Hill Climb Road Racing

Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: Italian round crowns the 2024 champions The 2024 Vintage Hill Climb European Championship drew to an exciting close with the crowning of the champions in the occasion of the last round in Italy. With the end of the season in sight for the competitors, the racing weekend took riders to Saline-Volterra in the heart of Tuscany, for a traditional race with the Italian Championship. Held on the popular course, it ensured an exciting and beautiful end to what had already been an exceptional season of racing. Ready for some exciting action in the Vintage Hill Climb European Championship, riders had a virtual grasp on successfully defending their standings position and fighting for the titles entering the final day of racing. However, knowing the unpredictable nature of vintage hill climb, they were careful not to become complacent in their efforts to reach the finish line. Throughout

Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: Germany crowned the Hill Climb 2024 champions Challenging weekend for the final round of the Hill Climb European Championship and the fourth of the Vintage Hill Climb European Championship. The town of Lückendorf, in Germany, hosted a great and thrilling race, on a tough weekend because of the changing weather conditions. On Friday the heavy rain caused a lot of trouble in cleaning the tyres before the start of the practices. Instead, Saturday was a dry and warm day, perfect conditions for practices. Sunday was wet again, with heavy rain over the night. The track at Lückendorf was well-prepared by the organizer: MC Robur Zittau did a great job, offering to teams and riders a challenging event. In front of a very big crowd of spectators up to 180 participants joined a weekend full of race action at the end of which

Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: Spoleto welcomed the third round After rounds one and two in Austria, the Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship stopped in Italy for the third event of the season. FIM Europe Hill Climb Modern and Vintage The track run over the pass from Spoleto to Forca di Cerro: 1.880 metres through the woodland. 25 riders from 5 different nations took part to the races. Here below the winners of the Italian round. Road Racing Hill Climb 250 GP - Bernard Depierreux, BEL SSP 300 - Daniele Stolli, ITA SSP 600 - Maurizio Bottalico, ITA Superbike - Maurizio Bottalico, ITA Supermoto – Salvatore Sallustro, ITA Vintage Hill Climb Class 6 - Williams Alonzi, ITA Class 9b - Roman Winklmuller, AUT Class 5 (Classic 500) – Race1 - Roman Winklmuller, AUT Race2 - Dario Cavanna, ITA Links FIM Europe Road Racing Visit

Hill Climb European Championship and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: back in Austria for round two After the first round in Landshaag, once more Austria hosted the Hill Climb European Championship and the Vintage Hill Climb European Championship, this time in Julbach. Two days of mixed conditions welcomed the action. Here below the winners of the event. Road Racing Hill Climb 250 GP – Guido Testoni, ITA, Honda SSP 300 – Daniele Stolli, ITA, Yamaha Supersport – Maurizio Bottalico, ITA, Kawasaki Superbike – Maurizio Bottalico, ITA, Honda Supermoto – Bernhard Hörmann, AUT, KTM Vintage Hill Climb         Class 1 (Classic 350) – Martin Riedel, GER, Benelli Class 3 (Classic over 500) – Alexander Weghofer, AUT, Ducati Class 4 (125 GP) – Guido Testoni, ITA, Honda Class 5 (250 GP) – Roman Wannersdorfer, GER, Suzuki Class 5 (Classic 500) – Bruno Aschauer, AUT, Honda Class 8c (Sidecar) – Hanninger/Schwarz Dieter/Harald, AUT,

Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: the first round in Austria The atmosphere in Landshaag, Austria, was electric as the first round of the Hill Climb and Vintage Hill Climb European Championship took place thanks to the great organization of the MSC Rottenegg and all the members of the club. During the first two days, Friday and Saturday, a steady and heavy rain was permanently over the town. With the track in increasingly worse conditions, the qualifying sessions had to be cancelled even before the first one was finished. On Sunday the track was dry and the day started with the continuation of the qualifying sessions from Saturday. Here below the winners of the event. Hill Climb 250 GP – Guido Testoni, ITA, Honda SSP 300 – Daniele Stolli, ITA, Yamaha Supersport – Daniel Kronschläger, AUT, Triumph Superbike – Stefano Bonetti, ITA, Honda Supermoto – Bernhard Hörmann, AUT,

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