Clio Trophy France Asphalte & French Rally Championship

The Clio Trophy France Asphalte concluded the fifth generation of the Renault Clio’s era at the Critérium des Cévennes. Yohan Roumieux and Bastien Fontaine claimed their maiden victory, ahead of Loan Guibal and Lohan Ranchard. Paul and Adèle Dachicourt finished third, securing the title, the Jean Ragnotti Performer Trophy and the drive awarded to the best Junior driver. Groupe Bertrand (Renault Network Challenge), Romain Fostier and Ophélie Abchiche (Gentlemen category) and Clémentine Benoît and Éric De Bolle (Women’s category) rounded off the 2026 list of champions.

Still in the Cévennes, Tom Verdier and Gilles De Turckheim led a Clio Rally3 sweep in RC3. The crew also mixed it up with the GTs to finish in the top three in the Michelin Premium Trophy. In the class, they finished behind Matthieu Laussel and Jordan Aubert, while the Belgian duo of Clémentine Benoît and Éric De Bolle won again in the French Women’s Rally Championship. They now lead the table ahead of the season finale at Rallye du Var in late November.

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European & Portuguese Rally Championship

Clio Rally3 won on the continental scene at the Rally Six Cities North of Portugal. Newly crowned SM2 category champion in Finland Japanese driver Rio Ogata and his Finnish co-driver Mikael Korhonen won on their ERC debut by nearly five minutes. Their countrymen Kanta Yanaguida and Ville Mannisenmäki secured a double podium finish for the model on the Fafe gravel stages.

The event also hosted the penultimate round of the Portuguese Championship. Competing in a Clio Rally5, Afonso Seixas and Francisco Ponte won the RC5 and the Juniors’ category while also finishing runner-up in the two-wheel-drive class. This result puts the pair back in contention for the Juniors’ title, currently led by Luís Caetano, who has already wrapped up the Clio Rally5 Challenge title.

Middle East Rally Championship

The local crew of Michalis Posedias and Pambos Laos finished third overall at the fifth and final round of the FIA MERC calendar, the Cyprus Rally, with Clio Rally3. They won RC3, while their countrymen Yiangos Yiangou and Pavlos Englezou completed a double podium for the model on the gravel stages around Nicosia.

Dutch Rally Championship

The range’s winning run continued in the Netherlands, as three different models set the pace on the tarmac special stages of the calendar’s penultimate round, the Twente Rally. Willem Wouter Overbeek and Renaldo Lier led Clio Rally3 lockout of the top four in RC3. Timo van der Marel and Erwin Berkhof took the top spot in RC4 aboard Clio Rally4. Ben Barendregt and Paul Ter Boo led an all-Clio Rally5 podium in RC5.

Danish Rally-Sprint Cup

Clio Rally3 secured a one-two finish in the overall classification at the final round of the MRF Dansk Rally Sprint Cup in Skive. The crews of Carsten Jensen and Michael Fasterholdt, and Kim Abildgaard and Jacob Skifter, were pipped to the podium only by a GT. Renault took home additional trophies as Clio Rally5 secured a one-two in its class, with Ulrik Pedersen and Iben von Hallas taking victory ahead of Gert Marboe Jensen and Silas Marboe Bigom.

French Rally Cup

In France, at Rallye de la Noix de Grenoble, Nicolas Morel and Ninon Curioz in Clio Rally3, and Laurent Pellier and Kévin Bronner in Clio Rally5, set the pace. Clio Rally5 also impressed at Rallye du Pays du Lin, where Maxime Fourmaux and Martin Legrand finished fourth overall, and at Rallye des Monts Dôme, where Maxime Giraud and Sylvain Guillaume won the Rally5 class and finished seventh overall.

In Corsica, at the Ronde Nationale de la Giraglia, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 came out on top with Gautier Cros-Giudicelli - Tristan Ugolini and Morgan Figari - Christopher Figari crews. Both models also starred on Réunion Island at Rallye Grand Est, with victories for Patrick Bellus – Pierrick Bellus and Souresh Assaby – Henri Michel Perrine.

On the regional scene, at Rallye de la Haute-Saône, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally4 secured a double top-five finish overall with Mickaël Caritey – Pauline Chonavel and Yoan Corberand – Laurence Duchanoy. Clio Rally5 also dominated its class there with Loïc Hersant and Kenny dos Santos. Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 then secured victories at Rallye de la Porte Normande with Thomas Garet - Charline Jollit and Thomas Simeon - Edouard Lafosse while Clio Rally6 earned a podium finish with David and Mathis Lekeu. Lastly, at the Rallye de Sarrians, Clio Rally4 and Clio Rally5 won with Claude Benedetto - Patricia Benedetto and Grégory Scotto la Chianca - Mélanie Bassoians.

And elsewhere

In Italy, Clio Rally3 and Clio Rally5 secured the International Rally Cup titles for Giacomo Guglielmini - Andrea Sarti and Harshana Ratnayake - Manuela Pellati after their victories at the Rally delle Colline Metallifere e Pomarance. Renault also triumphed at the Rally Lana with Mauro Porzia - Arianna Genaro (Rally3) and Alessandro Colombo - Tiziano Pieri (Rally5 & U25). Clio Rally5 also won at the Rally Piancavallo with Mattia Schneider - Isabel Forgiarini (Rally5 & U23), Nicola Dreussi - Giulio Calligaro (U25) and Genny Moruzzi - Stefano Bacci (Women’s), as well as at the Rally di Taormina with Emmanuele D’Angelo and Paolo Celi.

In Austria, Clio Rally3 won in RC3, the ARCP and the Austria Junior Challenge with Thomas Traußnig and Bianca Marina Stampfl at the Herbst Rallye. Meanwhile, Manuel Wurm and Thimo Tremmel secured a one-two finish in RC3. Other Clio Rally3 podium finishes came from Marcin Wrona and Aleksandra Piekarska at the Międzynarodowy Rajd Żubrów (Poland), and Adrian Quinn and Des Sherlock at the STS Tipperary Stonethrowers Stages Rally (Ireland).

Clio Rally5 set the pace, with Rubén Gómez and Vicente Martín winning their class at the Rallye Ciudad de Valencia, the penultimate round of the Spanish Tarmac Rally Championship. Lastly, Clio Rally5 won in 4/12 class with Gilles Dethiege and Quentin Sondervorst at the JMC Rallye Hautes Fagnes (Belgium).