiden victory on the world stage, Clio Rally3 scored its fifth win in WRC3. Japanese driver Takumi Matsushita and his Finnish co-driver Ville Mannisenmäki avoided the hazards of Rally Estonia to take the lead on the second leg and win by more than seven minutes. Less successful on Friday, the crews of Shotaro Goto and Jussi Lindberg, as well as Arthur Pelamourgues and Bastien Pouget, nevertheless contributed to the model’s total of ten stage wins on the gravel around Tartu and secured three Clio Rally3s in the top five.

Austrian Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 scored a RC3 1-2 finish at Rallye Weiz, round of the Austrian calendar. Tenth in the general classification, Günther Knobloch and Erik Fürst won the RC3 class ahead of Andreas Höfler and Gernot Hutter. Both crews also finished on the overall podium of the Austrian Rally Cup. Clio Rally4 distinguished itself in RC4 with a top-five result for Max Schumann and Ann Felke.

French Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 dominated their respective classes in several events. Both models won at Rallye de Bagnols-les-Bains with Gaël Tribouillois - Laëtitia Arnaud and Pierre-Marie Lacroix - David Labatut, Rallye de la Drôme with Gérard Delorme - Cyrielle Delorme and Thibaut Misiek - Romain Misiek, and Rallye des Vallées Axonaises with Mickaël Delrue - Camille Flajolet and Raphaël Czwartkowski - Fabien Tentillier.

Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 achieved the same performance at Rallye de Saintonge with Thomas Bordagaray - Brice Ricou and Thomas Foucher - Steven Baudson. Lastly, Clio Rally4 secured a podium finish in its class with Stéphane Dexet-Leyser and Éric Jullian at Rallye de Matour, where Clio Rally5 won with Guillaume Roux and Stéphanie de Oliveira.

And elsewhere…

Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 all won their respective classes at Rally Valli Ossolane (Italy), with Daniele Nicolini and Fabio Ciamparini (Rally3), Giuseppe Dipalma and Roberto Mometti (Rally4), and Alessandro Corsini and Thomas Trombetta (Rally5).

In Finland, Clio Rally3 finished on the overall podium at the Juhan Autohuolto Ralli with Leevi Lassila and Antti Linnaketo, while Clio Rally4 won its category with Vilma Kivenne and Kari Kemppinen. Clio Rally3 also secured an overall podium finish and a class victory in Denmark with Jacob and Cecilie Leutenberger Madsen at the KOMO Rallysprint, where Clio Rally4 dominated its class with Sweden’s Simon Andersson and Roger Svensson.

Meanwhile, Poland’s Artur Długosz and Mateusz Martynek secured sixth place overall at Rallye Železné hory (Czech Republic) in their Clio Rally3, narrowly missing out on the S1 podium. Finally, Clio Rally5 took another victory in 2D class with Alexander Derez and Barbara Vromman on the Belgian roads of the Rallysprint van Lubbeek.