French Junior Rallycross Championship

Rallycross Lessay-Manche winner Tom Le Jossec made it a two on the trot at Faleyras behind the wheel of Clio RX.

After a subpar Saturday, the French driver bounced back to win on Sunday. Alizée Pottier and Enzo Boscher also excelled in the Gironde meeting to complete the podium. Leader after the provisional intermediate classification with a win and a runner-up result in the qualifying heats, Luc Derrien settled for fourth place while 2021 FFSA French Women’s Cup winner Camille Barbe claimed sixth.

On the back of his success and the retirement of his closest rival Valentin Lumet, Tom Le Jossec will head to Châteauroux (25-26 June) with a 13-point lead over Luc Derrien and a 25-point advantage over Alizée Pottier.

Clio Trophy Turkey

Five weeks after Can Altinok and Efe Ersoy’s victory on the gravel roads of Rally Bodrum, Clio Trophy Turkey returned to tarmac at Yeşil Bursa Rallisi.

Round one runner-ups Tuncer and Asena Sancakli jumped into the lead, winning the opening five stages to take a 34.4s lead over Nebil and Asli Erbil. While the chasing pack fought back on the final leg, Tuncer and Asena Sancakli set the fastest time on the Power Stage to seal the win by 46.3 seconds. Menderes Okur - Onur Aslan completed the podium ahead of Sinan Soylu - Ali Tugrul Kaya and Can Altinok - Efe Ersoy, who suffered a puncture on SS5. Tuncer Sancakli now leads the trophy ahead of the next round on the ESOK Rally tarmac stages (June 24-26).

2021 Clio Trophy Turkey title-winner Çelik Çağlayan earned his first podium on the national scene with Clio Rally4, finishing second in his category, just a few seconds behind the class winner and the overall top ten.

Elsewhere…

In the French Rally Cup, nine Clio Rally5s took part in the Ronde Nationale de la Giraglia. Ludovic Santini and Morgan Beneventi won in RC5 by more than a minute over their nearest rivals in a top seven monopolised by Renault. Clio Rally5 also scored a sweep of the podium led by Julien Deslauriers and Amandine Brunel on Rallye de la Coutellerie and Tire-Bouchon, as well as a lockout of the top four led by Thomas Foucher and Gautier Lavalard onRallye du Saint-Emilion. The Clio Rally5s of Julien Darbon, Julien Anthérieu and Antoine Dhaisne also won on Rallye Savoie-Chautagne, Rallye du Pays Viganais and Rallye du Marquenterre respectively.

Meanwhile, Clio Rally4 continued its fine run with Viliam Prodan and Zoran Raštegorac, second among the contenders for the Croatian Rally Championship at AMTK Rally Velenje (Slovenia). At the same event, Hungarians Martin László and Dávid Berendi finished in the top five in their category with Clio Rally4, while the local duo of Matjaž Mihevc and Matej Dolenc won their class with Clio Rally5.

2020 and 2021 Clio Trophy Spain title-winner Jorge Cagiao claimed his first win of the year with Javier Martínez and Clio Rally4 on Rally Ciudad de Pozoblanco. The Spaniard finished sixth overall in round three of the Supercampeonato de España de Rallyes. Still in Andalusia, Miguel Grande and Ariday Bonilla won between the Clio Rally5s in competition for the Beca U24 RFEdA offering a spot into the Rallye Team Spain in 2023. At the same time, Alex Ferrari and Luca Virgilli led a hat-trick of Clio Rally5s on Rally Internazionale del Taro (Italy). Massimo Garbarino - Ilaria Magnani won the national event, where Paolo Camisa - Alberto Antonio Spiga placed Clio Rally4 second in their category.

Clio Cup also starred in Ecuador as Juan Guerrero won the third round of the Nacional de Circuitos at Circuito Paute, beating another Clio Cup driver Luis Ávila and several TC1600 cars in the process.

Coming up

This week, Clio Cup will be back at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (3-5 June). The fifth stop on the calendar will host round two of the Clio Cup Italia, where points-leader Felice Jelmini will face 27 other competitors. In rallying, Clio Trophy Swiss will travel to the Rallye du Chablais (2-4 June) after Styve Juif’s season-opening victory at the Critérium Jurassien. The event will also host round two of the Swiss Junior Rally Championship, which Guillaume Girolamo and Clio Rally5 are currently leading. Belgium’s Timothy Van Parijs and Kurt Heyndrickx will also be driving a Clio Rally4 on Rally Italia Sardegna in the FIA World Rally Championship.