European Hill Climb Championship

The European Hillclimb Championship (official FIA European Hill Climb Championship ) is a European motorsport racing series by the FIA will be held.

The championship title is determined separately according to the categories of production cars and racing cars over several runs of hill climbs in one season.

The European Hill Climbing Championship was held for the first time from 1930 to 1933 by the Association Internationale des Automobile Club Reconnus (AIACR) and re-established in 1957 by the successor organization FIA. This makes it the oldest FIA racing series.

Current

The European Hill Climb Championship (EBM) is held and rated as a driver's championship. Only between 1985 and 1988 were manufacturers classified separately according to group N and group A.

vehicles

The European title is awarded in two categories in which the following vehicles are allowed to start:

Category I - production car

• Group N - production cars
• Group A - Touring Cars (including World Rally Cars and Super 1600 )
• Group SP - super production wagons
• Group S20 - Super 2000 vehicles (rally and circuit)
• Group GT - vehicles of classes GT1 , GT2 and GT3

Category II - racing cars

• Group CN - production sports cars
• Group D / E2-SS - one or two-seater racing cars of an international formula or formula-free with a maximum displacement of 3000 cm³. These are mainly Formula 3 and Formula 3000 vehicles .
• E2-SC - two-seater sports car up to 3000 cm³
• E2-SH - silhouette touring car

Up to and including 2008, classes E2-SH and E2-SC did not exist in Category II . Until then, two-seater sports and single-seater formula cars up to 3000 cm³ were combined in group E2. A corresponding split took place for 2009.

The organizers have to pay cash bonuses for class wins as well as placements in the groups (not categories) and of course in the overall classification. With this regulation, the FIA ​​wants to ensure a high-class starting field. The individual prizes are accumulated so that a successful participant can count on a total prize of around € 1,000 for a race.

In group N and in group A there is a tendency towards all-wheel-drive vehicles, at least in the class with the largest displacement, which usually wins the group (cash bonus!). The current category 1 rankings look like a brand cup . In the smaller displacement classes there are no all-wheel drives, the front-wheel drive predominates .

run

The route length per run should be between 5,000 and 7,000 m. As of 2014, each country may only host one championship run.

1. France : Col St. Pierre near Saint-Jean-du-Gard
2. Austria : Great Mountain Prize v. Austria, ( Rechbergrennen )
3. Portugal : Rampa de Boticas
4. Spain : Subida al Fito
5. Czech Republic : Ecce Homo Šternberk
6. Germany : Glasbach race
7. Italy : Coppa Paolino Teodori , Ascoli
8. Slovakia : Dobšinský kopec near Dobšiná
9. Poland : Limanowa
10. Switzerland : 77ème Course de côte international St-Ursanne - Les Rangiers
11. Slovenia : 26th Petrol Ferrari ( Ilirska Bistrica - Šembije )
12. Croatia : 39.Buzetski dani near Buzet (Croatia)

Former races

• Freiburg-Schauinsland (Germany)
• ADAC Trier Hill Climb (Germany)
• Turckheim (France)
• Ascoli Piceno (Italy)
• Biella Oropa (Italy)
• Cronoscalata Pian Camuno - Montecampione (Italy)
• Monte Bondone (Italy)
• Monte Erice (Italy)
• Trofeo Valle Camonica (Italy)
• Gaisbergrennen (Austria)
• Rampa Internacional Serra da Estrela - Cidade Da Covilhã (Portugal)
• Ollon - Villars (Switzerland). A Porsche 906 Bergspyder was named after this route .
• Sierre - Crans-Montana (Switzerland)
• Slovakia Matador near Pezinok (Slovakia)
• Jaizkibel Spain
• Pécs ( Hungary )

Seasonal division and awarding of points

The calendar is divided into two halves of the season; if there is an odd number of races, the first part of the season has one more. In each half of the season there is a cancellation result. If at least 5 vehicles have started in the group (the light barrier has triggered), the group is considered "full" and there are full points: 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 (one point for each rated participant, too after 10th rank). If there are fewer than five vehicles, the points are halved.

Classification

During the current season, all drivers who have points are listed. In the final ranking, only those drivers who have three or more results will be considered. From the penultimate race onwards, the table will be adjusted, i.e. the drivers who cannot get three results will be eliminated or not included.

FIA Cup for winning the 2010 European Hill Climb Championship

Cash prizes

Regardless of the cash prizes for the individual races, cash prizes between 1st place € 3,630 and 8th place € 330 will be awarded at the annual award ceremony for the placements in the overall final classification. For each championship point credited there is a bonus of € 5, so that, for example, 185 points from the winner's season result in € 925, which is added to the € 3,630.

History and masters

1930 to 1933

The European Hill Climbing Championship, first held in 1930, was organized by the Association Internationale des Automobile Club Reconnus (AIACR), a forerunner organization of the FIA. As it is today, the European title was awarded in two categories. Category I was intended for racing cars and category II for sports cars. In 1930 the championship consisted of 10 races in 10 countries, including such famous races as the Shelsley Walsh hill climb in England, the Klausen race in Switzerland or the Schauinsland race in Germany. From 1932, the Gaisberg race in Austria was also included. In the years after 1930, however, the EBM steadily went downhill. So in 1931 eight races were held, in 1932 only five and in 1933 only four races, so that the championship was finally discontinued in 1934.

year	race car		Sports car
	driver	vehicle	driver	vehicle
1930	Hans Stuck	Austro-Daimler	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes Benz
1931	Juan Zanelli	Nacional Pescara	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes Benz
1932	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	Hans Stuck	Mercedes Benz
1933	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Mario Tadini	Alfa Romeo

1957 to 1959

Maserati 200 SI

Porsche 718 RSK Spyder

In 1957 the European Hill Climb Championship was revived by the FIA. In the first season 6 races were held. In the early years from 1957 to 1959, the European title was only awarded in one, relatively free, category.

year	driver	vehicle
1957	Willy Daetwyler	Maserati 200SI
1958	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips	Porsche 718 RSK
1959	Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RSK

1960 to 1966

Porsche 904 Carrera GTS

From 1960 the EBM was again extended into 2 categories. The regulations and the designation of the categories changed again and again in the following years. By 1966, Category I was intended for GT vehicles and Category II for sports cars.

year	GT		Sports car
	driver	vehicle	driver	vehicle
1960	Huschke von Hanstein	Porsche 356 Carrera	Heini Walter	Porsche 718 RSK
1961	Heinz Schiller	Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth	Heini Walter	Porsche 718 RS 60
1962	Hans Kuhnis	Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari Dino 196SP
1963	Herbert Mueller	Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth	Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RS 61
1964	Heini Walter	Porsche 904 GTS	Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RS 61
1965	Herbert Mueller	Porsche 904 GTS	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari Dino 206P
1966	Eberhard Mahle	Porsche 911	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 906

Driver in yellow: European champion

1967 to 1974

Porsche 906, 2008 at the DAMC 05 Oldtimer Festival Nürburgring

Porsche 910 Bergspyder

BMW 2002ti Rally at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2006

Porsche 908/03 - 1973

From 1967 onwards, all FIA vehicle classes except single-seat formula cars were eligible to compete in the EBM. They were divided into divisions for GTs, touring, sports and racing cars. Back then, the racing cars were two-seater prototypes with a maximum displacement of 2 liters. The driver with the best points in all divisions received the European title, all other division winners received a mountain trophy.

year	GT		Sports car		race car		Touring car
	driver	vehicle	driver	vehicle	driver	vehicle	driver	vehicle
1967	Anton Fischhaber	Porsche 911 S.	Rudi Lins	Porsche 906 Carrera 6	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 910 Bergspyder	-	-
1968	Holger Zarges	Porsche 911 T.	Sepp Greger	Porsche 906 Carrera 6	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 910 Bergspyder	Ernst Furtmayr	BMW 2002ti
1969	Sepp Greger	Porsche 911 T.	Arturo Merzario	Abarth 2000S	Peter Schetty	Ferrari 212E Montagna	Ernst Furtmayr	BMW 2002ti
1970	Claude Haldi	Porsche 911 S.	Johannes Ortner	Abarth 2000	-	-	Ernst Furtmayr	BMW 2800 CS
1971	Willi Bartels	Porsche 911 S.	Johannes Ortner	Abarth 3000 SP	-	-	Walter Brun	BMW 2800 CS
year	-		Single-seat formula cars		Two-seat racing car		Production car
1972	-	-	Xavier Perrot	March 722 F2	Franco Pilone	Abarth 2000	Anton Fischhaber	Porsche 911 S.
1973	-	-	Jimmy Robert Mieusset	March 722 F2	Juan Alfonso Fernandez	Porsche 908/03	Sepp Greger	Porsche Carrera RS
1974	-	-	Jimmy Robert Mieusset	March 722 F2	Juan Alfonso Fernandez	Osella PA2	Anton Fischhaber	Porsche Carrera RS

Driver in yellow: European champion

From 1975

From 1975 no more European championship title was awarded in the overall ranking. Two titles have now been awarded: one for production cars (formerly series cars) and one for racing cars (formerly sports cars). Various classes have been approved for the championship for the racing cars over the years. In the beginning, vehicles from Group 7, until the beginning of the eighties, were allowed racing cars from Group 6 and Group C , which were even eligible to compete in the World Sports Car Championship. Later, on the other hand, it was more like formula cars that brought in the racing victories. Former Formula 3000 racing cars are still particularly popular in this class .

The production car category has consisted of Gran Turismos and touring cars over the years . In part, the category was further divided into other divisions such as Group A , Group B and Group N . The driver with the highest number of points from the divisions received the European title for production cars, the other division winners a European Cup.

year	Production car		race car
	driver	vehicle	driver	vehicle
1975	Jean-Claude Bering	Porsche 911 Carrera u. a.	Mauro Nesti	Lola / Chevron
1976	Jean-Claude Bering	Porsche 911 Carrera	Mauro Nesti	Lola / Chevron
1977	Heinz-Jürgen Pohlmann	Ford Escort RS	Mauro Nesti	Lola T296
1978	Jacques Alméras	Porsche	Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 935
1979	Jacques Alméras	Porsche 934	Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 935
1980	Jacques Alméras	Porsche	Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 935
1981	Herbert Stenger	Ford Escort	Jean-Louis Bos	Lola
1982	Jacques Guillot	Porsche	Herbert Stenger	Ford Capri Turbo
1983	Rolf Goering	BMW M1	Mauro Nesti	Osella PA9
1984	Rolf Göring Giovanni Rossi	BMW M1 BMW 635 CSi	Mauro Nesti	Osella PA9
1985	Francis Dosières	BMW 635 CSi	Mauro Nesti	Osella PA9-BMW
1986	Claude-François Jeanneret	Audi Quattro A2	Mauro Nesti	Osella PA9
1987	Claude-François Jeanneret	Audi Quattro A2	Mauro Nesti	Osella PA9 / Lucchini S287
1988	Giovanni Rossi	Renault 5 Turbo	Mauro Nesti	Osella PA9
1989	Francis Dosières	BMW M3	Andrés Vilariño	Lola T298-BMW
1990	Francis Dosières	BMW M3	Andrés Vilariño	Lola T298
1991	Iňaki Goiburu	BMW M3	Andrés Vilariño	Lola T298
1992	Francis Dosières	BMW M3	Andrés Vilariño	Lola T298
1993	Francis Dosières	BMW M3	Francisco Egózcue	Osella PA9 / 90-BMW
1994	Josef Kopecký	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Francisco Egózcue	Osella PA9 / 90
1995	Otakar Krámský	BMW M3	Fabio Danti	Lucchini P3-94M
1996	Bruno Houzelot	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Fabio Danti	Osella PA20S
1997	Otakar Krámský	BMW M3	Pasquale Irlando	Osella PA20S
1998	Otakar Krámský	BMW M3 E36	Pasquale Irlando	Osella PA20S
1999	Niko Pulic	BMW M3	Pasquale Irlando	Osella PA20S-BMW
2000	Niko Pulic	BMW M3	Franz Tschager	Osella PA20S-BMW
2001	Niko Pulic	BMW M3	Franz Tschager	Osella PA20S-BMW
2002	Piergiorgio Bedini	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Franz Tschager	Osella PA20S
2003	Robert Šenkýř	BMW M3 E36	Denny Zardo	Osella PA20S
2004	Robert Šenkýř	BMW M3	Giulio Regosa	Osella-BMW PA20S CN
2005	Jörg Weidinger	BMW M3	Simone Faggioli	Osella-BMW PA21S CN
2006	Jörg Weidinger	BMW M3	Giulio Regosa	Lola T96 / 50 F3000
2007	Peter Jurena	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Ander Vilarino	Reynard 01L - Mugen Formula Nippon
2008	Miroslav Jakeš	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Lionel Régal	Reynard 01L-Mugen Formula Nippon
2009	Václav Janík	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Gr. A.	Simone Faggioli	Osella FA 30 - Zytek
2010	Roland Wanek	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Osella FA 30-Zytek
2011	Aleš Prek	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Osella FA 30-Zytek
2012	Dušan Borković	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Osella FA 30-Zytek
2013	Tomislav Muhvić	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Osella FA 30-Zytek
2014	Igor Stefanovski	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Norma M20FC-Zytek
2015	Igor Stefanovski	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Norma M20FC-Zytek
2016	Nikola Miljković	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Gr. N	Simone Faggioli	Norma M20FC – Zytek Osella FA 30
2017	Erich Weber ("Tessitore")	Audi R8 LMS GT	Simone Faggioli	Norma M20FC-Zytek
2018	Lukáš Vojáček	Subaru Impreza WRX STi Group A.	Christian Merli	Osella FA30 Zytek
2019	Lukáš Vojáček	Subaru Impreza WRX STi Group A.	Simone Faggioli Christian Merli	Norma M20FC-Zytek Osella FA30 Zytek

Web links

Commons : European Hill Climb Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• FIA website (English)
• Results
• TIME: Vroom at the Top (Friday, Aug. 06, 1965)
• European Mountain Championship race winners 1957-1969
• Database with EBM results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.fia.com/events/european-hill-climb-championship/season-2015/2015-fia-european-hill-climb-championship
2. ↑ Columbus - website: THE 1931 EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILE CHAMPIONSHIP. From: www.kolumbus.fi , accessed January 25, 2019 . 
3. ↑ http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vchp/106/$file/PalmaresCEM.pdf?Openelement  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )
4. ↑ http://www.cem-ehc.eu/classifications/index.php CLASSEMENT INTERMEDIAIRE CAT.1 - 2013-06-02 - INTERMEDIATE CLASSIFICATION CAT.1.pdf
5. ↑ http://www.fia.com/events/european-hill-climb-championship/season-2015/2015-fia-european-hill-climb-championship
6. ↑ http://www.porsche.com/germany/sportandevents/motorsport/history/racingcars/60ies/1965-906-8bergspyder-ov/
7. ↑ http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/503366/1959%20HW.jpg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
8. ↑ http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/503366/1962%20HKU.jpeg1..jpg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
9. ↑ http://pics.redinfocus.com/Dino/196-SP/OGP07-375-Ferrari-Dino-196-SP.jpg
10. ↑ http://www.vpracing.com/Poster_Archives/1960/66025l.jpg
11. ↑ http://www.vpracing.com/Poster_Archives/1960/66023l.jpg
12. ↑ http://www.vol.at/news/tp:vol:vnmenschen/artikel/kurvenhatz-und-rundenjagden-auf-vier-raedern/cn/news-20070616-09294547
13. ↑ http://www.vpracing.com/Poster_Archives/1960/68041l.jpg
14. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ http://www.berg-meisterschaft.de/?tag=simone-faggioli
16. ↑ Small newspaper - website: From missmaker to successful racing driver. From: www.kleinezeitung.at , September 20, 2017, accessed on April 26, 2019 .