French Junior Rallycross Championship

Tom Le Jossec arrived in Kerlabo as the leader of the French Junior FFSA Rallycross Championship, intending to score a knockout punch before the summer break. Competing on home turf, the Breton fulfilled the mission that sees him extend his advantage in the general classification. Châteauroux winner Mathieu Frétin finished runner-up behind his teammate to get back in title contention whilst Luc Derrien handed third place to Alizée Pottier on a silver platter after the finish. Tom Le Jossec now has a 22-point ahead Luc Derrien with Mathieu Frétin 5 points further back before the Clio RXs return to action at Lohéac (3-4 September).

Clio Trophy Italia

Clio Trophy Italia entered the second half of its season at Rally Lana. Putting their Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 experience to good use, Marco Varetto and Vittorio Bianco made an impressive debut in the trophy, dominating six of the seven stages to win in Piedmont. Gianluca Rao and Christian Zeppegno denied them the grand slam and finished second ahead of Andrea Scalzotto - Nicola Rutigliano, the new leaders of the Clio Trophy Italia with this podium result and the retirement of Giovanni Marco Lanzalaco - Antonio Marchica. Clio Trophy Italia will return to the stages on Rally di San Martino di Castrozza (9-10 September).

On the same roads, Mattia Zanin - Andrea Budoia and Riccardo Pederzani - Roberto Mometti scored a one-two for Clio Rally4 in the category reserved for drivers under 25 years of age.

Clio Trophy Canarias

Winners of the first two rounds of the Clio Trophy Canarias, Alejandro Martín and Daniel Rosario made it three in a row on the Ciudad de La Laguna Rally. The duo won all nine stages with a 1:54.6s margin of victory over Sebastián and Adrián Gil, who resisted the return of Manuel Hernández Padrón - David Bethencourt in the final kilometres of the rally. With their third consecutive victory, Alejandro Martín and Daniel Rosario will have the opportunity to take a big step towards the title at Rally Villa de Teror (23-24 September).

Clio Trophy Turkey

Due to the high risk of forest fires, the Kocaeli Rally has been postponed to an undetermined date. Three rounds remain on the 2022 Clio Trophy Turkey calendar : the Kocaeli Rally, the Istanbul Rally (17-18 September) and the Ege Rally (15-16 October). Tuncer and Asena Sancakli lead an extremely open general classification at the mid-season point.

Elsewhere…

In the French Rally Cup, Clio Rally4 excelled by finishing between two four-wheel drive Rally2s to take second place in Rallye du Thouaret with Philippe and Alexandra Rageau. On the same event, Clio Rally5 swept the podium in its class led by Vincent Reault - Pauline Boyer. Meanwhile, Clio Rally4 also took third place in its class at the Rallye de la Réunion with Dominique and Samuel Hoarau.

Clio Rally5 also distinguished itself with an overall second place finish for Patrice Spitalier and Adriándu Carmona on the tarmac of the Rally del Bajío, scene of round four of the Mexican Rally Championship. The model scored other successes, notably a sweep of the top five, led by Nicolaj Ciofolo - Matteo Sala on Rally Coppa Città di Lucca (Italy), one-two finishes led by Laurent Brahic - Sébastien Faure on Rallye du Trièves and Jérôme Janny - Anderson Levratti on Rallye de la Plaine des Vosges. Florian Bartaire - Marjolaine Patier and Manon Dauphin - Stéphane Moulin also drove Clio Rally5 to victory on the Rallye Coeur des Bastides and Rallye de la Fourme d’Ambert.

Coming up

This week, the Clio Trophy Spain competitors will travel to Rally Blendio Christian López (5-6 August) for round two of the season. Rally Sierra Morena winners Carlos Rodríguez González and Esther Gutiérrez Porras are currently atop the general classification.

Clio Rally5 will also contest the Secto Rally Finland, round eight of the FIA World Rally Championship, with the crew of Vitalii Antonov and Christiaan van der Rijsen. The model will target its tenth victory in as many world championship appearances on the fastest event of the calendar.

Photo 1 : MAP / Pierre Simenel
Photo 2 : Actualfoto
Photo 3 : Clio Trophy Canarias