Clio Cup Series

The 2024 Clio Cup Series season kicked off with Anthony Jurado’s victorious debut for Rangoni Corse and Guillaume Maio’s maiden victory for GM Sport in a photo-finish at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro. Following these first two highly competitive races, the campaign promises to be full of twists and turns, with the confirmation of established names, the emergence of young talent, and the tenors already lagging behind. Anthony Jurado leaves the Gers at the head of the Clio Cup Series. Damiano Puccetti (Rangoni Corse) leads the Clio Cup España, while Gabriele Torelli (Rangoni Corse) and Nicolas Milan (Milan Compétition) share the top spot in Clio Cup France. The next round will be at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão (25-28 April).

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French Rally Cup

Renault Clio excelled away from the racetrack with several rally victories in France. Clio Rally3 won its category with Arthur Lecureux and Matthieu Marion, who also finished fourth overall on the Rallye Pays du Gier. Clio Rally5 secured the top nine places, led by Christophe Monnin and Marc-Émilien Choudey. Meanwhile, Clio Rally5 added to its impressive list of victories with a win on the Rallye Cieux Monts de Blond, where Florian Bartaire and Claire Pallaro led a lockout of the top five.

In the regional events, Christophe and Audrey Lanssens were successful in their Clio Rally3 on the Rallye Ville de Vervins. Clio Rally5 also won the Rallye de Franche-Comté, with Alex Florenson and Charline Dichamp leading a sweep of the podium. Éric Sauteur and Cindy Millac led a double for Clio Rally5 on the Rallye Coeur des Bastides.

And elsewhere…

Clio Rally3 put in a superb performance in Greece. In their first outing with the model, Nikolaos Vigopoulos and Nikolaos Zakheos finished third overall on the Rally Sprint Molon Lave, the opening round of the Greek Gravel Rally Cup. Clio Rally5 won on asphalt, first in Peru, with Javier Arce and Mario Acosta on Rally Virgen del Carmen. The German tarmac was just as successful, with the Czech duo of Tomáš Štuksa and Ondřej Novák winning in RC5 at the ADAC Oster-Rallye Tiefenbach and Marco Thomas and Tim Otterbach leading a sweep of the top three at the ADAC-MSC Osterrallye Zerf. On the same German event, Clio Rally4 finished in the overall top ten and placed two entries in the top five in RC4.

Coming up

This week, the Clio Trophy France Terre kicks off its fourth season at the Rallye Terre des Causses with 29 crews entered with a Renault Clio Rally5. Meanwhile, Matteo Chatillon will begin his official programme in the French Gravel Rally Championship with Clio Rally3. A Clio Rally4 and 11 additional Clio Rally3s will be in action, including that of Quentin Ribaud as a zero car, to celebrate the first anniversary of the model’s debut in public. In parallel, the Clio Trophy Spain Asfalto will also launch its new campaign with ten crews entered for Rally Sierra Morena. Several Clios will also contest the Rally della Val D’Orcia, round two of Clio Trophy Italia Rally Terra.