Clio Trophy Spain Tierra

The inaugural season of the Clio Trophy Spain Tierra concluded with victory for Ramón Cornet and Dani Noguer on the iconic RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada.

Two weeks after securing the title, the duo ended their campaign in style with a fourth win from five starts this year. Second-placed Aritz Iriondo and Joseba Sánchez confirmed their status as runners-up to the Brunet Competition crew. The French duo of Jean Lavigne and Arnaud Cubizolles, newcomers in Spain, completed the podium ahead of 15-year-old Argentinian Santino Rossi and his Canarian co-driver Ariday Bonilla. Despite a complicated weekend, Andalusian Salvador España and Miriam Antelo won the Junior category.

Also in Salou, Clio Rally3 made its first appearance in Spain in the hands of Mattéo Chatillon and Maxence Cornuau. The best Juniors in the Clio Trophy France Terre, the pair made a strong debut in their new machine, finishing ninth in the S-CER (Spanish Super Rally Championship) and second in their category.

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French Rally Cup

Less than a week after another victory for Clio Rally5 in the 2023 French Rally Cup Final, Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 all won in France.

Twenty-two models competed in the Rallye d’Automne Charente-Maritime. All three versions won their respective categories, with Quentin Ribaud and Mélissa Declerck’s Clio Rally3 finishing sixth overall. Thierry Landais and Morgan Lefebvre led a one-two in Rally4, and Calvin Lucas and Manon Perrin won by just nine-tenths of a second from Ugo Girardeau and Julien Bichon in Rally5.

Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 also excelled, mixing it up with the best Rally2 cars on the Rallye Centre Alsace, with class wins for the crews of Olivier Courtois - Hubert Risser and Clio Trophy France Asphalte winners Benjamin Stirling and Florence Stirling, both finishing in the overall top-six. Arthur Lecureux and Pierre Blot (Rally3) and Clément Didier and Rémy Germain (Clio Rally5) were also winners on the Rallye de l’Ardèche.

Lastly, Nicolas Hebrard and Gwenola Marie led Clio Rally5 to victory on the Rallye des Côtes du Tarn, as did Christophe Ricci and Yannick Gloaguen on the Rallye de la Croisette, Pascal Donnadieu and Lucas Lamaire on the Rallye de la Porte Normande, and Marc Pompei and Patrick Chiappe on the Rallye Strade Vecchie.

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Clio Rally3 scored two 1-2 finishes in RC3 and Rally3, led by Jeroen Klein Kromhof and Jouri Dockx on the Rocar-Tech Twente Rally (Netherlands). On the same tarmac roads, Clio Rally5 locked out the top six in RC5, led by John Coumans and Renaldo Lier.

Meanwhile, Clio Rally4 won in Italy, with the superb performance of Ilario Bondioni and Morgan Polonioli, fourth overall and Rally4 winners on the Rally del Sebino. The event also saw Marco Varetto and Simone Magi win their category with Clio Rally5, as did Mattia Vona and Camilla Carini in the Junior category. Staying in Italy, Alessandro Freschi and David Papi won the tarmac Rally delle Colline Metallifere e della Val di Cornia with Clio Rally5, as did Slovenia’s Borut Prosenc and Blaž Selan on the gravel Rally delle Marche.

Clio Rally5 also won in Austria in the hands of Jan Dvořák and Petr Jindra Jr, with the Czechs also taking second place in the Alpe Adria Cup on the Herbst Rally. There was also success in Belgium with Jordan Beaupain and Felix Fabry in the 4/12 class on the JMC Rallye Hautes Fagnes and Spain with Jesé Ramos and Alejandro Falcón on the Rallysprint La Vega Nueva.

Coming up

This week, the Clio Cup Series will be at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola for the penultimate meeting of their season. The Clio Cup Europe competitors will meet up with the protagonists of Clio Cup Italia, who will contest their season finale in a field of 40 cars. In parallel, Clio Rally3, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 will all be in action in several events, including the Critérium des Cévennes in the French Rally Championship and the Rally of Central Europe in the FIA World Rally Championship. The Clio Trophy Canarias and Clio Trophy Italia crews will also tackle the penultimate round of their calendars, the Rally de Maspalomas (27-28 October) and the Rally del Lazio - Cassino (28-29 October).