European Hill Climb Championship
Overview
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users...
-run motorsport competition held across Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
on mountain roads.
Unlike circuit racing, each driver competes alone, starting from a point at the base of a mountain and reaching a finish point near the summit. The European Championship allows single-seater cars
Formula racing
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, open-cockpit sports prototypes
Sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going sports cars....
, and touring cars
Touring car racing
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with varying degrees of technical preparation.
This list shows holders of the FIA titles:
- EHCC : FIA European Hill Climb Championship
- FCUP : FIA European Hill Climb Cup
- FCHA : FIA International Hill Climb Challenge
The first European Hill Climbing Championship was contested between 1930 and 1933, under the aegis of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), the predecessor of the FIA.
- http://www.dovrchu.cz - website about Czech and European hill climbs
- http://www.euromontagna.com - Most complete European Hill Climb Championship race results 1957-today by ing.
