FIA Hill Climb Masters

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FIA Hill Climb Masters
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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]

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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.

FIA Hill Climb Masters Champions

YearLocationClassDriverCarNations Cup
2014 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Eschdorf Cat. I Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yanick Bodson Porsche 997 GT3 CupFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Cat. II Flag of Switzerland.svg Eric Berguerand Lola B99-Cosworth
Cat. III Flag of France.svg Nicolas SchatzNorma M20 FC V8-BMW
2016 [3] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Šternberk Cat. I Flag of Italy.svg Lucio Peruggini Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Cat. II Flag of Italy.svg Simone FaggioliNorma M20FC-Zytek
Cat. III Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott MoranGould GR61X-NME
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Gubbio Cat. I Flag of Italy.svg Lucio Peruggini Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Cat. II Flag of Italy.svg Christian Merli Osella FA30 Evo-Zytek
Cat. III Flag of Switzerland.svg Roger SchnellmannMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
Cat. IV Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will HallForce WH-Xtec
2021 [4] Flag of Portugal.svg Braga Cat. I Flag of Poland.svg Szymon ŁukaszczykMitsubishi Lancer Evo VFlag of France.svg  France
Cat. II Flag of Italy.svg Christian Merli Osella FA30-Zytek
Cat. III Flag of Switzerland.svg Reto MaiselMercedes-Benz SLK 340
Cat. IV Flag of France.svg Geoffrey SchatzNP01-2 Oreca

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References

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