The Canary Islands State Championship started this Saturday on La Palma. The Subida a Las Caletas hosted this season opener. Luis Monzon took victory as expected but it was a lot closer than usual. Monzon suffered from clutch problems in his Audi R8 LMS which prevented him to improve his times in the second race. …
The Bergrallye Pöllauberg celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. 85 drivers were present this Sunday for the third round of the Bergrallye-Cup. Many drivers used the event to test for the Rechbergrennen next week. Karl Schagerl barely finished his Volkswagen Golf Rallye TFSI-R in time for the event. Some mechanical problems and a small driving …
The Memorial Valeri Velikov was stopped after an accident during the third and final race of the day. The first round of the Bulgarian Hillclimb Championship was nearly completed when driver Nikolay Georgiev lost control of his BMW. He clipped a curbstone which flipped the car over. The BMW left the track and hit a …
Sébastien Petit scored a sensational victory at the opening round of the European Hillclimb Championship. At the Course de Côte de Saint-Jean-du-Gard / Col Saint Pierre the Frenchman drove more consistent than his two Italian rivals Christian Merli and Simone Faggioli. Reigning champion Faggioli was the quickest driver in the first timed race but lost …
50 new names were added to the entrylist of the Rechbergrennen. The full list can be viewed in the earlier post.
In one week time the Subida a Ubrique will host the second round of the Spanish Hillclimb Championship. Well over 100 drivers have entered so far. Javier Villa won the last two editions. This year he will again be the favourite for victory. His closest rivals will be Joseba Iraola and Manuel Aviles. Very interesting …
A record entry is expected at the Memorial Valeri Velikov this coming weekend. 75 drivers have entered for the first round of the Bulgarian Hillclimb Championship. This confirms the 3,35 kilometre long hillclimb near Shumen as the premier hillclimb in Bulgaria. Among the 75 drivers are also many from other disciplines. As the Memorial Valeri …
Provisional Entrylist for the Rechbergrennen in Austria. It is the second round of the European Hillclimb Championship and the first round of the European Historic Hillclimb Championship. The event also counts for the Austrian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian and CEZ Historic Championships. Update 14/04: 50 names added
Just a few more days before the European Hillclimb Championship begins its 2018 season. The Course de Côte de Saint-Jean-du-Gard in France will be hosting the opening round. Last year in Mont Dore most classes did not have enough participants for full points. Luckily it seems that every class has at least 3 drivers this …
This weekend the 13th Course de Côte de Bournezeau was completed. It rained during the day but trackconditions gradually improved. Anthony Le Beller made the best of it and won the event. He was almost two seconds quicker than runner-up Julien Bost and third placed Freddy Cadot. Geoffray Carcreff was once again the fastest touringcar …