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 …
One week later than originally planned the Bergrallye Lödersdorf opened the Bergrallye-Cup. It was still cold but at least it was not snowing… The 1000+ spectators who travelled to Lödersdorf saw a great battle for victory. In race 1 Rupert Schwaiger set the fastest time. But he was just .31 seconds quicker than Stefan Wiedenhofer. …
The Bergrallye Lödersdorf will not take place this coming Sunday. Due to the bad weather predictions it was decided to hold the event next week. That means the first round of the Bergrallye-Cup will be held on March 25.
This Sunday Sunday the 25th the Bergrallye-Cup in Austria begins its 2018 season. As has become tradition the Bergrallye Lödersdorf is the season opener. Almost 100 drivers have entered the Cup so far. Among them are all the top drivers from last year. None of them have chosen a different car for 2018. Instead the …
The calendar for the Austrian Hillclimb Championship will receive a massive overhaul in 2018. The Bergrennen Altlengbach debuted last season as a non-championship event. Next year it is promoted to the championship as the fourth Austrian event in the schedule. The Austrian Championship always visits their neighbouring countries. After focusing on the southern borders the …
The 2018 Bergrallye Cup will count nine rounds. The Bergrallye Voitsberg returns after a one year break. The Bergrallye Paldau is replaced with the Bergrallye Neudorf bei Passail. The other seven rounds were also on the schedule last year.
The seventh and final round of the Bergrallye Cup was the Gossendorf Bergrallye. It was one of the closest races of the season. Favourite Rupert Schwaiger could drive only a single practise session due to problems with his clutch. Stefan Wiedenhofer also completed just one practise session due to water pump issues. But both drivers …
The Bergrennen Esthofen – Sankt Agatha in Austria was competed with record speeds. Not only numerous class records fell, also the absolute trackrecord came down one second. Winner Christian Merli managed to go under last year’s record, which was also his, in both races. The European vice-champion managed to complete the 3,2 kilometres in just …
The Bergrennen Altlengbach is a brand new hillclimb in Austria. This fast, 2,5 kilometre long track is located just 40 kilometres from Vienna. The first edition last Sunday did not yet count for any championship. That might be the reason why only a handful of drivers travelled north. Karl Schagerl was unbeatable in his Volkswagen …
Simone Faggioli is the new European Hillclimb Champion. Today the Italian won the GHD Ilirska Bistrica in Slovenia and saw his main rival Christian Merli retire. With this victory Faggioli collected the maximum amount of championship points. For Merli it was only his first retirement of the season. However because of the half points in …