Eric Camilli

{{short description|French rally driver (born 1987)}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox WRC driver | name = Eric Camilli | image = Llandudno 2017 Wales Rally GB - Welshman Elfyn Evans wins 04 (cropped 2).jpg | caption = Camilli in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|09|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Nice, France | nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French | years = 2014 – present | teams = M-Sport World Rally Team, Volkswagen Motorsport | races = 53 | championships = 0 | wins = 0 | podiums = 0 | stagewins = 1 | points = 39 | first_race = 2014 Rallye Deutschland | last_race = 2026 Croatia Rally }}

'''Eric Camilli''' (born 6 September 1987) is a French rally driver.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc-2/drivers/drivers/driver/eric-camilli/page/895-273-895--.html?h=2017/drivers/5350|title = Eric Camilli|access-date = 22 February 2018|website = wrc.com|publisher = WRC}}</ref> 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== [[File:Camilli 12.JPG|thumb|left|Camilli at the 2015 Monte Carlo Rally.]] [[File:E. Camilli Baiao Rally de portugal 2016.jpg|thumb|left|Camilli at the 2016 Rally Portugal.]] Camilli signed for Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport ahead of the 2016 season, after a season in WRC-2.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/november/m-sport-drivers-revealed-/page/3025--12-12-.html|title = Østberg and Camilli join M-Sport|date = 30 November 2015|access-date = 10 October 2018|website = wrc.com|publisher = WRC}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/127692/msport-wrc2-seats-for-camilli-and-suninen|title = M-Sport WRC2 campaigns for Eric Camilli and Teemu Suninen|date = 10 January 2017|access-date = 10 October 2018|website = autosport.com|publisher = Autosport}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Solberg joins VW line-up for debut of WRC2 Polo GTI R5 car in Spain|url=https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/138833/solberg-joins-vw-for-wrc2-car-spain-debut|work=autosport.com|date=20 September 2018|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref> He continued to run with the Polo as an independent in season 2019.

==Results== ===WRC results=== (key) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! WDC ! Points |- | {{WRC|2014}} ! Rallye Jeunes FFSA ! Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret | AUS |style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"| FRA DSQ | ESP | GBR | ! - ! 0 |- | {{WRC|2015}} ! Team Oreca ! Ford Fiesta R5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON 15 | SWE | MEX | ARG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA 16 | POL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN 52 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER 14 | AUS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR 12 | ! - ! 0 |- | {{WRC|2016}} ! M-Sport WRT ! Ford Fiesta RS WRC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX 16 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POL 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER 50 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CHN C |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS Ret ! 11th ! 28 |- | {{WRC|2017}} ! M-Sport WRT ! Ford Fiesta R5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA 28 | ARG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR 21 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POL 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP 16 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR 12 | AUS | ! 19th ! 3 |- |rowspan="2"| {{WRC|2018}} ! M-Sport Ford WRT ! Ford Fiesta R5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA | FIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret | TUR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR 24 |colspan="3"| !rowspan="2"| NC !rowspan="2"| 0 |- !nowrap| Volkswagen Motorsport !nowrap| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 |colspan=11| |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP 35 | AUS | |- |rowspan="3"| {{WRC|2019}} ! Eric Camilli ! Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | MON | SWE | MEX |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA Ret | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA |colspan="6"| !rowspan="3"| 26th !rowspan="3"| 1 |- ! M-Sport Ford WRT ! Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II |colspan="8"| |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER 15 | TUR | GBR |colspan="2"| |- ! Eric Camilli ! Citroën C3 R5 |colspan="12"| |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP 10 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AUS {{small|C}} |- | {{WRC|2020}} ! Eric Camilli ! Citroën C3 R5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON 9 | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA Ret | MNZ |colspan="7"| ! 23rd ! 2 |- | {{WRC|2021}} ! Sports and You ! Citroën C3 R5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON {{small|10}} | ARC | CRO |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR {{small|39}} | ITA | KEN | EST | BEL | GRE | FIN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP {{small|9}} | MNZ |colspan=2| ! 25th ! 3 |- | {{WRC|2022}} ! Saintéloc Junior Team ! Citroën C3 Rally2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON {{small|Ret}} | SWE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO {{small|13}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR {{small|Ret}} | ITA {{small|WD}} | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL | GRE | NZL | ESP | JPN | ! NC ! 0 |- | {{WRC|2025}} ! Eric Camilli ! Hyundai i20 N Rally2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON {{small|10}} | SWE | KEN | ESP | POR | ITA | GRE | EST | FIN | PAR | CHL | EUR | JPN | SAU ! 24th ! 1 |- | {{WRC|2026}} ! Eric Camilli ! Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON {{small|10}} | SWE | KEN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO {{small|Ret}} | ESP | POR | JPN | GRE | EST | FIN | PAR | CHL | ITA | SAU ! 25th* ! 1* |} {{asterisk}} Season still in progress.

===WRC-2 results=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Points |- | {{WRC-2|2015}} ! Team Oreca ! Ford Fiesta R5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON 4 | SWE | MEX | ARG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA 8 | POL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FIN 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER 2 | AUS |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FRA 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP Ret |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GBR 2 | ! 10th ! 49 |- | {{WRC-2|2017}} ! M-Sport ! Ford Fiesta R5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MEX 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA 8 | ARG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR 7 | ITA | POL | FIN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER 1 | ESP |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GBR 2 | AUS | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 91 |- |rowspan="2"| {{WRC-2|2018}} ! M-Sport Ford ! Ford Fiesta R5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON Ret | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA | FIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret | TUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR 10 |colspan="3"| !rowspan="2"| 41st !rowspan="2"| 1 |- !nowrap| Volkswagen Motorsport !nowrap| Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 |colspan="11"| |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP 17 | AUS | |- |rowspan="2"| {{WRC-2|2019}} !rowspan="2"| Eric Camilli ! Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | MON | SWE | MEX |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA Ret | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA | FIN | GER | TUR | GBR |colspan="2"| !rowspan="2"| 22nd !rowspan="2"| 25 |- ! Citroën C3 R5 |colspan=12| |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP 1 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AUS {{small|C}} |- | {{WRC-2|2021}} ! Sports and You ! Citroën C3 R5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON {{small|3}} | ARC | CRO |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR {{small|8}} | ITA | KEN | EST | BEL | GRE | FIN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ESP 1 | MNZ |colspan="2"| ! 8th ! 51 |- | {{WRC-2|2022}} ! Saintéloc Junior Team ! Citroën C3 Rally2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON {{small|Ret}} | SWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRO {{small|7}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR {{small|Ret}} | ITA {{small|WD}} | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL | GRE | NZL | ESP | JPN | ! 40th ! 6 |- | 2025 ! Eric Camilli ! Hyundai i20 N Rally2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MON {{small|2}} | SWE | KEN | ESP | POR | ITA | GRE | EST | FIN | PAR | CHL | EUR | JPN | SAU ! 23rd ! 17 |- | 2026 ! Eric Camilli ! Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON {{small|4}} | SWE | KEN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP {{small|3}} | POR | JPN | GRE | EST | FIN | PAR | CHL | ITA | SAU ! 14th* ! 12* |} {{asterisk}} Season still in progress.

===WRC-2 Pro results=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" !Year !Entrant !Car !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !{{Tooltip|WDC|Championship position}} !Points |- | 2019 ! nowrap| M-Sport Ford WRT ! nowrap| Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FIN {{small|2}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER {{small|2}} | TUR | GBR | ESP |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AUS {{small|C}} ! 6th ! 36 |}

===WRC-3 results===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Points |- | 2014 !nowrap| Rallye Jeunes FFSA !nowrap| Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret | AUS |style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"| FRA EX | ESP | GBR ! NC ! 0 |- | 2020 ! Eric Camilli ! Citroën C3 R5 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON 1 | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA Ret | MNZ |colspan="6"| ! 7th ! 25 |}

===JWRC results===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Points |- | 2014 !nowrap| Rallye Jeunes FFSA !nowrap| Citroën DS3 R3T | POR | POL | FIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER Ret |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA 2 | GBR ! 9th ! 18 |}

===ERC results===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Points |- | 2014 !nowrap| Eric Camilli !nowrap| Peugeot 207 S2000 | JÄN | LIE | ACR | IRE | AZO | YPR | EST | CZE | CYP | VAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COR 4 ! 27th ! 20 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commonscat|Eric Camilli}} * {{sports links}}

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