Falperra International Hill Climb

The Falperra International Hill Climb, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Falperra in Braga, Portugal. The track measures 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi), climbing 262 m (860 ft) from the start at km 39 on EN 309 Highway, to the finish at km 44,20, on grades averaging 5%.[1]

Falperra International Hill Climb
LocationBraga, Portugal
41.53274 N, 8.394082 W
First race1927 (1927)
Distance5200 m
Most wins (driver) Simone Faggioli (6)
Circuit information
SurfaceTarmac
Lap record1:47.890 ( Christian Merli, Osella FA 30, 2018, Cat. II (sportscars))

The race is on the FIA European Hill Climb Championship Events Calendar and features on both Portugal and Spain National Hill Climb Championships. It has taken place since 1927, being the most popular Hill Climb race in Portugal, with 200.000 spectators per edition.[2] It is currently contested by a variety of classes of cars, (touring cars, sportscars, single-seater) and has on average 250 competitors.

History

The first running of the Falperra Hill Climb was promoted by a local commission from Braga in 1927. The second edition has held in 1930 by the Automóvel Clube de Portugal, ACP (Portugal Automobile Association).

The competition was resumed in 1950 by the ACP, who named the 1950 edition as Falperra First Hill Climb, and all editions are accounted from 1950 edition.[3][4]

In 1976, the Automóvel Clube do Minho (Minho Automobile Association) assumed the organization of the race and applied for an international competition. FIA integrated the race in their European Championship in 1978. Since that year, all the Falperra Hill Climbs where part of a FIA international calendar with the exception of the first race of 1984 (in this year there were two races: one in May for the national championship, and another in September for the European Championship).

In 2002, due to lack of understanding between local authorities to make security improvements at the track, the race was not realized until 2010, when that improvements were made.

In 2013 the race was in risk of not being held, but due to the pressure made by the Falperra HC supporters in social networks, the Braga city hall made the new pack of safety improvements requested by FIA in the same year.

Current records

The current record was set in 2018 by the Italian driver Christian Merli, on the wheel of an Osella FA 30, with the time of 1:47.890, beating the record established by Simone Faggioli in the previous year, by 0,472s.[5]

Winners
Before Automóvel Clube do Minho organization
Edition Year Driver Car Promoter
1st1927 Alfredo Marinho JúniorBraga Commission
2nd1931 Alfredo Marinho JúniorAutomóvel Clube de Portugal
1st1950 José CabralAllardAutomóvel Clube de Portugal
2nd1951 Conde de Monte RealFordAutomóvel Clube de Portugal
3rd1960 José LampreiaTriumphEstrela e Vigorosa Sport
Promotion by Automóvel Clube do Minho
Edition Year Driver Car Time
4th1976 Clemente Ribeiro da SilvaOpel2.34.25
5th1977 Mário SilvaFord2.31.74
6th1978 António BarrosOpel2.32.89
7th1979 Alberto GonzálezSEAT2.21.55
8th1980 António BarrosPorsche2.18.81
9th1981 Joaquim MoutinhoPorsche2.17.68
10th1982 Alberto GonzálezSEAT2.21.68
11th1983 Alberto GonzálezSEAT2.17.66
12th1984 Mário SilvaBMW M12.16.16
13th1984 António RodriguesLancia 0372.16.73
14th1985 Mauro NestiOsella BMW4.10.7191
15th1986 Mauro NestiOsella BMW4.10.8041
16th1987 Mauro NestiOsella C4.09.2771
17th1988 Mauro NestiOsella C4.07.4221
18th1989 Andrés VilariñoLola T2984.07.3231
19th1990 Andrés VilariñoLola T298 Repsol4.34.9471
20th1991 Andrés VilariñoLola T298 BMW4.02.3361
21st1992 Andrés VilariñoLola T298 BMW4.01.2051
22nd1993 Rüdiger FaustmannFaust BMW4.00.0141
23rd1994 Francisco EgozkueOsella PA94.30.6941
24th1995 Rüdiger FaustmannFaust BMW3.56.0241
25th1996 Fabio DantiOsella BMW4.57.5431
26th1997 Rüdiger FaustmannRemus Faust Opel4.21.3121
27th1998 Irlando PasqualeOsella PA204.01.1041
28th1999 Franz TschagerLucchini BMW4.40.5851
29th2000 Franz TschagerOsella BMW3.55.3001
30th2001 Franz TschagerOsella BMW4.07.6001
2002–-2009: not held
31st2010 Andrés VilariñoNorma M202.05.906
32nd2011 Fausto BormoliniReynard K021.57.754
33rd2012 Simone FaggioliOsella FA 301.56.900
34th2013 Simone FaggioliOsella FA 301.51.365
35th2014 Simone FaggioliNorma M20 FC1.50.386
36th2015 Simone FaggioliNorma M20 FC1.49.364
37th22016 Pedro SalvadorNorma M20 FC4.38.1531
38th2017 Simone FaggioliNorma M20 FC1.48.686
39th2018 Simone FaggioliNorma M20 FC3.38.2191
40th2019 Christian MerliOsella FA 30 Zytek3:35.0131
  International Event
  • ^1  — Cumulative time of the 2 best heats.
  • ^2  — The principal contestants from European Championship withdrew due to heavy rain.

See also

References
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  2. "Rampa da Falperra regressa ao Campeonato da Europa". Autoportal. 2010-11-17. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  3. Clube Automóvel do Minho. "Palmarés da Rampa da Falperra" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  4. "AutoSport - Especialistas em desporto automóvel, Fórmula1, Rally, WRC, DTM, WEC, WTCC, NASCAR, INDY, LE MANS e DAKAR". autosport.pt. Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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