Hill Climb Road Racing

Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: final round in Italy The final round of the Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship took place in Italy. The track started in Saline and finished in the ancient and well-known city of Volterra, Tuscany. The qualification of the Superbike class saw a rerun of the situation in the previous race in Spoleto with a very close result between the French Jean Luc David and Italian rider Maurizio Bottalico, with a difference of 0,02 seconds in Botallico’s favor. Here below the winners (both Race1 and Race2): 250 GP - Salvatore Sallustro, ITA SuperSport 300 - Daniele Stolli, ITA SuperSport 600 - Maurizio Bottalico, ITA SuperBike - Maurizio Bottalico, ITA SuperMoto - Yuri Storniolo, ITA   Vintage Class 1 - Dario Cavanna, ITA Vintage Class 2 - Bert Heider, GER Class 3 - Bert Heider, GER Class 4 - Guido Testoni,

Hill Climb European Championship: Italy hosted round 4 Pictures copyright: Giorgio Panacci The fourth round of the Hill Climb European Championship took place in the beautiful mountains of Umbria region, near the old city of Spoleto, Italy, on a track winding up the mountain to Forca di Cerro. The championship has 5 classes: 250 GP, SuperSport 300, SuperSport 600, SuperBike and SuperMoto. In good weather conditions riders from five different nations faced free practices, qualifying and two races. In 250 GP both races were ruled by Italian rider Guido Testoni, who is leading the championship ahead of Bernard Depierreux, second in Italy, and Rolf Haller, third. Daniele Stolli from Italy won both races of SuperSport 300, increasing the gap in the standings where he is the leader ahead of countrymen Gionata Grassi and Marco Vigilucci. Double win for Maurizio Bottalico in SuperSport 600, while Tiziano Rosati confirmed a double second.

Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championships: second round in Austria After round 1 in Landshaag the second round of the Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championships was raced last weekend in sunny and warm conditions in Julbach, Austria. With huge support of local authorities, the event was organized in a very professional background. Big public attendance has seen record braking laptime between three main rivals in Superbike class: Italian Maurizio Botatalico (BMW), French David Jean Luc (Honda) and home hero Andread Gangl (Suzuki). In Supermoto Open class victory for the Italian rider Carmine Matarazzo (TM). Vintage Hill Climb European Championship - Winners of the event Classic -350 – Frank Seidl (Yamaha), GER Classic -500 – Bert Heider (Yamaha), GER Classic +500 - Bert Heider (Yamaha), GER 125 GP – Guido Testoni (Honda), ITA 250 GP – Roberto Della Latta (Suzuki), ITA Classic 500 – Roman Winklmuller

Hill Climb European Championship and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship The Hill Climb European Championship and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship fire back into life last weekend with the first round of the season. In a sunny spring day at Landshaag, Austria, the series delivered fireworks as 59 riders chase strong start-of-season results and important steps to the championship titles. The organising Club, MSC Rottenegg, and staff from AMF professionally managed 31 riders of the Vintage Championship and 28 of the European Championship for a full day of fights. Hill Climb European Championship - Winners of the event Heat 1 / Heat 2 250 GP/Open – Guido Testoni, ITA SSP 300 – Daniele Stolli, ITA Supersport – Maurizio Bottalico, ITA Superbike – Andreas Gangl, AUT Supermoto Open – Carmine Matarazzo, ITA   Vintage Hill Climb European Championship - Winners of the event Heat 1 / Heat 2 Classic 350 –

Hill Climb European Championship: Franch round crowns the European Champions The last round the Hill Climb European Championship took place in Frangy, France. A thrilling race with great contrasts in a rainy Saturday and a sunny Sunday. Riders from six different countries fought until the end for the European titles. Race results – Top three 250GP/Open Race 1 and Race 2 1. Franco Federigi, ITA 2. Guido Testoni, ITA 3. Bernard Deperrieux, BEL SUPERPSPORT Race 1 and Race 2 1. Tiziano Rosati, ITA 2. Maro Poncini, SWI 3. Uwe Rademacher, GER SUPERBIKE Race 1 1. Steven Bellavoine, FRA 2. Jean Luc David, FRA 3. Uwe Rademacher, GER Race 2 1. Jean Luc David, FRA 2. Steven Bellavoine, FRA 3. Uwe Rademacher, GER SUPERMOTO Race 1 and Race 2 1. Steven Bellavoine, FRA 2. Philippe Bongard, SWI 3. Alice Sabatini, ITA The European champions are: 250GP/Open: Guido Testoni, ITA SUPERSPORT: Maurizio

Hill Climb European Championship: fourth round in Switzerland Fourth round of the Hill Climb European Championship in Boécourt, Switzerland. Two years after the last race, over 140 riders lined up to join the weekend of races. In a sunny day the French Jean-Luc David (Honda CBR 1000) set a new rack record of 1’18’’55. The winners: 250 GP: Bernard Depierreux Supersport: Maurizio Bottalico Superbike: Jean-Luc David Supermoto: Maurizio Bottalico Visit our Road Racing page Visit the FIM Europe website

Hill Climb European Championship: third round In perfect weather condition with summer temperatures, the city of Julbach, Austria, welcomed the Hill Climb European Championship. In the first heat, French rider Jean Luc David with his Honda CBR1000RR (Superbike class) was very close to a new track record (1:05.489) In the second run, the difference between the winner and the second (Andreas Gangl) was only 0.01 seconds, again in favor of the French. Among the men, Alice Sabatini was the only one woman in the SuperMoto class. She finished third in the first heat and fourth in the event Italian rider Giudo Testoni. In the SSP600 Mauro Poncini improved in the second heat, but that was not enough to catch up with the well-disposed Maurizio Bottalico.   Together with the Hill Climb European Championship races, also the Vintage Championship was in action with its riders. Here below the winners: Class 4

Hill Climb European Championship: round 1 in Austria After two years the Hill Climb European Championship was back to Landshaag, Austria, with 32 riders for an exciting weekend. The first round of the season took place in front of a huge audience of 10.000 spectators with good weather conditions. In both races of 250 GP class the winner was Italian rider Guido Testoni, in Supersport class double win of the Italian Maurizio Bottalico and in Superbike double victory too for Austrian rider Andreas Gangl. In Supermoto the Dutch Frauenschuh Josef won in race 1 and the French Bellavoine Raphael race2. Visit our Road Racing page Visit  Racing official website

Hill Climb Road Racing Championship Provisional Calendar 2022 The FIM Europe, together with the Road Racing Commission, is delighted to share the 2022 provisional calendar for the Hill Climb Road Racing Championship. Visit our Road Racing page

Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: double round in Austria   Double event for the Hill Climb European Championship in Julbach, Austria. During both days there were no crashes, no penalizations, timetable was perfectly followed and everybody respected rules and Covid-19 situation. Overall results: 250 GP 1. Testoni Guido 2. Deplerreux Bernard 3. Haller Rolf Supersport 600 1. Bottalico Maurizio 2. Poncini Mauro 3. Tiziano Rosati Superbike 1. David Jean Luc 2. Gange Andreas 3. Sallustro Salvatore Supermoto Open 1. Bongard Philippe 2. Sozzo Cosimo 3. Leone Stefano Visit our Hill Climb Road Race page