Great photos :)
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Great photos :)
Thanks for all the replies!!
At the places where I was standing it was impossible to really tell the difference between drivers. It was full throttle towards the hairpin and then full throttle away from it. You need to stand at fast flowing corners to tell the difference and those were further down the mountain. Normally I'd trek towards those more interesting places but this time I was satisfied with the impressive views on top. (and not getting a sunstroke ;) )Quote:
Originally Posted by vino_93
Although... the gaps are so small, for example Cosson, Dosieres and Bonnet were seperated by a second after 4800 metres. It is the same in other classes, places 2 till 7 in F3 were seperated by a second, Werver and Poinsignon by three tenths, and Lemaire and Cat in Group N by just 7 hundreths!
The cars are maybe not so spectacular as the German Berg-Cup but the depth of talent across the whole field is perhaps better in France. I'll definately try to visit more races in France.
But first I'll go to the Glasbachrennen in Germany. European Championship, Berg-Cup and Czech Championship, it could very well be the race of the year!
Let me bump my thread again. This weekend I was at the Glasbachrennen, part of the European Championship and the Berg-Cup. On top of that it was also a round for the Czech Republic. Apparently Thüringen, where the Hillclimb is, was the hottest place in Germany this weekend... I am not good in that kind of weather...
Although the Glasbachrennen is a very quick track, the underpowered cars could perform exceptionally well. So apparently it is a real drivers track. The best drives came from some of the 1300 and 1600cc cars and they defeated many a more powerful car.
There were many unlimited touringcars with decent drivers, but it was Jörg Weidinger in the two litre BMW that was the quickest. It was interesting to study his racinglines, much smoother than most others. On Sunday I stood for a while at the finish were a couple of sweeping S-corners were. While others swung their car around the corners, setting up a wide line towards the next, Weidinger drove in a diagonal as straight as possible. Funny to see.
In the open cars it was of course Faggioli who won. Six Osella FA30's in the first seven places, the other being the Dallara GP2 from David Hauser. There is just something about that car, looks, sound... and of course well driven...
As for the event... The major problem was the poor timing. Every break took a looong time to fix and of course there were lots of breaks... In the top half they installed a tyre chicane and every other car appeared to touch the thing. Then it had to be reset so red flag, all the other cars returned to the start... and so on... Spectator areas were well kept and all that, really no complaints apart from the long day.
Anyway, my photos are at www.hillclimbportal.com
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/02.jpg
Simone Faggioli, the winner
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/06.jpg
David Hauser, third in his Dallara GP2
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/12.jpg
For Urbanus-DenoS2000, the new European Champion? :)
Thanks for watching
That's a beauty:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lousada
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...en-2013/01.jpg
Muhvic in EVO?
next year FIA Hillclumb Masters ;)
New in 2014: the FIA Hill Climb Masters | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile
Looks good, shame that we're unlikely to get the event in the UK :(Quote:
Originally Posted by NoFear85
Let me revisit this thread once more. I have done three hillclimbs in Belgium this month (and another one next week).
First it was Grandcourt near the three country border between Belgium, Luxembourg and France. A small but super super fast track, 170 kph on average! It is an amazing experience to see the prototypes capture the fast flowing corners. Photographicly it is hard to capture, you can see my attempts here.
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ont_130804.jpg
Second in the row was the Course de Côte de Mont-Saint-Aubert near Tournai. That is the opposite side of the country. Again a superfast track. It was a regional race only so the topdrivers stayed home, but the winner still clocked 150 kph on average. The hill lies isolated in the flatlands so you could watch for miles in the distance. I was more satisfied with my photos this time. You can judge them here.
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ont_130818.jpg
Then yesterday it was the crazy Course de Côte de Bomerée near Charleroi. Only looking at the trackmap on my website you see it is absolutely nuts. They attempted some spectator safety this year by grouping the people the together instead of spreading them out around the course. So instead of small flocks of people around the track which can be easily corrected if they misbehave you get large groups of drunks egging eachother on. And photos like this:
http://www.rallycross-photo.com/heuv...ont_130825.jpg
The rest of my photos can be viewed of course also on my website http://www.hillclimbportal.com
Drop a comment if you like them ;)
My photos from Sienna Hill Climb, round of polish hill climb championship.
GSMP Sienna , 17-18 sierpnia | autor: Mirosław Zagórny - rajdowa galeria zdjęć. Zdjęcia z rajdów, wyścigów. Odbitki, aparaty cyfrowe
http://i.hoga.pl/rajdy/galeria/2013/...zagorny/21.jpg
http://i.hoga.pl/rajdy/galeria/2013/...zagorny/25.jpg
Nice pictures, thanks for showing them.