Clio Cup Series

Round 12 of 2022 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza saw Felice Jelmini and David Pouget share the spoils. The Italian won on Saturday in dry conditions, the Frenchman on Sunday in the wet. The event was notable for the attribution of the first titles this year. The inaugural Clio Cup Eastern Europe season ended with the crowns going to Frenchman Marc Guillot and Milan Compétition. Finland’s Juuso Panttila wrapped up the Challengers Cup, as did The Netherlands’ Rene Steenmetz in the Gentlemen Drivers Cup. Poland’s Jerzy Spinkiewicz secured the Clio Cup Europe Challengers Cup title with two rounds remaining while Italy’s Quinto Stefana did the same in the Gentlemen Drivers Cup in Clio Cup Italia. Elsewhere, the suspense continues ahead of the next meeting this week at Circuit Paul Ricard.

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Clio Trophy France Terre

While Florian Condamines excelled on home soil, becoming the only repeat winner this year in the Clio Trophy France Terre, the Rallye Terre des Cardabelles crowned Florian Bouchonneau. As the top Junior in the standings, the latter will be offered an official programme in 2023 with Renault, managed by Fun Meca Sport, which once again claimed the Teams’ title. On the roads that crowned his successor, Quentin Ribaud scored the first victory of his campaign with Clio Rally4. This result saw him finish just outside the top ten between two Rally2s and move up to second place in the French 2WD Gravel Rally Championship ahead of the season-finale on Rallye Terre de Vaucluse (11-13 November).

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Italian Junior Rally Championship

The 40th Rally Due Valli allowed Alessandro Casella and his co-driver Rosario Siragusano to win the Clio Rally5-spec CIAR Junior title. The Sicilian won an intense battle, which was not decided until the final timed sector by 7.3 seconds over Mattia Zanin and Fabio Pizzol, whose runner-up result deprived Davide Nicelli and Tiziano Pieri of the title by only 4.6 seconds. Andrea Mabellini and Virginia Lenzi, who had already clinched the Italian two-wheel-drive championship, were less fortunate and were forced to retire from the lead after the first three timed sectors.

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Elsewhere

While he mathematically sealed the Clio Trophy France Asphalte title, Thomas Chauffray keeps winning as a co-driver in the French Rally Cup. A week after guiding Élodie Gines to success on Rallye du Suran, the Frenchman did it again with Clio Rally5 and Julien Duhamel on Rallye des Boucles de Seine. Clio Rally5 also won the Rallye Vallée de l’Homme Périgord Noir with Florian Bartaire - Marjolaine Patier and Manon Dauphin - Céline Mercier on Rallye du Montbrisonnais.

In Italy, the duo of Roberto Maddalosso - Roberto Segato led a Clio Rally5 top four in their class on Rally del Sebino, as did Nicola Angilletta - Dario Giacomelli on Rally Terra Sarda. Michael Savio and Nicolò De Bernardini also won the regional format of Rally Due Valli with Clio Rally5. Meanwhile, Constantin Tudose and Teodor-Gabriel Găină took their sixth consecutive victory in the Romanian Clio Rally5 Challenge at Raliul Clujului. This success also earned him honours in RC5, second place in the Romanian Junior Rally Championship and a fine 14th place overall.

Further successes were to be listed for Clio Rally5, including Sergio López Mayoral - Carlos Cancela on Rally Tierra de Madrid (Spain) and Miguel Abrantes - Filipe Carvalho on Rally Vidreiro - Centro de Portugal Marinha Grande (Portugal).

Coming up

This week, 41 Clio Cups will be in action at Circuit Paul Ricard (14-16 October) for the penultimate round of Clio Cup Europe and Clio Cup Spain, as well as the Clio Cup France season-finale. Nicolas Milan and David Pouget will head to the Var tied at the top of the general classification, while Alexandre Albouy and Mathieu Rigoulet lead the Challengers Cup and the Gentlemen Drivers Cup.

On the rally front, the Rallye International du Valais (14-15 October) will host the final round of the Clio Trophy Swiss history, with the title up for grabs between Ismaël Vuistiner and Guillaume Girolamo. In Turkey, the Royal Teos Ege Rallisi (15-16 October) will host the penultimate round of the Clio Trophy Turkey, where Tuncer Sancakli, Menderes Okur, Nabil Erbil and Can Altınok are all covered by less than five points.

Finally, the French Junior FFSA Rallycross Championship season, which is run exclusively with Clio RX, will draw to a close at Circuit Philippe Chanoine in Dreux. Tom Le Jossec, who has already clinched the title, will face Luc Derrien, who is still chasing after his first victory, as well as Mathieu Fretin, Valentin Lumet and Kelig Gouesbet. Tom Pieri, currently the leading Junior in the Clio Trophy France Asphalte, will also be invited to debut in the Clio RX this weekend.