Titles in Croatia, Slovakia and Spain, victories and top-flight performances across Europe : Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4, and Clio Rally5 continue their impressive season on all fronts !

Clio Trophy Spain Tierra

Already winners of the Super Clio Trophy Spain, Francisco Puertas and Sergio Fernández also secured the Clio Trophy Spain Tierra title with their second victory of the season in the final round at RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada. The duo now has a chance to make it three crowns if they claim the Clio Trophy Spain Asfalto title.

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Croatian Rally Championship

Clio Rally5 ended its Croatian campaign on a high with sixth place overall and class victory for Marko Fakin and Aleksandar Radovčić at the Međimurski Rally. Finishing sixth overall in the championship, the crew secured another national class title for the model.

Dutch Rally Championship

Having already secured the main title with Willem Wouter Overbeek and Joyce Ruiter, Clio Rally3 ended its campaign in the Netherlands with another category victory at the hands of Jeroen Klein Kromhof and Jouri Dockx at the Twente Rally. Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 enjoyed similar success with Maurice Kuijstermans - Daan Tijink and Fabian Kamermans - Stefan Müller.

French Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 continued its impressive run on the national scene at the Critérium des Cévennes with another 1-2 finish in its class, led by Gaël Tribouillois and Laëtitia Arnaud. Clio Rally5 also set the pace in Rally5 with Yohan Roumieux and Bastien Fontaine. Clio Rally4 was less successful, but Quentin Ribaud and Loan Biagetti managed to score valuable points to remain in contention for the Michelin Amateurs Trophy title.

Slovak Rally Championship

Leaders in their class at the start of the Liptov Rally, Stanislav Zeman and Ján Konfal did what was needed to secure the title with Clio Rally5 on the asphalt special stages. The Slovakian duo also secured a podium finish in the national two-wheel drive category, finishing the season as runners-up.

Swiss Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 also won with the crew of Jean-Yves Dayer and Laurent Nendaz in the Swiss finale at Rallye International du Valais. Meanwhile, Alain Rey and Lucas Fiorini led an all-Clio Rally5 top nine in its class, while finishing third in the Michelin Alps 2WD Trophy.

French Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 secured several double wins in France : with Christophe Merlevede − Giljan Vandromme and Loïc Blanpain − Sébastien Hennon at Rallye du Pays du Lin, Nicolas Miclo and Brice Pierrat, and Jérôme Potard and Louise Juif at Rallye de la Haute-Saône, and Romain Sautron and Anwaraah Sautron, and Loïc Picard and Benjamin Educa in a Rallye de Saint-Joseph cut short by a fatal crash.

Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 did the same at Rallye de la Noix de Grenoble with Frédéric Misiek - Valérie Misiek and Théo Jacquemet - Julien Loiseau. Among the other successes of the weekend, Clio Rally5 won with Pascal and Caroline Bérard at Rallye des Monts Dôme, Jean-Michel Nicolas and Julie Troin at Rallye de Sarrians, and François and Tom Thoretton at Rallye de la Porte Normande.

German Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 both shone again in the DMSB Rally Cup season finale with victories for Josef Wecker - Hans-Peter Loth and Tim Wacker - Luca Kiefer, who finished sixth overall in challenging conditions. In contention for the title, Max Schumann and Ann Felke saw their hopes dashed when they crashed on SS5. Despite this retirement, they nevertheless sealed the DMSB Renault Sindermann Rally Cup and Saarland Rally Championship titles in their Clio Rally4.

And elsewhere…

Clio Rally3 continued its impressive run in Germany with Ron Schuhmann and Kevin Arndt taking victory in RC3 and second place overall at the ADAC Freilassinger Schotter Rallyesprint. In Ireland, Clio Rally3 won in Keelan Grogan and Ayrton Sherlock’s first go with the model at the Fastnet Stages Rally.

The four-wheel drive also shone in the final round of the Danish Rallysprint Cup with a class victory and an overall podium finish for Carsten Jensen and Susanne Kjeldsen. In this last event, Clio Rally5 also won its class with Gert Marboe Jensen and Silas Marboe.

The Clio Rally5 also set the pace in Italy with Jacopo Lucarelli and Michele Marcucci at Rally delle Colline Metallifere e Pomarance, Michele Falezza and Gianmaria Zerbato at the Trentino Rally, Filippo Spinola and Nicolas Baruffi at the Trofeo Villa d’Este ACI Como, and Giuseppe Bertolutti and Alvise Tosi at Rally del Friuli Venezia Giulia. Lastly, Gustavo Silva and Guilherme Duarte were victorious in their Clio Rally5 at Rali Vinho do Pico as part of the Azores Championship.

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