In the Italian championship, also known as the Campionato Italiano Velocità Montagna, there are the longest and most challenging hillclimbs like Trento-Bondone, Coppa Bruno Carotti (the Italian races in FIA European Hill Climb Championship), Pedavena-Croce d'Aune, Monte Erice and Verzegnis-Sella Chianzutan, which are also the most known. The fourth International Schauinsland hillclimb at Freiburg was held on August 5, 1928: 'A car made the fastest time of the day, Heusser's Bugatti putting up 74.009 km/h, the fastest motorcycle being Stegmann's DKW at 69.6 km/h.' Caracciola (Mercedes) won the over two-litre racing car class. Three German venues: Freiburg-Schauinsland, Rossfeld (near Berchtesgaden), Osnabrück. The best-known Course de Côte are Mont Ventoux and Mont-Dore. Notable champions from this period include Pierre Maublanc (19), Daniel Rouveyran (1969), Hervé Bayard (1970) and Jimmy Mieusset (1971, 1972, 19). The French hill climb championship, or Championnat de France de la Montagne, has been one of the most competitive of the European national series, attracting many new F2 and 2-litre sports cars during the 1970s and early 1980s. Hillclimbing is also relevant to motorcycle sport the governing body is the National Hill Climb Association. For this reason, cars and drivers do not generally cross between the British and continental European championships. These short courses are more akin to uphill sprints – and almost always take under one minute for the fastest drivers to complete.

Cairncastle is Great Britain's longest hillclimb at 1.65 miles (2904 yards). In Great Britain, the format is different from that in other parts of Europe, with courses being much shorter.

Main article: Hillclimbing in the British Isles The most prestigious competition is the FIA European Hill Climb Championship.Īn Austrian venue: Gaisberg. Hillclimbs in continental Europe are usually held on courses which are several kilometres long, taking advantage of the available hills and mountains including the Alps. The hillclimb held at Shelsley Walsh, in Worcestershire, England, is the world's oldest continuously staged motorsport event still staged on its original course, having been first run in 1905. It is one of the oldest forms of motorsport, since the first known hillclimb at La Turbie near Nice, France, took place as long ago as 31 January 1897. Hillclimbing, also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing, or speed hill climbing, is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. For the video game, see Hill Climb Racing (video game).

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