Clio Trophy Spain Tierra & Spanish Gravel Rally Championship

2026 Clio Trophy Spain Tierra title winner Tomás Llinares wrapped up a perfect season with his fourth straight victory at Rallye Ciudad de Granada. Alongside co-driver Alejandro Bonilla, the Spaniard controlled the action from start to finish to secure a comfortable win. Ecuadorian Ricardo Martínez secured his first podium finish with co-driver David Fernández while Adrián del Moral and Juan Grimalt finished third.

The event also hosted the Spanish Gravel Rally Championship season finale. With three wins and one second-place finish this season, Jordi Nualart and Daniel Rivera guided Clio Rally4 to the title in the Trofeo de España 2WD despite the Brunet Competition crew retiring on the third-to-last special stage.

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Clio Trophy Canarias

The Maspalomas Rally reignited the Clio Trophy Canarias title race. In the all-Clio Rally5 category, Noé Armas and Efrain González beat Kevin Kipar and Guillermo Dorta by 5.1s in an intense battle. The crew scored its second victory of the season and reclaimed the lead in the general classification ahead of the season finale at Rally Guía de Isora (5 December). Eduardo Trujillo and Airam de León finished third. At the same event, Erik Guerra and Claudia Lemes took a class podium in their Clio Rally4.

German Rally Championship

Max Schumann and Ann Felke won on the tarmac special stages of the ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rally with Clio Rally4, winning both the two-wheel-drive category and the RC4 class. They also finished in the top five overall. Felix Schumann and Gino Kruhs secured a one-two finish for the model in its class. Meanwhile, Timo Weigert - Jasmin Weigert and Josef Wecker - Felix Griebel led the Clio Rally3 to a double podium finish in RC3.

Italian Gravel Rally Championship

Renault starred in the penultimate round of the CIRT calendar at Rally dei Nuraghi e del Vermentino. Manuele Stella and Sara Refondini led a Clio Rally5 sweep of the top four and claimed the national Rally5 title. Ugo Valdarchi - Giorgio Aricò and Mirco Lorrai - Eleonora Murgia completed the top three. Meanwhile, Giuseppe Bitti and Giuseppe Pirisinu finished on the RC3 podium with Clio Rally3.

San Marino Rally Championship

Clio Rally5 ended another year of invincibility in San Marino with a win in the season finale at the Halloween Ronde. Gabriele Capelli and Alessandro Magnavacchi triumphed at Serravalle, with Michele Ceccarelli and Alessio Rossi second and Samuele Martinelli and Lorenzo Del Rio third in an all-Clio Rally5 podium and a top-five dominated by Renault.

Swiss Rally Championship & FIA European Rally Trophy

At the Rallye International du Valais, Clio Rally3 secured a one-two-three finish in RC3, led by Mathieu Sermier and Yvan Thurre, who also finished second in the Junior ERT class. Clio Rally5 also swept the top three places in RC5, spearheaded by Grégory Scotto la Chianca and Florian Chardon. Alain Rey and Estelle Coppex finished third in the RC4, the Swiss Cup and the Junior ERT, as well as second in the Michelin Alps 2WD Trophy with Clio Rally4.

French Rally Cup

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 dominated in France, securing further victories with Thomas Battaglia - Grégory Fressard and Félicien Merret-Bussat - Bruno Duperrier at the Rallye de l’Épine – Avant Pays Savoyard. Laurent Zambon - Amélie Zambon and Matéo Leger - Laura Grégoire achieved a similar double class win at the Rallye 24 Dordogne Périgord, where Clio Rally4 also secured a double podium result. Meanwhile, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 set the pace with Tony Stique - Alexandra Meurat and Jérôme Janny - Helena Pecheur at the Rallye des Vins de Champagne. At this event, Clio Rally4 also secured a top-five finish in its class, while Clio Rally6 made it onto the FR6 podium.

German Rally Cup

Daniel and Sandra Wittner ended the final round of the Deutscher Rallye Cup on the overall podium and as RC5 class winners at the ADAC Saarland Rally with Clio Rally5. They ran among the frontrunners on the tarmac special stages around Bostalsee, finishing second behind only a Rally2 car. The pair ended the season at the top of their class.

And elsewhere

Renault continued its fine run in Italy last weekend, with class victories for Nicholas Cianfanelli - Federico Capilli (Rally3) and Mauro Galizioli - Morgan Polonioli (Clio Rally5), plus a podium finish for Maurizio and Benedicta Mauri (Clio Rally4) at Rally del Lago di Garda.

In Spain, José Miguel López Mañas and Miguel Montoya Parra finished second overall with Clio Rally4 at Rallye Valle del Guadiato. The event, part of the Andalusian and Extremaduran Tarmac Rally Championships, also saw José Mayorgas and Aitor Cruz López take victory in their Clio Rally5.

In Portugal, Clio Rally5 set the pace on the tarmac stages of Rali Município de Albufeira, securing a clean sweep of the top five places in its class, led by Carlos Rafael Marreiros and Ricardo Barreto. The pair also won the two-wheel-drive category while finishing sixth overall.

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