Category | single-seater cars, open-cockpit sports prototypes, and touring cars |
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Country | International |
Inaugural season | 2014 |
The FIA Hill Climb Masters is an FIA-run motorsport bi-annual [1] competition, created in 2014, with the goal of reuniting the world's top hill climb drivers in a single event to showcase the discipline and to celebrate national and FIA champions of the year gone by. [2]
The Masters bring together the winners of national championships, and the winners of the FIA Hill Climb Competitions. For this event, each of the drivers has to race with the same car used during the season.
There are two classifications: one Individual Classification and a Nations Cup.
Year | Location | Class | Driver | Car | Nations Cup |
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2014 | ![]() | Cat. I | ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | ![]() |
Cat. II | ![]() | Lola B99-Cosworth | |||
Cat. III | ![]() | Norma M20 FC V8-BMW | |||
2016 [3] | ![]() | Cat. I | ![]() | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | ![]() |
Cat. II | ![]() | Norma M20FC-Zytek | |||
Cat. III | ![]() | Gould GR61X-NME | |||
2018 | ![]() | Cat. I | ![]() | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | ![]() |
Cat. II | ![]() | Osella FA30 Evo-Zytek | |||
Cat. III | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | |||
Cat. IV | ![]() | Force WH-Xtec | |||
2021 [4] | ![]() | Cat. I | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | ![]() |
Cat. II | ![]() | Osella FA30-Zytek | |||
Cat. III | ![]() | Mercedes-Benz SLK 340 | |||
Cat. IV | ![]() | NP01-2 Oreca | |||
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