The Portuguese Hillclimb Championship starts this weekend with the Rampa da Penha in Guimarães. It is shaping up to be another great year for hillclimb racing in Portugal. Among the 45 entrants are all the champions of last year.
Category 1 is going to be very interesting this year. Pedro Salvador won the championship last year in a Norma M20 FC. In 2017 he will be the offical driver for Silver Car and will contest all rounds in their EF10 model. In 2016 Rui Ramalho challenged Salvador for the title until the very last round. Now he has upgraded his Osella PA21/S to an Osella PA2000 to finally claim the championship. The older PA21/S will move to his brother Paulo while Paulo’s Juno CN09 has found a new owner in Helder Silva. Silva dominated the historics last year in his BMW E21 so it will be interesting to see him handle modern machinery.
The scenario in Category 2 will be the same as last year. Gonçalo Manahu, Edgar Reis and José Correia will battle for the title. In 2016 their category was also open to Group A and Group N cars. That was not a succes obviously as they had no chance for victory against the powerful GT’s. In 2017 they will have their own category. Pedro Coelho Saraiva is probably the favourite for this new category.
Manuel Correia and Luis Silva return for another battle of the E1 crown, now called Category 4. Luis Nunes will face off Joaquim Teixeira for the Category 5 title. José Pedro Gomes competed in an Ford Escort Cosworth in E1 last year. This season he will try to win in the historics in a Ford Escort MK1.
There are once again also a number of cups and trophies. An important new trophy is that for TCR cars. At the Rampa da Penha their will be one entrant.
Timing Saturday
14:30 – First Practise
15:30 – Second Practise
16:30 – First Race
Timing Sunday
10:00 – Third Practise
11:00 – Second Race
12:00 – Third Race
| Pos. | Last Name | First Name | Car | Cl. | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | Pedro |  | Silver Car EF10 | 1/E2-SC/3 | |
| 2 | Ramalho | Rui | | Osella PA2000 E2 | 1/E2-SC/3 | |
| 3 | Ramalho | Paulo | | Osella PA21/S EVO | 1/E2-SC/3 | |
| 4 | Silva | Helder | | Juno CN09 | 1/E2-SC/3 | |
| 5 | Fonseca | João | | BRC CM05 EVO | 1/CM/1 | |
| 6 | Guimarães | Nuno | | BRC CM02 | 1/CM/1 | |
| 7 | Manahu | Gonçalo | | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2/GT/5 | |
| 8 | Reis | Edgar | | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 2/GT/5 | |
| 9 | Correia | José | | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 2/GT/5 | |
| 10 | Coelho Saraiva | Pedro | | Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX | 3/N2/8 | |
| 11 | Oliveira | José | | Subaru Impreza | 3/A2/8 | |
| 12 | Luis | Carlos | | Seat Leon TDi | 3/A1/8 | |
| 13 | Marques | Pedro | | Seat Leon TDi | 3/A1/8 | |
| 14 | Pereira | Martine | | Alfa Romeo 147 GTA | 3/A1/7 | |
| 15 | Guimarães | João | | Peugeot 206 RC | 3/A1/7 | |
| 16 | Nogueira | Sergio | | Citroën Saxo | 3/A1/6 | |
| 17 | Cardoso | José | | Citroën Saxo Cup | 3/A1/6 | |
| 18 | Gomes | Domingos | | Citroën Saxo VTS | 3/A1/6 | |
| 19 | Correia | Manuel | | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4/E1FIA/10 | |
| 20 | Silva | Luis | | BMW M3 E30 | 4/E1B/10 | |
| 21 | Pinto | Nuno | | Mazda MX-5 | 4/E1B/9 | |
| 22 | Guerra | Marco | | Peugeot 306 | 4/E1B/9 | |
| 23 | Nunes | Luis | | Seat Leon | 5/TRF/14 | |
| 24 | Marrão | Francisco | | Seat Leon Supercopa | 5/TRF/14 | |
| 25 | Teixeira | Joaquim | | Renault Megane Trophy | 5/TRF/14 | |
| 26 | Pereira | Alex | | Volkswagen Golf R35 | 5/TRF/14 | |
| 27 | Summavielle | Parcidio | | Peugeot 208 | 5/TRF/12 | |
| 28 | Teixeira | Antonio | | Peugeot 208 | 5/TRF/12 | |
| 29 | Teixeira | José | | Peugeot 208 | 5/TRF/12 | |
| 30 | Summavielle | Parcidio | | Datsun 260Z | 6/H71/16 | |
| 31 | Gomes | José Pedro | | Ford Escort MK1 | 6/H71/16 | |
| 32 | Fernandes | Augusto | | Ford Escort MK1 | 6/H71/16 | |
| 33 | Mesquita | Mario | | Datsun 1600 SSS | 6/H71/16 | |
| 34 | Oliveira | Carlos | | BMW E30 | TNG5/G5/23 | |
| 35 | Salgueiro | Fernando | | Ford Escort MK2 | TRFM/G5/22 | |
| 36 | Loureiro | Ricardo | | Ford Escort MK2 | TRFM/G5/22 | |
| 37 | Lobo | Miguel | | Audi RS3 TCR | TNTCR/TCR/25 | |
| 38 | Sousa | Ricardo | | Fiat Punto 85 | TNM/TRF/19 | |
| 39 | Leite | Francisco | | Fiat Punto | TNM/TRF/19 | |
| 40 | Magalhães | José Carlos | | Toyota Starlet | TNM/TRF/19 | |
| 41 | Freitas | Armando | | Toyota Starlet | TNM/TRF/19 | |
| 42 | Rolo | Anibal | | Datsun 1200 Coupé | TNCM/H75/20 | |
| 43 | Martin | Juan | | Simca Rallye III | TNCM/H71/20 | |
| 44 | Figueiredo | José Pedro | | Datsun 1200 | TNCM/H71/20 | |
| 45 | Fernandes | Domingos | | Autobianchi A112 | TNCM/H71/20 |