Christian Merli racing in Poland
Christian Merli has arrived at Limanowa, southeast of Krakow in Poland. On Sunday he will race his Osella FA 30 Judd LRM at the 15th edition of the Hill Climb Limanowa, the seventh of the ten rounds of the European hill climb championship. The Scuderia Vimotorsport driver recently won at Vallecamonica/Italy.
Current standings
Christian currently leads the ranking of Group E2-SS in Category 2, the single-seaters. He stands at 125 points, followed by his teammate Alexander Hin from Germany with 115. In the overall ranking he is only 13 points behind Geoffrey Schatz from France (Nova Proto NP 01). It should be noted that Merli already used one joker when he raced at Pikes Peak in Colorado/USA, where he won the Unlimited category.
The race programme at Limanowa
“Saturday starts with a free practice run to check the car and the track. Then two official practice sessions and another free practice run. One more optional practice session on Sunday morning, then two race heats. The track is 5.493 km long and there are two race heats. It starts with a slippery right-hand bend. In fact, the surface is slippery for almost half of the track. The track is fast with a couple of hairpins and a series of double bends to be taken in high gears. It’s a great event and we hope for good weather. We won here in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and in 2021 we took the victory establishing the new record of 1’49”841. Two more wins in the last two years. We’ll do our best as always.”
The 2024 European Hill Climb Championship calendar
28 April: Rechbergrennen (Austria), 12 May: 52nd Subida al Fito (Spain), 19 May: 43rd Rampa Internacional da Falperra (Portugal), 2 June: 43rd Ecce Homo Sternberk (Czech Republic), 16 June: 26th Int. ADAC Glasbachrennen (Germany) 14 July: 53rd Trofeo Vallecamonica (Italy), 28 July: 15th Hill Climb Limanowa (Poland), 18 August: 79th Course de Côte de Saint-Ursanne (Switzerland), 1 September: 30th GHD Ilirska Bistrica (Slovenia), 15 September: 43rd Buzetski dani (Croatia).
Translation by Ruth Scheithauer