A driving assistance method for a vehicle for tracking a target, the vehicle comprising a clutch mounted between an engine output shaft and an input shaft of a manual gearbox of the vehicle, the driving assistance method comprising, on a recurring basis, the following steps: - detecting a condition for entering the driving assistance method, the entry condition comprising a gearbox ratio condition, the gearbox ratio condition being met when the gearbox ratio is equal to a predetermined gearbox ratio selected from the first gear ratio and the second gear ratio of the gearbox, - providing an acceleration setpoint (30, 31, 32) as a function of driving conditions, the driving conditions comprising a distance to a target as a function of time, - computing a vehicle speed setpoint (41, 43, 95) as a function of the acceleration setpoint and a current speed of the vehicle; - computing a vehicle dynamics management torque setpoint (50, 54, 56) as a function of the vehicle speed setpoint, the current speed of the vehicle and a current torque of the powertrain; - computing a gearbox input torque setpoint as a function of the engaged gearbox ratio and of the vehicle dynamics management torque setpoint; - regulating the engine speed as a function of the gearbox input torque setpoint; - computing a clutch torque setpoint as a function of the gearbox input torque setpoint and of the clutch openness status, - regulating a physical quantity controlling the torque that can be transferred by the clutch as a function of the clutch torque setpoint, the method also comprising the step in which the clutch temperature is compared to at least one threshold value and, when the clutch temperature is above the threshold value, the vehicle driving assistance is modified by acting on at least one of the following quantities: - maximum engine speed for a given clutch torque, - engine idling speed, - a moving off wheel torque setpoint, - the delay before the vehicle is restarted to track the target, - average driving speed, - the distance to the target, - an acceleration setpoint, - the value of the engaged gearbox ratio., wherein the clutch temperature is compared to the threshold value, and when the clutch temperature is above this threshold value, the moving off wheel torque setpoint is decreased and/or the delay before the vehicle is restarted to track the target is increased and/or the average driving speed is decreased. - detecting a condition for entering the driving assistance method, the entry condition comprising a gearbox ratio condition, the gearbox ratio condition being met when the gearbox ratio is equal to a predetermined gearbox ratio selected from the first gear ratio and the second gear ratio of the gearbox, - providing an acceleration setpoint (30, 31, 32) as a function of driving conditions, the driving conditions comprising a distance to a target as a function of time, - computing a vehicle speed setpoint (41, 43, 95) as a function of the acceleration setpoint and a current speed of the vehicle; - computing a vehicle dynamics management torque setpoint (50, 54, 56) as a function of the vehicle speed setpoint, the current speed of the vehicle and a current torque of the powertrain; - computing a gearbox input torque setpoint as a function of the engaged gearbox ratio and of the vehicle dynamics management torque setpoint; - regulating the engine speed as a function of the gearbox input torque setpoint; - computing a clutch torque setpoint as a function of the gearbox input torque setpoint and of the clutch openness status, - regulating a physical quantity controlling the torque that can be transferred by the clutch as a function of the clutch torque setpoint, - maximum engine speed for a given clutch torque, - engine idling speed, - a moving off wheel torque setpoint, - the delay before the vehicle is restarted to track the target, - average driving speed, - the distance to the target, - an acceleration setpoint, - the value of the engaged gearbox ratio.