The 1.9 km Simola Hill course continues to dry, although wet patches remain on the 1.9 km course, and competitors are starting to push a lot harder. The fourth and final practice session was brought to a halt when Udo de Beurges lost control of his 2019 Audi RSQ3 as he crossed the off-camber finish […]
The third practice session for King of the Hill was suddenly a lot busier on the Simola Hill as a lot more competitors ventured out for their first runs of the day, making the most of the weather clearing slightly and the track conditions improving. However the road surface remains greasy, as Pieter Joubert found […]
The rain subsided a bit for the second practice but the 1.9 km Simola Hill remains very wet, with the cars throwing up long rooster trails of spray and exploring various lines to find decent grip. Reghard Roets topped the P2 timesheet by going 5 seconds faster than his opening run, at 43.760 sec. Franco […]
The 2022 edition of King of the Hill at the 12th Simola Hillclimb is officially underway, but the competitors face extremely difficult conditions following heavy overnight rain and a continuous drizzle this morning. The sodden 1.9 km Simola Hill already claimed its first victim during the opening practice as Haydn Ellwood (1992 Swift S92F) was […]
Schofield takes Classic Car Friday victory in 1977 March 77B Formula Atlantic, along with Class H8 win for single-seaters Rui Campos produces his best drive of the day in Top 10 Shootout to claim second place overall, plus Class H7 win in 1974 Porsche 911 RSR Josh Dovey claims final step of the Classic Conqueror […]
The podium positions in the eight Classic Car Friday classes have been decided. Brian Esterhuysen won the Class H1 handicap in his 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C Monza, while Class H2 went to Barry Ingle with a time of 55.186 sec in his 1955 Porsche 550A Spider. H3 victory was claimed by Clayton Kimber (1965 Shelby […]
Qualifying is done at the 2022 Simola Hillclimb’s Classic Car Friday, with Ian Schofield cementing his dominance of the event so far after recording his fastest time yet at 42.847 sec. All three qualifying runs were within 0.116 seconds of each other, showing Schofield’s impressive consistency in the March 77B. Robert Wolk went 0.4 sec […]
Heading into the lunch break Ian Schofield maintained his leading position during the second qualifying session, crossing the timing beam six-hundredths of a second slower than Q1 (42.963 sec). Rui Campos also went marginally slower in Q2 (47.728 sec) in his Porsche 911 RSR – an impressive performance from a saloon car, but he has […]
The first Classic Car Friday qualifying session has been completed, and Ian Schofield is currently the man to beat in the March 77B, having posted a time of 42.897 sec. Rui Campos remains second fastest with a time of 47.381 sec, just a tenth slower than his earlier run. Robert Wolk slotted into third, improving […]