The Subida a La Cabrera is the first round of the Comunidad Madrid Hillclimb Championship. A massive entry of 82 drivers is announced for this Sunday. Among them are no less than 12 prototypes. José Alonso won the championship at the very last race last year. He returns to defend his crown in 2018. Gabriel …
The Pujada Al Port de Tudons is the second round in the Comunidad Valenciana. Just like in the first round a varied grid of almost 50 drivers have entered. Last month Raul Borreguero suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Fernando Garrido. Both drivers will resume their duel for touringcar honours in Tudons. They …
The Portuguese Hillclimb Championship starts this weekend with the Rampa da Penha near Guimarães. 47 drivers are on the entrylist so far, which is a massive number in Portugal. Last year’s runner-up Pedro Salvador is not running the Silver Car EF10 this year. He will be present at the Penha Hillclimb, but in a Seat …
This weekend the Italian Hillclimb season opens with the Salita del Costo. This 10 kilometre long hillclimb near Cogollo del Cengio counts towards the Italian Hillclimb Trophy. Just like last year Simone Faggioli and Christian Merli will use the event as a test. Back then it was Faggioli who was the quickest by four seconds. …
Jérémy Debels won the Course de Côte de Bouc-Bel-Air today. At the shortest hillclimb in France Debels was much quicker than his rivals. He completed the 800 metres over a second quicker than anyone else. Thomas Clausi became the runner-up. Even though the gap with third place Jean-Claude Morel was just .14 seconds, Clausi was …
The Bergrallye Sankt Andrä / Kitzeck was the second round of the Bergrallye-Cup. As organiser Rupert Schwaiger knows every centimetre of this track. Needless to say the Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo pilot was the quickest driver today. Schwaiger was 1,5 seconds per race quicker than everybody else. Of course he was also the well-deserving winner. The …
The second leg of the Grand Prix Truskavets saw the competitors move a few kilometres outside of the city to the Modrychi Hillclimb. The weather took a turn for the worst and the race was competed in the rain. Boris Ganja always performs well at Modrychi. He won here in the dry in 2016 and …
This Saturday the Ukrainian Hillclimb Championship started with the Truskavets Grand Prix. The track was changed somewhat this year. Instead of the drifting pylon there was now a large chicane. The weather was dry but still quite cold. After the long winter break the drivers needed some time to warm up again. Last year’s champion …
Milos Benes is the first winner of the year in the Czech Republic. At the GMS Hillclimb Prolog Benes was the quickest in three of the four race sessions. Only the first race of Fase B went to Vaclav Janik by .01 seconds. It was enough for Benes to claim victory in both Fases and …
Next week the French Hillclimb Championship starts with the Course de Côte de Bagnols Sabran. 141 drivers have entered so far but the deadline has not yet passed. Two new important classes were added to the Championship this year. It is now finally possible to drive with FIA eligible E2-SC sportscars. Reigning champion Sébastien Petit …