Eric Camilli

Eric Camilli
	Camilli in 2017
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	6 September 1987 (age 36); Nice, France
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2014 – present
Teams	M-Sport World Rally Team, Volkswagen Motorsport
Rallies	50
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	37
First rally	2014 Rallye Deutschland

Last updated October 21, 2023

Eric Camilli (born 6 September 1987) is a French rally driver.^[1] He has competed in the World Rally Championship since 2014. After starting out in the lower levels, he made his debut in the top level in 2016 while driving for M-Sport in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.

Rally career

Camilli signed for Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport ahead of the 2016 season, after a season in WRC-2.^[2] His best result of the season was fifth place which he achieved at the 2016 Rally de Portugal. He finished the season in eleventh place with 28 points.

After M-Sport signed fellow frenchman and reigning champion Sébastien Ogier at the end of 2016 to tackle the 2017 season, Camilli was demoted to drive in WRC-2 with M-Sport for the year.^[3] He won the WRC-2 class in Germany and finished the campaign in second place. Camilli was retained by M-Sport in the WRC-2 for 2018.

Camilli drove the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 on its debut in a one-off appearance with Volkswagen Motorsport at the 2018 Rally Catalunya.^[4] He continued to run with the Polo as an independent in season 2019.

Results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2014	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER Ret	AUS	FRA DSQ	ESP	GBR		-	0
2015	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 15	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 16	POL	FIN 52	GER 14	AUS	FRA 16	ESP Ret	GBR 12		-	0
2016	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON Ret	SWE Ret	MEX 16	ARG 8	POR 5	ITA 6	POL 10	FIN Ret	GER 50	CHN C	FRA 8	ESP 19	GBR 10	AUS Ret	11th	28
2017	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 12	SWE 14	MEX 11	FRA 28	ARG	POR 21	ITA 9	POL 14	FIN 12	GER 10	ESP 16	GBR 12	AUS		19th	3
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER Ret	TUR	GBR 24				NC	0
2018	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5												ESP 35	AUS		NC	0
2019	Eric Camilli	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA Ret	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA							26th	1
	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II									FIN 13	GER 15	TUR	GBR
	Eric Camilli	Citroën C3 R5													ESP 10	AUS C
2020	Eric Camilli	Citroën C3 R5	MON 9	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA Ret	MNZ								23rd	2
2021	Sports and You	Citroën C3 R5	MON 10	ARC	CRO	POR 39	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP 9	MNZ			25th	3
2022	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON Ret	SWE	CRO 13	POR Ret	ITA WD	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN		NC	0

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2015	Team Oreca	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 4	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 8	POL	FIN 11	GER 2	AUS	FRA 3	ESP Ret	GBR 2		10th	49
2017	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 4	SWE 4	MEX 2	FRA 8	ARG	POR 7	ITA	POL	FIN	GER 1	ESP	GBR 2	AUS		2nd	91
2018	M-Sport Ford	Ford Fiesta R5	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER Ret	TUR	GBR 10				41st	1
2018	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5												ESP 17	AUS		41st	1
2019	Eric Camilli	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA Ret	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR			22nd	25
2019	Eric Camilli	Citroën C3 R5													ESP 1	AUS C	22nd	25
2021	Sports and You	Citroën C3 R5	MON 3	ARC	CRO	POR 8	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP 1	MNZ			8th	51
2022	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	MON Ret	SWE	CRO 7	POR Ret	ITA WD	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL	ESP	JPN		40th	6

WRC-2 Pro results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN 2	GER 2	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	6th	36

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2014	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER Ret	AUS	FRA EX	ESP	GBR	NC	0
2020	Eric Camilli	Citroën C3 R5	MON 1	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA Ret	MNZ							7th	25

* Season still in progress.

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2014	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	POR	POL	FIN	GER Ret	FRA 2	GBR	9th	18

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2014	Eric Camilli	Peugeot 207 S2000	JÄN	LIE	ACR	IRE	AZO	YPR	EST	CZE	CYP	VAL	COR 4	27th	20

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References

↑ "Eric Camilli". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
↑ "Østberg and Camilli join M-Sport". wrc.com. WRC. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
↑ "M-Sport WRC2 campaigns for Eric Camilli and Teemu Suninen". autosport.com. Autosport. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
↑ "Solberg joins VW line-up for debut of WRC2 Polo GTI R5 car in Spain". autosport.com. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

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[1] "Eric Camilli". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[2] "Østberg and Camilli join M-Sport". wrc.com. WRC. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[3] "M-Sport WRC2 campaigns for Eric Camilli and Teemu Suninen". autosport.com. Autosport. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[4] "Solberg joins VW line-up for debut of WRC2 Polo GTI R5 car in Spain". autosport.com. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

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