Preview, Timing and Entrylist Rampa da Penha 2017

The Portuguese Hillclimb Championship starts this weekend with the Rampa da Penha in Guimarães. It is shaping up to be another great year for hillclimb racing in Portugal. Among the 45 entrants are all the champions of last year.

Category 1 is going to be very interesting this year. Pedro Salvador won the championship last year in a Norma M20 FC. In 2017 he will be the offical driver for Silver Car and will contest all rounds in their EF10 model. In 2016 Rui Ramalho challenged Salvador for the title until the very last round. Now he has upgraded his Osella PA21/S to an Osella PA2000 to finally claim the championship. The older PA21/S will move to his brother Paulo while Paulo’s Juno CN09 has found a new owner in Helder Silva. Silva dominated the historics last year in his BMW E21 so it will be interesting to see him handle modern machinery.

The scenario in Category 2 will be the same as last year. Gonçalo Manahu, Edgar Reis and José Correia will battle for the title. In 2016 their category was also open to Group A and Group N cars. That was not a succes obviously as they had no chance for victory against the powerful GT’s. In 2017 they will have their own category. Pedro Coelho Saraiva is probably the favourite for this new category.

Manuel Correia and Luis Silva return for another battle of the E1 crown, now called Category 4. Luis Nunes will face off Joaquim Teixeira for the Category 5 title. José Pedro Gomes competed in an Ford Escort Cosworth in E1 last year. This season he will try to win in the historics in a Ford Escort MK1.
There are once again also a number of cups and trophies. An important new trophy is that for TCR cars. At the Rampa da Penha their will be one entrant.

Timing Saturday
14:30 – First Practise
15:30 – Second Practise
16:30 – First Race

Timing Sunday
10:00 – Third Practise
11:00 – Second Race
12:00 – Third Race

08-09/04/2017 – Rampa da Penha

Pos.	Last Name	First Name		Car	Cl.	Final
1	Salvador	Pedro		Silver Car EF10	1/E2-SC/3
2	Ramalho	Rui		Osella PA2000 E2	1/E2-SC/3
3	Ramalho	Paulo		Osella PA21/S EVO	1/E2-SC/3
4	Silva	Helder		Juno CN09	1/E2-SC/3
5	Fonseca	João		BRC CM05 EVO	1/CM/1
6	Guimarães	Nuno		BRC CM02	1/CM/1
7	Manahu	Gonçalo		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	2/GT/5
8	Reis	Edgar		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	2/GT/5
9	Correia	José		Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	2/GT/5
10	Coelho Saraiva	Pedro		Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX	3/N2/8
11	Oliveira	José		Subaru Impreza	3/A2/8
12	Luis	Carlos		Seat Leon TDi	3/A1/8
13	Marques	Pedro		Seat Leon TDi	3/A1/8
14	Pereira	Martine		Alfa Romeo 147 GTA	3/A1/7
15	Guimarães	João		Peugeot 206 RC	3/A1/7
16	Nogueira	Sergio		Citroën Saxo	3/A1/6
17	Cardoso	José		Citroën Saxo Cup	3/A1/6
18	Gomes	Domingos		Citroën Saxo VTS	3/A1/6
19	Correia	Manuel		Ford Fiesta R5	4/E1FIA/10
20	Silva	Luis		BMW M3 E30	4/E1B/10
21	Pinto	Nuno		Mazda MX-5	4/E1B/9
22	Guerra	Marco		Peugeot 306	4/E1B/9
23	Nunes	Luis		Seat Leon	5/TRF/14
24	Marrão	Francisco		Seat Leon Supercopa	5/TRF/14
25	Teixeira	Joaquim		Renault Megane Trophy	5/TRF/14
26	Pereira	Alex		Volkswagen Golf R35	5/TRF/14
27	Summavielle	Parcidio		Peugeot 208	5/TRF/12
28	Teixeira	Antonio		Peugeot 208	5/TRF/12
29	Teixeira	José		Peugeot 208	5/TRF/12
30	Summavielle	Parcidio		Datsun 260Z	6/H71/16
31	Gomes	José Pedro		Ford Escort MK1	6/H71/16
32	Fernandes	Augusto		Ford Escort MK1	6/H71/16
33	Mesquita	Mario		Datsun 1600 SSS	6/H71/16
34	Oliveira	Carlos		BMW E30	TNG5/G5/23
35	Salgueiro	Fernando		Ford Escort MK2	TRFM/G5/22
36	Loureiro	Ricardo		Ford Escort MK2	TRFM/G5/22
37	Lobo	Miguel		Audi RS3 TCR	TNTCR/TCR/25
38	Sousa	Ricardo		Fiat Punto 85	TNM/TRF/19
39	Leite	Francisco		Fiat Punto	TNM/TRF/19
40	Magalhães	José Carlos		Toyota Starlet	TNM/TRF/19
41	Freitas	Armando		Toyota Starlet	TNM/TRF/19
42	Rolo	Anibal		Datsun 1200 Coupé	TNCM/H75/20
43	Martin	Juan		Simca Rallye III	TNCM/H71/20
44	Figueiredo	José Pedro		Datsun 1200	TNCM/H71/20
45	Fernandes	Domingos		Autobianchi A112	TNCM/H71/20