Category: France

Three specators were injured at the Course de Côte des Orgues near Ille-sur-Têt this weekend. During the third and final race of the day a car slid of the track and hit a group of spectators. One person suffered pelvis and chest injuries and was airlifted to hospital. Two others suffered less serious injuries to …

The French Championship moved west for the Course de Côte d’Hébécrevon / Agneaux. Sébastien Petit won his fourth event of the season and continues his 100% score. Geoffrey Schatz won the duel with Cyrille Frantz for second place. The difference between the two was just .1 seconds. Julien Français was the best in the competitive …

There was another hillclimb in France this Monday. The Course de Côte de L’Ormont in the Lorraine / Alsace region. Quite a few drivers went from Abreschviller on Sunday to nearby Ormont on Monday. David-Pierre Mayeur was the winner, Roland Perrin finished second while Alain Facon completed the podium.

Today, May 1st, is a holiday in France. That is of course a good excuse to go hillclimb racing. In the northern tip of the hexagon the Course de Côte de Hersin-Coupigny was scheduled. The last few years Bertrand Lassalle dominated the regional hillclimbs in this region. This year he switched his trusted Dallara F300 …

It rained all weekend in Brittany. That was bad news for the organisers of the Course de Côte de Loc Eguiner – Landivisiau. As it became clear halfway during the second race that nobody would improve their time anymore, the race was called early. At that time Anthony Le Beller held fastest time. He was …

The Course de Côte de La Membrolle-sur-Choisille had a surprise winner this weekend. Thanks to the rain Bernard Jaumier steered his Silver Car S2 to victory over the much stronger opposition in CN2 and F3. His best time was a more than 1,5 seconds quicker than everybody else. Perhaps this was because of his different …

The Course de Côte de Vernègues welcomed a massive entry of well over 100 drivers. Jérémy Debels completely dominated the event. Setting fastest time in all three races Debels won the event. His lead over Jean-Claude Morel was massive: almost 1,5 seconds. Very impressive on a track just 1,2 kilometres long! Jean-Marc Farnochia was second …

There were a number of regional hillclimbs in France this weekend. One of them was the Provence Vintage. As the name suggests this hillclimb takes place in the Provence in southern France and it is an historic only event. The majority of competitors started in the regularity or demo parts but there were also 8 …