Calendar Berg-Cup 2018

The German Berg-Cup will count 12 races next year. As was already known for sometime the Bergrennen Mickhausen will not be contested in 2018. The rest of the calendar remains identical to this year. The German Hillclimb Championship will count all races in Germany plus the European Hill Race in Eschdorf.

Results Bergrennen Mickhausen 2017

Before the event it was already known that this year’s edition of the Bergrennen Mickhausen would be the last. Because of difficulties with organising the event the race will not return in 2018. What happens in 2019 and beyond is still unclear but not looking very good. Final edition or not, the 2017 event was …

Results Bergrennen Esthofen – Sankt Agatha 2017

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 …

Results Bergrennen Oberhallau 2017

The Bergrennen Oberhallau was stopped halfway during the third race after a serious accident involving Martin Wittwer. Some 500 metres before the finishline Wittwer lost control of his Peugeot 205 GTI and went off the road. He was airlifted to the hospital but his injuries were too serious. The race was abandoned immediately. Final classifications …

Photos Osnabrücker Bergrennen 2017

Here are my photos of the Osnabrücker Bergrennen. I only visited on Sunday so there are not many photos. After driving 275 kilometres I arrived at the track just before nine in the morning only to find out that half the field had already completed their first run. Apparently they started already before the 8:00 …