I try to give you some information about the Trento-Bondone (and I hope they’ll result to be be understandable!).
The course is 17,3 Km with a 1.250 mt rise and 40 hairpins (see map attached). Road surface is excellent and auxiliary Armco are expressly added in many dangerous points, so that safety conditions are very good even for modern single seaters requirements. |
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| 2009 saw the 59th edition of the event, six pre-war and the remaining from 1950 to date, with Mauro Nesti 8 times winner (5 times with a Lola 294 BMW) and frenchman Lionel Regal holding the record at the wheel of a Reynard-Mugen V8 (2007 edition: 9’40”16 = 106Km/h average speed). |
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| 268 cars modern and historic (see paddock picture attached) attended 2009 event which was dominated by works Osella FA30 Zytek of David Baldi (1st) and Simone Faggioli (3rd) with local hero Christian Merli’s Lola B99 Cosworth (see picture) as brilliant 2nd. Past European Champion Faggioli could probably establish a new record –his time after 12Km was 6 seconds below Lionel Regal’s 2007 performance- but a slight collision lead to a slowly deflating front tyre which relentlessly slowed his pace. |
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| About my experience I must admit that it was quite a tiring one: glorious sunny day meant perfect racing conditions, but also a very hot wait before start (delayed due to a crash when I was already cueing). So I didn’t feel perfectly at ease when green light turned on, and it was to 492’s credit the satisfying performance resulted. She really went well, confirming my impression of an “easy” even if very effective car. My feeling with the Lola needs to be increased in order to reach a more fluid drive, particularly in fast successions of mixed bends so common in hillclimb courses, but I hope that some more practice can give good results (and surely a lot of fun!). |
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| To cross safely the finish line was a real satisfaction, and a look at the chrono display completed a fantastic moment: I’m sure this will remain in my memory as a great day!
Attached is the complete list of entrants: you’ll notice a couple of Frazer Nash from England which arrived by road and gave a real entertainment to the 50.000 enthusiast spectators with their full racing pace.
Ciao,
Paolo |
59ª Trento - Bondone
Corsa Internazionale di Velocità in Salita
Auto Storiche
FIA - Classifica per Classi
F.I.A. European Historic Hill-Climb Championship
Championnat d'Europe Historique des Courses de Côte F.I.A.
Campionato Europeo Auto Storiche Velocità in Salita
3-C4
1 e 323 DE GAN Romano Gi-Pi Sport Cosworth I Halley Racing Team 3-C4 12:14.460 84.80
2 e 319 BORGHI Paolo Lola T492m I 3-C4 12:24.045 +9.585
3 e 324 AMBROSO Giovanni Ams 176 Cosworth I Team Italia 3-C4 12:34.572 +20.112
4 e 318 LIPPARINI Sandro Osella Pa 8 I Adige Sport 3-C4 12:35.892 +21.432
5 e 321 EISENHUT Ueli Lola T492 FL 3-C4 12:36.676 +22.216 |
