European Mountain Championship

Hi

Is there anyone interested by the European Moutain Championship ? In the 30s and then the 50s and 60s hill climbing was the theatre of great battles through terrifying landscapes between factory teams from such respected racing marques as Auto-Union, Daimler-Benz, Ferrari, Porsche, Abarth or BMW, in the hands of Stuck, Caracciola, Barth, Scarfiotti, Herrmann, Mitter or Stommelen. I think it is a shame that nobody seems to remember it today. So if anyone as infos such as results or photos,particulary for the era from 1957 (new birth of the championship) to 1969 (last year for a Ferrari factory team), please let me know. I would also be please to know if some books or web sites exist on the subject.

Testa Rossa

Hi Testa Rossa.
Why look somewhere else, when all the info you need is right here on 10 Tenths.
For links to hill climb sites go to: www.ten-tenths.com/links/Sport/Miscellaneous_Series/Hill_Climbing/ (http://www.ten-tenths.com/links/Sport/Miscellaneous_Series/Hill_Climbing/)

Or to www.btinternet.com/~jouhar/index.htm (http://www.btinternet.com/~jouhar/index.htm)
A French site is www.multimania.com/madgic (http://www.multimania.com/madgic)
A German site is home.t-online.de/home/Bernd_Huber (http://home.t-online.de/home/Bernd_Huber)


[This message has been edited by Gerard (edited 18 March 2000).]

Good hints, Gerard

Why do you tell us only if we ask? ;)

E.T.

Hi, Testa Rossa:

Maybe I can help you with some info. In the last three years of the era 1957-1969, the Montseny hillclimb was elligible for the EC, so I can give you some data.

The "Subida al Montseny" was an event organised by the RACC (Reial Automòbil Club de Catalunya), with a mileage of 16'3 kms.

IV Subida al Montseny, 21 May 1967
1st. Gerhard Mitter, Porsche 910 Bergspyder,
9'59"59, 97'866 km/h.
2nd. Rolf Stommelen, Porsche 910 Bergspyder,
10'04"96
3rd. Mario Casoni, Dino Ferrari,
10'27"58

V Subida al Montseny, 2 June 1968
1st. Gerhard Mitter, Porsche 910 Bergspyder,
9'30"33, 102'887 km/h.
2nd. Lodovico Scarfiotti, Porsche 910 Bergs.
9'34"42
3rd. Rolf Stommelen, Porsche 910 Bergspyder,
9'39"03

VI Subida al Montseny, 25 May 1969
1st. Peter Schetty, Ferrari 212E,
9'12"46, 106'215 km/h.
2nd. Johannes Ortner, Abarth 2000,
9'40"72
3rd. Alex Soler-Roig, Porsche 907,
9'51"09

It's not a lot, but...

Don't forget that there is also a 2000' FIA Historic Championship for Hillclimbing which is very exciting

Thank you Jarama

Your results for 1969 really filed a gap.


Testa Rossa

International Mountain Championships for drivers, held for the first time in 1930, were introduced by the A.I.A.C.R. (Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus). The first European Mountain Championship consisted of 10 races. Hans Stuck on Austro-Daimler, the Bergkönig 'Mountain-King' of 1928 and 1929, became European Mountain Champion for racing cars. In 1931, the championship comprised eight races with Juan Zanelli on Nacional Pescara the winner. The following year the racing car devision was won by Rudolf Caracciola on Alfa Romeo. The championship had now come down to five races, with only the four best results counting. By 1933, interest in mountain racing had declined to such an extent, that only four races were nominated for the last European Mountain Championship, won by Carlo Felice Trossi on Alfa Romeo. Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Switzerland held their own national championships since the twenties but not on a regular basis. After WW II a Mountain Championship was started again by the FIA.

At the moment I am reading Porsche in Motorsport by Peter Morgan. In the book is also a little bit about Gerhard Mitter and the European Hillclimb Championship. What sort of races were this? Were they like the tarmac rallies of the current World Championship Rally?

Are there any hillclimbs in Europe that like Pikes Peak, are mainly dirt?
Bob

FIRE,

Basically a hillclimb is a competition to climb from the bottom to the top of a mountain pass or road up a moumtain (Pikes Peak, USA). Cars run one at a time against the clock.

The length of the climb can vary from about 800m for some British hillclimbs to the 20+ km of the Mont Ventoux climb in France and even the 60 km or so from Cuneo to the Col of the Madalena in Italy.

Rob Reibe,

Some of the Alpine passes used to be gravel, but I think they have been surfaced now. But I should think there are a few dirt or gravel hillclimbs left somewhere.

The term 'hill climb' is mainly a British one,and sometimes causes confusion.Usually involves a sprint up some Lords 800m drive! I once went to one on an airfield in Essex.
On thr continent the term is 'Mountain race'and means one at a time up a mountain pass,in the same way skiers race downhill.

Originally posted by D-Type
FIRE,

Basically a hillclimb is a competition to climb from the bottom to the top of a mountain pass or road up a moumtain (Pikes Peak, USA). Cars run one at a time against the clock.

The length of the climb can vary from about 800m for some British hillclimbs to the 20+ km of the Mont Ventoux climb in France and even the 60 km or so from Cuneo to the Col of the Madalena in Italy.
Are there still climbs in France and Italy? Which cars do we seer there?

Originally posted by FIRE
Are there still climbs in France and Italy? Which cars do we seer there? Try www.ffsa.org/ Click on 'Montagne' link for full results of this years french championship.

Here’s a list of winners, as far as I know them

1957
29/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Willy Daetwyler (Maserati)
28/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
15/08 Gaisberg (A): Willy Daetwyler (Maserati)
25/08 Lenzerheide-Tiefencastel-St Cassian (CH): Wolfgang von Trips (Porsche)
01/09 Aosta-Gran San Bernardo (I): Willy Daetwyler (Maserati)
28/09 Monte Parnes (GR): Willy Daetwyler (Maserati)
Championship: Daetwyler 1, Hans Herrmann (Boggward) 2, Richard von Frankenburg (Porsche) 3

1958
04/05 Mont Parnes (GR): Wolfgang von Trips (Porsche)
27/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Jean Behra (Porsche)
13/07 Trento-Vareze (I): Wolfgang von Trips (Porsche)
27/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Joakim Bonnier (Borgward)
15/08 Gaisberg (A): Wolfgang von Trips (Porsche)
? Ollon-Villars (CH): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
Championship: von Trips 1, Bonnier 2, Hans Herrmann (Borgward) 3

1959
26/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
12/07 Trento-Bondone (Montevideo-Vason, I): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
26/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
16/08 Gaisberg (A): Ernst Vogel (Porsche)
30/08 Klosters-Davos (CH): Hans Herrmann (Porsche)
Championship: Barth 1, Heini Walter (Porsche) 2, Vogel 3

1960
12/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Heini Walter (Porsche)
10/07 Trento-Bondone (Montevideo-Vason, I): Odoardo Govoni (Maserati)
07/08 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Heini Walter (Porsche)
28/08 Ollon-Villars (CH): Heini Walter (Porsche)
11/09 Gaisberg (A): Sepp Greger (Porsche)
Championship: Walter 1, Greger 2, Mennato Boffa (Maserati) 3

1961
04/06 La Faucille (F): Tommy Spychiger (Porsche)
18/06 Rossfeld (A): Heini Walter (Porsche)
25/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Heini Walter (Porsche)
09/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Sepp Greger (Porsche)
-/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Heini Walter (Porsche)
27/08 Klosters-Davos (CH): Gianni Balzarini (Cooper-Maserati)
10/09 Gaisberg (A): Sepp Greger (Porsche)
17/09 Pontedecimo-Giovo (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (OSCA)
Championship: Walter 1, Greger 2, Spychiger and Balzarini 3

1962
02/06 La Faucille (F): Heini Walter (Porsche)
09/06 Fornovo-Monte Cassio (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
17/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
10/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
24/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
25/08 Ollon-Villars (CH): Sepp Greger (Porsche)
09/09 Gaisberg (A): Sepp Greger (Porsche)
Championship: Scarfiotti 1, Walter 2, Greger 3

1963
09/06 Rossfeld (A): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
23/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Heini Walter (Porsche)
14/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
28/07 Cesana-Sestriere (I): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
11/08 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
25/08 Ollon-Villars (CH): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
08/09 Gaisberg (A): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
Championship: Barth 1, Walter 2, Hans Herrmann (Abarth) 3

1964
07/06 Rossfeld (A): Edgar Barth (Elva-Porsche)
14/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
28/06 Gaisberg (A): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
12/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
26/07 Cesana-Sestriere (I): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
08/08 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Edgar Barth (Porsche)
30/08 Sierre-Montana-Crans (I): Herbert Müller (Elva-Porsche)
Championship: Barth 1, Müller 2, Anton Fischaber (Lotus-BMW) 3

1965
- Mont Ventoux (F): Hans Herrmann (Abarth)
- Rossfeld (A): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
11/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
15/07 Cesana-Sestriere (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
- Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
29/08 Ollon-Villars (CH): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
- Gaisberg (A): Michel Weber (Porsche GT)
Championship: Scarfiotti 1, Mitter 2, Herrmann 3

1966
12/06 Rossfeld (A): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
26/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
10/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
24/07 Cesana-Sestriere (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
31/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
28/08 Sierre-Montana (I): Ludovico Scarfiotti (Ferrari)
04/09 Gaisberg (A): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
Championship: Mitter 1

1967
21/05 Montseny (E): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
04/06 Rossfeld (A): Rolf Stommelen (Porsche)
18/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Rolf Stommelen (Porsche)
09/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
16/07: Cesana-Sestriere (I): Rolf Stommelen (Porsche)
30/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
27/08 Ollon-Villars (CH): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
03/09: Gaisberg (A): Rolf Stommelen (Porsche)
Championship: Mitter 1, Stommelen 2, Peter Schetty (Abarth) 3

1968
02/06 Montseny (E): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
09/06 Rossfeld (A): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
14/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Karl Federhofer (Abarth 1300)
21/07 Cesana-Sestriere (I): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
28/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
24/08 Sierre-Montana Crans (I): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
08/09 Gasiberg (A): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
22/09 Mont Ventoux (F): Gerhard Mitter (Porsche)
Championship: Mitter 1, Rolf Stommelen (Porsche) 2, Dieter Quester (BMW) 3

1969
25/05 Montseny (E): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
-/06 Rossfeld (A): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
22/06 Mont Ventoux (F): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
13/07 Trento-Bondone (I): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
27/07 Freiburg-Schauinsland (D): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
03/08 Cesana-Sestriere (I): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
31/08 Ollon-Villars (CH): Peter Schetty (Ferrari)
07/09 Gaisberg (A): Arturo Merzario (Abarth)
Championship: Schetty 1, Mitter 1, Johannes Ortner (Abarth) 2, Sepp Greger (Porsche) 3

1970
Championship: Johannes Ortner (Abarth) 1, Pilone (Abarth) 2, Claude Haldi (Porsche) 3

1971
Championship: Johannes Ortner (Abarth) 1, Enno Bonomelli (Porsche) 2, Peter Stürtz (Abarth) 3

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