New Challenge, new Skills

Solid Junior ERC Debut for Claire Schönborn

Europe at rally pace

Claire Schönborn to drive for the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team in 2026

Claire on Air

Claire Schöborn has a double public presence – on Sky Sport News TV and as an invited guest of the FIA.

News from #WinterThunderland

Two rallies, two roles: Claire’s intense start to the new year

What the international press says

“Exclamation mark at the end” – that’s what the trade journalists write.

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New Challenge, new Skills

25. May 2026 | JERC

Solid Junior ERC Debut for Claire Schönborn

Europe at rally pace

15. May 2026 | GSE Rally Cup, JERC

Claire Schönborn to drive for the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team in 2026

Claire on Air

6. March 2026 | General information

Claire Schöborn has a double public presence – on Sky Sport News TV and as an invited guest of the FIA.

News from #WinterThunderland

1. February 2026 | General information

Two rallies, two roles: Claire’s intense start to the new year

What the international press says

15. December 2025 | JWRC

“Exclamation mark at the end” – that’s what the trade journalists write.

Conclusion in the Ardennes

30. November 2025 | General information

At the end of November 2025, Claire Schönborn and co-driver Michael Wenzel wrote another impressive chapter in their rally history.

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Fast facts

Claire Schönborn
Claire Schönborn Driver
Claire Schönborn Date of birth July 31, 1999
Claire Schönborn Place of birth Traben-Trarbach, Germany
Claire Schönborn Place of residence Löffelscheid, Germany

Michael Wenzel
Michael Wenzel Co-driver
Michael Wenzel Date of birth April 24, 1974
Michael Wenzel Place of birth Kaiserslautern, Germany
Michael Wenzel Place of residence Mehlingen, Germany

Facets

Claire & Michael

She is the boss, he gives the commands. In rallying, the driver and co-driver are always looking for perfect communication. Crisp, efficient, to the point. Two who fit together: this is what makes Claire Schönborn and Michael Wenzel tick – each with three defining characteristics.

“There is only one plan A – and that is to be successful.”

Claire Schönborn

WRC Young Driver Team

The Calendar

Season

FIA European Rally Championship
FIA European Rally Championship 2026
FIA European Rally Championship Sweden May 22-May 24, 2026 ☲
FIA European Rally Championship Italy 03. june-05. june 2026
FIA European Rally Championship Poland July 24-July 26, 2026
FIA European Rally Championship Czech republic August 14-August 16, 2026
FIA European Rally Championship United Kingdom September 04 – September 06, 2026
FIA European Rally Championship Portugal October 23-October 25, 2026

ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup Eindhoven (NED) May 29-May 30, 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup Géradmer (FRA) June 13-June 14, 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup Weiz (AUT) July 17-July 18, 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup St. Wendel (GER) August 14-August 15, 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup Lübbecke (GER) September 25-26, 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup Sanremo (ITA) October 17-October 18, 2026
ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup Spa (BEL) November 28-November 29, 2026

The Technology

Vehicles

OPEL Corsa
OPEL Corsa Rally4
OPEL Corsa In brief The Opel Corsa Rally4 continues its relentless march towards success: since its debut in 2022, the 160 kW (218 hp) 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo engine has secured no fewer than two championship titles in the FIA Junior European Rally Championship (JERC) – through Laurent Pellier (2022) and Calle Carlberg (2025). The Rüsselsheim-based car has thus clearly outpaced its Stellantis Rally4 siblings, the Peugeot 208 Rally4 and Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF, in the JERC title tally, impressively underlining its reputation as the most successful customer car in its class – following the dominant era of the Opel Adam R2 between 2015 and 2018.

OPEL

Corsa

OPEL

Corsa

Rally4

OPEL

Corsa

In brief

The Opel Corsa Rally4 continues its relentless march towards success: since its debut in 2022, the 160 kW (218 hp) 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo engine has secured no fewer than two championship titles in the FIA Junior European Rally Championship (JERC) – through Laurent Pellier (2022) and Calle Carlberg (2025). The Rüsselsheim-based car has thus clearly outpaced its Stellantis Rally4 siblings, the Peugeot 208 Rally4 and Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF, in the JERC title tally, impressively underlining its reputation as the most successful customer car in its class – following the dominant era of the Opel Adam R2 between 2015 and 2018.

OPEL Mocha GSE
OPEL Mocha GSE Rally
OPEL Mocha GSE In brief With the new Opel Mokka GSE Rally, the ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup raises the world’s first electric one-make rally cup to the next league: 207 kW (281 hp) and 345 Nm make the all-electric customer athlete more than twice as powerful as its Corsa predecessor. The new charging concept is just as clever – mobile battery storage units, which are brought directly between the special stages by electric trucks, replace the electricity from the grid and thus ensure significantly more competition kilometers.

OPEL

Mocha GSE

OPEL

Mocha GSE

Rally

OPEL

Mocha GSE

In brief

With the new Opel Mokka GSE Rally, the ADAC Opel GSE Rally Cup raises the world’s first electric one-make rally cup to the next league: 207 kW (281 hp) and 345 Nm make the all-electric customer athlete more than twice as powerful as its Corsa predecessor. The new charging concept is just as clever – mobile battery storage units, which are brought directly between the special stages by electric trucks, replace the electricity from the grid and thus ensure significantly more competition kilometers.

The Partners

Sponsors and supporters

Opel Motorsport

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Multitude AG

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Hankook Tire

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HJS GmbH & Co KG

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Mecklenburger Landpute

Website

Vulkaneifel Therme

Website

ADAC Mittelrhein e. V.

Website

01	#34	Mille Johansson/Johan Grönvall (SWE/SWE) Ford Fiesta Rally3	2h 54m 27.8s
02	#32	Taylor Gill/Daniel Brkic (AUS/AUS) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1.6s
03	#37	Kazaz Kerem/Corentin Silvestre (TUR/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 4m 24.9s
04	#38	Diego Dominguez/Rogelio Peñate (PAR/ESP) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 4m 38.9s
05	#40	Claire Schönborn/Michael Wenzel (GER/GER) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 5m 53.7s

01	#64	Eamonn Kelly/Conor Mohan (IRL/IRL) Ford Fiesta Rally3	2h 41m 21.6s
02	#60	Taylor Gill/Daniel Brkic (AUS/AUS) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 8.3s
03	#62	Ali Türkkan/Oytun Albayrak (TUR/TUR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 21.7s
04	#70	Aatu Hakalehto/Joonas Ojala (FIN/FIN) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 50.4s
05	#63	Kerem Kazan/Coreentin Silvestre (TUR/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 2m 14.9s
06	#61	Mille Johansson/Johan Grönvall (SWE/SWE) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 2m 31.4s
07	#65	Diego Domínguez jr./Rogelio Peñate (PAR/ESP) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 2m 55.1s
08	#67	Max Smart/Malcom Read (KEN/NZL) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 5m 00.0s
09	#68	Claire Schönborn/Michael Wenzel (GER/GER) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 8m 12.8s
10	#66	Thomas Martens/Max Freeman (BEL/GBR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1h 22m 46.6s

01	#68	Ali Türkkan/Oytun Albayrak (TUR/TUR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	4h 39m 31.7s
02	#63	Taylor Gill/Daniel Brkic (AUS/AUS) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 5m 51.4s
03	#71	Diego Domínguez jr./Rogelio Peñate (PAR/ESP) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 6m 17.1s
04	#65	Kerem Kazaz/Corentin Silvestre (TUR/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 10m 21.8s
05	#66	Eamonn Kelly/Conor Mohan (IRL/IRL) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 20m 10.5s
06	#64	Mille Johansson/Johan Grönvall (SWE/SWE) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 26m 58.5s
07	#70	Max Smart/Malcom Read (KEN/NZL) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 33m 51.4s
08	#72	Claire Schönborn/Michael Wenzel (GER/GER) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 38m 48.5s

01	#87	Taylor Gill/Daniel Brkic (AUS/AUS) Ford Fiesta Rally3	4h 15m 07.3s
02	#68	Mille Johansson/Johan Grönvall (SWE/SWE) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 13.4s
03	#90	Kerem Kazaz/Corentin Silvestre (TUR/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 4m 11.7s
04	#91	Thomas Martens/Max Freeman (BEL/GBR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 4h 40.9s
05	#95	Max Smart/Malcolm Read (RSA/AUS) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 4h 45.2s
06	#96	Joosep Ralf Nõgene/Aleks Lesk (EST/EST) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 5h 53.6s
07	#88	Eamonn Kelly/Conor Mohan (IRL/IRL) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 10h 46.3s
08	#94	Diego Domínguez Jr./Rogelio Peñate (PAR/ESP) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 20h 10.3s
09	#89	Ali Türkkan/Oytun Albayrak (TUR/TUR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 34h 12.5s
10	#93	Tristan Charpentier/Florian Barral (FRA/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1h 24m 15.3s
11	#93	Claire Schönborn/Jara Hain (GER/GER) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1h 50m 15.2s
DNF	#97	Shaker Jweihan/Aisvydas Paliukėnas (JOR/LIT) Ford Fiesta Rally3	–

01	#56	Taylor Gill/Daniel Brkic (AUS/AUS) Ford Fiesta Rally3	2h 51m 17.7s
02	#58	Mille Johansson/Johan Grönvall (SWE/SWE) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 22.8s
03	#60	Eamonn Kelly/Conor Mohan (IRL/IRL) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1m 22.7s
04	#54	Ali Türkkan/Oytun Albayrak (TUR/TUR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1m 31.1s
05	#64	Kerem Kazaz/Corentin Silvestre (TUR/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 2m 48.3s
06	#63	Thomas Martens/Max Freeman (BEL/GBR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 3m 04.2s
07	#65	Claire Schönborn/Jara Hain (GER/GER) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 10m 28.6s
08	#66	Lyssia Baudet/Léa Sam-Caw-Freve (BEL/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 13m 24.9s
09	#61	Tristan Charpentier/Florian Barral (FRA/FRA) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 13m 43.7s
10	#57	Diego Domínguez Jr./Rogelio Peñate (PAR/ESP) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 40m 09.8s
11	#59	Max Smart/Cameron Fair (RSA/GBR) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 47m 47.2s
12	#62	Joosep Ralf Nõgene/Aleks Lesk (EST/EST) Ford Fiesta Rally3	+ 1h 09m 42.5s

Opel Motorsport

Multitude

Hankook

HJS

Mecklen-burger Landpute

Vulkaneifel Therme

ADAC Team Mittelrhein

The Sport

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Social feed

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The People

Fast facts

Claire

Claire

Driver

Claire

Date of birth

Claire

Place of birth

Claire

Place of residence

Michael

Michael

Co-driver

Michael

Date of birth

Michael

Place of birth

Michael

Place of residence

Rally driver

Race engineer

Mechanic

Facets

Claire & Michael

Rally co-driver

3D digitizer

Marco Pantani double

The Calendar

Season

FIA

FIA

2026

FIA

Sweden

FIA

Italy

FIA

Poland

FIA

Czech republic

FIA

United Kingdom

FIA

Portugal

ADAC Opel

ADAC Opel

2026

ADAC Opel

Eindhoven (NED)

ADAC Opel

Géradmer (FRA)

ADAC Opel

Weiz (AUT)

ADAC Opel

St. Wendel (GER)

ADAC Opel

Lübbecke (GER)

ADAC Opel

Sanremo (ITA)

ADAC Opel

Spa (BEL)

ERC Sweden

ERC Italy

ERC Poland

ERC Czech Republic

ERC United Kingdom

ERC Portugal

GSE Eindhoven (NED)