Falperra International Hill Climb

Falperra International Hill Climb
Location Braga, Portugal
41.53274 N, 8.394082 W
First race 1927 (1927)
Distance 5200 m
Most wins (driver) Spain Andrés Vilariño
Italy Simone Faggioli (5)
Circuit information
Surface Tarmac
Lap record 1:48.686 (Italy Simone Faggioli, Norma M20 FC, 2017, Cat. II (sportscars))

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]

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 where 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 2017 by the Italian driver Simone Faggioli, on the wheel of a Norma M20 FC, with the time of 1:48.686, beating the record since 2015, scored by himself.

Winners

Before Automóvel Clube do Minho organization
Edition Year Driver Car Promoter
1st 1927 Portugal Alfredo Marinho Júnior Braga Commission
2nd 1931 Portugal Alfredo Marinho Júnior Automóvel Clube de Portugal
1st 1950 Portugal José Cabral Allard Automóvel Clube de Portugal
2nd 1951 Portugal Conde de Monte Real Ford Automóvel Clube de Portugal
3rd 1960 Portugal José Lampreia Triumph Estrela e Vigorosa Sport
Promotion by Automóvel Clube do Minho
Edition Year Driver Car Time
4th 1976Portugal Clemente Ribeiro da Silva Opel2.34.25
5th 1977Portugal Mário SilvaFord2.31.74
6th 1978Portugal António BarrosOpel2.32.89
7th 1979Spain Alberto GonzálezSEAT2.21.55
8th 1980Portugal António BarrosPorsche2.18.81
9th 1981Portugal Joaquim MoutinhoPorsche2.17.68
10th 1982Spain Alberto GonzálezSEAT2.21.68
11th 1983Spain Alberto GonzálezSEAT2.17.66
12th 1984Portugal Mário SilvaBMW M12.16.16
13th 1984Portugal António RodriguesLancia 0372.16.73
14th 1985Italy Mauro NestiOsella BMW4.10.7191
15th 1986Italy Mauro NestiOsella BMW4.10.8041
16th 1987Italy Mauro NestiOsella C4.09.2771
17th 1988Italy Mauro NestiOsella C4.07.4221
18th 1989Spain Andrés VilariñoLola T2984.07.3231
19th 1990Spain Andrés VilariñoLola T298 Repsol4.34.9471
20th 1991Spain Andrés VilariñoLola T298 BMW4.02.3361
21st 1992Spain Andrés VilariñoLola T298 BMW4.01.2051
22nd 1993Germany Rüdiger FaustmannFaust BMW4.00.0141
23rd 1994Spain Francisco EgozkueOsella PA94.30.6941
24th 1995Germany Rüdiger FaustmannFaust BMW3.56.0241
25th 1996Italy Fabio DantiOsella BMW4.57.5431
26th 1997Germany Rüdiger FaustmannRemus Faust Opel4.21.3121
27th 1998Italy Irlando PasqualeOsella PA204.01.1041
28th 1999Italy Franz TschagerLucchini BMW4.40.5851
29th 2000Italy Franz TschagerOsella BMW3.55.3001
30th 2001Italy Franz TschagerOsella BMW4.07.6001
2002–-2009: not held
31st 2010Spain Andrés Vilariño Norma M202.05.906
32nd 2011Italy Fausto Bormolini Reynard K021.57.754
33rd 2012Italy Simone Faggioli Osella FA 301.56.900
34th 2013Italy Simone Faggioli Osella FA 301.51.365
35th 2014Italy Simone Faggioli Norma M20 FC1.50.386
36th 2015Italy Simone Faggioli Norma M20 FC1.49.364
37th2 2016Portugal Pedro Salvador Norma M20 FC 4.38.1531
38th 2017Italy Simone Faggioli Norma M20 FC1.48.686
  International Event

See also

References

  1. ↑ "REG RAMPA INT FALPERRA 2010 - P" (PDF). Fpak.pt. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Rampa da Falperra regressa ao Campeonato da Europa". Autoportal. 2010-11-17. 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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