12 novembre 2024
Customer Racing Activities – 2024/#44
Our future official drivers excelled this weekend in the final of the French Gravel Rally Championship, while Clio Rally5 claimed another national title in Slovenia, among other victories across Europe !
French Gravel Rally Championship
The Rallye Terre de Vaucluse saw Arthur Pelamourgues and Tom Pellerey star in the French Gravel Rally Championship. Clio Trophy France Asphalte title winners Arthur Pelamourgues and Bastien Pouget made a success of their first outing in a private capacity with Clio Rally3, leading a sweep of the top six in the Rally3 class by more than three minutes. At the same time, Tom Pellerey and Hervé Faucher made a strong impression with Clio Rally5. The top Juniors in the Clio Trophy France Terre won in 2WD by more than two and a half minutes over several Rally4s to snatch the national title !
Clio Trophy Spain
Juan Carlos Fernández won the fifth edition of the Clio Trophy Spain Asfalto in the final of the Rallye La Nucía-Mediterráneo. While Nicolás Cabanes and Javier Moltó claimed their maiden victory in the trophy on home soil, Juan Carlos Fernández and co-driver Óscar Arranz managed their rally to perfection. Having already won twice this season, they finished fourth to secure the title ahead of Jorge Cagiao, Miguel García and Alejandro Martín. Clio Rally4 also won its class with Yuriy Arshanskiy and Maxim Belyukov on the same special stages.
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Slovenian Rally Championship
In the seventh and final round of the 2024 calendar, Rally Idrija, Jure Jereb and Clio Rally5 took the national D1 title. Co-driven by his countryman Matej Praček, the Slovenian did all he could to win the D1 and Rally5 classes despite a slight off in the SS4. This performance gave Jure Jereb the D1 crown, the second in a row in the category for Clio Rally5 on the Slovenian stages.
Italian Rally Cup
The tarmac stages of Rally della Lanterna were the setting for the Italian Rally Cup finale, where Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 were both victorious. Leonardo Scalco and Mattia Toffano won by more than two minutes from their nearest rivals in Rally3. At the same time, Nicolò Ardizzone and Alyssa Anziliero won Rally5 from among the 11 crews entered with Clio Rally5.
French Rally Cup
Clio Rally3 scored another victory in France. Fabrice Martin and Philippe Racat finished sixth overall on the Rallye de la Vallée de l’Ognon, completing a 1-2 in class for the model with Nicolas Miclo and Brice Pierrat. On the same stages, Clio Rally5 shone in the hands of Clio Trophy France Asphalte regular Yoan Corberand, who finished eighth overall and won Rally5 with Juliette Hamel.
Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 both claimed class wins on the Rallye de Beuzeville Honfleur, with Dorian Deslandes and Léa Pustelnik taking the RC4-Rally4 double and Sébastien and Emma Alemany winning Rally5. Clio Rally5 also set the pace with Thomas Santiago and Allan Michel on the Rallye Monts et Coteaux, Loïc Scandola and Wendy Maiolini on the Rallye du Haut-Pays Niçois and Quentin Dumoulin and Marianne Aldana on the Rallye du Pays Rignacois. Lastly, Quentin Mathey and Flavien Rateau led Clio Rally5 to class victory on the Rallye de l’Indre, where Frédéric Roussel and Hakima Hmidache finished seventh overall in their Clio Rally4.
And elsewhere…
In Germany, all three versions of Clio Rally starred at the ADAC Rallye Köln-Ahrweiler. Clio Rally4 finished in the overall top five with Felix Schumann and Hans-Peter Loth. At the same time, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 won the RC3 and RC5 classes with the duos Edwin Wolves - Ingrid Wolves and Sabrina Hitzemann - Sabrina Göller.
Clio Rally4 also impressed, finishing sixth overall and first in class with Alejandro Martín and Armando Rivero on Rally Comarca Norte de Gran Canaria (Spain). Clio Rally5 scored a one-two finish in P2-4 led by Paulo Barata and Joaquim Alvarinhas on the Rali de Cantanhede - Marquês de Marialva (Portugal), as well as in 2D with John Coumans and Aline de Jonge on the Rally van Zuid-Limburg (Belgium).