French hill climb championship
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The French hill climb championship, or Championnat de France de la Montagne started in 1967 and rapidly became one of the continent's most competitive national series. For much of its history, the leading cars have been from Formula 2 (later Formula 3000 from 1985) or 2-litre sports cars. Some F1 cars were seen in the 1960s and occasionally in the 1970s (for example Daniel Rouveyran's March
721G in 1973) and Hervé Bayard also tried a Formula 5000 car in the early 1970s.
March Engineering
March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,...
721G in 1973) and Hervé Bayard also tried a Formula 5000 car in the early 1970s.
Champions
| Year | Driver | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Pierre Maublanc | Abarth Abarth Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :... 2000 |
| 1968 | Pierre Maublanc | Abarth Abarth Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :... 2000 |
| 1969 | Daniel Rouveyran | Tecno Tecno Although Tecno is primarily remembered as an Italian kart and racing car constructor they started out as a conventional engineering business manufacturing hydraulic pumps... Ford F2 |
| 1970 | Hervé Bayard | Tecno Tecno Although Tecno is primarily remembered as an Italian kart and racing car constructor they started out as a conventional engineering business manufacturing hydraulic pumps... Ford F2 |
| 1971 | Jimmy Mieusset | Pygmée MDB15 Ford FVA F2 |
| 1972 | Jimmy Mieusset | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 722 F2 |
| 1973 | Jimmy Mieusset | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 722 F2 |
| 1974 | Jimmy Mieusset (Champion of G8/9) | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 742-BMW F2 |
| 1975 | Jimmy Mieusset (Champion of G8/9) | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 742-BMW F2 |
| 1976 | Michel Pignard | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 762-BMW F2 |
| 1977 | Christian Debias | Ralt Ralt RALT was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by ex-Jack Brabham associate Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. Ron and his brother had built some specials in Australia in the 1950s under the RALT name... RT1-BMW F2 |
| 1978 | Jean-Marie Almeras | Porsche 935 Porsche 935 The Porsche 935 was introduced in 1976, as the factory racing version of the Porsche 911 turbo prepared for FIA-Group 5 rules. It was an evolution of the Porsche Carrera RSR 2.1 turbo prototype which had scored 2nd overall in the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans.... L |
| 1979 | Guy Fréquelin Guy Fréquelin Guy Fréquelin is a former French rally and sports car driver.Perhaps Fréquelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wheel of a briefly competitive Sunbeam Lotus Talbot in the driver's classification of the 1981... |
Martini MK25-BMW F2 |
| 1980 | Jean-Christian Duby | Ford Escort 1800 RS |
| 1981 | Marc Sourd | Martini MK31-ROC F2 |
| 1982 | Marcel Tarrès | Martini MK28-BMW F2 |
| 1983 | Marcel Tarres | Martini T01-BMW |
| 1984 | Marcel Tarres | Martini T01-BMW and Martini MK43-BMW |
| 1985 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK43-BMW |
| 1986 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK45-BMW |
| 1987 | Daniel Boccard | Martini M01B-BMW |
| 1988 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK45-BMW |
| 1989 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK56T-BMW F2 |
| 1990 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK56T-BMW F2 |
| 1991 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK56T-BMW F2 |
| 1992 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK56T-BMW F2 |
| 1993 | Marcel Tarres | Martini MK56T-BMW F2 |
| 1994 | Christian Debias | Martini MK58B-BMW F2 |
| 1995 | Christian Debias | Martini MK58B-BMW F2 |
| 1996 | Daniel Boccard | Martini MK69-BMW F2 |
| 1997 | Daniel Boccard | Martini MK69-BMW F2 |
| 1998 | Daniel Boccard | Martini MK69-BMW F2 |
| 1999 | Daniel Boccard | Martini MK69-BMW F2 |
| 2000 | Bernard Chambérod | Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 92D |
| 2001 | Bernard Chambérod | Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 92D |
| 2002 | Bernard Chambérod | Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 92D |
| 2003 | Bernard Chambérod | Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 92D |
| 2004 | Bernard Chambérod | Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 92D |
| 2005 | Lionel Régal Lionel Régal Lionel Régal was a French hillclimbing racer.After winning the French hillclimbing championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won the French and European championships in 2008, becoming the first winner of both the national and international hillclimbing competitions... |
Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 95D |
| 2006 | Lionel Régal Lionel Régal Lionel Régal was a French hillclimbing racer.After winning the French hillclimbing championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won the French and European championships in 2008, becoming the first winner of both the national and international hillclimbing competitions... |
Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 95D |
| 2007 | Lionel Régal Lionel Régal Lionel Régal was a French hillclimbing racer.After winning the French hillclimbing championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won the French and European championships in 2008, becoming the first winner of both the national and international hillclimbing competitions... |
Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 1KL-Formula NIPPON Formula Nippon Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.Formula Nippon evolved from the Japanese Formula 2000 series begun in 1973 by way of the Japanese Formula Two and Japanese Formula 3000 championships... |
| 2008 | Lionel Régal Lionel Régal Lionel Régal was a French hillclimbing racer.After winning the French hillclimbing championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won the French and European championships in 2008, becoming the first winner of both the national and international hillclimbing competitions... |
Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 1KL-Formula NIPPON Formula Nippon Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.Formula Nippon evolved from the Japanese Formula 2000 series begun in 1973 by way of the Japanese Formula Two and Japanese Formula 3000 championships... |
| 2009 | Lionel Régal Lionel Régal Lionel Régal was a French hillclimbing racer.After winning the French hillclimbing championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won the French and European championships in 2008, becoming the first winner of both the national and international hillclimbing competitions... |
Reynard Reynard Motorsport Reynard Motorsport was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturer. Initially based at Bicester and latterly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Three, Formula 3000 and Indy... 1KL-Formula NIPPON Formula Nippon Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.Formula Nippon evolved from the Japanese Formula 2000 series begun in 1973 by way of the Japanese Formula Two and Japanese Formula 3000 championships... |
| 2010 | Nicolas Schatz | Lola T94/50 F3000 |